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The last time Newport News Shipbuilding went big into commercial shipbuilding, they built a fence in

JET CRASH KILLED 65, AVIATECA OFFICIAL SAYSGUATEMALA CITY - A total of 65 people die

The Senate Thursday passed a $12 billion spending bill for transportation programs in 1996 that shar

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Chevron Overseas Petroleum Ltd. will begin geophysical studies early next year on what it calls a hi

INTERIOR PROPOSES LEASING 16 BLOCKS IN '97-2002 PLANWASHINGTON - The U.S. Interior D

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Following an upturn in Japan and Europe, the dollar continued to forge ahead in New York Thursday as

Czech monthly inflation was zero in July, bringing the annual inflation rate down to 9.7 percent fro

EQUITABLE POSTS BIGGEST PROFIT SINCE GOING PUBLIC IN 1992NEW YORK - Equitable Cos. r

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Fifteen months ago, there wasn't a single commercial product tanker on order at a U.S. shipyard and

The irony was that George K. Hires, 71, was on this sailboat at all, notwithstanding that it was the

When the U.S. government drastically cut defense spending, Systems Integrated, a defense contractor

President Suharto, who witnessed the successful maiden flight of the N-250 turboprop aircraft, said

The glitter of gold is returning to India and China - countries with historically high regard for th

Roman Packing Co. said it plans to start operations at an addition to its meat-processing plant in N

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Municipal statistics show exports of 14 main varieties of machinery and electronic products generate

Norway's consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in July from a month earlier, the Central Bureau of S

Amsterdam's future as the world's top cocoa port is being decided in corridors and back rooms in Bru

Shipping deregulation legislation threatens to disrupt the economies of entire communities on the Ea

China formally opened five deep- water berths of 35,000-deadweight-ton capacity this week at the sou

The comprehensive development plan of the city of Auburn, Wash., violates state law and prevents a p

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Japan's largest auto labor union said it wants to eliminate a law restricting women from working lat

Newport News Shipbuilding could avoid limits on the discharge of the toxic boat paint TBT, while the

Disposable diapers, surgical gloves and margarine from the United States will be finding their way t

Brazil's former minister of finance, Rubens Ricupero, is slated to be appointed the next secretary g

Monday's strike that shut down the entire West Coast waterfront was called to protest "a number of l

KOREA PETROCHEMICAL CUTS ETHYLENE OUTPUTSEOUL, South Korea - Korea Petrochemical Ind

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Foreign, or "free" trade zones (FTZs) are secured areas considered legally outside the Customs terri

MEXICAN TEQUILA MAKERS DRAW A LIME IN THE SANDWASHINGTON - Leaders of Mexico's tequi

Aug. 10, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Opposition politicians said they're pressing for a government investigation into a report that Mexic

A report this week from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. notes that cargo tonnage through

FORWARDER MOVING BASE FROM CALIF. TO S. FLORIDAMIAMI - Hellmann International Forwar

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