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One-fourth of a century ago, Maurice Stans called a group of reporters into his office and unburdene

Wan Hai Lines of Taiwan, a major container line but virtually unknown in the United States, is plann

After stalling for several weeks, the government approved an application from United Airlines to beg

Suddenly, European seaports are taking Zeebrugge seriously. So much so that one of them, Ant

With enlargement of the North American Free Trade Agreement already blocked in Congress over attempt

The liberalization of domestic transport services within the European Union will expose truckers to

For the first time, aluminum and chemical companies that rely on a cheap and stable supply of electr

In the wake of this week's elimination of a nearly century-old subsidy for rail freight, grain shipp

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Greeley and Highlands Ranch will be the first sites in Colorado, and among the few nationwide, to ha

Although the University of Miami has paid $200,000 in fines after its research vessel ran into a pro

While Japan is not asking the United States to weaken its own air carriers to the level of Japan's,

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U.K. consumption of petroleum for energy use from April to June fell by 5.2 percent to 17.8 million

A broken pump was blamed for a chemical leak that sent 45 workers at Albany's Merck & Co. plant to a

China's main state-owned insurer reported Wednesday that its income was up nearly 22 percent in the

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INTERIOR DEPT., UNOCAL REACH SETTLEMENTLOS ANGELES - Unocal Corp. said Tuesday that

HOUSE PANEL BACKS SALE OF PETROLEUM RESERVEWASHINGTON - A House panel Tuesday approv

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Petrochemical Corp. of Singapore will raise the capacity of its second ethylene plant, which is unde

U.S. officials and Chinese exporters are expected to reach a compromise today on China's controversi

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JAPANESE MINISTER VOWS TO PROTECT DEPOSITORSJapan's finance minister vowed on Tuesday to pre

Imagine the sunbaked roughneck ramming pipe into the ground, face caked with grease, hard hat firmly

The State Administration of Exchange Control said China's outstanding foreign debt amounted to $92.8

It wasn't a particularly auspicious start: Fifteen 20-foot shipping containers of monkfish from the

With much fanfare, Toys "R" Us, the model of retail efficiency in the United States, entered Scandin

Partisan warfare in Congress has again delayed action on a bill allowing the expansion of the North

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High demand and low availability of zinc in south China's manufacturing hot spots will keep exporter

China's People's Daily issued a front-page paean to its navy on Friday, praising the modernization o

As Croatia girds for all-out war against rebel Serbs, U.S. military forces transporting NATO troops

The Interstate Commerce Commission, bowing to pressure from states who said they needed more time to

Federal Express Corp., seeking to leapfrog its top competitor, said it will offer an 8 a.m. delivery

NORTH AMERICA 1995 Bobbin Show. Sept. 12-15. Atlanta. Contact: Sandra Perry, (800) 845-8820.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Tom Donahue successfully beat back a bid by union insurgents Tuesday to

The Teamsters union is restoring a modest strike benefit of $55 a week, the first time it has been a

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