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INVESTMENT APPROVALS SOAR IN INDONESIAJAKARTA, Indonesia - The government approved 229 forei

Union Pacific Railroad said late last week it would close four repair shops that had been operated b

The Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority in June will vote on a design change that could delay

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Bombardier Inc. and GEC Alsthom Group will unveil a model of the "American Flyer," a trainset they h

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Investors are less confident about the prospects of Argentine oil company Yacimientos Petroliferos F

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The New York City Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women will hold its annual indust

PRUDENTIAL PAYS NY $5 MILLION FOR VIOLATIONSPrudential Insurance Co. of America signed a sti

Federal agents Friday moved their biggest haul of ammunition ever, nearly 75 million bullets they sa

COAST GUARD'S FUTURE: GREATER USE OF RESERVESWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard of the fut

Guilty pleas by Arctic Alaska Fisheries Corp. and six of its former officers may be only the introdu

Last year's California earthquake continues to have consequences: Home and auto owners can expect to

The Coast Guard is showing less enthusiasm for replacing the nation's only fee-based vessel-traffic

International efforts to improve the maritime skills of seafarers will be wasted without an effectiv

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Shipowners are being alerted about a recent increase in piracy attacks in Somalian waters. T

Greece's inflation rate in April was 9.9 percent on an annual basis, the lowest level in 22 years, E

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Continued strong demand for coal from Wyoming's Powder River Basin and the chronic congestion that s

The European Commission will lodge an appeal this week in the European Court of Justice against a de

The North American Free Trade Agreement has brought a surge in traffic between cities in Mexico, the

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

COAST GUARD REPORTS MARIJUANA, HEROIN HAULMIAMI - The Coast Guard said its cutter Es

A U.S. importers' association opposes an initiative to inform consumers that woven Asian rugs are no

Net oil exports from the former Soviet Union are estimated to have risen to 2.24 million barrels a d

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Taiwan's consumer price index in April rose 4.44 percent from a year earlier, a level well above mos

Border-state members of Congress are lining up to oppose a Clinton administration proposal to charge

Jacques Santer, the president of the European Commission, will meet today with Canadian Prime Minist

Canadian and European Union officials watched the U.S.-Japanese auto talks here closely last week, h

In the aftermath of President Clinton's decision to bar trade with Iran, industry attention is focus

China's sales to international grain markets are dwindling and Beijing's decision to slash a farm ex

Trying to calm the fears of shipping lines and motor carriers over implementation of the controversi

"They are carefully preparing the ground for sowing dissent among the large Shia population occupyin

Colombia has slapped a 16 percent duty on U.S. tin-free steel exports after concluding an American c

Security - not economic - issues will dominate this week's summit between President Clinton and Russ

The new secretary-general of OPEC, the Hon. Rilwanu Lukman, speaking at a recent oil conference in K