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Claiming the Federal Highway Administration's new overweight container rules are costly and unmanage

Petron Corp., the country's biggest oil refiner, said Monday it intends to increase capacity by up t

Occidental Petroleum Corp. said Monday it has agreed to sell its high-density polyethylene plants an

U.S. insurance companies and brokers, moving south with their corporate clients, have found Chile an

Coca-Cola (Japan) Co. remains committed to steel cans for the vast majority of its beverage canning

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

Bermuda's catastrophe insurers are diversifying their product lines to secure a long-term client bas

HAMBURG SUD SHIPPING GROUP (Hamburg, Germany) - Heinz Bulck is retiring as head of this company's So

A local salt company here made the highest bid for state-owned shipping line Empresa Maritima SA.

Stanford Parris' sudden decision to resign from the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. leaves G

Shipping executives will meet Karel Van Miert, the European Union's competition commissioner, late t

HUNDREDS EVACUATED FROM CHANNEL FERRYST. HELIER, Channel Islands - More than 300 peo

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Officials in Shanghai, China's largest commercial center and port, said they will again seek coopera

Thomas & Betts Corp. is hoping the third time is the charm. After space heaters in its first

CROSS TIMBERS TO BUY GAS FIELD PROPERTIESFORT WORTH, Texas - Cross Timbers Oil Co. s

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Eastman Chemical Co. will build a polyester-copolymer plant in Malaysia, its first wholly owned manu

With Houston still ranking as the largest ocean port on the Texas coast, the three ports of the cent

We've heard it many times: "Friends" who come around only in the good times aren't your friends; the

For the week ended April 8, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Starbucks Coffee Co., the gourmet-coffee retailer, is developing standards for business conduct that

A Mobil Corp. affiliate has entered into a joint venture with the government of Kazakhstan to explor

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The U.S. dollar continued its downward slide here Monday, losing ground against most major currencie

Two Florida computer scientists released a study Monday concluding that fraudulent pricing of traded

When Houston's International Transquip Industries Inc. developed a new system for incorporating spri

LIFECO SEEKS TO EMERGE FROM BANKRUPTCYORLANDO, Fla. - An insurance company under investigati

Having a food show open to the general public is guaranteed to draw a crowd, especially around lunch

Apr. 13, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) has granted Morocco $9.5 million for family plan

The Military Sealift Command is awarding the first of a series of charter contracts to U.S. tanker o

Don Smith, general manager of Sky Courier, an Airborne Express subsidiary, has found a silver lining

The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide if relatives of a passenger killed in an airline crash

Du Pont announced plans to build a $55 million urethane facility in South Korea that is designed to

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 13, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. Customs has let slide its first opportunity to publicize foreign companies that are illegally t

Monday Apr. 17, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.63 off 2.07

Wabash National Corp. reported 45 percent higher net income and a 52 percent increase in first-quart