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Transportation Secretary Federico Pena's call for a national truck and bus safety summit has left th

HANCOCK TIMBER BUYS WEYERHAEUSER ACREAGEThe Hancock Timber Resource Group, a unit of John Ha

Japan is harvesting a bumper rice crop this year, one year after its worst harvest since World War I

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California electronics and electrical equipment manufacturers are reaping the benefits of a resurgen

In the waning days of her administration, Gov. Ann Richards chose Rebecca Lightsey, who has little i

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The Port of Hampton Roads, Va., may see a second disgruntled ship crew spending its Christmas there

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Liberty Corner, N.J.) - Frederick J. Favorite Jr. was named vicepresident of

A 42-year-old Frenchman trying to become the first person to swim alone across the Atlantic Ocean ha

IMPORTED-CAR SALES SEEN UP IN JAPANSales of imported vehicles in Japan will jump by 15 perce

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Baltimore-based USF&G Corp., one of the largest insurers in the United States, is to buy Victoria Fi

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The November elections have changed the political landscape for maritime subsidies and prompted the

Evergreen Marine Corp. and the Port of Tacoma reaffirmed their commitment to each other in the North

The Massachusetts Port Authority and Gov. William F. Weld have come under fire for a plan to merge s

Spain's gross domestic product in the third quarter of 1994 increased 2.3 percent in real terms from

At a certain basic level, all companies do the same things, said Robert Hiebeler, head of Arthur And

The U.S. export advance will accelerate next year, while import growth will slow, the Organization f

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China is banning new luxury construction projects until 1996 and halting golf course and racetrack d

The long-closed wholesale sector in China appears set to open at least a crack to overseas investors

The European states that threw off communism five years ago have cause to celebrate the year 1994.

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Soldiers have been posted at two of Nigeria's major oil depots, Benin in the southwest and Emene in

A South Korean conglomerate said Monday it has agreed with North Korea to build joint-venture cement

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As part of the quality assurance movement sweeping industry, the American Bureau of Shipping has sta

Bitterness and anger lingered in France Tuesday over European Union and French government approval o

U.S. Investment bankers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said counter- accusations against it by China'

S. KOREA TO OPEN SECTORS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will

Albanian industries were crippled this week after the government ordered power cuts to meet an emerg

World sugar prices are forecast to ease early next year as new season production from Thailand becom

Although U.S. chip makers are pleased by the enhanced intellectual property protections and sustaine

Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investors Service placed their ratings of ITT Hartford Group Inc. and

People's Insurance Co. of China said Monday it has written insurance for more than 1,900 oceangoing

Six people representing major property/casualty insurance trade associations will attempt to hammer

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