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The United States, although piling up a merchandise trade deficit in near- record numbers, continues

More than 14 million Americans routinely drink water contaminated by agricultural chemicals and resi

Former President Carter told business executives that the company's program to combat river blindnes

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Behind the closed doors of last fall's Communist Party plenum, senior leader Deng Xiaoping bristled

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Louisiana-Pacific Corp., the building products manufacturer, reported its best quarter ever, setting

Cocoa producers said Wednesday that Indonesia's participation in any program by the Cocoa Producers'

Changing economic fortunes around the globe are keying anticipated export growth for Potlatch Corp.<

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 229.72 off 0.16 w

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South Koreans are no mean graduates of the export-and-prosper school, so when they start describing

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"Collecting the Port: Recent Acquisitions of the South Street Seaport Museum." Through Oct. 30. New

Alaska's 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill left little-noticed but costly residue: tarnished scientific re

Entering a potential war zone off Haiti didn't bother female crewmembers aboard the aircraft carrier

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Barge rates are rising slightly in America's heartland, as the record crop in corn and soybeans begi

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Piscataway, N.J.) - Martin Von Beoeczy was named director of the company

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the money-losing French state-owned shipping company, is considering wi

The Port of Seattle is preparing a fiscal 1995 budget plan that predicts only modest increases in re

When senior Politburo member Qiao Shi wanted a suitable crucible to promote science and technology i

It is de rigueur for every Chinese negotiating team heading for Geneva to state once more that China

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Simple math explains a lot. China's economy is doubling in size every five to six years, trade growi

While most of China sweltered during August, China's top financial managers were generating their ow

If present trends continue, China will be the world's largest recipient of foreign investment within

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Longshoremen and others in the intermodal transportation chain are returning to work atthe Port of H

PROTEST AGAINST FIRING DISRUPTS PORT IN FIJILONDON - Dockworkers at Suva, Fiji, disr

Aviation insurance rates are stabilizing after years of double-digit increases. As 75 percen

Zim Israel Navigation Co.'s top U.S. official Wednesday blasted a work stoppage at the Port of Balti

Georgia disaster officials estimate the flood damage from this month's storms in south Georgia at $1

Millard J. Grauer of Equitable Life Assurance Society in Chicago, became president of the American S

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