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Premiums for reinsuring the fleet of Indian Airlines with foreign companies has shot up 82 percent b

Sweden's industrial production rose 0.6 percent in August, compared with July, in seasonally adjuste

INTERNATIONAL AERO ENGINES AG (Glastonbury, Conn.) - Barry Eccleston will assume the post of chief e

INDIAN TRUCK MAKERS REBOUND FROM SLUMPBOMBAY, India - India's truck industry, recove

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Concerns over Western investment and policy toward Africa unexpectedly stole the spotlight at the Un

An explosion in the number of commercial banks in Russia limits the central bank's ability to superv

Norway, which now carries an unrestricted trade with China, is ready to impose import curbs mandated

The Northwest's first geothermal energy project is several steps closer to reality following the com

Eveready Battery Co. is working on a new method for safe, low-cost recycling of household batteries.

Steam generators at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station are not wearing out so fast that they

The six Central American nations will seek long-term, low-interest loans of more than $10 billion fr

IVAX TO FORM VENTURE WITH BASF SUBSIDIARYNEW YORK - IVAX Corp. said Thursday it will

The arrival en masse of foreign financial institutions in Mexico will provide a shot in the arm to t

In a consolidation of the Pacific liner services owned by Norwegian shipowner A/S Thor Dahl, South S

Forced to compete with unregulated motor carriers for fresh fruit and produce shipments, regulated r

Shoreline Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd. cleared the highest hurdle on its way to offering special oil spill

The United States and Canada have failed, for now, to reach an agreement on tolls on the St. Lawrenc

A major pipeline rupture and fire are the latest catastrophes to hit Houston, where raging flood wat

Less-than-truckload carriers Thursday reported mixed results against a backdrop of strong earnings e

Modify or eliminate the high-density slot rule if you must, but don't even think about allowing more

BRITISH-US PHONE LINES OPENED TO COMPETITORSBritain said Thursday it was opening telephone s

Union Pacific Corp., the stalking horse in the Santa Fe-Burlington Northern merger, earned $210 mill

Thursday Oct. 20, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

1851 (Oct. 20, 1994) Previous day - 1847 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Intermodal shipments of perishables apparently are approaching a crossroads of sorts, as growing int

More than a year after its introduction, the European Union's banana import regime continues to stir

Any agreement to improve U.S. access to Japan's air-transport market will likely come in a series of

The lack of people willing to sit behind the wheels of the nation's big rigs is driving trucking com

Practical concerns of trade and investment dominated the second day of the U.N. international sympos

Nine environmental groups and a New Jersey congressman filed suit against the U.S. Coast Guard in a

The Argentine Congress is unlikely to approve a patents bill for pharmaceuticals by the end of the y

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An explosion at a refinery south of Los Angeles injured four employees critically and at least 14 ot

Soaring demand for petroleum products in the Asia-Pacific until at least the turn of the century wil

The swollen waters of Cedar Bayou have forced Chevron and Amoco to shut down production at two plast

Growing threats to the tobacco industry hit the wallets of South Carolina farmers this summer, who e

A leading classification society is proposing closer cooperation with the national maritime authorit