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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

Bolstered by demand for new cars, the Standard Products Co., a rubber and plastics parts maker based

"You are the apple of my eye" is not a Japanese expression, but it might as well be. "The Ja

The cost of insurance is increasing for mobile-home owners covered by Allstate Insurance Co., with s

INSURANCE COMMITTEE FOR ARSON CONTROL (Arlington, Va.) - Kenneth M. Goodnight was elected chairman;

Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Historical Museum, which details the company's history and business activities

FRANCE TO NAME MEDIATOR IN MARSEILLES LABOR ROWPARIS - The French government will ap

A former mine superintendent has been convicted of helping steal more than 29,000 tons of coal.<

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Two steamship lines in the United States-to-Central America trade have signed a vessel-sharing arran

Japanese orders for new shipbuildings for the first six months of its fiscal year grew 27 percent ov

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Canada's Westcoast Energy Inc. Thursday announced it has agreed to sell C$150 million (US$111 millio