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Fresh private-sector orders for ships have injected new life into India's biggest shipyard, which is

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Prudential Insurance Co., the nation's largest life and health insurer, is searching fora replacemen

Four of the nation's leading shipyards will abandon the Shipbuilders Council of America on Dec. 31,

After a year of controversy that exposed a sharp division in the U.S. grain industry, the USDA's Fed

U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry will adopt the stance of a hawk during this week's visit to Chi

In the manner of many Western countries, chain stores are eroding the traditional mom-and-pop shops

1994 Engineering Forum. Oct. 19. One-day seminar on "Transferring Technology for Practical Applicati

Canada's Bitech Corp. announced it signed a joint-venture agreement forming a new company that will

American Exploration Co. plans to pay $100 million worth of cash and stock to take control of oil an

Top Bank of England, Department of Employment and trade union officials will meet academic experts h

AMERICAN BARRICK RESOURCES CORP. (Toronto) - Brian Mulroney, former Canadian prime minister, was nam

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 14, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Although they remain enthusiastic about the potential, pioneering promoters of waterborne cargo shut

FEDEX: DAILY VOLUME UP 16.2 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. said

UN OFFICIAL URGES MORE CLOUT FOR IMOISTANBUL, Turkey - The International Maritime Or

American General Corp. won a partial legal victory last week in its effort to take over Unitrin for

With Halloween fast approaching, lifting the lid on the lucrative winter holiday season, worried can

A proposal from marine insurers to clamp down on claims caused by blatant negligence brought an angr

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Propelled by industrial and investor demand, silver prices are expected to rise, analysts said.<

President-elect Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon of Mexico is likely to privatize the state-owned railr

Volkswagen of Mexico announced record exports Friday of more than 75,000 automobiles so far this yea

Canadian telecommunications firm Teleglobe Inc. has joined a Mexican-U.S. consortium seeking a conce

U.S. beef exporters are anxiously awaiting results of a preliminary unfair- trade- practices investi

In a move toward more efficient operations and a bigger voice in Washington, the National Coal Assoc

American truckers will be granted access into Mexico in December 1995. As tempting as this may sound

The stock of Long Island Lighting Co., the utility serving over 1 million customers in New York City

Russia must take immediate steps to prevent safety oversight of its aviation system from falling bel

When Bob Pamplin reminisces about his family, he scarcely knows where to start. That's becau

The Interstate Commerce Commission will conduct a public hearing beginning Wednesday inSt. Albans, V

Emery Worldwide said it will launch a new intra-Europe time-definite delivery system onNov. 1.

The Pentagon is aggressively addressing its transportation challenges, such as the last-minute missi

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday despite a surprising fall in the U.S. September producer price dat

The U.S. Labor Department Thursday rejected union complaints that Honeywell Inc. and General Electri

"The unfortunate history of relations between China, Japan and Korea, their different idiosyncrasies

The United States and the European Union are edging toward yet another showdown over trade.

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With Soviet communism dead and buried, millions of Russians are looking to improve their standard of

AUSTRALIAN MINERS DELAY STRIKE ACTIONCANBERRA, Australia - Australia's mining union