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The government is investigating allegations that 7,000 military and commercial jet aircraft engines,

Each year, Californians are supposedly paying $6.4 billion more than they should for electrical serv

Following the deaths of eight trackside workers over the past 12 months, the Federal Railroad Admini

Explosive growth in trade to Southeast Asia, especially China, will continuefrom West and Ea

The Anro consortium is launching a weekly service between ports in Australia and Southeast Asia star

Asian robusta coffee prices will gain further as demand continues to outstrip supply and as buyers i

American President Line's container terminal expansion project here faces local, state and federal e

Nearly 50 Navy civilians stationed at Newport News Shipbuilding will lose their jobs by the end of S

A state senatorial committee today will have to decide whether a marine pilots bill passed by the st

Travelers Inc. and Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. confirmed last week they were still discussing an

Senior officials from poor developing nations lashed out at a bill sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin, D-I

Swiss retail sales in April fell a nominal 6 percent from a year earlier and fell a real 5.3 percent

Five Romanian stowaways who were apprehended aboard a containership here last week said that they th

The insurance industry is turning a focused eye toward solutions as the tab for arson tops$2 billion

Are they ships? Land-based hotels?A combination of the two?These questions perplexed

REGIONAL BLOCS Symposium on Caribbean Economic Development. June 9-10. Washington, D.C. Cont

Through the heat and dust of the boulevard, dilapidated buses, cabs and donkey carts seem to move in

Tosco Corp. reached an agreement with BP America, a subsidiary of British Petroleum PLC of London, t

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell to a level of 101.2 on Friday, down0.1 point fro

Taiwan Friday lifted a ban on foreigners setting up banks and eased restrictions on foreign investme

The head of Canada's most powerful shipper group is warning that a merger of the eastern networks of

Australia's agricultural industries are becoming increasingly active players on commodity futures ma

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.35 up 0.51 w

Should the long-standing ban on exports of Alaska North Slope crude be reversed, a drop in shipments

The Federal Aviation Administration will halt further development of microwave landing systems and h

The U.S. Labor Department has asked a federal court to force a marine engineers union to rerun a Mar

Louisiana's highest court said late last month that a provision contained in general liability polic

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., the Hong Kong-based ports, telecommunications and energy group, has acquired

As part of its effort to crack down on substandard shipping, the Coast Guard has assembleda list of

Local-content regulations on cars made in Taiwan will be scrapped when the island joins the world's

After lying dormant for nearly two years, a government/private-sector committee dedicated to boostin

When the calamitous Northridge earthquake rocked the extensive art collection at the J. Paul Getty M

While Southern Californians rebuild businesses, homes, highways and routines shattered bythe Northri

Wholesale sales in Germany fell a real 4 percent in April from April 1993 and a nominal 3 percent to

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A story appearing on Page 1A on June 3, titled "White House Walks Softly on China Trade Policy, shou

Russia has agreed that it needs to resume delayed import payments to Japan, topping $1.2 billion, wh

Computerized container management is spreading to more terminals around theglobe, according

Williams Pipe Line Co. has suspended gasoline shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast for the June 7-14 p