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BECHTEL UNIT WINS THAI MANAGEMENT PACTBechtel Civil Co., a unit of San Francisco's Bechtel G

The "Empire State," a training ship operated by the State University of New York Maritime College th

Railcar builder Gunderson Inc. of Portland, Ore., reported this week booking $130 million in new ord

TEAMSTERS LEADERSHIP SEEKS HIGHER DUESWASHINGTON - Worried about their anemic strike

Underwriters Smith Barney Shearson, Lehman Brothers and Goldman, Sachs & Co. exercised their option

The Interstate Commerce Commission will consider requests for protection from several western railro

U.S. RE CORP. (New York) - Demarest "Nick" S. Newman has joined the corporation as senior vice presi

KEMPER SELLS STAKE IN CENTRE REINSURANCELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. sold its min

United Parcel Service's decision to accept parcels weighing up to 150 pounds has been enthusiastical

The seaports along Florida's Gulf Coast suffered with depressed bulk cargo volume in the fiscal year

A troubled Lloyd's of London faced another setback Thursday when it announced it must amend terms of

The U.S. brewing industry has called on Washington to close the border to Canadian beer because of a

ITT Hartford Insurance Group, in a pitch to become one of the top crop insurers in the nation, Thurs

Insurance broker Rollins Hudig Hall of Alaska Inc. is about to be sold to a businessman who's headed

A decision to block rate increases for insurers in the state's last-resort workers' compensation poo

New York's top insurance regulator this week warned the 147 companies selling life insurance in the

The Singapore-registered fleet topped 12 million gross tons last month and officials are forecasting

OPEC members, in a relative display of discipline largely attributed to a lack of buying appetite, h

India said Thursday that it agreed to guarantee payments for electricity to be generated by seven ma

TEXACO SUES ECUADOR FOR CONTRACT VIOLATIONQUITO, Ecuador - Texaco Inc. has filed a $

The growth in natural gas futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange - up 145 percent over

One of the big questions in the natural gas business was answered this week. The American Ga

Prices in the electricity trading pool in England and Wales fell Wednesday by about UK250,000 ($372,

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Golden Age of Toy Boats. Through March 5. New York. Sampling from Forbes Magazine fleet includes an

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Carnival Cruise Lines Inc. reported higher net income for the fourth quarter ended Nov. 30, 1993, of

More than two years after Louisiana turned to casino gambling, including riverboats, to help fill it

An oil tanker that suffered a crushed submerged bow section when it apparently struck an iceberg nea

Almond producers are smiling at the prospect of a $21 million decrease in European tariffs if Congre

Far from the battlefields of Dixie, the American Civil War spread to the French region of Normandy 1

Results were lackluster for many Florida seaports in fiscal 1993, but the Latin American trade boom

Talks on the number of longshoremen needed to load grain ships on the West Coast are tentatively sch

The Port of Penang, an island off the northwestern coast, said it handled the equivalent of 242,454

Poland's government will step up intervention in the economy to make it more competitive but wants t

While the Clinton administration is publicly vowing to step up pressure on China for its unfair trad

Chicago Board of Trade leaders predicted that Globex, the world's only computerized 24-hour trading