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Maritime unions, encouraged by reports that the Department of Labor will back a bill to extend U.S.

India has the potential to become a major and reliable soymeal exporter if it can reduce its depende

Midwestern farmers who were hardest hit by this summer's flooding will need years to recover, a corn

The Navy said it has terminated Tampa Shipyards Inc.'s contract to complete design and construction

Caribbean entrepreneurs expect soon to consummate the buyout of a sinking government-owned regional

The Clinton administration will relax strategic export controls on general- purpose computers, a dec

System Fuels Inc. purchased 650,000 barrels of 3 percent sulfur, 8 percent asphaltene No. 6 oil for

China must implement immediate fiscal and monetary measures - including raising interest rates, slow

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Travelers Insurance Co., Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Prudential Life Insurance Co. of Americ

JAPAN RAILWAY SPINOFF NETS $3,600 A SHARETOKYO - Stock in East Japan Railway Co., th

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The NAACP has called off plans to picket a Hughes Aircraft unit here under a new strategy of trying

Goya Foods Inc. has long satisfied the craving for spicy Hispanic food in the United States. Now it

Timothy Barberich believes he has the pharmaceutical equivalent of the compact disk, which can prese

Recent changes in federal legislation pave the way for over 5.2 million natural gas vehicles to be o

The Port of Galveston, Texas, approved a letter of intent to purchase the idled Todd Shipyard proper

Fish Before Work. Through Oct. 31. South Street Seaport. A behind-the-scenes look at the historic Fu

PORT OF HAMBURG POSTS 5 PERCENT CARGO VOLUME DROPHAMBURG, Germany - The Port of Hamb

Anne D. Aylward, maritime director for the Massachusetts Port Authority since 1983, is among three t

The federal government's failure to guarantee long-term subsidies to owners of U.S.-flag ships has l

A committee of the State Bond Commission has tentatively allowed the agency paying off claims for fa

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

The basic question an exporter must ask in deciding whether to fire an overseas distributor and open

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Acordia Inc. will become the world's ninth-largest insurance brokerage, upfrom No. 13, when

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Thursday after the Bundesbank, the German central bank, declined to low

The Port of San Francisco is "perilously close" to sliding over the fiscal falls and into a pool of

A group of California growers has taken another step toward filing a formal complaint about imported

The flood-ravaged Gateway Western Railway lost a bridge and 2,200 feet of track this summer and now

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

Former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan said that he and Ross Perot will lead separate efforts to

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GROUP ASKS FDA TO ACT AGAINST ELI LILLY UNITWASHINGTON - A public interest group ask

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South Korea's petrochemical companies have failed to set up a second meeting with Taiwan companies t

Aug. 26, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The shiny new bottling equipment looks somewhat out of place behind the rusting gates of Hinchesti's

The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved a request from the Massachusetts Port Authority t