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The Port of Liverpool's parent company, which announced a record half-year profit Tuesday, is negoti

A ship on contract to respond to oil spills itself caused a spill when it crashed into an Arco Alask

Algeria is expected to import 5.9 million metric tons of grain in 1993-94 (July-June), up from 5.2 m

A Chinese ship said by Washington to be carrying chemical weapons materials for Iran is on its way t

Another of China's state-run companies burdened with obsolete equipment and methods is looking abroa

JUDGE TO ISSUE ORDER AGAINST AMTRAK STRIKEWASHINGTON - U.S. District Judge Stanley H

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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

Arthur C. Bass, president of Federal Express Corp. during its formative years, died of cancer at his

Rising prices for natural gas and the chance that cold winter weather could strain the gas supply ha

PWA Corp., holding company of Canadian Airlines International, Tuesday formally rejected Air Canada'

Central Piedmont Community College is doing a little housekeeping. Thecollege, located in Ch

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 216.41 up 1.28 which compares wi

TWO NY EXCHANGES DISCUSS MERGERNEW YORK - The New York Cotton Exchange and the New Y

South Korea's gross national product grew a real 3.8 percent in the first half of this year, compare

Frail and elderly Marie Jones, the last full-blooded Eyak Indian of Alaska's Prince William Sound, m

CATERPILLAR SHIPS TRACTORS TO RUSSIAPEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. said it began sh

When Southern Peru Copper Corp. engineers decided that a three-story-high boiler was required to imp

A locust invasion of vast desert lands in Pakistan and India is "a time bomb" that could threaten vi

Oil development in the environmentally sensitive Beaufort Sea can continue safely as long as oil com

Mexico has taken the initial, early steps to decentralize, privatize and modernize its maritime tran

The Trickle Up Program, a nonprofit organization that helps the unemployed start their own businesse

Air Canada will move operations and staff at Newark International Airportfrom their current

The Canadian and U.S. Seaway agencies announced that operational surcharges, normally imposed after

A record fine levied against a Taiwanese shipping operation by two California regulatory agencies is

One of the most intriguing North Carolina business trials in recent memory has started in a Greensbo

The Australian wine industry Tuesday declared war on the Australian government over a wholesale tax

The local market has been tight on a smaller-than-expected 1993-94 (May- April) coffee crop, with ex

Japan's prospects for an economic rebound were dashed on Tuesday by a series of grim reports, dampen

Saudi Arabia's national airline Saudia reportedly has agreed to buy 59 passenger jets worth $6 billi

Railroad union leaders have attacked a key section of a General Accounting Office report studying th

The tanker Mathraki, which ran aground in Larne harbor, County Antrim, in Ireland during the night,

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NY BANK TO MANAGE KY. INSURER'S PROPERTYNEW YORK - Bankers Trust New York Corp. said

European central bank officials agree that taming inflation is essential before their currencies can

Financially struggling Delta Air Lines, in an effort to trim costs further, is offering early retire

A summer-long heat wave, torrid even by Texas standards, and an accompanying drought are taking thei

NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP. (Norfolk, Va.) - Donald W. Seale was appointed vice president of merchandise

Undeterred by the failure of Beaver Express and the American Contract Freight Line to establish inde

Fruehauf Trailer Corp. reported second-quarter 1993 financial results showing operating losses that