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Reported efforts to sell Bangor & Aroostook Railroad (BAR) have sparked fears among Maine officials

China's economic supremo Zhu Rongji said Beijing is determined to defend the present value of the Ch

Zimbabwe's economy is ready to flower again after suffering its worst drought in more than a century

GENERAL RE SEES RISE IN 2ND-QUARTER INCOMESTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reporte

Germany's Tchibo Group will continue investing in coffee roasting and cigarette manufacturing in sev

The 5,867-deadweight-ton freighter Cedar Pride is likely to be declared a total loss after a fire co

The U.S. dollar was up slightly Wednesday against the deutsche mark and yen in a very slow market. S

Public Service Co. of Colorado reached a milestone in its disassembly of the Fort St. Vrain nuclear

Wall Street gobbled up most of Mid Ocean Ltd.'s initial public offering, trading 7.2 million out of

British and Chinese negotiators Wednesday dashed hopes of a breakthrough on funding Hong Kong's new

Three auxiliary airport safety workers were executed Monday after successfully completing a special

Fritz Cos. announced Wednesday it acquired Masters Airfreight Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based air freig

Ashland Oil Inc. appears to be making headway in its collection of contaminated pipe from an old oil

In a subtle but important policy shift, the Clinton administration is showing a greater willingness

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A Bay Area firm has penned an agreement that makes it the first non-Chinese company to manufacture s

The South Street Seaport Museum and the Seamen's Church Institute will mark the 50th anniversary of

Emery Worldwide said its U.K. network of offices and freight terminals has received a quality assura

Emerging from a decade of war, Nicaragua wants the U.S. National Ports and Waterways Institute to he

Ronald L. Tillett, the state treasurer, recently joined the Virginia Port Authority's board of commi

The Harrison County Board of Supervisors wants the option to cut its funding of the state port in Gu

On the murky floor of the Irish Sea, the British ocean liner Lusitania lies rusting in a cold grave,

France will use its national safety laws to clamp down on certain types of imports, a senior French

Louis Dreyfus Corp. denied it filed a formal complaint with New York's Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Excha

Major computer chip makers are biting their nails as the main supplier of an essential production ma

U.S. efforts to fight protectionism in the name of food safety will be hurt by a provision in the fe

Although copper imports to China are unprofitable at current prices, some shipments of metal from Lo

A legal challenge that threatened to delay the sale of $336 million in real estate and mortgage loan

Analysts are questioning the wisdom of the new owners of Florida West Airlines and their ambitious p

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The Teamsters union's giant headquarters, both a target for critics of the union's excesses and a sy

A general cargo vessel carrying corn gluten meal, which was abandoned by the crew whenthe engine roo

When tiny Burlington Junction Railway reopened Monday after five weeks in the grip of the Mississipp

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Japan's current account surplus - the widest measure of its trade in goods and services - ballooned

France's constitutional council has said that the Bank of France cannot assume the power to set Fren

The United States, which has threatened to withdraw Indonesia's trading privileges unless it improve

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Evergreen International, the Taiwan-based shipping line that is the largest carrier operating in the

Supporters of a continuing movement to promote the Pacific Northwest region, both in the United Stat