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Seaboard Marine Ltd. is venturing into a new niche - the roll-on, roll-off market between Miami and

The government plans to lower import tariffs, allow more foreign access to domestic service markets

Business analysts who have been bullish on Poland are even more enthusiastic in the wake of the coun

June 4, 1993 Copper Total, 107,999. Gold Total, .2,231,335.Silver Total, .271

Britain is making a new political push for debt relief for the world's poorest countries following a

Insurers, reinsurers and some underwriters at Lloyd's of London that wrote commercial general liabil

Rail securities analysts were at a loss Friday to explain the sharp sell-off in rail stocks that str

The proposed European Community energy tax, to be discussed by finance ministers from the 12 member

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California winemakers are taking a cautious view of U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor's recent

Russia will work to alleviate port congestion and speed the flow of U.S. grain under a $700 million

Japanese trading companies have been active receivers on floating rate ''differential" swaps denomin

Question: How many European countries does it take to change a light bulb plug? Answer: 18.E

An organization grouping 27 major international mining companies said last week it had adopted a cha

GERON APPOINTS CHIEF, COMPLETES FINANCINGMENLO PARK, Calif. - Geron Corp. has appoin

The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry's consolidated net income dropped to $4.47 billion

A civil racketeering case by 120 American investors accusing Lloyd's of London of breaking U.S. secu

Truckload carriers and intermodal marketing companies are normally the Hatfields and McCoys of surfa

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Japan's low birth rate was a major concern as more than 200 toymakers from seven countries, includin

NIGERIA INTRODUCES INVESTMENT INCENTIVESThe Nigerian government has introduced new incentive

California regulators on Thursday told Dow Chemical Co. and its subsidiary Great Western Pipeline Co

High school students in six countries guided the fortunes of a make-believe company during the last

FOREIGN INVESTMENT BY JAPAN FALLS AGAINJapan's appetite for direct investment abroad faded f

Puerto Rican business interests are mounting an aggressive "grass-roots" public relations campaign t

A bitter diplomatic confrontation has broken out between the European Community and Latin American n

To government officials or harried commuters, America's crumbling infrastructure of neglected bridge

Japan should end its ban on U.S. apple imports amicably, rather than force the United States to reso

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard will slash 1,304 workers - or about 13 percent of its work force - by mid-Oct

Bulk operator Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Ltd. cited a stagnant market and higher costs in reporting

Emery Worldwide announced Friday that it has signed a three-year agreement with Renfe, the state-own

US SIGNS UN TREATY TO PROTECT FLORA, FAUNAThe United States, in a reversal of Bush administr

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is in discussions to develop a joint venture to tap the world's most temp

Continental Airlines has selected Honeywell Inc. to supply a navigation system that is designed to i

Transportation interests are convinced that, no matter what changes the Senate makes this week in th

Just as the transportation industry was starting to get comfortable with microcomputers, Microsoft C

Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet th