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Aluminum Company of America said it will close one of five aluminum smelting lines at its plant in W

Brazilian poultry farmers in the northeastern part of the country are importing corn from the United

The Irish authorities are buying time for their strategy of holding the punt's parities in the Europ

Prosecutors have issued a summons to Chung Ju-Yung, founder of the Hyundai empire, demanding that he

Consolidated Rail Corp. and C.W.S. Inc. of Oak Brook, Ill., announced Wednesday a new intermodal ser

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An effort by the Teamsters to organize some 300 J.B. Hunt Transport Co. drivers working out of their

Switzerland's economic growth had been as smooth as the Alps are rugged, expanding about 2 percent a

New civil aircraft orders worldwide slipped 3 percent to 581 last year, and of the big three jet pro

A new airline that plans to serve South Africa received a boost last week when the U.S. Department o

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Gov. Mario Cuomo signed legislation late Monday to reduce the premiums Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shie

In the second round of layoffs to hit the Boston insurance industry in a week, Liberty Mutual Insura

Weekly inventory data for petroleum and petroleum products released late Tuesday by the American Pet

Iran is still considering a variety of pipeline proposals to ensure it can deliver exports from its

An insurance industry-supported report released Tuesday called for more taxpayer money to fund clean

The Federal Maritime Commission Wednesday approved rules that give ocean freight consolidators optio

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For 27 years, Rosalie Carlson worried about losing her sleep and her health. Now, she is losing fait

North American railroads plan to spend more than $40 million to determine whether a locomotive techn

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EGYPT RESCINDS ORDER TO BOOST SUGAR TARIFFCAIRO, Egypt - Egyptian Minister of Supply Galal A

Hampered by the lowest prices for their crop in seven years, Florida's sugar producers are hoping fo

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The waterside expansion of the Hamburg Port and Warehouse Corp. Fruit Center was completed with the

Thousands of Florida homeowners must wait until mid-February before receiving more money from the st

Dozens of steamship companies, terminal operators, customs brokers and other waterfront businesses i

The president of the oil industry's largest trade group warned this week that the energy proposals o

Shipowners had to accept sharply lower daily charter rates for tramp containerships in December, shi

Jorge Valero, hands deep in his pockets against the freezing wind, smiledbroadly as Philadel

Liability insurers said Wednesday they are confident there will be sufficient coverage to meet all c

A Superior Court judge in California has tentatively decided that a state fee for inspecting cargo s

A shipboard engineers union has broken off its formal negotiations to end a controversial merger wit

The U.S. air strike against Iraq Wednesday failed to drive the U.S. dollar higher against the deutsc

Labor negotiators for the Boeing Co. huddled with a federal mediator Wednesday looking to jump-start

Boeing Co. has agreed to pay over $43,000 in back-pay to a woman who charged she was passed over for

Southern Pacific Lines said it will furlough 116 locomotive repair shop workers in nine cities throu

Fruehauf Trailer Corp. is up for grabs again, nearly seven years after the once-venerable Detroit ma