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CHEMICAL PLANT BLAST IN RUSSIA KILLS TWOMOSCOW - Two people were killed in a powerfu

The Boston Oil Spill Cooperative has won high praise from the Coast Guard for its preparedness as de

An agreement on minimum guaranteed interest rates resolved the stalemate over the rehabilitation pla

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The U.S. government must integrate trade policy into its broad domestic and foreign policy decision-

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ABS SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST CROATIAN YARDNEW YORK - The American Bureau of Shipping

Taiwan's trade surplus in the first 11 months of this year was US$9.01 billion, down 27.5 percent fr

Trucking companies are learning that running afoul of U.S. Department of Transportation's safety ins

Brazilian automakers are capping one of their best export years as 1992 foreign sales are expected t

The Interstate Commerce Commission has written a sample letter it wants bankruptcy trustees to send

The Chinese government is focusing more on the training of ships' officers in an attempt to widen em

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Just a half-year after bringing its first vessel carrying Australian meat products through the West

A Riley County farmer has filed a lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court against several chemical

At a time when opportunities for foreign companies in Mexico are expanding, one major insurer is dro

HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC TO DROP P/C BUSINESSHawaiian Electric Industries Inc. said it is leaving t

New York drivers named American International Group (AIG), Country-Wide Insurance Co. and Eveready I

Specialty insurer UNUM Corp. agreed to acquire Colonial Cos. Inc. in exchange for stock valued at ab

Once again the Supreme Court declined to review a lower court decision allowing an insurer to refuse

Russian troops sent into the troubled central Asian republic of Tajikistan to quell rising political

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

Three vessels belonging to the French state-owned Compagnie Generale Maritime were held in their por

What U.S. shipyards need to make the post-Cold War transition from military to commercial work is no

A yen-based trading bloc could be a reality in the Asia-Pacific within two decades, spurred by the r

The owner of the Sagawa Kyubin group has informed the Japanese Parliament he will not be able to tes

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In a new offensive against counterfeit software, several of America's principal producers of such co

Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Masami Tanabu will visit the United States and

A new book published by a think tank formerly chaired by President-elect Bill Clinton is calling for

The Chicago Board of Trade will begin offering the nation's only insurance futures and options contr

About 95,000 barrels a day of crude oil will be exported by Kazakhstan next year once a new oil pipe

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It appears that the first major commercial tanker order for U.S. shipyards since the Exxon Valdez wa

The U.S. dollar abruptly reversed direction Monday, tumbling over 2 percent against major European c

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' decentralization of its cargo operations is drawing mixed reviews from fre

American companies coming to Mexico to do business bump up against a harsh reality: Good office spac

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