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If plastic is the "bad boy" of trash recycling, then Illinois Tool Works Inc. has found a way to tam

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Aetna Life & Casualty Co.'s recent sale of American Re-Insurance Co. can be seen as yet another exam

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The aggravation of waiting in toll lines will be lessened at several locations in the New York regio

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A newly released U.S. Department of Transportation study aimed at reducing truck rollover accidents

Although incidents resulting from deliberate misconduct involving hazardous materials occur infreque

World Aerospace and Air Transport, annual conference, Sept. 2-3. Hotel Intercontinental, London. Con

Robert E. Martinez, former deputy maritime administrator, was sworn in as the Department of Transpor

Legislators in California are trying to revamp the rules for licensing marine pilots in the state to

Less than 1 percent of aviation workers in safety-sensitive or security- related positions tested po

Just months after it completed its busiest and most successful year in history, North America's larg

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

One of the world's oldest efforts at economic integration, the five-nation Andean Pact, is in critic

Russia's annual oil output has dropped 32.5 percent since 1988 and will fall even further, the count

As tensions rise between this newly independent Baltic republic and Russia, maritime officials here

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Harvest States Cooperatives and Continental Grain Co. plan to set up a joint venture to export U.S.

Beatriz V. Rodriguez was appointed sales representative, Americas region. She was cargo sales manage

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REGIONAL BLOCS Export Conference: Focus Germany, EC '93 and Eastern Europe. Sept. 9. Morrist

Japan's largest-ever financial rescue package may do little more than slow the economic slide, priva

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The story headlined "Reinsurance Group Reports Profit Growth" on Page 8A Thursday should have said t

Plywood prices shot through the roof last week as Hurricane Andrew ripped through south Florida and

The first concrete step toward creating an electronic data interchange network in Hong Kong will com

Northwest Airlines, which has triggered domestic and international fare wars this year, now objects

Crop breeders in Nigeria have developed an improved variety of cassava they say could double output

The United States welcomed the proposal to form a free-trade area encompassing members of the Associ

Cargo accounts for only 2.5 percent of USAir Inc. operating revenue, about half the percentage at ot

Room at the Top: Is there room in the U.S. air freight industry for two trade associations? The shor

Russian vessels that have been sitting idle at Canadian ports since mid- August because of cash prob

MAXIMUM SHIFT DRAFT IS INCREASED ON SEAWAYEastbound ships sailing the St. Lawrence Seaway ca

There may always be an England, but will there always be a Lloyd's of London? The 200-plus-y

The World Bank is still not doing enough to protect the environment in Third World economic developm