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The National Association of Purchasing Management's index of manufacturing activity fell to 52.8 per

Computer software pirates in Taiwan are considered among the most sophisticated at counterfeiting, b

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Chemical Waste Management Inc., Oak Brook, Ill., is seeking a new state permit to restart operations

A team of senior energy officials from Kazakhstan recently began a three-week visit to learn about t

British Gas PLC and Agip, the Italian state oil company, won the right to negotiate the purchase of

MADIGAN TAKES HELM OF MEDIATION BOARDWASHINGTON - Kimberly A. Madigan has succeeded

PATENT OFFICE TO HANDLE CALGENE-ICI CONFLICT WILMINGTON, Del. - The U.S. Patent and Tradema

Taiwan will resume talks with McDonnell Douglas Corp. to try to salvage its troubled plan for a mult

The U.S. Postal Service stands to lose millions of dollars in diverted business if it imposes anothe

A Burlington Northern Railroad train derailed early Tuesday morning, plunging a chemical tankcar car

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South Africa's annual inflation rate dropped to 14.8 percent in May, down 0.8 percentage point on th

Massan Shipping Industries Inc. has opened a Houston office for its services to Algeria, Morocco, Tu

A Russian tanker rammed and sank a small Chinese containership Tuesday, spilling 20 boxes into a bus

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

American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Eastman Kodak Co. and several other U.S. companies have purchase

Building on the success of humanitarian aid shipments and marketing efforts in Eastern Europe and As

The Hub Group Inc., the nation's largest shipper agent, is boosting its customer-oriented "quality"

As many as 50,000 jobs will be eliminated by oil and gas companies in the coming year as the industr

GENERAL ELECTRIC UNVEILS MORE EFFICIENT MOTORBALTIMORE - General Electric Co. said T

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The contract for the second phase of rehabilitation of the Ghana port of Takoradi, to be financed by

Malaysia on Monday handed over long-awaited documents detailing its claim to an island disputed by S

A rehabilitation plan for the failed Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., Newark, N.J., has been stall

Israel and China Tuesday signed a free-trade agreement that will eliminate all duties and quotas on

U.S. computer manufacturer Unisys Corp. is introducing Asia's first mass- market "phoneless phone sy

New York harbor's future is threatened by efforts to amend a law regulating ocean dumping of contami

Eight high school seniors in the Port of New York and New Jersey were awarded $16,000 each for their

The Russian central bank's decision to make the ruble convertible at an initial rate of 125.26 ruble

Rail labor didn't fare well last week when Congress ended a nationwide rail strike and lockout after

VEGETABLE OIL EXPORTERS FEAR ALGERIAN FALLOUTPEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Export industry

A United Nations official said he saw "some hope" of progress at talks about an international cocoa

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After several false starts, China officially opened parts of its East China Sea to foreign oil explo

Alliance Shipping Inc.'s "excellence" program has claimed a number of victims, notably 7 percent of