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U.K. Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said Friday any realignment of the EC exchange rate mechanism wo

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CRUDE FUTURES SOAR ON VENEZUELAN MOVEReports that the Venezuelan oil minister said the count

Rickmers-Linie will launch service from the United States to the Middle East in February, the U.S. a

A federal regulatory regime promoted by the American Insurance Association officials would cost hund

Congressional reaction to President Bush's trip to Japan came largely from lawmakers opposed to his

Engineers here are working to upgrade anti-lock brakes for large trucks and buses. Although

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France is seeking some modest credit for waging a half-century of diplomatic war with Moscow to save

Western German workers and employers are bracing themselves for tough wage negotiations this spring

Israel has resigned itself to getting less than the full $10 billion in U.S. loan guarantees to fund

Hunched over a low ledge in a sloping, rock-cluttered tunnel far beneath the surface of the earth, C

U.N. and Iraqi participants at talks this week on the possible resumption of Iraqi oil sales have se

In a breakthrough move that could end the series of strikes at French ports over the past few months

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FEDERAL EXPRESS UNIT GETS HUSH KIT ORDERFederal Express Aviation Services Inc., a unit of Fe

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Consolidated Edison Co. of New York is asking suppliers of heavy fuel oil to postpone some January d

"What's 12 miles between friends?" - a headline on a recent House maritime committee notice - may be

In a voyage mixing seamanship and economic development, the Massachusetts Maritime Academy's trainin

SAN FRANCISCO SEEKS BIDS FOR BOX PROJECTThe Port of San Francisco is seeking contractors for

U.S. business leaders agree that a draft text for completing the Uruguay Round of international trad

The New York State Insurance Association is hailing a preliminary injunction barring the New York St

Thailand's Ban-Pu Coal Co. will sign a joint-venture agreement Saturday with two Indonesian companie

After the rejection of a sharp rate hike to meet what it termed a steep rise in costs, the Richmond-

Cargo planes from Washington State's Air National Guard are awaiting a U.S. governmentgreen light to

FOREIGN INVESTMENT, OUTPUT EXPAND IN CHINAChina made progress in setting up foreign-funded e

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Seaborne trade in chemicals faces some major structural changes over the next few years as productio

With a temporary, scheduled ship service now beginning, plus a lot of scraping for all sorts of frei

Japan's Ministry of Finance has moved to accelerate the reorganization of the country's financial ma

Finance & Management Information for Transportation, logistics seminar, Jan. 13-17. Transportation C

Retail prices for home heating oil continued to decline over the last two weeks, falling nearly 2 ce

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Overcapacity and unprofitable freight rates have become so painful for ship lines linking North Amer

Singer Sewing Co. will begin in March to manufacture part of its small appliance line in the United