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Authorities ordered a limited ban Thursday on the movement of trucks to andfrom the capital'

Picture this: You've just checked into your Moscow hotel room, kicked off your shoes and turned on t

Two railroads hope to pry short-haul shippers away from motor carriers with new intermodal offerings

NYK Line plans to start a direct service between Japan and Vietnam as well as a feeder service betwe

CLEVELAND-CUYAHOGA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY (Cleveland) - Roy F. Knapp was named director of trade deve

Marine Transport Lines Inc. has agreed to sell 50 percent of a tanker operating subsidiary to P&O Bu

The Commerce Department has cut by more than half its proposed dumpingmargins for synthetic

MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY. May 7-11. Castine, Maine. Petroleum Tanker Safety Course. (207) 326-4311.

I was sitting at my computer, typing some nonsense, when the keyboard froze. Nothing I typed showed

American Express Co. is well acquainted with the Soviet Union, said Andrew B.Somers Jr., the

The House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday approved legislation to pare away "strategic" U.S. expo

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. (New York) - AIG has realigned management responsibilities in its

Insurance is not the only way to fund underground storage tank liabilities, ''and it's a good thing,

The number of joint ventures in Eastern Europe has more than doubled in the past nine months but onl

AXA MIDI NOT PLANNING AMERICAN GENERAL BIDAxa Midi Assurances is not currently thinking abou

US REMOVES ROADBLOCK TO POSSIBLE ACQUISITIONPresident Bush has removed a legal hurdle to the

American International Group Inc. Thursday reported a net income increase of 3.5 percent, to $355.7

Three more French insurers - Union des Assurances de Paris, Compagnie du Midi, and Compagnie Financi

ANTALL ASKED TO HEAD HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENTBUDAPEST, Hungary - Arpad Goncz, Hungary's interim

Despite its depressed economy in the wake of recent reforms and continuing market restraints, Brazil

SOUTH KOREAN WORKERS VOTE TO END STRIKEULSAN, South Korea - South Korea's labor unrest showe

Aldus Corp. is putting the final touches on a version of its popular PageMaker graphics program for

The trade walls built around Brazil's controversial reserved computer market are increasingly shaky

The investigative arm of the Department of Agriculture is urging Congress tocut foreign coun

Diamonds have lost none of their sparkle for jewelry buyers and are headed for an eighth consecutive

A U.S. Coast Guard interim rule will require U.S. vessel operators to draft waste management plans a

Ship lovers Wednesday feared the SS Milwaukee Clipper would ride its last wave into a junk heap, sol

The amount of seaborne cargo discharged in Hong Kong in the fourth quarter of 1989 decreased slightl

FURNITURE FORECAST: E. EUROPE INFLUENCEHIGH POINT, N.C. - Country, with lots of comfort buil

The four key players involved in the recent American President Cos. management shake-up are among th

CAPITALISTS NEED NOT APPLY. The worst thing that could happen to Hong Kong in the near term would be

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Air Express International, the large air freight forwarder, earned $1.6 million, or 32 cents a share

At the Santa Elena vineyards north of Santiago Julia Mercado Quiroz walks between rows of kerchief-c

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Retail sales generally rebounded in April as consumers returned to stores to shop for Easter and spr

U.S. automakers will assemble an estimated 228,228 cars and trucks this week, up marginally from 227

Longshore pickets are not likely to disrupt loading of cable at STC Submarine Systems Inc. in Portla

Debate over the shape of European Community cross-border mail and package delivery services after 19

General Motors Corp. Thursday reported its first-quarter profit fell 54 percent and Ford Motor Co.'s