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Shipowners and marine insurers were warned Wednesday that they face a tough time in years to come be

An amendment that would empower states to ban exports of logs from state lands won overwhelming appr

AT&T FORMS VENTURE FOR DATA NET IN EUROPEMARIETTA, Ga. - AT&T Tridom, a subsidiary of Americ

MC Shipping Inc., an owner of small multipurpose vessels and containerships, had net income of $543,

Some U.S. companies looking to invest in Eastern Europe have found that the road through Austria is

Venezuela will make a proposal this week, during a visit by President Carlos Andres Perez, to help s

YASUDA TO BUY STAKE IN MALAYSIAN BANKJapan's Yasuda Trust and Banking Co. announced Wednesda

Consolidated Freightways Inc., one of the nation's largest transportation companies, lost $37.1 mill

* Trading With Austria 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Two Germanys' Shipbuilders Plan Maj

Cargo shippers between Asia and the United States gave high marks this week to the carrier group th

Norfolk Southern Corp. set a first-quarter record for earnings and revenue. The Norfolk, Va.

A bill the Bush administration hopes will help defuse congressional calls for tougher foreign invest

Rep. Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, introduced a plan to turn the federal crop insurance program over to priva

In February, a 66-year-old Princeton, N.J., inventor was awarded more than $71 million in a patent-i

The International Cocoa Organization Wednesday forecast the 1989-90 world cocoa surplus at 154,000 m

The Long Island Power Authority announced Wednesday that it is requesting bids from engineering firm

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The California State World Trade Commission outlined its position on various trade issues in a recen

A state-commissioned report concluded the Exxon Corp. pipeline that poured 567,000 gallons of heatin

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT WIDENS IN BRITAINThe United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted current ac

Citing the requirements of tougher clean air regulations as a factor, Union Electric Co., St. Louis,

The U.S. dollar continued its slide Wednesday, pressed by a rally in the Swiss franc and ongoing buy

Thailand and Malaysia, which share a long, straggling peninsula, say they have finally ended 11 year

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills all but said Wednesday that Japan will not be designated as a

Norton Co., seeking to elude a hostile $75-a-share bid by Britain's BTR PLC, said Wednesday it has

IBP Inc. is scheduled to open its giant pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, next week, which many industry

Platinum led a sharp drop in precious metals Wednesday as supplies continued to build against weaken

The upcoming German currency union will not necessarily push up German or world inflation, Federal R

Legislation to beef up both Export-Import Bank and Commerce Department support for U.S. business in

Yet another hint came last week that the U.S. Transportation Department maydeny Lufthansa Ge

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The Inter-American Freight Conference will relocate Monday to Jersey City, N.J., from lower Manhatt

ICC'S PHILBIN TO SPEAK AT JOFC LUNCHEONEdward J. Philbin, the new chairman of the Interstate

The future of Georgetown, S.C., as a commercial port is dangling in limbo. The U.S. Army Cor

Sales of North American-made cars and light trucks by the nation's Big Three automakers plummeted 20

Storms in Europe in January and February ate into first-quarter insurance earnings for companies wr

Deep in the jungle of northern Sumatra, Michael Griffiths swatted mosquitoes while he set up battery

Government reform of the waterfront received a big boost Monday when six maritime and dockworkers' u

An underground environmental group has claimed responsibility for vandalism that cut power to 92,000