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AMERICAN PRESIDENT COMPANIES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Joseph McKeon was named to the newly created p

A House Ways and Means Committee subcommittee has taken the U.S. Customs Service to task for "abuses

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Container leasing companies aren't yet tagging their boxes with electronic identity transponders, bu

PRESTON REPORTS LOSS FOR FOURTH QUARTERPRESTON, Md. - Preston Corp. lost $4.2 million in the

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

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The future of diesel as the primary fuel for heavy-duty trucks may be in jeopardy as lawmakers bow t

At a stormy meeting Friday of the state agency poised to take over Philadelphia's docks, officials u

An obvious lack of progress in talks between government officials and dock unions is prompting fears

Five U.S.-flag carriers will haul general Department of Defense cargoes between U.S. ports and San J

Japan has ended its holdout status in electronic business messages by agreeing to participate in the

The bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. finds itself the pawn in a high- stakes struggle between

China is deferring payment on numerous loans and trade finance obligations, even those guaranteed by

Carla Hills, U.S. trade representative, said the Bush administration cannot support a bill providing

The sharp 1.8 percent rise in January U.S. producer prices masks a moderate ''core" inflation rate t

When Francis Le Baron opened a survival food business in his garage in 1970, customers clamored for

Corporate America last year dropped a record number of pension plans that pay workers set monthly be

A unified Germany will not be a threat to the rest of Europe because it will be completely integrate

Georgia officials are considering legislation that would require insurance companies to notify an in

Possible reserve problems have prompted a Reston, Va.-based risk retention group to cease writing ne

Two naphtha crackers described as desperately needed by the petrochemical industry seem no closer to

Gov. James Florio has taken several shots at the insurance industry in his attempt to reform New Je

Sematech, the computer industry consortium, says it plans to fund aninnovative project aimed

The Soviet Union is preparing a series of new laws that should help spur more Soviet joint ventures

Juries awarded more than $475 million in damages in the nation's 10 largest civil lawsuits last year

MOYNIHAN DEFENDS SOCIAL SECURITY TAX CUTSen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan says his plan to cut So

HEWLETT-PACKARD, OKI SET PUERTO RICO PACTPALO ALTO, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. and Oki Ele

More than 30 U.S. companies will be represented in Czechoslovakia next week at an investment confere

AMERICAN EXPRESS BEGINS NEW UK SERVICEAmerican Express Co. on Thursday launched a British fi

The telephone lines to Beijing were broken. The woman in charge of placing calls to Moscow was "rest

A week-old strike at a Ford Motor Co. engine assembly plant in northern Mexico ended Thursday, and t

The increasingly emotional tone of the debate between Japan and the United States over trade and inv

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

GRAND METROPOLITAN PUTS ALPO ON THE BLOCKGrand Metropolitan PLC, the huge British food and l

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The Bush administration agreed Thursday to additional economic aid to China and spelled out its legi

Western Europe could be entering an era of high interest rates in response to demand for capital to

Britain's highest court of appeal ruled against Borden's Inc. Thursday in a battle over the right to

Prospects of 70 percent inflation this month and central bank restraints on importers' dollar deposi