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The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider a yacht owner's attempt to extend the liability limit

Five out of six older Americans can't afford a basic nursing home insurance policy, a private advoca

Some of the most loyal Super Bowl fans - insurers, doctors and police chiefs among others - also hav

The B.T. Nestor, 70,000 deadweight tons, 811 feet long and blue-hulled, lay at anchor off Staten Isl

NJ GOVERNOR UNVEILS AUTO INSURANCE PLANTRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Jim Florio Monday suggested asse

The name of Clouter Island, a potential site for a new marine terminal in the Port of Charleston, S.

John B. Caouette, chief executive of Capital Markets Assurance Corp., is the new chairman of the Ass

The state-run shipbuilding sector in China is "standing firm in the general retrenchment climate," t

PaineWebber Monday became the largest unsecured creditor in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in

West German chemical giant BASF AG announced Monday it will site a long- awaited $100-million biotec

Precious metal investors are losing some of their enthusiasm amid renewed strength in the U.S. dolla

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U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Monday saidU.S. budget constraints could li

NYMEX CLEARS HURDLE ON PLATINUM OPTIONSThe staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

A Midwest-based producer of breathing devices will open a plant in Ireland this spring, positioning

MICROGENICS EXTENDS JAPANESE PARTNERSHIPCONCORD, Calif. - Microgenics Corp., a medical diagn

A division of LTV Corp. announced a joint venture to sell as many as 20,000 all-terrain trucks to So

When Data General Corp. went public with its joint venture computer company in India earlier this mo

SAUDI ARAMCO ORDERS CRAY-2 SUPERCOMPUTERCray Research Inc. announced Monday that the Saudi A

The Bush administration, responding to West European pressures, is proposing relaxed controls on exp

Some 6,000 companies in this state could become exporters, but only about 1,000 are now selling thei

The Belgian government is kicking off a $1 million campaign next month to lure U.S. investors to its

When an importer in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Savannah, Chicago, San Francisco or Puerto R

MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS FELL WORLDWIDE IN 1989Global merger and acquisition activity declined

Taiwanese companies plan to move 40 factories to Indonesia soon under an accord reached last week be

China assured foreign banks and governments Monday that it would be able to repay its heavy debts af

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Major shippers said they oppose a U.S. government proposal to push for cargo- sharing in any bilater

Virtually the entire ship-finance department of maritime law powerhouse Burlingham Underwood & Lord

The mission for maritime legislators this year is simple: finish a batch of unfinished business.

The United States intends next month to propose international rules on eliminating government subsid

If a shipment of Iranian pistachio nuts arrives in the United States with documents listing Turkey a

The shortage of covered hopper cars at country elevators that has plagued the grain industry since e

Citing increased competition and growing capacity in the trade, Hawaiian Marine Lines said it will h

With a strike of longshore labor entering its fourth day, the Port of Baltimore has come to a virtua

JAPAN REPORTEDLY URGES BOOST IN CAR EXPORTSIn a strange twist of trade politics, Japan's Tra

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

China's state-controlled aviation agency plans to buy 19 widebody passenger aircraft this year, down

FEDERAL EXPRESS TAKES DELIVERY OF EIGHT F-27SFederal Express Corp. has taken delivery of eig

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