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"Earthquake politics" is triggering calls for higher fuel taxes to fix aging highways, but road buil

With extra help to cope with the Christmas rush, Bob Hundemer and his assistant, Garfield Jenkins, a

Grain market analysts and merchandisers generally were optimistic about the prospects for increased

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. of Northbrook, Ill., will spend $11 million to build a resea

The Berlin Wall is tumbling down, and some of the pieces are apparently landing overseas in the Unit

BONN PANEL FORECASTS TRADE SURPLUS RECORDBONN, West Germany - West Germany is heading for an

Shipyard workers have removed 1,600 tons of steel from the ruptured Exxon Valdez and plan to install

The chairman of the Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority's board of governors was replaced over t

For every $100 a foreigner changes into Chinese currency upon entering, he can leave China with no m

Two of Hong Kong's second-line air carriers have abandoned or delayed applications for new routes, b

The flat rate for moving bulk oil shipments between ports is on the rise, according to the latest ve

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Shares of Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA fell in price Monday after an analyst's report dow

It's a big year for intermodal rail freight in Massachusetts. From a few hundred piggyback a

NATIONAL STARCH BUYS GERMAN ADHESIVES FIRMNational Starch and Chemical Corp., based in Bridg

In the heart of Japan's cattle country, farmers alarmed at surging imports of cheap beef are hoping

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Societe National des Chemins de Fer, the French national railroad, has opened an intermodal complex

The United States expects Japan to join fully in international efforts to support Eastern Europe, U.

Japan's market speculators are chasing a political bandwagon: stocks they think will be invested in

When Shojiro Ishibashi died in 1976 at age 87, he left his family an enviable stash - art, stock and

From his eighth-floor window facing the Japanese Imperial Palace, Bridgestone Corp. President Akira

The universal worker's fantasy of telling the boss exactly what you think of him or her, and getting

The U.S. consumer price index for October is expected to be reported up 0.4 percent in October, prop

The Hungarian transport minister will attend a special council session of the European Conference of

Nigeria plans to increase its proved oil reserves to about 50 billion barrels over the next five yea

The chic shops with familiar Western names - Pierre Cardin, Estee Lauder, Benetton - are thronged wi

Japanese lumber mills are paying three or four times U.S. prices for logs, and trees worth millions

The flood of roughly 3 million East German visitors to West Berlin and West Germany this weekend has

The nation's insurance regulators, increasingly concerned about policing carriers to protect against

The chairman of the California Assembly Finance and Insurance Committee has condemned an indefinite

Commercial Union Insurance Cos. said it will ask the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to reconsi

Southeast Asian countries have been urged to increase their crude oil refining capacities, the OPEC

The International Trade Commission is expected to rule in mid-December whether anti-dumping duties w

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America Inc. said it approved three compani

The Federal Maritime Commission has proposed a procedure for filing confidential materials in formal

From the time of Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo, a portion of every major European war has been

The 13 largest containership operators from the Far East to the United States agreed Monday to withh

It's "wait till next year" for many maritime bills, including oil spill legislation, as Congress rac

Will the next generation of Asians shun curbside noodles, curries and other indigenous food in favor