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Thomas M. Fiorentino was named chief of staff of the Federal Railroad Administration, reporting to A

Motorcyclists and state officials joined Tuesday in opposing legislation to withhold some federal hi

The elevated section of Oakland's Nimitz Freeway that collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake was slated f

Ports need to get actively involved in the war on drugs to avoid losing business, according to a spo

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The National Security Council's "unclassified summary" of the national security sealift policy cover

The stock prices of many U.S. construction and engineering firms jumped by 5 percent to 10 percent i

Dow Chemical Co. said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings fell 7 percent on lower demand for polye

Committed to buying more and more foreign beef, but apparently incapable of inducing retailers to st

The U.S. Customs Service has two "aspirins" for the headaches American importers and exporters are l

The Port of Oakland's Seventh Street peninsula where several shipping lines call appears to have sus

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ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. (El Segundo, Calif.) - Robert D. Paster has been appointed president of

The helicopter deaths of three of Donald Trump's key Atlantic City, N.J., Casino executives last wee

The volume of imports by China and the Soviet Union mainly will determine whether wheat prices rise

Cargo and passenger airlines expected to return to normal operations in the San Francisco-Oakland Ba

Air express services suffered only moderate disruptions in the wake of Tuesday evening's devastating

NEPTUNE ORIENT LINES BUYS 340 REEFER BOXESNeptune Orient Lines Ltd. is purchasing 340 new re

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House Agriculture Committee members accused the Food and Drug Administration of understating the hea

Trade with Japan seems likely to remain an imbalanced flow of more Japanese goods into the United St

qIndustrialized nations this week endorsed a U.S. proposal to draw up a timetable for phasing out sh

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Applications to build oceangoing ships under this year's official shipbuilding loan program are near

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher told a Senate committee Wednesday that the United States is look

A lower U.S. dollar against the pound sterling pushed cocoa futures higher Wednesday. Althou

Business and other U.S. spokesmen Wednesday sharply questioned the federal government's commitment t

An electronic tariff filing system developed by the Interstate CommerceCommission and rail c

A tax revolt is brewing among Canada's 10 provinces over a proposed national sales levy similar to t

European nations are finding out the hard way that they are no longer totally in control of their ow

American Electric Power Service Corp. said it's looking to buy spot coal needed in the first quarter

UNOCAL UNIT TO INVEST IN THAI GAS FIELDSBANGKOK, Thailand - Unocal Thailand said Wednesday t

One of Singapore's richest businessmen and the head of several flourishing companies was charged Wed

A ship is better off putting to sea to avoid the large tidal wave that might result from an earthqua

EAST GERMAN LEADER PUSHED OUT OF OFFICEEast German leader Erich Honecker was stripped of pow

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

A group of insurance trade associations is nearly ready to present Congress with a proposal for a $5

Layoffs, budget cuts and the state's commitment to relocate offices into high-crime urban areas has

Perhaps one insurance company president was joking when he said the biggest growth industry in the U

The Bush administration sent out mixed signals Wednesday when it issued its long-awaited statement o