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The White House has threatened to veto a House-passed bill increasing the federal subsidy to Amtrak

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Forty years after the Port of Seattle set up one of the nation's first foreign trade zones, the Comm

Waterfront labor and management resume talks today in hopes of avoiding a dock strike in New York ha

Massachusetts motorists with a clean driving record over the past six years could save up to 42 perc

U.S.-flag shipping lines will likely be able to work out a new package of operating subsidies if the

The European Commission took the first step toward allocating 36.2 billion European currency units

The U.S. reinsurance market saw a slight decline in its underwriting results in the first half of 19

JAPAN TO HOST TALKS ON URUGUAY ROUNDTrade ministers from Japan, the United States, the Europ

Small- and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. and Europe must emphasize flexibility and quality if the

Kevin P. Brooks was named president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Line Offices

The damage from Hurricane Hugo in the Southeast could amount to several billion dollars, but the imp

DRIVERS IN NY PROGRAM TO RECEIVE DISCOUNTSNew York motorists who register their vehicles in

Western businessmen here fear the hard-line political stance and increasing shortages will make comm

The future of what could become Britain's largest corporate takeover, a 13.4 billion ($21.4 billion

Senior Chinese leaders pledged Tuesday to maintain economic reforms and the open-door policy to the

AT&T PLANS TO BUY BRITAIN'S ISTEL GROUPAmerican Telephone & Telegraph Co. announced Tuesday

DUTCH OUTLINE PRIVATIZATION PLANAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch government's privatizatio

The National Cotton Council has forged a preliminary position recommending the Department of Agricul

Industrial Gases Union Carbide Corp. said its Linde Gases subsidiaries will increase prices

The British affiliates of General Electric Co.'s GE Plastics unit and Huntsman Chemical Corp. of Sal

Chinese officials said Tuesday this year's grain yield is "certain" to top last year's, but admitted

A group of chlorofluorocarbon producers said Tuesday that preliminary tests indicate that three prom

MINNEAPOLIS EXCHANGE WINS OPTIONS APPROVALThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission Tuesday a

In an effort to meet costs for a possible new trading floor and the development of the electronic tr

Representatives of eight Great Lakes states, after more than a year of study and meetings, say the n

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Business leaders in Quebec have welcomed the return to power of the Liberal Party led by Premier Rob

David H. Clarke and John G. Raos, senior executives at Hanson Industries, were named executive direc

Amex Commodities Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Stock Exchange, said it has receiv

A computer component company with close ties to the United States has shut down one product line and

Are aluminum prices headed lower? At least one large brokerage house thinks conditions are ripe for

Despite pressure from Latin American finance ministers and commercial bankers, the U.S. Treasury Dep

SONY CHAIRMAN MUM ON COLUMBIA BIDAkio Morita, chairman of Sony Corp., would not say Tuesday

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement announced it will impose an estimated 10 percent general r

Formosa Plastics Corp., the largest conglomerate in Taiwan, is again increasing its U.S. links with

In a move that likely will further undermine one of the world's largest ship registries, Panama will

Lufthansa German Airlines is soliciting other major international carriers to join a neutral, comput

South Korea, second only to Japan as an importer of American food products, exemplifies many of the

Cheering rail deregulation as "a free market triumph," a top official ofCSX Transportation I