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An upstart port seldom acknowledged as even a rival by its sister ports in Florida wants to compete

Despite a settlement reached last week in a $77 million federal class-action lawsuit, the Chubb Grou

A Connecticut consumer group is threatening a legislative revolt against both personal lines rates a

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners said it will fight the ''challenge to regulators

A federal judge Monday allowed Gulf Coast shrimp fishermen to forgo temporarily the use of devices a

NEC CORP. (MELVILLE, N.Y.) - Hisashi Kaneko was named president and chief executive of NEC America I

Foreign trade zones have been growing phenomenally since the 1970s. Thomas Berry, assistant

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U.S. Rep. Charles B. Rangel is calling on Caribbean countries to sign tax agreements with the United

JAPAN, US TO DISCUSS TEXTILE TRADE ACCORDJapanese and U.S. officials are likely to hold talk

BELL HELICOPTER TO USE U.S. POLYMERIC RESINU.S. Polymeric Co. of Santa Ana, Calif. said its

The potential for wheat prices to edge higher into the fall improved somewhat with the latest Depart

CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. (New York) - James H. Bigham was named vice president- chie f financial office

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NORANDA, TRELLEBORG TO BID FOR FALCONBRIDGENoranda Inc., the big Canadian mining and forestr

The number of Japanese corporate bankruptcies in July fell 23.8 percent from a year earlier to 551,

One thing bothers Edgar S. Woolard Jr. about his new job as chairman and chief executive of E.I. du

BUSINESS INVENTORIES ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN JUNEBusiness inventories rose 0.4 percent in June w

RIGHT AFTER PRESIDENT BUSH signed the savings and loan bailout bill, Treasury Secretary Brady said a

K mart Corp. reported a 10.9 percent decline in second-quarter earnings Monday, due largely to weake

Hong Kong's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the April-June quarter rose to 1.4 percent fro

Arco Chemical Co., said Monday it would strengthen its position as the world's largest producer of u

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South Korea and the United States will thrash out eight contentious areas in bilateral trade talks o

Chicago Mercantile Exchange yen trader Michael Sidel has pleaded not guilty to three counts of mail

A recent flurry of armed pirate attacks on merchant ships in the South China Sea prompted a warning

Employees of the Georgia Ports Authority will vote later this month onwhether they want to be repres

World sugar prices fell sharply Monday in the absence of confirmation India bought sizeable quantiti

ARGENTINA CUTS TAXES ON GRAIN, OILSEEDSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine Agriculture S

All sectors of the soy complex remained sharply lower at the close although rising above its session

The Department of Transportation denied requests by five U.S. air cargo carriers for broad U.S.-Cana

A proposal by ship lines and trucking companies to ban ocean freight rates that don't take account o

The United Transportation Union has rejoined the AFL-CIO, but faces a representation fight on the Sp

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

Sir James Goldsmith, who is leading a $21 billion hostile bid for B.A.T. Industries PLC, said last w

Let's face it, a garbage disposal is not the first item that comes to mind as the key to boosting ex

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After a three-week absence, the Tennessee Valley Authority returned to the weekly spot market to pu

UGI Corp. said that its AmeriGas subsidiary signed a definitive agreement to buy substantially all o