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A Florida shipyard and a Mississippi manufacturer of port equipment were put up for sale Wednesday b

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday as market participants perceived that the Federal Reserve lowered

At its peak in the 1940s, Bethlehem Steel poured molten metal around the clock from huge open hearth

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LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD (New York) - Bruce McIver has resigned as president and general manager to pur

A South Korean company in partnership with European firms said it struck oil in Ecuador after two ye

President Bush's nominee to head the Federal Railroad Administration, Gilbert E. Carmichael, is expe

MANAGERS' OPTIMISM ON GROWTH RECEDESPlant managers' optimism about economic growth has reced

'FRONT-RUNNING' A CRIMINAL OFFENSE?A House Agriculture subcommittee Wednesday said it would

Leaving U.S. waters with far less fanfare than when it entered, the crippled oil tanker World Prodi

Major American steel producers say they'll resort to anti-dumping suits and other remedies available

Political tension between the United States and Panama is finally showing up on the bottom line of t

Several carriers are urging the Maritime Administration Subsidy Board to reject the effort by Farrel

Four MD-80 jetliners awaiting preflight testing at Douglas Aircraft Co. have been sabotaged, accordi

Traffic along northern New York sections of the St. Lawrence Seaway was expected to resume Wednesday

Urine tests for drugs are a different proposition for a sailor at sea than for land-bound truck and

Supplies of both gasoline and distillate declined slightly, the American Petroleum Institute's lates

ONE OF THE MOST CONTENTIOUS ENERGY ISSUES of the last 15 years or so was laid to rest Wednesday when

ROBUSTA COFFEE PRICES CONTINUE TO PLUMMETThere is no end in sight for plummeting robusta cof

HITACHI, H-P TO MAKE FAST COMPUTER CHIPSJapan's Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday it reached agree

One of the fundamental dilemmas for a business that finds itself caught in a political cross fire, a

U.S. companies hoping to open or maintain markets in China in the aftermath of last month's Beijing

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., of Wilmington Del. said it earned $714 million or $3.02 a share in th

Ste. Generale, one of France's largest private banks, has obtained a seat on Tokyo's newly-formed In

BOEING EARNINGS RISE 22 PERCENT FOR QUARTERBoeing Co. said it second quarter earnings rose 2

The story headlined "Texas Company to Drill for Oil in Puerto Rico," which appeared on Page 7B in Th

Lawyers representing opponents of Gov. Mario Cuomo's agreement to close the Shoreham nuclear power p

Centerior Energy Corp. said second quarter kilowatt-hour sales to retail customers rose 1 percent fr

SILGAN P.E.T. CORP. BUYS AMOCO CONTAINERSilgan P.E.T. Corp. has acquired the assets and busi

President Bush may prevail in the cutthroat battle over whether to lower the capital gains tax, but

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I HAVE KNOWN Tony Keating a good many years. I have watched and privately applauded his ascent, both

Two North American subsidiaries of Furness Withy (Terminals) Ltd., Felixstowe, United Kingdom, annou

NEW INVESTMENT LAW TAKES EFFECT IN EGYPTCAIRO, Egypt - A new investment law takes effect in

Consideration of oil spill liability and compensation legislation always seems to turn into a debate

Working under the watchful eyes of local politicians, media outlets and an intensely mindful public

The European Community and the United States appear to be headed for a newtrans-Atlantic "ho

Japanese and foreign tanker operators should carefully stretch out placement of orders for new giant

The U.S. dollar declined broadly in slow trading Tuesday. Dealers said the dollar was locked

USX Corp., the steel and energy giant, Tuesday posted a 17.4 percent increase in quarterly income, w