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Britain's trade deficit jumped 38 percent to 1.66 billion ($2.6 billion) last month, the government

Moody's Investors Service might downgrade the rating it assigns to Sea Containers Ltd. preferred sto

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A squabble between two railroad engineers over who was in charge preceded the derailment and explosi

Spain's shipyard industry is clawing its way back up the world ladder as Spain fights to preserve it

The recent surge of the U.S. dollar "poses a major problem for the Western economies" and requires c

The frenzy of interest in gold loans is unlikely to recur this year as banks back off and companies

When Fred Kayden decided he wanted to import fresh Russian bread into the United States, he ran into

Compagnie Generale Maritime, France's largest shipowner, recently ordered two new containerships fro

A West German pilot's daredevil landing in Red Square prompted an embarrassed Soviet Union to try to

Sales of existing single-family homes in the United States fell 1.1 percent in April to a seasonally

U.S. economic growth is likely to slow dramatically in the second half of the year and push up the

After-tax profits of U.S. corporations fell 1.7 percent in the first quarter to a seasonally adjuste

From labor travails to terrorist threats to rising fuel prices to aging planes, the nation's airline

Australia's life insurance sales leader is looking for a U.S. investment management company to boost

An association of domestic manufacturers of seamless and welded stainless- steel pipe and tube has c

AIR TORONTO SWITCHING TO BAE SUPER 31 JETSAir Toronto, an Air Canada connector airline servi

One of the great behemoths of the U.S. government is about to go high tech. Staffers of the

ANERA IS PERMITTED TO FIX CONTRACT ERRORThe Federal Maritime Commission has granted a reques

The story "Kadampanattu Ships OK'd for US Trades," in The Journal of Commerce's May 19 Maritime Brie

The United States lead over Japan in biotechnology, especially in new drug development, is strong, t

DOW WILL RESTART ETHANOLAMINES PLANTMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. announced plans to res

Canadian Transportation Research Forum, 24th annual meeting, May 28-31. Halifax Sheraton, Nova Scoti

Call it digital seduction. Managers of the Port of Hamburg are doing their best to lure memb

Call it a reluctance to work on windswept rooftops, knead dough at 4 a.m. or get dirty installing fu

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Ashland Petroleum Co., the refining and marketing division of Ashland Oil Inc., said it will begin m

Indonesia is waiving a hotly contested tax on oil support services less than two months after it was

The U.S. government will not consider an emergency short-term loan for Argentina until its authorit

A new commuter aircraft is likely to be seen soon over U.S. skies, a 35-seat turboprop built in Indo

S. KOREANS CONSUMING MORE IMPORTED BEEFSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's consumption of imp

TYCO TOYS TO BUY VIEW-MASTER IDEALTyco Toys Inc., the nation's No. 5 toymaker, announced tha

AIG EXECUTIVE GETS 1 TO 3 YEARS IN PRISONA former executive at American International Group,

State regulation of the emerging private insurance market for long-term care gives the elderly "a fa

A partner in a newly formed Boston law firm specializing in insurance says California consumers' rec

ITT TELEPHONE RATES FOR 27 NATIONS TO DROPSECAUCUS, N.J. - International telephone rates for

Once again, the Marines are on the front lines. Only this time, there aren't any guns being

Sixteen companies have applied to the Federal Maritime Commission for licenses as ocean freight forw

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Sweeping changes in U.S. trade, tax and macroeconomic policies are the key to eliminating the curren