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General Electric Co., in a move to consolidate operations, is eliminating 1,400 jobs and closing two

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Construction has stopped at a planned Maine container terminal after a federal judge issued a prelim

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills sought to ease the fears of other nations Friday about the eff

The crew of a ship that sank in a remote part of the Indian Ocean eight days ago has been rescued, m

Supercomputers, which have become vital tools for complex tasks ranging from nuclear weapon developm

Saarberg-Hoelter Umwelttechnik GmbH is not a typical West German company. While most German manufact

Reserve International Services Inc. is opening a marine container depot in Detroit for storage, inte

Insurance companies reacted cautiously Friday to the California Insurance Department's Proposition 1

Matson Navigation Co. officials say they will spend $250 million over the next five years to enter t

U.S. companies seem likely to lose some export opportunities to China as a result of renewed Sino-So

As a kid, James Fergason admired famous inventors such as Thomas Alva Edison, Alexander Graham Bell

A report published Friday into transshipment of U.K. trade, which claimed that it can cost up to 82

Federal lenders should enforce federal law by requiring homeowners in flood- prone areas to buy floo

A dispute between China and the United States over protection of intellectual property looks likely

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

A surprisingly moderate increase in the government's measure of wholesale inflation for April trigge

A group that favors basing a U.S. Navy battleship group in Staten Island challenged its opponents to

Shipowners counting on a continuing rise in the price of secondhand vessels should take care they do

A representative of U.S. tanker and bulk operators says that if Congress were to vote on a tanker do

A unit of Brazil's giant Lorentzen forest products and industrial conglomerate will begin moving con

Ocean freight rates for dry bulk cargo spurted upward last week, with the Baltic Freight Index, the

Insurance Commissioner Roger M. Singer won't say if he'll loosen the reins on auto insurance rate-se

High prices and low freight rates don't seem to be deterring shipowners from ordering new tankers, e

The European Community is planning to unveil proposals for a European ship registry within the next

Fifth Complaint Filed For Box Rule DamagesFleet Shipping Lines Inc., an off-pier freight con

Health-care benefits could be extended to all live-in partners of unmarried workers in Seattle - hom

Fifteen yards south of the U.S.-Mexican border, raw sewage overflows from a manhole cover and stream

The Bush administration tried to answer critics of its environmental policy by announcing Friday tha

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a landmark agreement with 533 companies that

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (New York) - John Hayes was named director of worldwide business develo

A new antipollution bill would extend already-expired deadlines for cities to meet clean air require

Americans should start planning for their long-term health care before they reach age 50 and should

Federal rule changes aimed at speeding up licensing of nuclear power plants are inadequate and won't

CON ED SAYS SUPPLIES SHOULD BE ADEQUATENEW YORK - New Yorkers should have plenty of electric

SODIUM PERCARBONATE Interox America of Houston will raise the list price of FB sodium percar

A Taiwanese-Hong Kong group is setting out to create a third airline based in the colony, despite th

Market development is among the most difficult, yet rewarding, tasks in aviation. Just ask Rudy Voge