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Japan's overall trade surplus climbed 7.7 percent last month at $7.3 billion and with the United Sta

Motorists could pay auto insurance rates up to 4.5 percent higher beginning July 1 under a new ratin

Some Assembly Democrats are sharply criticizing an attempt by Assembly Speaker Chuck Hardwick to ask

RI AUTO INSURER SEEKS TO EXIT MASS. MARKETA Rhode Island insurer that writes less than 1 per

Large purchases of U.S. cotton by China have boosted charter ship rates in the U.S. Gulf. Mo

Customs agents replaced $500 million worth of cocaine hidden in a barbed-wire shipment with sand, bu

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IBM UNVEILS SOFTWARE TO LINK COMPUTERSNEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. has r

FOR JOHN C. SMITH AND MYSELF it is a kind of wrap-up interview. It didn't start out that way. But wh

When the price of gasoline here rises, or the cost of a pizza falls, Wall Street and Washington list

Ray Friant likes to recall the visit by a Japanese camera company executive to the Keystone Camera P

A memorial service is scheduled Monday for Jacob Nebeling, a prominent shipping executive on the Wes

Hanjin Group, the shipping and airline organization, cut a sweet deal with its purchase of debt-lade

Britain is pressing the European Commission to liberalize coastal shipping within the European Commu

US CLASS I RAILROADS REPORT INCOME BOOSTWASHINGTON - The nation's Class I railroads reported

The failure to enforce train operating rules, by the Iowa Interstate Railroad and the Federal Railro

Not since Adolph Hitler swept to power in 1933 has Europe been in the midst of such precipitous chan

All cigarette packs sold in the European Community will have to carry specific health warnings from

Despite a substantial increase in the defense budget, almost 100,000 companies stopped doing busines

New York insurance regulators Tuesday announced their largest fine ever, levied against two Liberty

NLRB SETS HEARING ON UMW PRACTICESLEBANON, Va. - The National Labor Relations Board will hol

FINA OIL & CHEMICAL CO. (Dallas) - Jeff D. Morris was named refinery manager at Fina's Big Spring, T

An Amoco Oil Co. official said a planned expansion of its Cartaret marine terminal would allow the c

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner said Tuesday his department is close to naming a new U

At West Germany's first alternative bank, managers and clients wear blue jeans and gym shoes and sit

The Interstate Commerce Commission seems unable to decide just how much regulatory jurisdiction it w

The fate of CNW Corp. and its midwestern rail system remain up in the air following the company's an

The last vestiges of the once-great United States Lines Inc. passed into history Tuesday when a fede

Exxon Valdez Third Mate Gregory T. Cousins conceded under questioning that the condition in which he

OPERATIONS REVISED AT EMERY WORLDWIDEPALO ALTO, Calif. - Emery Worldwide has reorganized int

Venezuela's first general strike in 30 years Thursday will gauge opposition to President Carlos Andr

Several major Japanese electronics manufacturers announced plans Tuesday to increase purchases of U.

A House maritime subcommittee rescheduled a previously postponed hearing on domestic rate regulation

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (New York) - Peter John Anderson was named president of the bank's Brazilian af

The game of musical chairs in the port industry resumed Monday as Joseph F. Prevratil stepped down a

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Pillsbury Co. hopes increased use of electronic communications systems will have it rolling in dough

NWA Inc. shareholders praised the company for what they called its graceful handling of an unwelcome

While formulation of a national sealift policy remains on a "fast track," a Defense Department offic