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The U.S. government has told consumers that it's safe to eat grapes from Chile. But the U.S.

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd., last of the main units of the Jardine conglomerate to report, Tuesd

Donald Kelly, former chairman of Beatrice Co., and his partners have agreed to purchase Envirodyne I

Refiners stand to profit from new summertime volatility standards for gasoline, despite industry con

BRAZIL CARGO PLANE EXPLODES IN MIDAIRSAO PAULO, Brazil - A Boeing 707 cargo plane exploded i

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives, by a vote of 194 to 3, has passed and sent to the Senate

CATHERINE A. KACHURIK APPOINTED TO EDI POSTALEXANDRIA, Va. - TDCC: The Electronic Data Inter

The new offspring of Singapore's Straits Steamship Co. bounced into the world to a warm welcome from

Polish Ocean Lines has doubled its service between Europe and Israel after opening a single freighte

One of China's largest companies, amid further official indications of a squeeze on steel imports, i

Back when James Dwyer was executive director at the Port of Seattle, he used to talk about getting o

There's always office space available on Los Angeles' prestigious Wilshire Boulevard for those who h

An Assembly panel Monday voted to subpoena two former members of the Joint Underwriting Association

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS SEEN UP IN FEBRUARYU.S. durable goods orders will rise 0.8 percent in F

Hewlett-Packard Co., announced an agreement Tuesday to sell its South African sales subsidiary becau

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The four principal carrier rate-making groups serving the trans-Pacific containership market have fi

PETROCHEMICAL PLANT TO PROCEED IN AUSTRALIASYDNEY, Australia - Construction of a US$1 billio

It costs more than $100 million to set up a back-office, trading and management information system f

Four national unions representing Indian port and dock workers plan an indefinite strike from April

A second French mine-hunting ship joined a search in the English Channel Tuesday for a tank containi

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Federal Express Corp.'s net income declined to $24.8 million, or 47 cents a share, from $36.5 millio

Corning Glass Works has agreed to design and equip a new television glass bulb factory outside Hong

For the week ended March 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Tug and barge operators say it looks like the Mississippi and Ohio River systems will be able to wea

COMMERCE SAYS CHINA IS DUMPING HEADWEARThe Commerce Department said it has made a final dete

* Don C. Becker - Publisher's Notebook 12A * Investors Swamp Straits Steamship Offering 3B*

Government leaders Tuesday said they were slapping new taxes on China's thriving private sector and

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

The Taiwanese government is predicting a quick end to a chemical residue controversy that last week

CMX TRUCKING OPENS N. CALIFORNIA TERMINALHUNT VALLEY, Md. - CSL Intermodal said CMX Trucking

Ailing Pilot Freight Carriers Inc. closed much of its trucking operation last week and began selling

Have the smaller crew sizes on huge containerships created new safety problems? That is a question b

Federal Reserve Board Gov. Martha Seger Tuesday said she "was pleased" that the U.S. Consumer Price

New legislation designed to restrict foreign investment in areas crucial to U.S. national security w

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The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has introduced legislation authori

Governments and companies involved in the four-nation aircraft consortium Airbus Industrie have agre

Tembec Inc. is selling half of its share in a C$310 million ($260.4 million) paperboard project to t