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At a time when international economic sanctions are making it harder than ever for South Africa to c

SAN FRANCISCO TO HOST US-SOVIET CONFERENCESan Francisco will host a high-level Soviet-U.S. t

Thousands of villagers are flocking to a river in eastern India after the discovery of diamonds in o

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has made available $1.7 million for an upgrading of Sout

The Puerto Rican government will hold to an "unaltered" course regarding its financially troubled sh

The Maritime Administration has released its latest guide on maritime labor and management affiliati

Communist authorities are gambling that a casino for foreigners will produce enough hard currency to

A series of U.S. proposals to reduce Third World debt offers a potential major breakthrough in easin

Primary insurers are continuing to cede less of their risk to reinsurers as a group of about 60 prop

Companies sued in product liability cases may be exempt from having to pay punitive damages if they

The Workers Compensation Reinsurance Bureau is holding its Annual Workers Compensation Reinsurance S

A state ethics committee has decided that three law firms did not act unethically when they warned c

Democrats at the Capitol disclosed Friday that they are considering slapping a 7.5 percent sales tax

BOP DEFICIT RISES IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a balance of

PAN AM DISASTER CASES MAY GO TO US COURTSLawyers representing families of those who died in

A law firm will run American Mutual Insurance Co. for a year or more as the Massachusetts State Insu

New U.S. charges of Japanese involvement in a Libyan chemical weapons plant were aimed at sabotaging

The Fritz Cos., a large San Francisco-based freight forwarder and customhouse broker, recently sough

PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE CELEBRATING this economy more. That may sound like heresy to those who believe

JOB REPORT CALLED NON-INFLATIONARYAlthough a few analysts detected labor-cost pressures in t

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A new rise in industrial raw material prices so far in March suggests that the economy could be buil

With more than half the fiscal year to go, the Small Business Administration's General Business Loan

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The State Department is taking a fresh look at all options and costs in resolving the future of the

Textile manufacturers in Taiwan are appealing for help from their government as their share of the w

Freight railroad carloadings, other than intermodal, turned down in February over the same month of

Shipowners will likely pay about 10 percent more to transit the Panama Canal starting in October.

Talking cars have not been a huge hit in the United States but on-screen VCR programming and the "sc

A group of Japanese end-users of semiconductors arranged a hurried trip last week to California's hi

Ports these days know there's more to capturing steamship lines than marine facilities alone.

Airplane manufacturers will fight to keep aging airplanes in service despite rumblings from Congress

The Prospect Group Inc. said it has reached an agreement to acquire the Illinois Central Transportat

Zenith Electronics Corp. welcomed the government's decision to monitor television imports from Mexic

Heavy truck sales staged a modest gain in February after months of anything- but-modest industry gro

TEAMSTERS MEMBERS SIGN 'CONSENT DECREES'Three more members of the Teamsters executive board

Fang Jaebin used to be a big cheese on China's pop charts. His schmaltzy 1984 smash hit, "My

A German scientific expedition to Antarctica says two islands marked on maps since 1961 do not exist

The Department of Transportation has given thumbs up to a Federal MaritimeCommission proposa

The cruise ship Monterey, which is partially owned by the International Organization of Masters, Mat