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USDA LOWERS NUMBER OF CATTLE-ON-FEED- Estimates by the U.S. Department of Agriculture show t

MEXICO WILLING TO CUT CRUDE PRODUCTIONMexico is willing to reduce crude oil production by 5

There's a growing market for coal in South Korea, a London-based expert said, but it seems unlikely

Detroit Edison Co. sold 3.66 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in January, a 3.7 percent increas

Much of China's worsening power shortages are caused by mining and railway officials taking bribes t

The dollar is likely to settle into a slightly lower trading range in the coming months, currency tr

CITICORP (New York) - Henry D. Mlynarski was named to head Citicorp Securities Markets Inc.'s U.S. g

Navistar International Corp. reported that first quarter earnings fell to $37.4 million, or 12 cents

Next month's St. Lawrence Seaway trade mission to Europe and North Africa will focus on export oppor

Electric engines are the focus of China's railroad plan to save energy and increase transport capaci

PROPOSAL TO RESTRICT BAY DUMPING SCOREDRepresentatives from the maritime industry roundly cr

The Philadelphia Port Corp. announced late Wednesday a tentative agreement giving Holt Cargo Systems

Less than a year ago, Holt Cargo Systems Inc., a waterfront terminal operator based in Gloucester Ci

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The Bundesbank's decision Thursday not to raise interest rates signals a reprieve from the recent un

Africa is seeking a sweetened, home-grown medicine to replace that usually prescribed by the Interna

The London International Financial Futures Exchange admits that tradingmalpract ices occur on its fl

PRODUCERS OF U.S. FARM GOODS are making their pleas for help from the new administration in Washingt

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With little or no regular assistance from the state and their ability to issue bonds limited by the

Reducing debt is the first priority for Wilhelmsen Lines AS, the newly formed company that owns and

Waterfront employers in Jacksonville, Fla., have asked union dockworkers to give up several importan

Real Estate Executive Tapped for LA PostTay Yoshitani, president of a real estate developmen

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The final report by the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense to President Bush and Congress pro

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Chevron Chemical Co. said it is proceeding with a previously announced project to boost styrene capa

Third World nations and chemical exporters have agreed on a so-called prior informed consent system

Orkem, a leading French chemicals manufacturer, tripled its earnings from 1 billion francs ($166 mil

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has notified exporters that only 100 percent U.S.-produced goods

BRAZIL'S POLIOLEFINAS TO BUILD PE PLANTDANBURY, Conn. - Poliolefinas SA, of Sao Paulo, Brazi

CSX Transportation Inc. is incorporating rate reductions of up to 10 percent for dry and liquid phos

Lonza Inc. announced the start-up of its expanded specialty chemicals plant located in Williamsport,

Production in the Far East of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, or ABS, is growing rapidly and GE Pla

Monsanto Co. will purchase the marketing and technical assets of BP Performance Polymers Inc.'s TPR

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An American management guru credited with helping to pull Japan'sbusiness out of the rubble of World

The principals of Hong Kong Islands Line said they will start a new service between eastern Australi

The international whaling issue has finally touched the palates of U.S. consumers. Major res