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The New York-New Jersey regional economy is in much stronger shape than expected about a year after

A panel of military leaders here urged the maritime industry and the public to join in the fight to

PERRY FILLS SLOT ON NC PORTS BOARDGov. James G. Martin named Ron Perry of Lowe's Cos. Inc. t

Two maritime tax exemption provisions in the huge technical corrections tax bill likely will survive

The head of the Federal Maritime Commission said she intends to step up enforcement and surveillance

RIO GRANDE INDUSTRIES FINISHING UP PURCHASEOfficials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. Wednesday

A story that appeared in the Oct. 7 edition of The Journal of Commerce on Page 1B under the headline

Expectations for strong exports, new orders and overall demand over the long term continue to fuel U

As many as 2,000 laid off workers in three states will receive their unemployment compensation benef

The next president could very well be forced to preside over a sharp decline in U.S. living standard

World War III has been declared on Main Streets throughout Britain, and industrialists here had bett

The insurance industry needs to revise its recruiting methods, a recent study shows. A study

An insurance industry trade group charged Wednesday that rigid auto insurance regulation virtually h

Ten people who made false claims adding up to $58,000 have been indicted on charges of theft and att

Hundreds of Florida doctors have been questioned by Federal Trade Commission investigators trying to

Nearly 60 percent of the more than 873,000 adult Pennsylvanians who lack health insurance are employ

HANCOCK TO BUY STAKE IN MALAYSIAN INSURERNASSAU, Bahamas - British-American Insurance Co. ha

A businessman who tried to rescue California Life Insurance Co. from insolvency alleges in a lawsuit

The insurance industry took a walk when the District of Columbia enacted legislation in 1986 forbidd

FED ECONOMISTS STUDY STOCK MARKET COLLAPSEResearchers and government regulators should place

Sharon Knight is developing food that is out of this world. Using plastic growth chambers an

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Analysts expect both Sea-Land Service Inc. and American President Lines Ltd. to post lower profits i

The Port of Portland, Maine, was the gateway for a recent shipment of steel smokestack segments impo

The question of whether shipowners may repay government construction subsidies in order to be able t

ARIEL MARITIME GROUP INC. (New York) - Adrian J. Grau has been appointed pricing manager in New York

SOVIET, W. GERMAN BANKS IN VENTUREZURICH, Switzerland - Soviet and West German banks have fo

Chinese officials announced tough new measures to halt construction projects targeted in an upcoming

Work on creating a separate ship registry for Hong Kong is on schedule for operation in 1990, but th

TI Group PLC announced plans to divest its Performance Plastics Group, acquired as a result of its a

The ocean liner conference system will survive despite the tendency of conference members to slit th

National Starch & Chemical Corp.'s resins and specialty chemicals division announced a price increas

GREENSPAN DEFENDS BANK CAPITAL STANDARDSFederal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan Tuesda

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A group of European companies is looking to turn knowledge about electronic communications into cash

Georgia Power Co., Atlanta, Ga., has found its electronic data interchange program is taking off fas

Baltimore's new intermodal rail facility last week got off to a rocky start in the highly competitiv

The Supreme Court will determine whether the victims of the Achille Lauro hijacking may sue in New Y

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LOTUS NOT PLANNING REDUCTION IN SPENDINGCAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Lotus Development Corp. is not pl