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Ten ocean carriers and 10 ports handle 75 percent of North America's container traffic. Thos

Trucking industry negotiators denied a request by the Teamsters union to reopen talks on their recen

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

AVIATION Delegates to the FAA's meeting on aging jet transports lowered expections of substa

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Kenneth D. Merin will begin hearings Thursday on the 14.7 percent

The Australian Mutual Provident Society, the country's largest life insurer, is merging with one of

A Marine Corps general said Wednesday that Iran is about to finish building a new Silkworm missile s

The European Community angrily denounced Wednesday the United States' decision to slash the set-asid

High duties tend to put a lid on East German exports to the United States, but patient importers can

Canadians will have trouble competing with U.S. industries once the Free Trade Agreement between the

Construction spending edged up a slight 0.1 percent in April as a big increase in investment for new

W. GERMAN MINE BLAST KILLS 16, TRAPS OTHERSBORKEN, West Germany - An explosion ripped throug

Parts of a federal proposal to regulate competitive bidding for electric generating capacity are unn

A subsidiary of Southern California Edison Co. is bidding to acquire the Great Plains coal gasificat

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Australia's waterfront industries have been described as the garbage on the country's doorstep.<

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American Mutual Insurance Cos. of Wakefield, Mass. has stopped writing new business in Connecticut a

The international oil market will become unstable in the 1990s, and the Takeshita administration sho

The most recent 300,000-metric-ton raw sugar swap between the Soviet Union and at least one major in

The people who buy Japanese-make synthetic suedes like Suedemark are mostly apparel manufacturers wh

PROMPTING EYEBROWS TO RAISE is nothing new for straight-talking Ted Ruhly, president of Maersk Inc.,

Eastern Airlines, trying to avoid new layoffs, will transfer workers and sharply limit hiring this s

Those who fail to recognize the continuing expansion of asset-based lease financing of jetliner sale

International Business Machines Corp. is predicting that its Watson Computer Center will become an i

Sea-Land Assigned Rights to Three ShipsThe Maritime Subsidy Board formally shifted to Sea-La

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INDIA OPENS DOOR TO US ALMOND IMPORTSThe United States has signed an agreement with India to

A sunken 16th century Portuguese ship discovered in waters between Malaysia and Indonesia carries ab

Lumber and wood shippers are making a comeback to railroads. Boise Cascade Inc. says it's up

Real estate developer Ned Holmes has been named to replace Archie Bennett Jr. as chairman of the Hou

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday after paring morning losses. The dollar started trending

Port authorities nationwide are taking a closer look at what they get in return for their investment

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng scored both Japan and the 12-nation European Community for failin

New York Insurance Superintendent James Corcoran has been sued over the legal transfer of monies fro

Taxpayers' expenses incurred in responding to tax examinations or audits by the Internal Revenue Ser

FRANCE DISMANTLING CURRENCY CONTROLSPARIS - French Finance Minister Pierre Beregovoy Wednesd

The new textile agreement between the United States and the Dominican Republic gives that island nat

When it comes to finding a cure for AIDS, Steven Price is betting the private sector works faster th

Iraq is using a flexible, spot-linked oil pricing system to extend its marketing to northwestern Eur