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A new Pennsylvania law makes it illegal for insurers to deny health coverage to domestic violence vi

Worries about ''mad cow'' disease are prompting cautious Japanese consumers to avoid eating beef, de

The Florida House Wednesday approved a hurricane insurance reform package that would extend for thre

7-YEAR-OLD PILOT KILLEDIN WYOMING CRASHCHEYENNE, Wyo. - A 7-year-old girl trying to become t

Lloyd's of London has accused the California Department of Corporations of releasing ''grossly inacc

Despite setbacks and scuttled deals in recent years, U.S. government and shipbuilding leaders remain

France and China defiantly signed a series of trade agreements this week during a controversial visi

A marked recovery in liner shipping activities contributed to an improvement in profit last year for

Builders Transport Inc. spent about $750,000 it didn't have last year complying with federal drug an

The supervisory board of Germany's largest shipbuilder, Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG, agreed at a meetin

A Malaysian bulk operator is the latest to announce an increase in fleet size, backing government ca

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Brazilian dockworkers are refusing to make concessions demanded by the government and shipping lines

FREIGHTLINER OPENSOVERSEAS PLANTSPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. is opening truck assemb

A leading group of ocean carriers is questioning the legality of a report produced by a panel of exp

Shippers are livid over a proposal from the Surface Transportation Board to sharply increase user fe

Insurance industry mergers and acquisitions crescendoed to a record high last year hitting $27 billi

While mourning the untimely death of Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown, Clinton administration officia

The vessel approaches the 170-acre Hanjin Shipping Co. terminal under construction at the Port of Lo

Big Brother is watching all ship movements in the busy Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor complex, and is

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A tentative national contract negotiated by the United Transportation Union leadership was rejected

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The U.S. dollar rose above the key psychological level of 1.5000 Deutsche marks Wednesday, as bullis

Having concentrated considerable effort and resources in recent years on improving its main coastal

Asia will remain the fastest growing region in the world for years if not decades to come, according

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The European Union's Standing Veterinary Committee has agreed not to lift any part of the ban on exp

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China's currency is likely to start a slow trend toward depreciation this year, but analysts say tra

BELL ATLANTIC TO OFFERFULL INTERNET SERVICESRESTON, Va. - Bell Atlantic Corp. said Wednesday

The Clinton administration is expected to delay until at least late next week any final decision on

One crewmember died and two others were missing after a fire broke out on a Panamanian containership

Roberto Robaina Gonzalez, Cuba's minister of foreign affairs, angrily condemned the United States We

Port operators in Hamburg are warning that a recent court decision that delayed - and may block - co