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Shintech Inc., apparently thinking less information provides more corporate benefit, plans to build

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Malaysia's efforts to course more business through its main port appear to be having some effect, bu

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A new annuity product just launched on the World Wide Web claims to offer a better value because the

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. agreed to pay $1 million for violating New York state insuran

She portrayed herself as a little person fighting insurance companies, protecting her right to peace

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Margaret J. Liptay joined the risk management consulting com

Three major insurance companies and the Pennsylvania Insurance Department squared off in a short hea

Cleanup has been halted at 609 Superfund sites around the country when the continuing budget impasse

Helpful actions by some Arizona United Parcel Service workers have led to a series of local drug arr

Germany's trade surplus reached a provisional 8.5 billion Deutsche marks in October, compared with a

Exporters, companies with foreign subsidiaries and capital-intensive industries generally would bene

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AMERICAN COMMERCIAL MARINE SERVICES (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - J.D. Morgan has been named manager of c

Patrick Giles, director-general of the Far Eastern Freight Conference since 1992, is stepping down i

Shipping lines scored a major victory with a California Supreme Court ruling that a state inspection

HYUNDAI STARTS SERVICE TO BALTIMOREBALTIMORE - Hyundai, the South Korean shipping co

Bell Atlantic Corp., which holds one of the single biggest U.S. investments in Mexico, has become ta

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Prices are higher on trade lanes where carrier rate-making groups have a choke hold on traffic, acco

U.S. manufacturers and policy-makers are the big losers in Russia's pending $700 million deal to sel

The Port of Montreal and the Canadian Coast Guard have had to take heroic measures, including rebuil

U.S. telecommunications companies are pressing the Mexican government to see that Telefonos de Mexic

Asia will be the dominant market for new airplanes over the next 20 years, surpassing Europe and the

It's not enough for a trucking company to be nonunion any more. The two sectors of the indus

RailAmerica Inc., moving to expand two short lines it owns in Michigan, is buying more than 53 miles

Billions of dollars of U.S. exports may fall victim to the partial federal government shutdown as th

As its trade expands, the southern Chinese special economic zone of Shantou is focusing attention on

One year ahead of taking a turn as chairman of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, Canada i

Frustrated U.S. retailers and apparel exporters have won some relief from Mexican regulators, who fo

Tension is building among carriers in the North Atlantic shipping cartel as more members join the di

A major trans-Pacific ocean carrier rate-setting group has contracted the contracting bug in a big w

In preparation for the privatization of Compagnie Generale Maritime, 210 million francs ($42 million

William A. Pennella was appointed this week to the position of executive vice president for Crowley

The Airports Council International is locking horns with the International Air Transport Association

The Brazilian navy spends more time pursuing polluters than chasing pirates, according to a report b

On the bottom of New York's busy Kill van Kull waterway, there are plenty of large rocks that can ea

LIVERPOOL DISPUTE REMAINS UNSETTLEDLONDON - With a Jan. 15 deadline looming, the Por

Commodity importers want to change a medieval law that allows British ports to confiscate cargoes if