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FRITZ COS. (San Francisco) - Jim Friday was named an industry specialist supporting the marketing ef

TOLL REDUCTIONS LURE SHIPS INTO SUEZ CANALCAIRO - Egypt has earned more from the Sue

A federal agency wants to curb imports of more apparel goods from the tiny nation of Nepal.

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In an extraordinary statement Monday, former President Carlos Salinas warned Mexicans that a "tremen

More than 1,700 stock brokerages are providing services to more than 10 million investors around the

A Japanese company says it plans a cool export to Australia - 63,000 cups of flavored shaved ice.

DELHI HIGH COURT LETS KFC REOPEN OUTLETNEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court allowed Kent

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Growth in China's insurance industry is expected to outpace that of the national economy for the nex

PRINCIPAL ARGENTINA BUYS INTO JACARANDADES MOINES, Iowa - Principal International Argentina,

AMERICAN LIFE GROUP INC. (Des Moines, Iowa) - Jon P. Newsome was named president and chief executive

The Alliance of American Insurers Monday blasted efforts by the National Association of Insurance Co

A.M. Best Co. put the ratings of several insurance units of PennCorpFinancial Group under re

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To Richard C. Adkerson, environmentalism and colonialism have unfairly become twin burdens on his co

A meeting of European Union foreign ministers here today is unlikely to produce any progress on impo

After its announcement last week that it will buy copper producer Magma Copper Co. in a massive $2.4

In 1936, Jean-Jacquez Dozy, a geologist trekking through Indonesia, found what became of the Ertsber

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The introduction of giant containerships could transform international transport patterns by opening

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Driven by market conditions and customer demands, shipping lines have been compelled to look at inno

The Maritime Administration said last week it signed five cooperative agreements designed to enhance

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KUWAIT MAY BUY SHIPS BUILT IN PENNSYLVANIAPHILADELPHIA - A company owned by the gove

Forget for a moment the nagging problem of slipping breakbulk tonnage. These are heady days at Hampt

The United States and the European Union reached a major agreement cutting EU tariffs and other trad

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Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop is a big supporter of research-based pharmaceutical companies

"Something is happening, but you don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?" That's how Bob D

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

STEINER NAMED DIRECTOR OF PORT OF TAMPATAMPA, Fla. - Robert Steiner was appointed as

Computer parts laced with toxic PCBs are being shipped to Sweden a month after an environmental acti

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For the week ended Nov. 25, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Thumbing its nose at the Interstate Commerce Commission, which has twice ruled an aggressive underch

Municipalities outside major French cities began organizing chartered buses for commuters last week

Louisiana's State Insurance Department, in a case reminiscent of one that surfaced around this time

The U.S. Postal Service awarded $1.2 million in contracts to four companies for the development of c