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China is gearing up for its hot summer months with an aluminum-buying spree that traders said on Wed

"No rational profit-maximizing decision-maker would put a penny more into a shipyard." <

The Clinton administration's efforts to help secure world peace through economic development get ano

MEXICO EXPECTED TO KEEP FLOATING PESOMEXICO CITY - A tight credit policy will remain

An international consortium set up to develop three Caspian Sea oil fields will probably export init

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A breakdown in a Taiwan Power Co. extra-high voltage transmission line in southern Taiwan Wednesday

The United States and Ukraine have put the final seal on an agreement that will limit the imports of

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California Microwave Inc., a supplier of satellite earth stations, said Tuesday it expects to win mo

Texas' House of Representatives voted Tuesday to lift the ban on retail competition in the state's e

Protected until the dying days of colonial rule, Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. is facing a less-

Wedneday May 24, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Despite a drop in apple sales to Mexico, the biggest market for Northwest apples in recent years, to

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Swapping the tenets of U.S. shipping policy like trading cards is not in the nation's best economic

The European Commission decided this week to postpone deregulation of inland waterways until the end

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Capt. Frederick A. Larsen, a former master with Grace Lines, died Tuesdayfrom a heart attack

A Republican-controlled state Senate committee advanced a major overhaul of Illinois' workers compen

Elmer A. Sperry, inventor of the gyrocompass and hundreds of other devices to aid navigation and saf

Baltica Forsikring and Tryg Forsikring on Tuesday announced a merger creating Denmark's biggest insu

SUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK STATE MUTUAL CONVERSIONCAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Policyholders and the

JOHNSON & HIGGINS (New York) - Willis E. Urick, III, was named president of the insurance brokerage

Marine and aviation syndicates in the Lloyd's of London market are finally benefiting from rate incr

Japan's five major non-life insurance companies expect that their revenuefrom fund managemen

Japan's inflation-adjusted household spending for March is expected to show a year-on-year decline o

An affiliate of China's State Statistical Bureau has begun selling market- research reports in Engli

Higher prices for fresh vegetables, gasoline, mortgage interest costs, and women's wear, pushed Cana

Business confidence in the Netherlands rose in April from March, the Central Bureau of Statistics sa

GIRL WHO FELL ON TRACK SUES RAIL COMPANYVERNON, Conn. - A girl who survived being run over b

Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies are racing to finish work o

Caps Logistics. May 31-June 2. Second annual User Group Conference features seminars on logistics tr

In what could be the opening salvo in the next round contract talks between waterfront labor and man

It looks like Washington state's marine safety office, which writes oil spill prevention and respons

The Philippine government will stop having its coast guard reissue international certificates of shi

KODIAK ISLAND TO BENEFIT FROM VALDEZ SETTLEMENTWASHINGTON - About $60 million from t

State-owned El Al Israel Airlines said it may consider flying on the Jewish Sabbath in order to comp