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A big company's crumbs can be a small company's feast. Computer giant Sun Microsystems Inc.,

David Hoyer, president of Chevron U.S.A. Products Co., will retire at the end of August after a 41-y

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INDIA SEEKING PRIVATE COAL-WASHING PLANTSIndia's state-run Coal India Ltd. has invited forei

South Korea repeated Thursday that communist North Korea must accept South Korean-model reactors und

Oil markets fell sharply in afternoon trading Thursday despite news from Nigeria that thegovernment

The great oil rush in Southeast Asia, which began some 30 years ago, is waning with no big discoveri

Lloyd's of London faces yet another legal assault, beyond the more than 30 individual actions alread

The headline on a story on Page 7A Thursday, Aug. 18, about an environmental pollution case incorrec

NATIONAL COUNCIL ON COMPENSATION INSURANCE (Boca Raton, Fla.) - James Crumel was promoted to directo

CONTINENTAL ELIMINATES COMMON-STOCK DIVIDENDNEW YORK - The Continental Corp. board o

Insurers called for passage of federal disaster legislation to protect themfrom being wiped

Thursday Aug. 18, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has released a revised version of its model law

U.S. reinsurance representatives dislike a proposed tax on their industry designed to resolve years-

In a tactical shift by House leaders, the House Ways and Means Committee sought to reach a decision

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Spanish fishermen fired at French trawlers in the Bay of Biscay on Thursday, wounding one Frenchman

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

The Panama Canal turned 80 this week, faced with bright short-term prospects but a more uncertain ov

Black's Law Dictionary describes the word "commercial" as relating to or connected withtrade . . . o

AMERICAN SHIP BUILDING REACHES TAMPA DEALAmerican Ship Building Co. has cleared a hurdle tha

Environmentalists will do the unthinkable - spill oil into the North Sea - to help test whether the

A miniature Singapore is taking shape in the rice paddy fields of Suzhou, part of Deng Xiaoping's vi

When voters in Mexico go to the polls for Sunday's closely watched national elections, the day of re

Adjustments to Mexico's intellectual-property law streamline enforcement procedures and help harmoni

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"Ship, Sea and Sky: The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth." Through Sept. 5. New York. Exhibit

Economic growth in the United States, improved trade flows between Europe and Asia and revamped serv

Shipping tonnage at the Tulsa port of Catoosa increased for the third consecutive month with an 18 p

EVERGREEN SELECTS DXI FOR TARIFF AUTOMATIONWASHINGTON - Evergreen America Corp., a T

Transportation Brokers Conference of America Aug. 20. Certified Transportation Brokers examinations,

The Slovak republic will begin construction of its first highway to the West next year, forming the

TAIWANESE LINE STUDIES CHINESE AIRPORTSHONG KONG - Taiwan flag-carrier China Airline

A severe shortage of rail wheels has led Griffin Wheel Co. to reopen a closed wheel manufacturing pl

Following congressional passage of a bill to eliminate most truck tariff filings, the Interstate Com

The aviation industry, its climb from the depths of a recession hampered by defense spending cuts, m