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A combination of events, both here and abroad, has led to a shortage of domestically produced steel

This city could lose its No. 1 boat builder, Bertram Yacht Inc. Gruppo Varasi, the Italian c

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +8.004/26 98.64/27 98.64/28

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Lee Raymond, Exxon Corp. chairman, said last week that Alaska's Prince William Sound area, which was

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U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said Monday the United States has made progress in talks wit

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index reached a new high for 1994 at 99.3 Monday, surpassin

Seven bodies were recovered from the sea near the Kenyan Port of Mombasa on Monday, bringing the dea

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) provided further details about its securing of 80 percent

A maritime agreement signed here by the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States is mainl

South Korea's economists, hailing faster-than-expected economic recovery, have revised up their earl

"K" LINE (AMERICA) INC. (Murray Hill, N.J.) - John P. Meade was named vice president, law.A former U

The United States and Chile agree on the goal of negotiating a free-trade deal but have not decided

A Sudanese cargo ship, loaded with sugar and other food supplies, arrived Monday at a port in southe

It took a long time, but demand has finally caught up with supply in the U.S. steel industry. As a r

Industry has expressed disappointment at the White House announcement over the weekend delaying for

The U.S. dollar weakened sharply against the deutsche mark Monday, extending last week's slide again

Groupe Bollore Technologies of France, owners of the shipping company SCAC- Delmas-Vieljeux (SDV), a

Safety regulations issued late last week by the Coast Guard are aimed at improving navigation condit

Anson Chan, chief secretary of Hong Kong, said she received a "sympathetic hearing" on her visit to

The French dockworkers union, the Federation Nationale des Ports et Docks Confederation General du T

NAFTA BOOSTS TRADE IN MEXICO, REPORT SAYSMEXICO CITY - Mexico exported 23.9 percent

The global accord on agriculture struck as part of the Uruguay Round world- trade pact will not chan

A strike at the Port of Calcutta that had severely disrupted movement of containers since April 15 e

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Liberty Corner, N.J.) - Jesse Mohorovic, who has been Sea-Land's chief spokes

Nelson Mandela's African National Congress, which is set to win a clear majority in South Africa's g

NY CANAL SYSTEM REOPENS SOME PORTIONSALBANY, N.Y. - Portions of New York state's can

The AFL-CIO Monday said it will ask the U.S. Labor Department to investigate charges that a subsidia

In what opponents are calling an election-year gimmick, Insurance Commissioner Tim Ryles wants repre

Following last year's trend, Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) posted a flat first quarter affe

Despite the loss of a vessel in high seas last month, Transportacion Maritima Mexicana (TMM) has no

Australian insurers, which control about A$110 billion (US$78.6 billion) in assets, are spreading th

Canadian property and casualty insurers reported improved 1993 earnings, and this year premiums will

The headline on a story on Page 9A Monday, about the recent storms in Texas and 12 other states, sho

PRUDENTIAL DIVISION SET TO LAY OFF 12 PERCENT OF STAFFNEW YORK - The home loan unit

Workplace deaths and injuries add up to about $115 billion annually in direct and indirect costs to

OPERATING INCOME SOARS AT CIGNAPHILADELPHIA - Cigna Corp. reported first-quarter ope

Travelers Inc. - a $101 billion financial services company - announced it will close the observation