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High speeds and poorly trained drivers are the chief factors in heavy truck highway accidents, a new

$1 Billion Coke Cache Discovered in TrailerEL PASO, Texas - Customs agents did a double-take

Port commissioners have capped months of closed-door meetings by voting to proceed with a controvers

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Zim Israel Navigation Ltd. reportedly plans to order up to seven new containerships for its Mediterr

Warehousemen should tighten controls on their pallet inventory because of the large capital investme

A federal judge granted a motion by Mack Trucks Inc. to lift hiring limits at its new automated plan

The European Community Commission announced Wednesday the establishment of a special EC task force t

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Dutch authorities were considering Wednesday whether to recover the wreck o

Marine Atlantic Ltd. will study the amount of traffic using the ferry Bluenose to determine the futu

Volkswagen AG is negotiating the possible construction of an assembly plant in the Soviet Union.

Soviet food experts say new and urgent steps must be taken to speed up solution of the Soviet Union'

Fujitsu Ltd. probably will have to pay between $400 million and $500 million to settle past claims o

Brazilian Finance Minister Luiz Bresser Pereira is scheduled to meet with the Argentine and Mexican

The United States incurred a record $41.1 billion deficit in the broadest measure of its internation

The longest and most expensive fraud trial in Hong Kong history came to a sensational close Tuesday,

Safecom Inc., a joint venture between Comsat General Inc. and Timeplex Inc. will allow for low-cost,

Consolidated Gold Fields PLC, one of the world's largest mining groups, reported Tuesday a pretax pr

The time has come for government and industry to cooperate in the development of new research activi

Canada's political leadership claim major "stumbling blocks" could scuttle a proposed U.S.-Canada fr

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Union and company negotiators returned to the bargaining table Tuesday following the United Auto Wor

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Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Sporting Goods Group Schedules Fall ShowThe Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association is hold

Business organizations and the government plan to spend US$1.43 billion in the next five years to en

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Pennsylvania's Peach Bottom nuclear plant, the only U.S. plant ever closedbecause operators

The market for large volume petrochemicals in the United States remained strong in August, spurred m

Britain's largest miners union, the National Union of Mineworkers, appears ready to carry out plans

Northeast Utilities is making plans for withstanding a potential challengefrom customers who

Australia Willing To Help Coal IndustrySYDNEY, Australia - The Australian government is inte

Alcan Aluminum Ltd. has settled its differences in a longstanding dispute with the Canadian federal

Japanese companies are expected to be much more active in mergers and acquisitions in the future, ba

Quadrex Recycle Center has been awarded a $4 million contract by New Jersey's Department of Environm

A federal judge has ruled New Jersey is in violation of the federal Clean Air Act by failing to impl

The U.S. market for benzene is expected to remain uneventfully flat for the next few quarters, resul

Delegates from 43 nations have gathered this week to conclude the world's first treaty to control ch

Massachusetts Shipbuilders Inc. is working with state officials on a financing plan aimed at allowin