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The European Community Commission said Thursday it has approved a preliminarydraft law requi

A federally funded project to find seafloor minerals off the coast of Oregon and Northern Californi

A Dutch court is expected to rule today on the legality of the proposed layoff of 350 dockers, which

The help-wanted advertising index reached a seven-year high in March, the Conference Board reported

London Analysts See Rise in Oil PricesThere will be a significant rise in oil prices in the

John Bohn, chairman of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, said Wednesday a new soft loan offered to Indone

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.'s conversion of a planned nuclear power station to coal is no longer a

Appeal Action Delays NY Anti-Smoking RulesALBANY, N.Y. - New York state's anti-smoking rules

In one of its biggest moves yet to stave off protectionist retaliation by the United States, the gov

U.S. and Japanese officials will meet next week to negotiate rules under which Japanese government o

Moody's to Review NordLB Debt RatingsMoody's Investors Service said Wednesday it is placing

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told the Budget Committee of the Japanese Parliament's Upper House

After nine years of consultations, the world's two largest nutmeg producers have formally agreed to

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry is considering givingfinancial and tech

Linus Pauling, 86, the world's only winner of two Nobel prizes in different categories, is still har

The Senate Finance Committee moved closer to the White House view of trade law reform by adopting a

The slow death of a huge South Korean drybulker in shallow waters off northern Brazil last month cas

Contract talks between West Coast longshoremen and shipping management are due to start today.

Paceco Inc. Ships 6th Transtainer CraneGULFPORT, Miss. - Paceco Inc., a Fruehauf Corp. subsi

Investor Group Makes Offer for BurlingtonDominion Textile Inc. of Canada and New York invest

Mission American Insurance Co. would refer all of its renewal business to an operating subsidiary of

The Madrid Stock Exchange continued its sharp decline Wednesday underpressure of rising inte

Trafalgar House PLC, the property, engineering and shipping group that owns the Queen Elizabeth 2 lu

Shuttle Pilot's Widow Sues Thiokol, OthersWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The widow of space shuttle C

April's electricity bills paid by domestic commercial and industrial users were sharply lower than t

Gasoline and distillate oil inventories continued to decline, the American Petroleum Institute's lat

A Seattle export company is under investigation for allegedly shipping more than $3 million worth of

The first officer of the British ferry that capsized off the Belgian coast, killing almost 200 peopl

San Francisco Transportation Club spring meeting, May 7-9, Del Monte Hyatt, Monterey, Calif. Contact

A U.S. Customs Service official called on the air courier industry to adopt stronger precautions aga

Debate resumed Wednesday over who is responsible for disposing of tons of Long Island garbage on a b

Some people laughed when they heard about the scow of New York garbage being rejected by six states

About 200 West European research and training establishments concerned with oceanography as well as

The World Bank this week announced a major upgrading of efforts to protect the environment on its pr

Union Texas Petroleum reported $23.9 million in net income on $326.5 million in revenue for the firs

A loan to Egypt from the International Monetary Fund may come as early as mid-May, an international

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Construction during the 1950s of the bridge that collapsed April 5, killing at least 10 people, may

American President Lines Ltd. said its petition for Maritime Administration permission to double its

Supercomputer Designs Shown at ConferenceSANTA CLARA, Calif. - Organizers say the six-day In