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Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc. announced plans to create a new association- spons ored insurance grou

Genetics Institute Inc. and NeoRx Corp., Seattle, announced the formation of a venture to develop ne

A Puerto Rico legislator called for the resignation of Navieras de Puerto Rico's executive director

Royal Petroleum will close its Long Island City home heating oil terminal, proba bly by next week.

A Malaysian company is trying to elbow aside neighboring Indonesia for a bigger share of the growing

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

U.S. steelmakers in the East and Midwest once considered the Western states their private market, bu

The port of Rotterdam faces further strike action after employers Thursday renewed their demand for

Canada's largest financial institution, the Royal Bank of Canada,hasintroduced a new service

The state-run Pohang Iron and Steel Co. Thursday dedicated a new integrated steel mill with a rated

Three Peruvian-flag lines want the Federal Maritime Commission to delay any retaliatory action again

Japan Line Ltd., one of Japan's major shipping companies, which over the past few years has been thr

PHIL GRAMM IS LOOKING FOR A FIGHT, and for this Texas Republican the upcoming debt limit deadline ma

The nation's health-care concerns threaten national security, a Washington law maker fears.

A coalition of small business and small bankers is pushing the chairman of the Senate Banking Commit

Sun Exploration and Production Co. has made a significant natural gas discovery in southeastern New

New York state gasoline prices were on the upswing at the end of April, the State Energy Office said

Cray Receives Order For SupercomputerCray Research Inc. announced it received an order for a

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