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Belgium's unemployment rate fell to 12.1 percent of the work force in Octoberfrom 12.2 perce

In this country where computer program copyright protection is still a controversial maybe, pirated

Japanese Ambassador Akitane Kiuchi said the appreciation of the yen is benefiting Thailand's export-

Joint ventures may be the best way that U.S. companies can tackle the Japanese market, a prominent U

AIR CARGO Customhouse brokers charge U.S. Customs regulations favor express couriers. 1AA s

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., reorganizing itself into newly defined functional units, named Robert

Banks Wrap Up Loan For Eurotunnel ProjectAbout 200 international banks Wednesday signed a lo

The European Community's longest-running sideshows will be played out here next week when European s

About 450 Maine employers could be forced to close their doors Jan. 1 if the state legislature fails

Express couriers are carving out a niche for themselves in the lower end of the air freight market a

Paper tariffs will remain at the core of the trucking industry's tariff- setting system for the fore

Fuel oil dealers say their retirement plans and dreams of expansion could be dashed by a new tax pro

Evergreen Group, the world's leading containership operator, plans to diversify with a $500-million

Dennis Busti, the former president of both American Home Assurance Co. and Columbia Insurance Co., w

The U.S. dollar rebounded from near-record lows Tuesday amid hopes of a breakthrough in the budget d

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Chancellor Nigel Lawson painted a glowing picture of the British economy Tuesday in his autumn state

The Hong Kong Futures Guarantee Corp. says it won't need the full rescue package arranged by the gov

Japanese financial authorities will continue to support the value of the U.S.dollar through

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

Dutch Bank Reduces Discount Rate to 4.25 percentFRANKFURT - The Dutch National Bank said it

SmithKline Beckman Corp.'s Henry Wendt is touting a new venture start-up with Stockholm-based Kabivi

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It takes a disaster as severe as Black Monday's 508-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average t

The port of Vancouver needs a new railyard to handle container trains, says Gordon Payne, president

With a dozen fish nibbling on the line, the South Louisiana Port Commission figures it's time to go

The port of Long Beach has reported a net income of $13.9 million in the first quarter of the curren

Bremer Vulkan AG, West Germany's largest shipyard, delivered the second of three oil-bulk-ore carrie

Occidental Chemical Corp. has established a new list price schedule for liquid caustic soda and has

General Motors Corp. is researching the economics of large-volume plastics production for automotive

E.I Du Pont de Nemours & Co. and HEM Research Inc. have formed a joint venture to develop Ampligen,

Allwaste Completes Two AcquisitionsAllwaste Inc. said it has completed the acquisition of In

Ausimont N.V.'s net income for the third quarter rose 23 percent to 13.9 billion Italian lire (US$10

Officials ordered the evacuation of a nuclear plant near this northeastern city Tuesday after receiv

The Northeast will need to construct additional major electricity generating facilities within the n

Savannah Electric To Join SouthernThe Southern Co. and Savannah Electric & Power Co. said th

Pacific Power & Light Co., Portland, Ore., reported an astounding 12 percent growth in demand for el

The Canada-U.S. free trade agreement will lead to higher natural gas prices for Canadian consumers a