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Top Stories: European shipowners are retreating from bulk markets moving toward areas such as

Italy has emerged as the major obstacle to a plan to restructure the European Community's steel indu

Flotillas of minesweepers from the United States and West European countries are arriving in the Per

Mexican Loan Reduced As Trade ImprovesNEW YORK - A $6 billion medium-term loan for Mexico, p

The first international meeting on chemical hazards in Africa ended last week with a call for the co

Pragma Bio-Tech Signs Deal With Japan FirmBLOOMFIELD, N.J. - Pragma Bio-Tech Inc., a medical

The ranking Republican on the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee didn't make waves in int

The port of Houston said Tuesday it is buying 125 acres at Jacintoport that will be the site of a $1

The Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team and local support groups Tuesday were monitoring the scene of

Concessions Opposed In US-Canadian TalksMore than half of the House has signed a resolution

A federal jury Tuesday convicted Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., of obstructing justice, accepting a grat

Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., which makes Subaru automobiles, said it has formed a company to

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

The Argentine government plans to seek $1 billion in new loans as well as a drastic cut in interest

Soaring malpractice and fire insurance costs have halted abortion services at some clinics - a resul

Mitsubishi Corp. officials said there are new and growing opportunities for trade between Japan and

IDA UGANDA - $65 million from the World Bank's International Development Association and $24

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

Philips Seeks Share Of N. American PhilipsEINDHOVEN, Netherlands - N.V. Philips' Gloeilampen

Michael Jackson's slick, much-heralded tour of Japan has given Pepsi Cola a badly needed boost in Ja

JAL Planning to Buy Five More Boeing 747sJapan Air Lines said Monday it will buy five new lo

Alaskan Governor Steve Cowper said agreements on trade, technology and educational exchanges between

Volvo, the Swedish car that is advertised as safe and durable and is a favorite of young professiona

James River Corp. of Richmond, Va., and Papierfabrik August Koehler AG of Oberkirch, West Germany, s

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

ITALIAN WINES. Effective immediately, the methanol requirements applicable to Italian wines imported

Brazil's Coffee Exports Up Sharply in 1986-87Brazil's coffee exports rose sharply in the pas

U.S. and Canadian negotiators have scheduled three days of meetings here this week to complete work

U.S. congressmen ended a visit to the Caribbean saying they will propose legislation to remedy compl

Utility analysts are thinking over the unthinkable as Public Service Co. of New Hampshire floats ano

Recent disclosures of illegal sales to the Soviet Union by Japan's Toshiba Machine Corp. have put th

US Sees Threat To Nuclear Arms PactVIENNA, Austria - A U.S. official said Monday U.S. partic

Australia may have to halt or ease meat exports to the United States to keep within its quota level,

Finance Minister Svetozar Rikanovic Monday said Yugoslavia's debt-servicing is unacceptable and hint

The decline of sovereign debt prices in the secondary market that has prevailed since spring is now

The U.S. dollar rose slightly in quiet trading Monday. Analysts were unsure why the dollar c

A new company has raised $20 million through a public stock offering to take advantage of the improv

The Philippine minister for economic planning bitterly assigned blame for her country's recent polit

Japan Plans to Expand LDC Trade InsuranceTOKYO - Japan will expand its trade insurance from

U.S. personal income rose 0.5 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.750 trill