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Southland Corp. said that its merger agreement with JT Acquisition Corp. willallow it to foc

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will face a number of obstacles to its objective o

Georgia Power Co. is paying $35 million to buy its way out of a long-term coal supply contract with

Midwest Terminals Inc., in Kentucky, hopes to link up with the Paducah & Louisville Railway and sign

China added new oil production capacity of nearly 16 million tons (117.3 million barrels) last year

Six former top officials and technicians at the Chernobyl power plant went on trial Tuesday charged

Judge Orders Decision On Rancho Seco PlantA Superior Court judge told the Sacramento Municip

King Fahd, apparently displeased with Washington over a delayed request for arms, told military comm

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

Trade representatives from Taiwan say they won't buy U.S. barley but willpurchase grain from

International Medical Science Inc. is seeking to acquire a well-known cancer clinic in Bonn, West Ge

Companies that import chemicals into the United States for commercial use without first ensuring ful

Forecasts of Soviet sugar production for the 1986-87 year (September-August) were lowered to 8.7 mil

Japan called the U.S. proposal for complete free trade in agriculture ''revolution ary" and said tha

5th Annual PC Expo Slated for Sept. 1-3The 5th Annual PC Expo will be held at the Jacob K. J

At least 2.2 million Japanese workers in the manufacturing sector will lose their jobs over the next

Spurred by recent U.S. advances in superconductivity, Japanese researchers have accelerated their ow

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Taiwan Trade Surplus Set a 1st-Half RecordTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan registered a record trade

Foreign trade of Third World countries slowed last year as receipts from exports dropped sharply, th

Two of Hong Kong's major producers of electronic toys and games plan to expand their interests in th

Jacques Delors, the president of the European Community Commission, said he will propose a plan by t

The Australian Customs Service will implement a new management system on Sept. 1 to give it an impro

The British Steel Corp. reported record net profits Tuesday of 178 million ($288.4 million) for the

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In Norway, 600 farmers are involved in salmon aquaculture, providing the country with its largest se

A British company has designed a unit that allows a car or van to provide stable direct-current elec

Japan Plans to Reopen Talks on Chip TradeTOKYO - Japan plans to reopen expert-level discussi

Jamaican coffees have made major inroads in U.S. West Coast markets, a senior Jamaican trade officia

Oklahoma City to Host China Export FairOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The China Guangzhou Export Com

Indonesia is trying to make life easier for those who export and import its products. The co

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Hong Kong is likely to overtake Rotterdam as the world's biggest containerport by the end of the cen

A freight handlers union, threatened with competition making inroads at the port of New Orleans, has

A six-month industrial dispute that sparked dozens of work stoppages here in the world's largest por

The lightship Relief was a welcome sight for sailors along the West Coast during much of the first 5

Almost a third of the manufacturers in the United States said they expect to increase the share of t

The Royal Navy, which is protecting British merchant ships in the Persian Gulf "tanker war," does no

Foreign Ship Orders Sluggish in S. KoreaSEOUL, South Korea - Foreign ship orders at South Ko