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The Australian government is pressuring Japan to use more Australian-flag ships in trade between the

Loans and outright money grants to developing countries may have cut into U.S. agricultural exports,

Mexico has increased its 1986-87 (September-August) cattle export quotabecause of good pastu

A Bermuda investment company purchased a stake in Port Denison, Fla., a privately owned port that sp

The European Community, Canada and Mexico have formally requested an arbitration panel to rule if U.

Kaiser Steel Employees Losing Health BenefitsFONTANA, Calif. - More than 5,000 past and pres

U.S. exports of high-technology products will more than double within the next 10 years because of t

Blood tests to predict who will get the most severe form of diabetes are still experimental, but the

An Australian pharmaceutical manufacturer became so incensed with escalating insurance costs that it

Owens-Corning CompletesHITCO SaleTOLEDO, Ohio - Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. annou

Program Shares Reports On Power Plant PartsWINTERSBURG, Ariz. - A commercial nuclear power p

Shipments of Iraqi crude oil through a pipeline to Yanbu on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast will be res

2 Named To HeadPayne UnitE.W. Payne Cos. Ltd. announced formation of a new reinsuran

International Business Machines Corp. announced its most powerful computer ever, a box containing si

Negotiators from the United States and Japan are scheduled to launch a series of talks today on how

Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole hopes that legislation making major changes in ho

The Customs Service plans to automate part of the import duty paying system. Eligible import

The top eight cotton-producing countries should continue to produce 84 percent to 87 percent of the

Japan's MITI to Launch Foreign Exchange ProbeTOKYO - Japan's Ministry of International Trade

Taiwan's foreign reserves reached a record US$48 billion last week, up from $46 billion at the end o

Initiative and cooperation are needed if the United States and Japan hope to ease friction arising f

Heavy U.S. pressure for protection of intellectual property rights seems to be making headway.

Hong Kong's tourism industry earned about 17.8 billion Hong Kong dollars (about US$2.3 billion) last

The stock market rebounded Monday in quieter trading following Friday's 100- point swing on record v

U.S. exporters are interpreting the decision by a Belgian steelmaker topurchase about 1.1 mi

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The Williams Companies' board of directors approved an agreement in principle for the sale of substa

Japan's Kyodo Oil Accepts Saudi PriceKyodo Oil Co. joined Mitsubishi Oil Co. in accepting Sa

Valsan Inc. announced it would re-engine a Boeing 727-200 owned by Sterling Airways of Copenhagen, D

Resignations Offered TAIPEI, Taiwan - Premier Yu Kuo-Hwa and several top government and ruli

The Maritime Administration received a request for payment on government- backed ship mortgage finan

Kloster Cruise signed a contract with Finland's Wartsila shipyard for construction of a 36,000-ton,

The port of Montreal reached a new milestone in 1986, handling nearly 5 million metric tons of conta

Taiwan's foreign reserves reached a record US$48 billion last week, up from $46 billion at the end o

Expressing concern over a grim" unemployment problem, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told legislat

The Coal Association of Canada endorsed a federal-provincial government report which recommends that

Exxon Corp. reported fourth quarter net income of $1.48 billion, or $2.06 a share, down 18 percent f

Life insurers want to underwrite AIDS as a universal plague affecting all of mankind. To the actuary

The U.S. dollar moved nervously up and down in a narrow range Monday, with quotations mixed against

The Bank of Japan will not decide on a cut in its official discount rate until after Wednesday, in o