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The offices of all Japanese businesses operating in Burma will be closed effective Dec. 31 and about

Argentina's trade surplus is sliding sharply as the country continues debt negotiations with oversea

Truckers bound for Boston are running into stiff fines as a result of a conflict between state and f

Looking back at 1986, Eastman Kodak Co. Chairman Colby Chandler told employees that he believes the

GENERAL NEWS U.S. retaliation against closed foreign telecommunications markets may surface

THE PACKAGES ARE OPENED NOW: The buildup, the excitement, the glitter and the joyful secrets hidden

The American Medical Association is the lead plaintiff in a suit challenging the constitutionality o

Conditions are ripe for a substantial expansion in U.S. exports in 1987, a leading forecaster believ

A Federal Communications Commission inquiry into limiting access to the U.S. telecommunications mark

A number of maritime unions appear to be elbowing for position to crew a group of U.S. Navy ships be

Japan Harvests Bumper Rice CropJapan harvested a bumper rice crop of 11,647,000 ton this yea

British-Built Sterling Makes Debut in USThe British version of a luxury sedan built in a col

Saudi Arabia and Nigeria told customers that all oil will be sold on a fixed price basis as of Feb.

The crown prince of Liechtenstein is a partner in a Texas farm that's larger than his own principali

As one of the more eventful years ever ends for New York's milk industry, there are actually some ho

Australia's sheep slaughter in the five months ended Nov. 30 totaled 5.851 million head, up 20.9 per

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider ending the pilot program status of agricultur

The company building Japan's first 24-hour open commercial airport has awarded a combined 91.32 bill

After hours trading occurs regularly in Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures pits, and is generally o

Commodity Exchange Inc. announced it had on line a new computer system that streamlines data flow an

Lockheed Shipbuilding Co.'s 900 locked-out workers are trying to get state unemployment benefits, wh

France will have a trade deficit again this year despite big savings stemmingfrom the drop i

Domestic exports last month were up 30 percent on a year earlier to HK$14.8 billion (US$1.9 billion)

One month after Greece's Socialist government announced a packet of measures designed to help Greek-

The North American subsidiary of Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft manu facturer, is getting r

Japan's worldwide trading surplus for the fiscal year ending next March 31 is expected to reach $99.

A sweeping proposal for revamping Japan's 36-year-old taxation system and slashing taxes by about $2

XTRA Corp. adopted a shareholder rights plan in the face of a possible takeover attempt aimed at its

Censorship in Chad N'DJAMENA, Chad - The government of President Hissene Habre announced imp

A new joint venture between China and a fast-growing Hong Kong-based conglomerate is eyeing the Nort

Thatcher Visits Ulster BELFAST, Northern Ireland - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

OILING FEWER WHEELS: The ramifications of OPEC's deliberations and the oil market's machinations are

Lufthansa's Klaus Zimmermann cannot suppress a note of satisfaction as he cites his company's 30 per

Walt Disney Co. Files Suit Against RetailersWalt Disney Co. filed an action in the U.S. Dist

The Kirk Co. of Puyallup, Wash., the country's largest grower of Christmas trees, has cause for cele

Norfolk Mayor Joseph A. Leafe was appointed to a board that will oversee construction of an estimate

ON THE USL TRACK: It's always difficult to cover a company filing for protection from creditors unde

Japan's worldwide trading surplus for the fiscal year ending next March 31 is expected to reach $99.

Economic growth this year should be significantly better" than the original estimate of 5.6 percent,

Du Pont Announces Price Hikes E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasing its off-list price