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"God really is a Brazilian. If not, I suspect your ancestors bribed him," remarked Chinese Prime Min

S. Korean Constitution SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's two opposing parties agreed to res

Bundesbank Schedules Press ConferenceThe Bundesbank will hold its winter press conference af

TITANIC BATTLE OVER MINER FLAP: They say it's a miner misunderstanding, but how else to describe how

Officials say it will be at least Thursday before workers begin another attempt at lifting a wrecked

As attention in the United States shifts increasingly to the rising trade deficit with Pacific Rim c

Iraq stood alone in resisting a proposed OPEC agreement on oil production cuts aimed at boosting pri

Timber may always be the bread-and-butter commodity at the port of Olympia, but seed used to grow gr

Data-Design Receives $2.1 Million ContractCUCAMONGA, Calif. - Data-Design Laboratories Inc.

High oil inventories, which built up at a rate of 3.5 million barrels a day during the third quarter

The economies of South Korean and Taiwan, two of Asia's four dragons, are forecast to grow 8 percent

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Britain's largest industrial company, said it agreed to sell its o

A proposed regional gasoline tax of 5 cents a gallon, which would be used to fund the Metropolitan T

GENERAL NEWSMany corporate directors received double-digit pay increases this year. Page 3A

Amoco to Maintain Spending Levels in '87Amoco Corp. will hold capital and exploration spendi

A consortium of Mexican and Argentine companies is said to have won the contract to build a second n

Accident Contaminates TMI Cleanup WorkerMIDDLETOWN, Pa. - A worker in the Three Mile Island

Texas oil producers will not be forced to cut their output levels, despite efforts by two Dallas oil

A Southern building slump caused U.S. housing construction to drop 1.8 percent in November, the thir

Many corporate directors, facing intense legal and other pressures, have received double-digit pay i

BASF Wyandotte Corp., the third-largest dye company in the world, is considering the expansion of it

The Brazilian government shortened the list of products requiring special import approval from its c

Transax/RATES has announced publication of Rates & Regs, a new monthly newsletter, analyzing and int

he American Bankers Association announced an agreement to set up a captive insurance company for mem

GENERAL NEWS A researcher said that the harvest of Christmas trees may be too good. Page 2AM

U.S. telecommunications suppliers and manufacturers can expect increased demand from developing coun

U.S. factories, utilities and mines operated at 79.3 percent of capacity in November, after adjustme

The European Community wants to negotiate directly with Congress over the new round of multilateral

Argentine Foreign Minister Dante Caputo denied his government reimposed a ban on British goods in r

Anti-Dumping Duties WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission cleared the way for

In the wake of United States Lines' financial problems and amid widespread industry skepticism, a We

The White House issued a general warning to foreign machine tool exporters that they shouldn't sharp

Evergreen Line has some good news for other steamship lines: It doesn't plan to start any new servic

Public Service of New Hampshire Corp. today will apparently become the nation's first utility to as

There is a feeling in the insurance industry that the Reagan administration is considering a less im

The New York Power Authority approved revised allocations of hydroelectric power that it says will e

True to the promise its maverick chairman, T. Boone Pickens, made last year, Mesa Petroleum Co. is w

Carbide Unit IntroducesSolventThe Solvents and Coatings Materials Division of Union

Lucidol Increases Prices by 5 percent Lucidol announced a price increase of 5 percent for sv

American Hoechst Corp. announced that it has supplied voluminous materials in response to the second