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Mai Diem Cook's small beach hotel hardly looks like a symbol of the potential for millions in U.S. i

The U.S. government isn't slowing its crackdown on workplace violations in the domestic garment indu

It appears I'm becoming dyslexic in my old age.Last week I referred to the Sharp SE-500 Mobi

The Turkish Ministry of Transportation approved a $1.4 billion plan for the construction of a transc

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Just five years ago, the only thing Russians knew about hot dogs was that Americans ate them on

THYSSEN KRUPP WEIGHSBRAZIL STEEL PROJECTDUISBURG, Germany - Steel giant Thyssen Krupp Stahl

RUSSIAN OPPOSITION DROPSNO-CONFIDENCE VOTE PLANSMOSCOW - The Communist-led opposition in the

COMPUTER SERVICE FIRMTO ADD 800 POSITIONSBLYTHEWOOD, S.C. - Policy Management Systems Corp.,

The state is ordering insurance companies to cut rates by $610 million next year in an attempt to gi

The list of candidates for the director's chair at the Port of Miami reads like a Who's Who of U.S.

In an apparent policy shift, U.S. officials said Monday that sanctions may be imposed after all if f

There won't be any breakthroughs next week on China's bid to join the World Trade Organization, but

As of Oct. 20, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

ARCO CHEMICAL POSTSLOSS IN THIRD QUARTERNEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - ARCO Chemical Co. Monday repor

CNF TRANSPORTATION'SQUARTERLY RESULTS IMPROVEPALO ALTO, Calif. - CNF Transportation Inc. rep

After months of denials or at least coy obfuscations, Taiwan's state-run shipyard says it is seeking

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TAIWAN, US STILL AT ODDSAFTER LATEST TRADE TALKSTAIPEI - Differences in trade and market is

The global maritime scrap trade has remained static in the last few years at around 20 million metri

1343 (Oct. 20, 1997) Previous day - 1352The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

HONDA TO INTRODUCECLEANEST GASOLINE ENGINETOKYO - Honda Motor Co. said Monday that it has de

Finance Minister Gordon Brown Monday pushed back the timetable for Britain's membership of a single

After a wait that lasted two months for some beleaguered passengers, the 470-foot Regal Voyager is f

Four people, including two children, were killed and 21 were still missing after a passenger vessel

The Maritime Administration's approval last week of APL's plan to remain a U.S.-flag carrier as a su

Port officials have joined agricultural interests in seeking to delay the implementation of a ban on

Surprisingly small growth in Japan's trade surplus strengthened the dollar against the yen Monday, b

Monday Oct. 20, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The threat of a U.S. blockade against Japanese cargo ships was fading Monday but was not entirely go

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. placed an even bigger bet on the Mexican marketplace this year when it spent $1

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said Monday it had agreed to acquire Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline Part

JAPANESE TRADE SURPLUSROSE IN SEPTEMBERTOKYO - Japan's trade surplus continued its relentles

Oct. 20, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Colombian exporters of fresh cut flowers and U.S. importers received mixed results in the ninth and

The North American Free Trade Agreement has been like icing on the cake for many exporters in Mexico

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State-owned industry in China's capital is set for a shake-up, and workers are apprehensive.

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