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SHIPSPHILIPPINE, SINGAPOREPORT AGENCIES IN VENTUREMANILA - The Philippine Po

BRITISH GAS SET TO BUILDLNG TERMINAL IN INDIABOMBAY - British Gas PLC plans to build a $400

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Mexican environmental officials have published new modifications to the nation's shrimping laws with

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Japan's racketeer payoff scandal is hitting some top companies' credibility hard but ultimately coul

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BOEING MERGER CLEARSFINAL EU HURDLEBRUSSELS - The European Commission, formally ending a fiv

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Brazil's Paranagua Port Authority has decided to auction a concession to build and operate a new ber

Thailand's decision to seek foreign help to rescue its shaky economy raises the prospect of a big in

Until U.S. power industry deregulation is much further along, electric utility companies are not att

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Azerbaijan President Heidar Aliyev committed his oil-rich country wholeheartedly to the U.S. campaig

U.S. Secretary of State Madelaine Albright praised economic globalization this week, citing United S

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RISK AND INSURANCEMANAGEMENT SOCIETYDr. Amy J. Geffen was named director of professional dev

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Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the Clinton administration's decision to allow a pipeline

The new Canadian owner of Lykes Lines wants the ailing U.S. carrier back in profit during 1998.<

Officials from the Department of National Treasury Wednesday were unable to confirm a local report t

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A recent court ruling over a poultry slaughter method could make it harder for the U.S. government t

U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 3.2 million barrels in the week ended July 25 as compared with the

Christensen Canadian African Lines is expanding its service to South Africa to three ships from two,

The brief headlined ''Insurer pays $92 million to settle coffee fraud'' that appeared on Page 7A on

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Stepping up the competitive pressure, Federal Express Corp. Wednesday announced details of the first

More than 2,000 years before Federal Express, eager shippers insisted their goods get to market as f

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OVERSEAS INVESTMENTSDOWN FOR SOUTH KOREASEOUL - DIRECT OVERSEAS INVESTMENTS BY SOUTH KOREAN

The government affairs director of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has quit, dogged by a

E.N. BISSO & SON INC.The New Orleans-headquartered tugboat company announced a management re

CALIFORNIA QUAKE AGENCYAUTHORIZES RATE CUTSSAN FRANCISCO - The California Earthquake Authori

The cost of the Big Dig construction project will be nearly $600 million more than last estimated, p