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Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, considered a leading proponent of economic reforms, called Tu

Not long ago, a Brazilian railroader had a nasty accident: He flew through the windshield of his lig

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Asia's largest electronic database of business contacts is now available on the Internet, as the Hon

Buried deep in a story in the back pages of The Journal of Commerce recently was the announcement

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By the year 2000, India will need 41,000 miles of national highways, almost double the existing 21,2

Colorado's insurance industry was promised a collection of legislative bills by the state Senate's b

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

The people who guide ships around New York harbor say they have no reliable way of knowing where ber

Kvaerner, the Norwegian-owned shipbuilding and engineering group, announced this week that its ship

Arnold Industries Inc.'s planned purchase of Motor Cargo Industries Inc., a trucking company operati

The U.S. dollar surged to a 32-month high of 1.6775 Deutsche marks Tuesday amid a barrage of reports

A few weeks ago as the 105th Congress was getting under way, Jack Schenendorf, Republican chief of s

After 10 days of outward calm, Norfolk Southern Corp. and Conrail Inc. resumed their war of words as

The new coalition government that took power last June set an ambitious target of 7 percent annual g

BOEING CO. DELIVERS777 TO BRITISH AIRWAYSSEATTLE - Boeing Co. last week delivered its first

ALENIA PLANS TO INVESTIN AIRBUS SUPERJET PLANROME - The Italian manufacturer Alenia will tak

Salomon Brothers has joined a shareholders' battle for management control of one of Russia's most ef

SHIPSLIVERPOOL PORT GETSDOCKWORKER PROPOSALLIVERPOOL - Draft proposals to se

The Mexican government, trying to help the winning bidder with financing, is rejuggling the terms fo

MADISON INTERNATIONALSALES CO.Mark Odgers has been appointed international vice president fo

NEWFANGLED BOEING 737SOARS ON MAIDEN FLIGHTSEATTLE - Boeing Co.'s next-generation 737-700, a

The World Trade Organization's appeals court Monday ruled in favor of Costa Rica when it in found th

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 236.75 off 1.32 wh

Venezuela's state oil firm Pdvsa has already topped rivals Exxon Corp. and Texaco Inc. as the bigges

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IRELAND COMPLAINS ABOUTBRITISH NUCLEAR FACILITYDUBLIN - Ireland called in the British ambass

TOTAL CUTS RUNSAT LE HAVRE REFINERYLONDON - Total has cut the runs at its 155,000- barrel-a-

TALKS CONTINUE AS AIRSTRIKE DEADLINE LOOMSWASHINGTON - Seeking to head off a strike that cou

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The sharp rise in the U.S. dollar against the French franc in recent months has French hoteliers sal

Swiss unemployment jumped to a record 5.7 percent in January as seasonal factors accentuated the sta

U.S. property insurers paid about 17 percent less for their reinsurance coverage last year, an offic

Airlines are embarking on a new round of cost cutting in anticipation of fiercer competition when th

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