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China's economy grew 9.7 percent in 1996, as inflation continued to fall and foreign trade kept on r

INDIA APPROVES PLANTO AID NATION'S POORNEW DELHI - The Indian Cabinet approved a proposal la

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 240.06 off 1.82 wh

Iran and Turkey are considering constructing a pipeline across Turkish territory to export some Iran

Northwest environmental interests reluctantly endorsed the power aspects of a regional energy plan b

The Netherlands takes over the European Union presidency on Wednesday, as well as responsibility for

When it comes to container cranes, big is not only better, it's mandatory.This is a multimil

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''The government of Korea has delivered a slap in the face to both its own workers and international

Japan's car makers have set rosy targets for 1997, but industry analysts say that just means a fierc

PHILIPPINE ECONOMYTO OUTPACE INFLATIONMANILA - For the first time in 10 years, the growth of

Dec. 30, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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JAPAN ASKING WTOTO RESOLVE CAR ISSUETOKYO - Japan will file a request by February with the W

Dutch insurer Aegon NV said Monday it was buying the insurance business of Providian Corp. of Louisv

Traditional attitudes about how Americans bank and buy their insurance are changing, with consumers

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The telecommunications sector in Panama changed substantially during the last two years as a result

The U.S. dollar rose Monday in thin trading as Japanese officials made no comments on the yen's rece

Business groups Monday sharply criticized the Clinton administration's new ruleson exports of encryp

JAPAN MINISTRY TO BOOSTTARIFF ON PORK IMPORTSTOKYO - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forest

Northwest Airlines Corp. announced it will form an operational and marketing alliance with Garuda In

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Phelps Dodge Corp. must pay the U.S. Postal Service $21 million and take back 37 acres of contaminat

RUSSIANS ALLOCATEWORLD BANK FUNDSMOSCOW - Russian officials at a meeting Monday chaired by V

The pervasive blare of Christmas music and its fugue of jolly computerized cash registers is all but

NEW YORK WORKERS COMPPROVISION TAKES EFFECTALBANY, N.Y. - An important provision in New York

China's efforts to improve the underpinnings of its insurance sector are getting lots of help from o

A dispute in the European Union over takeoff and landing rights is threatening to mar the launch of

Everyone is logging on in Vietnam.The number of personal computers has more than doubled in

The United States and Guyana are set to begin negotiations in early 1997 that would allow Guyanese l

Egypt said its economy is growing at 5.7 percent in the current fiscal year, which started July 1, a

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If transportation executives are sleepless in Seattle, there's good reason.After three days

RAILAMERICABUYS BNSF LINESFORT WORTH - RailAmerica Inc., a short-line railroad operator, has

The Sri Lankan government is bracing for more disruption to commerce and its own agenda after trade

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