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The State Department has extended the validity for U.S. visas issued to Brazilians to up to 10 years

Polluted waterways, congested roads and too few telephone lines for Brazil's 150 million people are

Hilton International, aiming to tap one of Asia's fastest-growing tourism and business travel market

South Korean companies are focusing on the Indian subcontinent as their own costs continue to rise a

Lawrence Summers' nomination as deputy treasury secretary breezed through the Finance Committee Frid

SEOUL SEES CHIP EXPORTS TOPPING $19 BILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - The trade ministry f

REGIONAL BLOCS International Trade-Development Conference: China. July 24-30, Shanghai. Cont

Rival factions within the shipbuilding industry faced off against each other last week before a Hous

The first shot in Kirby Corp.'s campaign against Marad's Title XI program was fired June 8, when an

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Mexico's commerce ministry announced an accord to open up three border states for the import of used

The Paul Revere Corp. reported a drop in net income to $25.4 million, or 56 cents a share, for the s

S&P AFFIRMS 'AAA' FOR UK'S STANDARD LIFEStandard & Poor's affirmed its highest claims-paying

American President Lines is bracing for big and unpredictable labor troubles with its new foreign-fl

U.S. government officials are investigating an arms pact between Belarus and Iran amid concerns that

In these tight budgetary times, government agencies sometimes are afraid to ask for even the most ba

With just $3.5 million earmarked for the task, a little-known U.S. agency ishelping to pry o

Booming trade is drawing more carriers to the robust South American shipping lane, but mounting cong

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The past decade has brought tough times for transportation unions, and amid those tough times, the a

In life, Teddy Gleason only stood about 5' 6" as the ruler measures. But anyone who heard hi

WORK STOPPAGE STIFLES INDIA'S PORT OF BEDIBEDI, India - Operations at the Bedi port

With the likelihood that they will have to ask their members to accept concessions in their next con

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The maritime industry should not complain about user fees as long as they are project-specific and a

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday after the stock market appeared to be stabilizing somewhat, following

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Hungarian industrial output in May rose a seasonally adjusted 13.4 percentfrom April and 15.

The Textiles Monitoring Body Thursday ruled unanimously in a 9-0 vote that millions of dollars of un

The sales of UK machine tools fell a seasonally adjusted 7.5 percent in Mayfrom April at con

Eastman Chemical Co. plans to begin manufacturing complex organic chemicals in Hong Kong for the Asi

The story headlined "Marathon Oil, S. Korean Firms Join to Explore South China Sea," which appeared

Hydro-Quebec, the provincially owned Canadian power giant, has crossed the border to the United Stat

Emerging details of the row between the president and the 18 executive directors of the African Deve

Ford Motor Co. plans to purchase 20 percent of Chinese truck manufacturer Jiangxi Jiangling Automobi

China's trade volume may be the world's 11th largest at over $230 billion and its foreign-exchange r

"What is needed is a 10-year program to shut (the former Soviet Union's) 19 oldest and least safe nu

The New York Mercantile Exchange received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to

Dutch industrial production in May was up 2.9 percent from May last year, the Central Bureau for Sta

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 231.44 off 2.67