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The German chemical and drug company Hoechst AG has agreed to pay about $7.1 billion for U.S. drug m

FOREIGN OWNERSHIP GETS MORE SUPPORT IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A Brazilian congres

FOREIGN SHIPOWNERS HIT PAKISTANI TAXNEW DELHI, India - Pakistan's imposition of an 8

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The world's ship repair industry, which experienced fairly flat business conditions last year despit

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Albine Assis Africano, Angola's minister of petroleum, said Angola's oil production should rise from

Chase Manhattan Corp. confirmed it would give up its membership on a variety of financial and commod

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The story Thursday, May 4, on Page 1A headlined "Matson To Sell Box Leasing Unit for $350 Million" s

Spurred by strong growth in Asia, worldwide air freight traffic in March surged by 15 percent over t

As the French head to the polls Sunday to choose a president who will steer the country into the nex

"Had South Korea or Japan accepted International Monetary Fund-style advice, it is doubtful either o

If car sales are a yardstick, India's middle class is growing rapidly. Sales were up 26 perc

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The chemical subsidiary of Ashland Inc. has completed its purchase of several business units of a Pi

MITSUI MARINE EARNS MOODY'S TOP RATINGMoody's Investors Service has assigned its top rating

While keeping a tight lid on foreign participation in its own extravagantly rich premium horse races

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Marine insurers on Thursday reported a dramatic reduction in the number of major ship casualties dur

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After issuing more than two dozen complaints against Overnite Transportation Co. for its conduct in

OPEC MAY DISCUSS NON-DOLLAR PRICINGGabon's oil minister said the issue of switching from U.S

Vietnam, the world's third-largest rice exporter, has damaged its international credibility by abrup

As of May 4, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

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The Navy is willing to turn over its former home port facility in Mobile to state and local governme

The Clinton administration is moving to expand trade and investment with Ukraine on the eve of Presi

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A Senate subcommittee Thursday voted to repeal federal highway speed limits and to make roads connec

The deficit-reduction bill Congress passed two years ago included a proposed tax of 4.3 cents a gall

Alaska's state Legislature is poised to approve legislation that will extend the life of the embattl

The fallout from the Mexican financial crisis toppled many emerging stock markets in the first quart