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The Chinese government's move to ban corn exports is aimed at controlling inflation by forcing farme

CHINA, CIBA-GEIGY INK DRUG AGREEMENTZURICH, Switzerland - Ciba-Geigy AG said it has

The Statue of Liberty stands alone off the stern of the Atlantic Star, an 800-foot cargo tanker. Ove

EDI 2000. Dec. 8-9. Two days of seminars and exhibitions for users of electronic data interchange. A

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The European Union's grand plan to pump Western cash and technology into Russia's oil and gas fields

Nigeria LNG Ltd., the joint venture overseeing a much-delayed $4.3 billion liquefied natural-gas pro

Former President George Bush, in a rare interview, said it was "flattering" that his policies appear

As expected, Japan's Lower House Friday passed seven bills needed to ratify the Uruguay Round of the

Alfred K. Kenyon is not upset that his plans to fly into retirement on Jan. 1 have been grounded.

Canada's labor scene, which used to be marked by turbulence, has become relatively tranquil as union

United Parcel Service clerical workers in Kansas City voted by a 3-2 margin against representation b

"Indian industrialists must forget about the past when the government held an umbrella of protection

Being identical twins who jointly run an insurance brokerage has its advantages and its disadvantage

Asarco Inc., one of the largest producers of copper, lead, zinc and precious metals in the United St

The company set to take over the bulk of British Coal's remaining pits will pay almost UK100 million

Airmax, an operator of air cargo trucking services in the United States for foreign airlines, said i

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Germany and Thailand are planning to build transportation systems like North Carolina's Global Trans

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC GETS AIR FORCE CONTRACTWestinghouse Electric Corp. said it received a

NORWAY'S LEIF HOEGH ORDERS 2 SHIPSLONDON - The Norwegian shipping group Leif Hoegh &

Japanese car sales this year are heading for their first rise in four years as the automobile busine

The National Transportation Agency begins potentially highly charged public hearings here today into

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 8, '93 - Nov. 21, '94 (a graph) (2)

Canada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November fell to 9.6 percent, down 0.4 percentage

An expert witness called by the plaintiffs in the Feltrim Names case in London refused to crack unde

The OPEC ministers, at their recent meeting in Indonesia, elected Rilwane Lukman to become their sec

Lloyd's of London received a late injection of UK88 million ($138 million) in corporate capital last

RUSSIA TO STEP UP MONTHLY OIL EXPORTSMOSCOW - Russia plans to export 15 million metr

With the Uruguay Round trade pact approved overwhelmingly in the U.S. Congress, the focus of impleme

The new president of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union plans to get the ILWU

Dec. 2, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The federal Transport Department is wasting millions of dollars on overtime due to mismanagement, sa

Friday Dec. 2, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

REGIONAL BLOCS How to Export To, Import From and Invest In the Caribbean Basin and Latin Ame

Differentials between insurance premiums charged to good shipowners and those paid by less-responsib

AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY CO. (Hartford, Conn.) - Scott P. Moser was named vice president of environ

Caterpillar Inc. has appointed a new independent dealership for the Shanghai area, the first such ap

In the waning hours of last month's Pacific Rim summit, President Clinton made a concession to devel

To fully appreciate the beauty of selling mail-order products in Japan, you only need to look at the