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Domestic sales of computer hardware are expected to jump 50 percent this year over last, which will

Bilateral agreements between the governments of the United States and Japan to open Japan's market t

RUSSIA FINANCE MINISTER SEEKS 'REALISTIC' BUDGETNew Russian Finance Minister Vladimir Pansko

Trade union leaders at 16 coal mines in the Tula region of central Russia have called for an indefin

Oil has played a major role in international relationships ever since it became the dominant energy

Work on a substantial petrochemical complex in West Bengal using U.S. technology is set to begin Nov

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Announcing its marketing plans for a large piece of land leased from the Navy earlier this year, the

A Los Angeles jury has ordered a Baltimore insurance company to pay $61 million to a construction fi

South Carolina has the fifth-lowest workers compensation rates in the nation, according to a nationa

While the British government issued a limited but cautiously positive endorsement of the new U.S. av

The Federal Reserve needs to follow up last week's intervention in the foreign-exchange markets with

Rep. Duncan Hunter believes he is leading an historic shift in the Republican party's approach to in

The Japanese government said it plans to increase low-interest housing loans by up to 40 percent in

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International Petroleum Exchange Nov. 4, 1994Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)_

As older and lighter flatcars owned by railroads are retired, TTX Co., the national railcar pool, is

By tradition, every time Arianespace successfully places a satellite into orbit from its base in Fre

REGIONAL BLOCS Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC) Business Symposium. Nov. 12-13, Jakarta

Brazil's government probably will announce its forecast for the 1995-96 (May- April) coffee crop and

EMERGENCY DISASTER AID OFFERED IN CROP LOSSESPresident Clinton announced Friday that farmers

China will become a massive grain importer by the end of the century, driving up world prices sharpl

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 233.92 off 0.69

Still taking flak from congressmen and tanker owners, the Coast Guard says it is more confident than

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission fired back at the National Industrial Transportation

Lloyd's of London subsidiary Centrewrite Ltd. has taken over management and administration of its ow

The president of the National Association of Independent Insurers used the group's annual meeting la

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ICC DENIES SP REQUEST TO HALT UP TAKEOVERWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commis

The Dutch consumer prices index rose by 0.1 in October over September, and by 2.8 percent year-on-ye

After years of fighting Canada's alleged subsidies of lumber exports, the U.S. government has joined

Japan's carmakers are likely to emerge from the current recession even stronger than before, and cou

Emerging from decades of protectionism, Mexico's insurance industry is growing quickly, reshaped by

Workers and management at Pechiney's strike-bound Dunkirk aluminum smelter have agreed to seek the h

Right now it's just a bunch of weeds in the marshy back lands of Staten Island, N.Y., with its odoro

The A.M. Best Co. usually rates insurance companies. Now, the Oldwick, N.J., firm has rated Des Moin

Transit times between Asia and Europe will be cut by up to seven days when Sea-Land Service Inc. and

Citing the underutilization of many of its dock and warehouse facilities and the need to generate mo

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