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Belgian unemployment in December increased by 1.6 percent over November levels, the Labor and Employ

German metals and engineering group Metallgesellschaft AG on Wednesday unveiled a major restructurin

United Parcel Service said Wednesday it will raise its rates by about 4 percent effective Feb. 7 for

Colombian industrial company Casa Inglesa has secured a 50 percent working interest in American Inte

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The market in Asia for medium and heavy Persian Gulf sour crudes is tightening, driving up prices fo

There is little to suggest that Paraguay, just waking up from a half century of dozy military rule,

Dutch year-on-year inflation is set to edge up to 1.8 percent-1.9 percent inDecember from 1.

The name "Columbus Line" has replaced the name "Navicana" (Naviera Interamericana Navicana SA) at th

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"Women hold up half the sky" was a rallying cry Mao Tse-tung coined to double the ranks of his Commu

American International Freight (AIF), an Ypsilanti, Mich., cargo airline,plans to offer expa

Bally Manufacturing plans to buy 31 acres on the Delaware River, becoming the third casino to bet th

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

India's ports expect to add 2.15 million metric tons to total capacity during fiscal 1993-94 through

Though it's after Christmas, Pacific conference carriers are still waiting for their toys. N

Canada's big banks are slowly spreading their wings into the insurance sector. The latest mo

Gov. Jim Florio on Tuesday signed two bills that are part of a dozen recommendations made by a healt

COURT WEIGHS REVIEW OF NAFTA 'GREEN' CASEWASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court may dec

Almond producers are smiling at the prospect of a $21 million decrease in European tariffs if Congre

Talks on the number of longshoremen needed to load grain ships on the West Coast are tentatively sch

The Port of Penang, an island off the northwestern coast, said it handled the equivalent of 242,454

Poland's government will step up intervention in the economy to make it more competitive but wants t

Chicago Board of Trade leaders predicted that Globex, the world's only computerized 24-hour trading

Investors may have been caught off guard by the violent peasant uprising in Southern Mexico, but two

PINNED BETWEEN CARS, BN EMPLOYEE IS KILLEDHASTINGS, Neb. - A brakeman with Burlingto

The Philippines is turning to U.S. companies in its efforts to upgrade its infrastructure. I

Southern California Gas Co. has signed agreements with natural gas suppliers that could result in bi

HEATING OIL BARGE RUNS AGROUND IN NYNEW YORK - A barge being towed by the tug Frankl

APL Stacktrain Services this year will increase its domestic container fleet by 6 percent or more th

With a week until the Legislature convenes for 1994, it looks unlikely that the world oil market wil

Heavy equipment and hand shovels are at work at Prudhoe Bay scraping up what's left of last week's l

Omani Oil Minister Said bin Ahmad al-Shanfari Wednesday predicted independent oil producers will coo

The quality of China's exports and of goods it imported last year improved as a result of tighter in

Indonesia's finance ministry has urged the private sector to curtail investment in big projects need

American insurance companies lived off high-yield lucrative investments in stocks in 1993, leaving t

RICE SELF-SUFFICIENCY DECLINES IN S. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korean self-suf

Backers of a floating casino proposed for Whiskey Island, a spur of Mississippi that juts into Arkan

A collision with an iceberg that damaged an oil tanker in Prince William Sound in Alaska this week h

The planned merger of the liner shipping activities of Deutsche SeereedereiRostock GmbH and