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Japan plans to introduce a $689 million emergency measure to help small and medium-sized companies s

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Coffee futures fell sharply on investment fund selling Monday. Traders said traders were sel

RUSSIA GRANTS CREDIT TO AGRIBUSINESS SECTOR MOSCOW - The Russian government has allocated

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, said it will join an existing vessel-sharing agreement operatingon the western-

GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - Christian J. Lopez was named port manager in

Delays in Washington and snafus in New Jersey may leave children across the nation without a drug us

Poland looks set to meet its inflation objectives this year, but economists say this success will be

In yet another example of banks moving into the insurance business, Chemical Banking Corp. announced

The jury is still out on whether Swiss reinsurers will benefit from the spate of problems that have

There's good news and not-so-good news about the ultra-high-speed laser cutter that wowed crowds at

Up to 40,000 commuters trying to get to work faced severe delays Monday after Irish Republican Army

The U.S. dollar rose Monday, extending last week's sharp gains, on a report of strong U.S. auto sale

9 HURT AS TAIWAN JET MAKES FORCED LANDINGTAIPEI, Taiwan - Nine people were hurt when a Taiwa

India's biggest exporter of computer programs plans to countersue a San Francisco lobby in the conti

EC AIDES AGREE ON LAWS FOR MONEY UNION STAGELUXEMBOURG - European Community finance

In the sea of economic dynamism that is Asia, North Korea stands out as the world's last, best examp

IRAN, TURKMENISTAN AGREE ON GAS PIPELINELONDON - Iran has signed a 25-year agreement

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &

Tom Bowe, a chief engineer for East Ohio Gas, pointed to a map that mixed bright shapes and blobs wi

China's entry into the Association of Tin Producing Countries, the industry export controlling body,

Russia will export less nonferrous metals for state needs this year than was planned, according to a

State insurance laws could be rewritten in the wake of report this week onKentucky Central L

12 KILLED WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES NEAR MANILAMANILA, Philippines - Twelve people drowned

President Clinton on Monday said he was making progress convincing members of Congress to approve th

The U.S. Customs Service may send technical advisers to four republics in the former Soviet Union to

Japan has proposed to applying international procurement rules to 45 more of its government enterpri

Whitehall Air Transport Ltd., a San Francisco-based trucking company, has abandoned plans to start a

A story on Page 5B on Oct. 21, "Pilots Group Emphasizes Safety Courses," misidentified F. Eugene Gue

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A House maritime panel has approved legislation to permit three World War II- vintage cargo ships to

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 22, 1993.

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 25, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. won its first overseas oil exploration bid at the beginni

Royal Nedlloyd is expected to seek a U.S. buyer for its oil-drilling subsidiary, Neddrill. T

Doubts that the producer export retention plan will work are soothing Japanese roasters, who are sit

Four of five defendants in the second trial to come out of the U.S. Customs Service's highly publici

This village of 500 is alive again. Hammers are pounding, saws are ripping and horns blare as a mini

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