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Japan's low birth rate was a major concern as more than 200 toymakers from seven countries, includin

NIGERIA INTRODUCES INVESTMENT INCENTIVESThe Nigerian government has introduced new incentive

California regulators on Thursday told Dow Chemical Co. and its subsidiary Great Western Pipeline Co

High school students in six countries guided the fortunes of a make-believe company during the last

FOREIGN INVESTMENT BY JAPAN FALLS AGAINJapan's appetite for direct investment abroad faded f

Puerto Rican business interests are mounting an aggressive "grass-roots" public relations campaign t

A bitter diplomatic confrontation has broken out between the European Community and Latin American n

To government officials or harried commuters, America's crumbling infrastructure of neglected bridge

Japan should end its ban on U.S. apple imports amicably, rather than force the United States to reso

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Norfolk Naval Shipyard will slash 1,304 workers - or about 13 percent of its work force - by mid-Oct

Bulk operator Wah Kwong Shipping Holdings Ltd. cited a stagnant market and higher costs in reporting

Emery Worldwide announced Friday that it has signed a three-year agreement with Renfe, the state-own

US SIGNS UN TREATY TO PROTECT FLORA, FAUNAThe United States, in a reversal of Bush administr

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is in discussions to develop a joint venture to tap the world's most temp

Continental Airlines has selected Honeywell Inc. to supply a navigation system that is designed to i

Transportation interests are convinced that, no matter what changes the Senate makes this week in th

Just as the transportation industry was starting to get comfortable with microcomputers, Microsoft C

Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency will meet th

A group of retired executives who managed Navieras de Puerto Rico are threatening to sue the state-o

In a development that could have important commercial implications, researchers have stumbled onto a

To the elderly, the cost of prescription drugs is a killer. Gerda Rossnagel, 72, spends abou

As U.S. insurance brokers expand their international clientele, they are looking for insurance capac

Germany's transport minister threatened Friday to cancel the U.S.-German aviation pact if the two si

An alliance of U.S. brokers, hoping to keep the heat on Mexican customs brokers, has gotten congress

Australia said Friday it had no intention of sacrificing its credibility by backing down in its avia

The Clinton administration is expected to intensify pressure on South Korea next month to do its sha

The chairman of state-run Indian Oil Corp. has been suspended after allegations of misconduct, inclu

Wholesalers, distributors and retailers of No. 2 fuel oil will face major problems if the increasing

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The Sugar Committee of New York's Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange is due to meet on Tuesday to disc

Cuba has declared force majeure on all shipments of 1992-93 raw sugar, officials in London from the

Three Weeks Ended May 29, 1993, vs. Similar 1992 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Satellite communications is tipped as the salvation of burgeoning air traffic in the Asia-Pacific re

The arrival of several fuel oil cargoes to this region from the Persian Gulf, India and South Korea

The ocean disposal of dioxin-contaminated dredge spoil from Newark Bay is viewed as precedent-settin

Sex, soaps and the hard sell have replaced socialist realism on the television airwaves of Shanghai,

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