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Russia wants to secure a free-trade agreement rather than more Western creditsfrom this week

The strong growth of economic links between China and South Korea is helping to shape a "Yellow Sea

Oyster growers in Japan are hoping the intermodal shipping container will help them save their threa

Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut oil production by 1.04 million barr

A new weekly liner service starting this month is expected to boost the Port of Houston's container

The Singapore International Monetary Exchange plans in June or July to introduce a spot currency con

A federal Appeals Court ruled Wednesday that an insurance company did not have to pay a $14.5 millio

House Republicans are firmly opposed to federal regulation of the insurance industry - a stance that

US TRADE DEFICIT IN ELECTRONICS WIDENSSAN JOSE, Calif. - Americans bought far more f

BURLINGTON AIR EXPRESS (Irvine, Calif.) - Robert Jenkins was appointed vice president, Northeast Asi

Wednesday, March 31, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Mar. 31, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Copper production in Zaire is threatened as the international funding needed to maintain mining oper

President Clinton said Tuesday he would nominate corporate attorney Ruth Harkin, the wife of Sen. To

A controversial film challenging the Bush administration's justification for the 1989 U.S. invasion

An exhibit on the evolution of passenger ships from their early beginnings in the late 19th century

Campaigns are mounting in the House to head off President Clinton's proposed barge fuel tax hike in

A settlement of a dispute between U.S. and European airlines over computerized reservations systems

Emery Worldwide announced this week that it has reorganized its Latin American operations by creatin

The worst internal Teamsters feud in years is set to be airedtoday in federal court in Ann Arbor, Mi

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The Japanese, once renowned for their love of high-priced stores, are adjusting spending habits to s

If shipowners hope to replace their obsolete vessels promptly, they'll have to take a more "corporat

Significant amounts of U.S. coal reserves and production have shifted to overseas ownership through

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Colonial Pipeline restored limited shipments of refined petroleum between Baltimore and the New York

New Hampshire is following Massachusetts and Rhode Island in wooing biotech companies, the latest be

Foreign analysts say more than 20 years of U.S.-Japan bilateral negotiations over the meat import tr

Farm prices rose 0.7 percent in March from the previous month, the government said buoyed by stronge

The Clinton administration is looking at many ways to control health-care costs, ranging from volunt

An alarming increase in maritime accidents that could easily have been avoided through simple precau

Superintendent of Insurance Salvatore R. Curiale pronounced New York's health insurance market "heal

The Mexican government is expected to identify today the bidders for 170 television stations current

Eurotunnel, the company that owns and will operate the English Channel tunnel linking Britain and Fr

The Clinton administration has begun unveiling a "results-oriented" trade policy with Japan, pressin