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U.S. small-business owners say information technology is so crucial that half of them plan to boost

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Ample supplies of U.S. soybeans will cushion the impact of strong export demand, suggesting the next

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Russians who flock to Japan to buy cheap secondhand cars and refrigerators are no longer welcome in

MINIMUM WAGE HIKE SOUGHT FOR BANGKOKBANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai panel has recommended

Foreign investment, as actual capital infusions from abroad, dropped to US$327.8 million last year,

1373 (Feb. 26, 1993) Previous day - 1375 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

When the European Community named its new Commission on Jan. 1, one appointment attracted more atten

The Association of American Railroads calculates that the Clinton economic package could cost railro

Zhejiang province last week signed a contract to create Zhejiang Commercial Bank Ltd., its first joi

This month will mark the fourth anniversary of a fateful date in American maritime and environmental

A new medium-term policy containing special concessions to boost exports is being drafted by the gov

The volume of world beef exports are expected to shrink by 2.8 percent this year, signaling a furthe

If you thought piracy disappeared from the shipping industry 200 years ago together with Captain Kid

Environmentalists, lawmakers and energy industry executives began drawing battle lines last week in

Kentucky miners who participated in the 1989 strike against Pittston Coal Co. now will be dealing wi

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NIGERIA TELLS FIRMS TO CUT OIL PRODUCTIONLONDON - Nigeria has instructed oil compani

In an example of how small U.S. companies can pay dearly to defend their patent rights against forei

The powerful blast that rocked the World Trade Center complex in New York'sfinancial distric

Because of the explosion at the World Trade Center complex, the consequent loss of communications at

President Clinton said in a major address that the United States was at a ''great moment of decision

A Massachusetts Port Authority plan to build a $235 million terminal at Logan Airport has sparked ch

The European Community Commission responded with a mixture of anger and confusion to the latest assa

U.S. airlines will have 5,747 large jets in their fleets by 2004, up from 4,206 in January 1992, the

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Saudi Arabia has detailed progress on a multimillion-dollar project to expand oil facilities and boo

During the Reagan and Bush administrations, the energy industry's prices fell due to external world'

Indonesia will deploy some of its newly acquired German naval vessels to fight piracy in the Malacca

Ports across the nation can expect roadblocks in dredging sediments contaminated by dioxin, an offic

Analysts say there is usually more than meets the eye in Japan, and last week's dramatic criminal pr

Stories and photographs in the major Japanese newspapers late last week showed prosecutors here raid

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US URGES SUPPORT FOR HAITI OBSERVERSWarning that the quest for a peaceful solution to Haiti'

Past customers of the bankrupt trucking firm P-I-E Nationwide have won a legal battle that should ma

Legislation guaranteeing re-employment rights for merchant seamen who leave their regular jobs to se

"In the face of economic struggles and continued rationalization within the steamship industry, I th