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VF TO MAKE JEANS AT POLISH SUBSIDIARYWARSAW, Poland - Clothing maker V.F. Corp. is p

Illegal drug use by American workers leveled off last year, topping off four years of steady decline

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The sunburned woman rhythmically pounded her long wooden pestle into a hand- carved, knee-high morta

Foreign Auto Preparation Services Inc. (FAPS) is expanding its operations at Port Newark/Elizabeth m

An Enron Corp. subsidiary plans to make its first major foray into Louisiana, buying a 540-mile-long

It took several years of hard work and persistence for Charles Qi Hua Duan to make the jump from Sha

Insurance industry representatives and a key insurance commissioner have applauded President Clinton

Engineering and construction companies offer what they think is an easy way for customers to decide

Buoyed by the thought of having a "friend of labor" working in the Oval Office, 28 transportation in

Senior officials from major trading nations expressed cautious optimism and relief over the announce

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Feb. 11, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

South Africa's gross domestic product contracted 2.1 percent in 1992, according to provisional data

Energy-starved Cuba Wednesday invited Western companies to explore for oil, marking the first time t

Fewer merchant ships were lost to accidents last year than in 1991, when casualty figures hit "an ex

President Clinton declared Wednesday that he was "not going to roll over and play dead" in trade dis

Stevens Air Transport announced that the freight forwarder has opened an office in San Francisco.

The United States and the European Community tried to present a picture of strong and cooperative co

Thursday Feb. 11, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The American Association of Port Authorities, which is reviewing how the Army Corps of Engineers con

Taiwan's Finance Ministry will review its beef import duty structure in preparation for entry to the

BOOZ, ALLEN TO MAP OUT PERU'S OIL PRIVATIZATIONLIMA, Peru - U.S.-based consultancy B

Thursday Feb. 11, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

In a clear signal of its determination to close the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, the Navy is reporte

SUEZ CANAL REVENUE INCREASED IN JANUARYCAIRO, Egypt - Suez Canal revenue hit $168 mi

The hyperinflation gripping Russia and other former Soviet republics has so undermined the ruble tha

A north-south marketing and investment focus is playing a growing role in the business strategy of C

The story "Analysts: Carolina Freight Faces Rough Road to Recovery," on Page 2B Monday, mentioned th

Redwood City port commissioners Wednesday approved an agreement to begin importing a minimum of 150,

Chicago Mercantile Exchange lumber futures prices continued their rise Thursday on speculative buyin

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 202.23 up 2.56 which compares

Groupe AXA, one of France's largest insurers, denied Wednesday it planned to take over Guardian Roya

California insurance commissioner John Garamendi said he and an insurance company consortium have of

As a new nation short on hard currency, Russia has been juggling suppliers and payments, with effect

Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. won a US$157 million contract for the sale of boiler equipment to a ther

Airborne Express is setting up an in-house operation to handle same-day delivery of parts and critic

HoW tO Use: Under the U.S. government's American Business Initiative, the Eastern Europe Bus

The European Community Commission started legal action Thursday against Germany, Britain and the Net

The northern French port of Dunkirk saw part of its general cargo tonnage bottom out to a record low