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The Philippine unemployment rate dropped to 9.8 percent last year from 10.5 percent in 1991 despite

An American newsweekly once quoted doctors as saying that leukemia had more than doubled in the Mins

A former top U.S. Department of Transportation official, who raised eyebrows last week with a call f

Copper prices, which rose in London Metal Exchange trading Monday, are expected to consolidate near

A congressman is questioning whether a California medical research institute funded mostly by U.S. t

AMERICAN AIRLINES POSTS CARGO REVENUE RISEFORT WORTH - American Airlines' cargo divi

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A pioneering direct container service to one of China's small ports begins today in hopes of overcom

The U.S. government's plan to sell 300 tons of nickel twice a month is under fire from market analys

Some smaller life insurance companies are likely to set cheaper premiums on their popular life insur

AETNA TOLD TO STAY IN CALIF. CAR MARKETCharging that Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Co. fai

NORTH AMERICA Variety Merchandise Show. Feb. 13-16. New York. Contact: Thalheim Expositions,

TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL BASE UNDER WAY IN CHINAGUANGZHOU, China - A textile industrial ba

South Korea's failed presidential candidate Chung Ju-yung, the rags-to-riches founder of the mighty

United Parcel Service will launch a new $150 million package-tracking system next Monday using the s

Japanese officials have backed away over the past few weeks from calls for an immediately stronger y

Trucking, automobile and manufacturing interests are adding their voice to the rising debate over de

North American women doubled their share of union membership since 1960, are better off as a result

A Canadian group has submitted a second report on construction of Vietnam's first liquefied petroleu

Germany's Mercedes-Benz AG said Tuesday it would help Ssangyong Motor Co. to develop a new car, deep

Chronic suspensions of Russian fuel oil shipments have prompted at least one Japanese trading house

Lev Churilov, head of Russian state oil concern Rosneftegaz, has been dismissed by Prime Minister Vi

Feb. 9, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Striking railway workers halted trains in the Paris area Tuesday to protest the sentencing of an eng

In a Washington meeting billed simply - and privately - as an evening of conversation and fellowship

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S. AFRICA FIRMS TO BUY JOHNSON MATTHEY STAKEJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's Joha

WEST FRASER TIMBER SEES RECORD PRICESVANCOUVER, British Columbia - West Fraser Timbe

The rally in palladium, which took prices to a 30-month high recently, could be fading as major buye

The story "House Panel Sets Up Hearing on Charges of Redlining," on Page 10A Monday, should have sai

As of Feb. 9, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

OPEC AGREES TO CUT OUTPUT, CHIEF SAYSCARACAS, Venezuala - OPEC President Alirio Parr

Halliburton Co., the nation's largest oil field-services firm, said Monday that it lost $137.3 milli

Avondale Shipyards, a division of Avondale Industries, said it is prepared to support the U.S. tanke

About seven years ago, I received a rather unusual telephone request. It came from an old co

A sharply lower British pound and a strong Japanese yen were held responsible for the U.S. dollar's

Feb. 9, 1993 RESELLER RACKUnleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-Unle

The Big Three automakers abandoned plans for a $45 billion trade complaint against imported cars aft

Ryder System Inc. reported strong fourth-quarter 1992 earnings in itscarriage and logistics