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Russian Fuel and Energy Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin last week warned former Soviet republics to pay

Vinai Sompong, Thailand's new minister of transport and communications said he would push for privat

The chairman of U.S. supercomputer maker Cray Research Inc. stepped up his protest Friday against th

Japan wants a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council by 1995 but is not seeking veto powers, th

The millionth Sea-Land Service Inc. container to be shipped to Alaska is due to arrivetoday at the P

Flag states that do not have the expertise or manpower to implement or enforce international shippin

The Federal Aviation Administration Friday ordered all U.S. airlines that operate Boeing 747 aircraf

Taiwan's official representative to Malaysia, Huang Hsin-pi, Friday told Taiwanese investors to reco

The Interstate Commerce Commission has told 17 U.S. railroads that they owe a total of $611,012 to H

Yugoslavia has temporarily suspended repayment of its debts to the International Monetary Fund until

Cutthroat competition and the economic slump are prompting transportation companies to turn to infor

The colony's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., intends to shift most of its local data-proc

China has agreed to market-opening concessions that could lead to billions ofdollars a year

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Attracting qualified and quality business students to the insurance industry often is made difficult

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CHILEAN COPPER OUTPUT TO HIT 2.7 MILLION TONSSANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean copper production wil

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Passage of commodity futures trading legislation - three years in the making - gives futures exchang

Top corporate executives expecting a generally weak economy well into 1993 said that exports should

SENATE PASSES BILL FOR INSURANCE STUDYThe Senate approved a bill that requires a federal stu

A desperately needed breakthrough in deadlocked world trade talks hung in the balance Monday night a

U.S. airlines have given a chilly reception to a British bid to liberalize its aviation regime with

Signs that the real "new world order" is beginning to take shape are cropping up everywhere and they

Whether you view electronic data interchange as the computer-age equivalent of the Holy Grail or mer

Three mainland Chinese nationals have been charged by the government with illegally exporting parts

The Bush administration has postponed any action against Thailand for its alleged lack of pharmaceut

The American Meat Institute has urged U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills not to sign an agreement

After a long slump in the nation's offshore drilling, a surge in natural gas prices has renewed inte

Florida Power & Light Co. was dealt a setback in its bid to build a coal- fired power plant near Lak

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index declined last week following a fairly steep fall in p

BRAZIL SELLS OFF STAKE IN FERTILIZER MAKERRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The Brazilian government

Union Camp Corp., based here, has begun operating a new chlorine-free pulp bleaching plant at its 1,

CARMINE BRACCO DIES, WAS MARITIME OFFICIALWASHINGTON - Carmine J. Bracco, a U.S.-fla

The leading transportation adviser to Gov. Bill Clinton said a Clinton administration would not atte

Japanese banks will be selling about $2 billion over the next few months as they switch the denomina

Taiwanese companies that overlook the investment potential in Mexico risk losing their lucrative U.S

It was the costliest storm ever to drain the insurance industry's coffers, a toll now exceeding $8 b