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National energy strategy legislation was at a life-threatening standstill Tuesday, a high-ranking Bu

The winner of Angola's first-ever multiparty elections, which began Tuesday and conclude today, will

OPEC oil exporters should consider pricing oil by a basket of currencies instead of in dollars follo

Hanjin Shipping Co. is opening sales offices in Germany and the United Kingdom. The office o

American companies must devise long-term strategies, adopt a global marketing approach and rely on c

A North American free-trade agreement will significantly change the climate for business investments

Four more container freight stations are due to be opened this year as state- owned Central Warehous

Calcutta's new container terminal looks like it will become fully operational next month, more than

Until last month, most of the 100 West Coast companies that export log cabins probably would have sa

Local manufacturers, worried about the recently announced free-trade pact encompassing the United St

PIRFREIGHT UNIT TO START NEW NY-UK SERVICENEW YORK - Pirfreight Services USA, a subs

House majority leader Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., suggested that the proposed North American free-trade

CHINA SETS ASIDE LAND FOR S. KOREA INVESTMENTChina has set aside a piece of land, about one-

NORTH AMERICA Made in America for the World. Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Detroit. New exposition to enc

The end product of Mexico's crash port privatization effort will likely look similar to today's U.S.

The government this week expanded the use of the promising AIDS drug DDI after studies found it prol

SWISS TO HIKE DUTY ON SUGAR IMPORTSZURICH, Switzerland - The Swiss government will hike the

AMOCO, RHONE-POULENC FORM FIBER VENTUREAmoco Fabrics and Fibers Co. and Rhone-Poulenc Fibres

Japan's Mitsui Petrochemical Industries will delay the restart of its Iwakuni ethylene plant until n

Argentine grain shipping and handling costs are still too high despite surface and maritime transpor

As of Sept. 29, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

East German companies seeking to improve trade ties with the former Soviet Union through countertrad

The Guyana government is negotiating the sale of the state-owned sugar industry with two prospective

Western German companies will more than double planned manufacturing investment in eastern Germany t

An Indian court told federal investigators Tuesday to speed up attempts to extradite the former head

Malaysia expects to be self-sufficient in production of plastic resins such as polypropylene and pol

The United States is losing $12 billion to $15 billion a year from foreign piracy of movies, records

Procter & Gamble Co. and Link-up Investments Ltd. of Ibadan, Nigeria, formed a joint venture to mark

Monsanto Co. officials denied this week that the company might be trying to sell G.D. Searle and Co.

The world trading community agreed Tuesday to start negotiations for membership of Taiwan in the Gen

HERSHEY STEPS UP FIGHT FOR NORWEGIAN COMPANYOSLO, Norway - The billion-dollar battle

Russia's major timber exporters formed a new association to help regulate prices and fight widesprea

The European Community Commission is poised to revive an EC-wide steel quota system for Czechoslovak

The refusal of Russian and Ukrainian farmers to sell this year's wheat crop to their respective gove

Despite high, unsatisfied demand, U.S. credits for grain sales to non-Baltic former Soviet republics

Eastern German industrial production dropped 1.63 percent in July from June and 4.4 percent from Jul

BETTER CODE ENFORCEMENT NEEDED, STUDY SHOWSA recent report found that property damage caused

The liability insurers that provide coverage for the world's shipping fleet are fighting rules gover

A plaque on the Clark Street Bridge over the Chicago River marks the spot where, on April 3, 1848, t

Blessed with relatively good weather late in the growing season, yet cursed with shrinking export de