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Tough political and economic times in the former Soviet republics are taking a toll on attendance at

UN TRIES TO RESCUE EARTH SUMMIT TREATYNAIROBI, Kenya - The head of the U.N. Environm

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The House of Representatives approved legislation to limit public hearings on the licensing of comme

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The U.S. Export-Import Bank and two Russian government agencies may reach an accord by early July th

Parliamentarians fighting the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty on closer European union intend

Japan's "Big Four" securities companies have moved to the forefront of the futures industry here by

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California scientists said Thursday they have made in the laboratory synthetic molecules of a powerf

Capital Re Corp. believes its 1992 net income will be reduced by approximately $1.5 million as a res

Insurance companies will face about $775 million in claims for property damage from the Los Angeles

French dockworkers will go on strike today through Sunday to protest government plans to abolish the

When Michael Kojima gave $500,000 to the Republican Party last month, the GOP asked no questions.

The House Wednesday voted to make it illegal for states to restrict their natural gas production in

The Orient Overseas group, which operates the colony's largest container shipping line, is proposing

The European Commission has cleared a proposed merger between Midland Bank of Britain and Hongkong a

Fiat Auto SpA this week ended months of tough negotiations with Poland's FSM car manufacturer by agr

Taiwan's lawmakers are passing long-delayed revisions to its copyright law in hopes of warding off s

China declared Thursday it "has no trade bias" against the United States as the two countries starte

The marine insurance market has "returned to a period of profitable underwriting," a leading Lloyd's

National Maritime Day usually provides an opportunity to look back and reflect and to look ahead and

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Bubba McIntyre is a God-fearing, mother-loving, son-of-a-gun from Mobile, Ala. I know all that becau

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Chevron Corp.'s $20 billion oil venture with Kazakhstan will not lead anytime soon to more huge deal

The decision by R.H. Macy & Co. to close eight of its stores across the country does not "materially

A Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate unveiled a UK42.8 million ($77.9 million) loss for its lates

The U.S. Customs Service fails to detect more than 80 percent of illegal shipments coming into the U

Taiwan's Economics Ministry is considering repealing a thicket of regulations on inward foreign indu

Chinese scientists are being approached to take a "significant part" in construction of and work at

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

South Carolina's once-proud textile industry is going downhill, said industry leaders, who blame a h

Are copper inventories dangerously low? Some analysts say the fact that inventories are the lowest a

Japanese secondary aluminum producers said Thursday they are dismayed by the London Metal Exchange p

Thailand's transportation services were back in operation Thursday after four days of bloody protest

Compagnie Generale Maritime's decision to abandon most of its North American operations later this y