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Belgium's state telephone monopoly said it would build and operate a private telephone system in Mos

The U.S. Postal Service intends to put significant volumes of domestic airmail back on passenger ai

4 FOREIGN BROKERAGES TO OPEN IN S. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Ministry of Fi

Britain's shipowners are hoping details of the budget being unveiled today in Parliament will promis

EVERGREEN UNIT TO SERVE AS AGENT IN GERMANYHAMBURG, Germany - Evergreen International (Deuts

In the aftermath of the seven-month Persian Gulf crisis and war, the outlook for U.S. grain and othe

The bullish mood that immediately followed the agreement by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting

A start-up aerospace company says it hopes to take at least a 15 percent stake in an aircraft engine

For Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, last week's deal to secure landing rights for American

When Raymond Eaton started looking at the Vietnamese market in 1987, many of his fellow investors we

A senior U.S. trade official voiced optimism Monday that Congress will approve a presidential reques

The U.S. dollar rallied a remarkable 2 percent Monday af- ternoon, reaching an eight-month high agai

A group of local exporters Monday launched a campaign to raise HK$15 million (US$2 million) to fight

In the land where fast cars and shiny rigs once roamed, a California trucking company is promoting t

The short-term growth outlook for the world's 42 poorest nations is and will remain negative, conclu

The sleeping giant of truck manufacturers may be waking up, say industry analysts who cover Navistar

Following the lead of a large carrier group last week, the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreeme

WAR-RISK PREMIUMS FOR GULF ARE LOWEREDWar-risk insurance premiums for cargoes being shipped

Egypt may import just 6.5 million metric tons of wheat during its 1990-91 (July-June) marketing year

Silver prices declined sharply Monday as Far Eastern players continue to bail out of a market devoid

The U.S. government will probably tighten soybean grading requirements to make U.S. soybeans more co

A federal appeals court Monday reversed the conviction of GAF Corp. and its vice chairman, James Sh

Soviet crude oil sales worldwide appear to have stabilized over the last few months at about 1.5 mil

Unocal Corp. doesn't expect any gasoline supply problems following a fire Sunday which damaged a 20,

1746 (Mar. 18, 1991) Previous day - 1761 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

PRODUCER PRICES FALL IN FORMER W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - Declines in heating oil and ga

Hong Kong executives who recently conducted an exploratory trip to Vietnam seem convinced the United

The United States offered only limited opposition to the first World Bank loan to Iran in 17 years,

The crisis in the Persian Gulf and the U.S. recession slowed the growth rate of India's textile expo

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For retailers, paperless trading systems aren't just productivity-boosting or labor-saving. They are

The hand-written letter from Baghdad read, at first, like any note from one friend to another: "I ho

In the two years since Champion Insurance Co.'s collapse, a host of questions has been asked how suc

The Port of Jacksonville, Fla., received two new regular steamship line customers this month.

U.S. farmers will plant between 1 million and 2 million more acres of soybeans this year than they d

By missing out on the boom times, the Midwest may have managed to avoid sliding as deeply into reces

A safe, economical and environmentally sound nuclear power plant will debut this fall as a working,

SOVIET COAL STRIKE ENTERS THIRD WEEKAlmost 50,000 Soviet miners entered the third week of a

Italy has asked Greece to extradite a Palestinian guerrilla wanted for planning the 1985 hijacking o

Navy divers blew up a 1940s-vintage torpedo Sunday that was hauled up last Wednesday off the east co