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A study by a prominent Japanese think tank claimed direct investments abroad by the country's manufa

The Bush administration will press for further reform in Japanese building codes in the final push t

Coastal Corp.'s northeastern subsidiaries are expanding distribution of the company's reformulated d

Sergei Tyumenev stands on an oil rig in the middle of the flat swampland of western Siberia, 1,400 m

TOSHIBA CORP. UNVEILS LAPTOP WORKSTATIONToshiba Corp. Tuesday unveiled a laptop engineering

New Jersey is one the leading states in the export and import of toxic wastes, according to a report

The rivalry between New York and Los Angeles for recognition as the nation's largest commercial cent

The yen should stabilize against the U.S. dollar for now, mainly because Japan's investment in U.S.

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Boston Edison Co. says it believes its union labor force will accept a contract offer despite a thre

Half a year ago today, jubilant Germans broke through the Berlin Wall, and in the ensuing euphoria s

The colony's top banker Tuesday threw his weight behind a mammoth airport and port construction proj

Physically, Jean Pierson seems ill-suited to the role of David slinging stones at Goliath - Boeing C

Japan's major shipbuilding companies are receiving increasing numbers of orders for new merchant ves

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A survey of 50 companies with pension plans underfunded by $40 million or more each shows those corp

A boom in the computer industry marked by "renewed robust growth" is in the cards for this decade, a

EC PROBES IMPORTS OF KOREAN CAR RADIOSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's executive

Meetings of the Group of 7 industrialized nations are having less influence on the financial markets

A lawyer representing the government of Peru said Monday the country will seek the dismissal of 11 l

MAY 8, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol. C

GUNDERSON INC. (Portland, Ore.) - Gary Kaleta was promoted to vice president of railcar engineering.

The Federal Maritime Commission re-routed the problem of overloaded cargo containers on America's hi

May 8, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

China's first-quarter coal output rose to 319 million metric tons, up 7 percent from the correspondi

In a steady drizzle, under lead-gray skies, as the academy band played thundering marches, the State

A California administrative law judge recommended a one-time 20 percent rollback on 1987 California

Italian chemical giant Enimont SpA, in a bid to scotch reports it was running up heavy losses, said

The California Department of Insurance has ordered revocation of the license of a Santa Rosa insuran

The U.S. dollar was mixed in sluggish trading Tuesday as the market awaited the Treasury Department'

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

The European Community this week moved closer to full economic cooperation with Eastern Europe.<

CFM ENGINES TO POWER GULF AIR'S AIRBUSESGulf Air, the airline of four Middle Eastern countri

China is aiming to increase exports of light industrial goods this year, particularly to the United

PLASTIC RESINS OUTPUT ROSE IN FEBRUARYPlastic resins production reached nearly 4.1 billion p

SODIUM ACETATE Jarchem Industries Inc. said it will increase off-list prices of its sodium a

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Moves are afoot to open up direct shipping links with the Soviet Union after Taiwan's decision in Fe

Industrialist Armand Hammer, the 91-year-old chairman of Occidental Petroleum Co., is entering the c

Massive opposition from freight shippers and trucking companies has convinced the Interstate Commerc