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Beef imported from the United States will be sold in vending machines in Japan under a Japanese-U.S.

Hanson Industries completed the purchase of a 45.03 percent stake in Peabody Holding Co., parent of

Imports of automobiles and motorcycles have been all but outlawed in this country for the past 14 ye

SERGIO V. PERSICO, born in Asmara, Ethiopia, has a degree in sociology from the Universityof Rome. L

Federal Express Corp., the giant express package company that "guarantees" deliveries, can learn a f

A revived Central American common market is in prospect, Latin American officials predict. T

French wine exporters Tuesday said a dispute with the United States over Washington's move to block

The new two-year extension of the 1986 International Cocoa Agreement will have very little, if any,

THE TREASURY NORMALLY PAYS DOWN some of its debt in the second quarter as tax receipts flow in, but

The Paris futures exchange, Matif, is to launch an option on its Euro- Deutsche mark futures contrac

Dockworkers at Vancouver and other British Columbian ports who had twice rejected proposed contracts

TERMINAL CORP. RENEWS LEASE AT BALTIMOREThe Terminal Corp. has renewed its lease at two Balt

Shipping agents representing countries that receive U.S. foreign food aid shipments are trying to th

Libya agreed to double its oil exports to Sudan to 10,000 metric tons in April and May, the OPEC New

Insurers in the United Kingdom are awaiting a decision from New Scotland Yard, headquarters for the

NEW ORLEANS - Two senior vice presidents of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. have switched jobs in what the

SCHERING-PLOUGH TO SELL ITS MAYBELLINE UNITSchering-Plough Corp. said it has agreed to sell

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The strong dollar is making U.S. computers exported to Japan more expensive there, but it's also he

A leading version of the government's new clean air plan would force oil refiners to use ethanol in

CPC FINISHES BUYING SMITHKLINE FOOD UNITSENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. - CPC International Inc. has

The European Community has chosen 35 new research projects in food science and technology for suppor

The local auto industry, among the most dynamic segments of this country's economy, has been one of

Sedgwick Group PLC said Tuesday that its errors and omissions insurance will cover the cost of a $43

CHAMPAGNE PACT ENDS; PRICE HIKES EXPECTEDEPERNAY, France - Winegrowers and champagne compani

Japan is bidding for a larger role in the Inter-American Development Bank, but it may not get it, at

The futures contract debuting here this week on the one-month London interbank offered rate, or libo

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Hyundai Merchant Marine (America) Inc. has formed an intermodal subsidiary to handle inland cargo mo

The striking success of U.S. negotiators in several sets of trade talks with Japan has impressed key

The first-quarter financial report by the largest containership company in the United States is a st

Philip Morris International, which saw its tobacco sales rise 26 percent last year in Japan, is bur

Esso Eastern Marine Ltd., an affiliate of Exxon Corp., has agreed to sell four oil tankers to Greek

Trans-border wars are taking a toll of Canadian truckers, forced to compete with U.S. motor carriers

Current information on the extent of aflatoxin contamination in corn is insufficient to justify a ma

ITC CHIEF CONCERNED BY SPREAD OF DUTIESWELLINGTON, New Zealand - "Explosive growth" in the u

U.S., European and Japanese automakers eyeing Brazil's domestic car market will have to wait a whil

NORTH AMERICA Earthtech 90. April 4-8. Washington. Products and strategies that merge econom

The Manville Property Damage Settlement Trust has completed a review of 14,000 claims for asbestos e

Executives from British Airways PLC, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Sabena SA of Belgium met in Brusse