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European Community unemployment for December was unchanged from November at 8.8 percent, according t

POLAND INKS DEBT PACT WITH 17 COUNTRIESPoland has signed an agreement here to restructure it

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It has been four years since Alexandre Gomes Oliveira, a building superintendent in Rio, has been ab

A strong showing by Japan's largest opposition party, the Japan Socialist Party, in Sunday's electio

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION FELL 0.7 PERCENT IN JANUARYWidespread weakness in the auto sector, com

Fears over the rapid growth of foreign investment in the United States are ''misguided," Robert Forr

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says the president's proposal to scrap federal spend

The amount of ship capacity owned by Hong Kong interests rose last year, but the number of ships on

Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., said its board of directors approved construction o

The possibility the United States will grant export bonus subsidies to promote sales of U.S. meat in

A drilling rig that beached Thursday in bad weather south of Rotterdam harbor poses no threat to shi

The chief mate of the Exxon Valdez testified Thursday that he and skipper Joseph Hazelwood discussed

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The British conglomerate Hanson PLC said Thursday it's buying a 45.03 percent share of Peabody Holdi

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for the 1990s that foresees Easte

BRITISH PETROLEUM CO. PLC (London) - The company confirmed the appointment of Robert Horton as chair

A month-and-a-half after union leaders reached a tentative agreement with Pittston Coal Group Inc.,

Copper prices rose Thursday on news of a record number of homes started in January. The U.S.

The first agricultural futures market in the Communist world will be set up in China, but its succes

Eliminating program trading, shifting control over futures margins and creating a single regulator o

The global search for new oil reserves has Phillips Petroleum Co.eyeing what it thinks are several c

PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS IN SWEDENSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Sweden's Social Democratic prime ministe

A wage agreement was reached Thursday between Brazilian dockworkers and shipping companies, thus ave

Government plans to return state enterprises to the private sector face mounting resistance, which c

REEBOK RESTRUCTURES; US PRESIDENT RESIGNSSTOUGHTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd. said T

Nigerian manufacturers, struggling to respond to a government drive to boost exports, have so far ma

European shippers are urgently seeking a meeting with shipping lines serving the North Atlantic in a

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government insists it is firmly committed to supporting a peaceful transition t

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Legislation in Maryland's General Assembly that spells out the state's authority to take over the Po

Shippers might no longer see U.S. Customs Service inspection fees run as high as $2,000 a container

PERRIER FLOWS AGAIN AFTER WORLDWIDE RECALLVERGEZE, France - Pure Perrier gushed back Thursda

When U.S. representatives investigating the Customs Service toured major ports around the United St

BN RAILROAD ADOPTS ELECTRONIC DATA STORAGEFaced with crumbling documents and confusing filin

BLENDED SYRUPS: DELETION FROM HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE. Customs brokers and importers are asked to

Navistar International Corp. reported a loss of $18 million in the first quarter of its new fiscal y

Attorneys agreed to delay today's deadline for completion of a government investigation into whether