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Kind weather and better farming methods are filling Asia's rice bowl to overflowing this year.

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is adding more capacity to its fleet amid forecasts of a strong surge in

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Members of the American Agriculture Movement Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against the Chicag

The United States will remain Taiwan's main economic partner for a long time, but business people he

Vietnam will solicit foreign bids and investment for hundreds of "priority" development projects nex

TRAVEL RULES EASED FOR CZECHOSLOVAKSPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Premier Ladislav Adamec said Tu

KOREA UNVEILS PLAN TO FOSTER INVESTMENTSEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government Tues

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Mack Trucks Inc. lost $87.5 million, on $367.4 million revenue in the third quarter. That compared w

Strong U.K. soft wheat exports to non-EC countries have hampered France's wheat exports so far in th

The Soviet Union is in the process of joining the world Food and Agriculture Organization to take ad

FARM TRADE REFORM COULD LESSEN HUNGEROpening the world's farm markets would only stimulate e

JAPANESE REPORTEDLY BUY BILTMORE HOTELThe Japanese are adding to their U.S. real estate port

$19 MILLION CHARGE ESTIMATED IN QUAKEThe Continental Corp. Tuesday said it expects to charge

Merck & Co., the world's largest pharmaceutical company, is nearing the end of a remarkable three-ye

Electronic trading may not provide the key to greater efficiency in energy futures markets and must

S. KOREA'S INVESTMENT OVERSEAS RISES 85 PERCENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's overseas i

Railroads are moving rapidly to exploit recently granted federal permission to file tariffs electron

Geostar Corp., Washington, has won a $10 million contract from Burlington Motor Carriers, Hurst, Tex

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd., or OOCL, says it will complete its ship replacement program for

While shareholders supporting Cie. de Navigation Mixte's effort to fight off a takeover bid by Banqu

The Supreme Court dashed the hopes of business groups and their insurers by refusing to review yet a

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An evenly divided Supreme Court Monday upheld the planned partial merger of Detroit's two daily news

Two of the Soviet Union's top food buying officials will be here this week as part of a large Soviet

U.S. and foreign-flag carriers this week are weighing an offer to become equal partners within the I

ANNUAL COMPUTER SHOW LURES FOREIGN FIRMSThe annual showcase for the computer industry, Comde

Ray Corsan, cargo manager of Britain's fastest-growing airline, Air Europe, believes plans to create

The proposed Airline Competition Enhancement Act - legislation that would impose significant governm

Consolidated Freightways Corp. has opened its fifth regional truck line, a Dallas-based company that

A Geneva-based shipping line has acquired an Italian line that owns the cruise ship Achille Lauro.

NATIONAL INSURER GROUP NAMES THREE STAFFERSDES PLAINS, Ill. - The National Association of In

Hercules Inc. won the first round in its attempt to get anti-dumping duties levied on foreign makers

Copper futures prices ended higher Monday on renewed supply concerns as traders resisted bearish new

The opening of East Germany's borders will translate into increased economic opportunities for Weste

Britain's businessmen are calling for a doubling of investment in the country's transport infrastruc

It took two tries, but a 104-ton steam locomotive built in China and destined for Iowa was hoisted o

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said plans are being made for agricultural trade and development