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A disappointing round of bilateral talks this week has jeopardized the U.S.-Japanese negotiations on

A senior Bush administration official acknowledged Wednesday that an international pact on patents,

Congressional negotiators agreed on stiffer trade sanctions against China than those imposed by Pres

About 730 products whose importation was barred to protect domestic industry now may enter Argentina

SENATE REJECTS REPEAL OF CATASTROPHIC ACTThe Senate Wednesday rejected a House bill repealin

Malaysia's trade surplus for the first eight months of this year narrowed by one-third to M$5.43 bil

The "Alice in Wonderland" auto insurance price rollbacks of California Proposition 103 so far have b

Most members of the "baby boom generation" will not have enough money to retire at age 65, according

Advocates for asbestos victims' interests urged the House to reject a bill that would expand the gov

CONTINENTAL PARES THIRD-QUARTER LOSSContinental Corp. reported a net loss for the third quar

To the delight of some U.S. businessmen, promising scientific research and technology is becoming av

Hoylake Investments Ltd. declared its intention Wednesday to launch a new bid for B.A.T. Industries

UNOCAL TO CLOSE BEAUMONT PLANTUnocal Corp. of Los Angeles said it will close its unprofitabl

TONKA CORP. TO MARKET BATMAN TOYS, GAMESMINNETONKA, Minn. - Tonka Corp. said it has reached

U.S. trade with West Germany is a quality affair. As the dollar slips against the deutsche mark and

Hong Kong and South Korea Wednesday accused the United States of using unfair anti-dumping measures

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday in line with the upturn in the stock market. Dealers

Local electronic companies struggling with rising costs and wary of China are going ahead with plans

A U.S.-BASED SHIPOWNER is looking to the Soviet Union as an alternative source for shipboard officer

The House adopted controversial amendments that preserve state oil spill liability laws Wednesday as

Guaranty Chevrolet in Santa Ana, Calif., is projecting that sales of convertibles will jump 23 perce

MTL SHAREHOLDERS OK BUY-OUT BY INTREPIDSECAUCUS, N.J. - Marine Transport Lines Inc. sharehol

Venezuela's oil policy has been altered in subtle but significant ways since Carlos Andres Perez too

The government in Taiwan, which runs a large trade surplus with the United States, is acting to prov

Some grain exporters are beginning to divert cargoes to coastal ports as a result of navigation rest

Nov. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Oryx Energy Co., Dallas, said Wednesday it made a horizontally drilled discovery in the Austin Chalk

Utilities in Kentucky and Illinois have entered the market for steam coal needed before the end of t

Highly profitable speculation in used oil tankers is being curtailed by this year's rapid rise in pr

EXPORT DROP COULD HIT AILING POLISH ECONOMYWARSAW, Poland - Poland's Solidarity-led governme

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - James Paul, president and chief operating officer, Wednesday was named chi

A senior official in the U.S. Food for Peace program told a Senate panel Tuesday that serious proble

Distillate supplies increased while gasoline inventories declined, the American Petroleum Institute'

Consumers Power Co. and the Bay City Electric Light and Power Co. agreed to the sale of Consumers' r

DEEPEST OIL PLATFORM IN WORLD STARTS UPConoco Inc., the Houston-based subsidiary of E.I. du

A Canadian company plans to pull out of a gold and copper mining venture in the Philippines that has

No progress was made during U.K.-West German talks here Wednesday aimed at resolving a dispute over

NYMEX CUTS MARGIN ON PALLADIUM FUTURESNEW YORK - The New York Mercantile Exchange said the o

Three privately owned European drug companies say they will cooperate on developing and marketing th

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