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With drab blank walls and a muddy tile floor, the office is every bit as charming as a muffler shop

Sponge divers and merchants in this old Florida town on the Gulf of Mexico are enjoying a vibrant bu

Invoking the backing of a U.S. government agency that insures against political risk paid off for ma

A U.S. company and a Japanese manufacturer sold hundreds of thousands of substandard nuts and bolts

The U.S. economy is currently growing at a moderate pace, and inflation appears to be under control,

The Bush administration, citing rising losses and declining participation, called for an end to the

Japan agreed Wednesday to U.S. demands that it open further its telecom- municat ions market to fore

The aftershocks of California's landmark Proposition 103 have reached Carson City, Nevada. S

Assurances Generales de France, the third largest insurer in France, plans to acquire a stake in the

The insurance capital of the world is fast becoming the nation's mail capital and insurers say the t

P/C INSURERS BOOST PURCHASES OF BONDSProperty/casualty insurance companies increased their h

JAPANESE REPORT URGES END TO SOME TARIFFSAn influential Japanese business group Wednesday ur

CHINESE FACTORY WINS SOUTH KOREAN TV PACTSEOUL, South Korea - A Chinese TV factory has signe

IMPORT PACTS UP 69 PERCENT FOR JAPANESE TRADERSImport contracts signed by major Japanese tra

Apple Computer Inc. has announced it will begin a $60 million project this summer to expand its manu

John Crosbie, Canada's international trade minister, praised the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement as

Negotiating a joint set of rules on subsidies under the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement may not be

The government in China may be consolidating around orthodox elements, but many observers believe th

Mauritius, an island nation off the southeast African coast, is a developing economy that is benefit

TUNISIA CUTS OUTLOOK FOR GROWTH IN 1989TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia slashed its 1989 growth fore

A Bush administration economic panel has debated whether to extend steel import barriers as signs po

As President Bush inches toward a decision on whether or not to extend Voluntary Restraint Agreement

The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland's assessment of growth in its area finds only three major citi

If you're in Japan and order pheasant in a fine restaurant, it may be a Missouri pheasant. T

Data from Minnesota and Wisconsin agencies bolster the theory that cities in a 100-mile radius of th

In a shop along the main street here, sounds of an old church hymn compete with ballads sung by Nat

An interim panel of Kentucky's legislature plans to work its way out of existence with a fall econom

* Trading With Mauritius 4A * Upgrading of Asia's Tin Smelters Urged 6A* Tom Connors - Washi

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The Coast Guard has at least 10 million gallons of oil and water on its handsfrom the cleanu

Brendan J. "Bud" O'Malley is approaching his new job with a quiet confidence that the 1990s will be

At the time, it was the largest single seizure of cocaine in U.S. history. When U.S. Customs

In a surprising move, a handful of underwriters have moved back into the Chinese political risk insu

Tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of companies could start doing business electronically as the

$610 million from the International Monetary Fund, comprising $410 million to offset lower oil expor

Maritime executives were told Tuesday that it may not be advantageous to sign and comply with the U.

DEAN WORLDWIDE (Huntington Beach, Calif.) - Robert Sutton was named general manager of the freight f

Ausimont NV said it sold the polyolefin elastomers division of Ausimont subsidiary Dutral SpA to Mon

The nation's waterways don't appear headed for a repeat of last year's drought, but the U.S. Army Co

Union Carbide Corp. has reduced toxic air emissions at its factories by 45 percent since 1985, said