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Pellet prices at or below the world posted price for iron ore are protecting domestic producers, acc

Textile companies in Singapore are drawing up plans to make their industry more competitive and effi

Hard economic times have fallen upon the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan. With limited resources an

With the idea that there is strength in numbers, several lumber companies in Maryland may join force

THE STERN GROUP (Washington) - Paula Stern, former chairwoman of the U.S. International Trade Commis

Two high-level Taiwanese officials proposed a package of measures Wednesday designed to ease the U.S

INFLATION IS CLIMBING IN INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIESThe average inflation rate in industrial countr

This island nation's efforts to become a textile exporter will get a boost this month when a restore

JAPANESE FIRM BOOSTS SHARE IN LIBBEY OWENSOSAKA, Japan - Nippon Sheet Glass Co. said it reac

Michigan's insurance trade groups and consumer advocates are jockeying for position in light of Cali

BUSINESS INVENTORIES SHOW INCREASE OF 0.7 PERCENTU.S. business inventories rose 0.7 percent

A top executive in one of Italy's major insurance companies predicts European companies will begin t

A commission assigned to study reform of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of New Jersey recommended Tuesday

The state has approved car insurance increases of nearly 8 percent for two insurance companies that

Hook Named Chief At Unum Corp.Rodney N. Hook was named chief financial officer and senior vi

Richard Liskov was appointed deputy superintendent and general counsel of the state Insurance Depart

GROUP PLANS TO APPEAL DISMISSAL OF NY SUITSThe American Insurance Association filed a notice

Representatives from Lexington's budding Kentucky World Trade Center will be toting Rambo Knives to

Northwestern University Transportation Center, seminar, "Petroleum/Energy Economics & Management." A

China is moving into high-tech computer services, with the head of a new Dalian Information Center i

Like the advertisements about the stores that won't take American Express, there are feed stores and

In the early 1980s, Chrysler Corp. Chairman Lee Iacocca contemplated establishing a worldwide networ

A proposal by the European Community to impose tariffs on imports of some U.S. defense goods threate

A $1.5 billion shrinking of the U.S. trade deficit, to $9.5 billion in January, left trade specialis

The Federal Reserve's beige book, released Wednesday, noted evidence of pressures on costs and price

* Trading With Jordan 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Peru in Financial Trouble - Pedro-Pa

This week's announcement from the Swedish group Stena AB that it has bought an 8 percent stake in Se

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The Chilean shipping company that carries the majority of Chile's fruit shipments to the United Stat

The Bush White House has reached a decision, not yet official, to abandon Interstate Commerce Commis

The chain of events that followed after two tiny Chilean grapes were found laced with cyanide has so

As food retailers destroy Chilean fruit that was sitting on their shelves, they say their main conce

THOSE TRAVELING BLUES. Sam Banks, assistant commissioner of U.S. Customs for inspection cont

The Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam soon will have twice as much cargo- handling capacity as it did

Japan's overall trade surplus soared 37.8 percent last month from a year earlier to $7.2 billion, ac

Foreign investment restraints must be eased if the Philippines hopes to attain its ambitious investm

A West Coast chain of 38 retail jewelry stores will stop selling imported ivory, saying it fears tha

US SUSPENDS IMPORTS OF SEMIAUTOMATICSNational drug control director William J. Bennett annou

A disabled Philippine cargo ship with 27 crewmen on board disappeared after a towline broke in storm

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