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The government is preparing to buy into small, private businesses in some Third World countries as p

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Tuesday after overcoming several sinking spells. Currency

Japan's largest farm group has been accused of violating U.S. antitrust laws in its efforts to persu

Steel production rose to 1.856 million tons in the week ended Oct. 22, an increase of 3.3 percent fr

The Japanese government has reversed its stance on rules governing the establishment of internationa

The unemployment rate in the metropolitan area was 4 percent in August, down slightly from the 4.2 p

Sales of existing single-family homes fell 2.2 percent in September after an unexpectedly strong sal

Orders for expensive manufactured goods fell 4.1 percent in September after an unusually large 5.7 p

U.S. automakers are refusing to follow the lead of their Japanese competitors in offering four-wheel

PERSIAN GULF STATES TO AIR MINE PROBLEMIran and Iraq will join other Persian Gulf states nex

* Import Quota Watch 4A * C. William Verity - Cooperation for a United Europe 10A* Don C. Be

An agreement between Bonn and Moscow on shipping is not likely to be signed this week as planned, be

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What started last month as a local dispute between the Port of Los Angeles and one of its terminal o

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's visit to Moscow this week is unlikely to give major impetus to

European ports that are normally bitter rivals are working together to create new electronic message

REI, OFFICIALS CHARGED IN POSTAL BIDDING CASEWASHINGTON - The replacement of Postmaster Gene

In 1949, China was in chaos, having spent decades fighting itself and the Japanese with incalculable

The Port of San Francisco is proposing an increase in its tariff by 5 percent to 10 percent starting

COMPUTER COMPANY EARNINGS SHOW PLUSES AND MINUSESApple Computer Inc. reported a 51 percent e

IRAN SOON WILL END GULF TANKER SHUTTLEIran is planning to end its tanker shuttle between its

The Federal Maritime Commission will decide today how to put a regulatory edge on the enforcement to

Oceanpack Corp., New York City, wants Maritime Administration permission to sell its 3,403-gross-ton

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. continued to benefit from strong markets for its tankers and cruise shi

Only weeks after the state of Alaska advised the Port of Seattle that it will lose its ferry connect

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TWO AIRLINES TO SHARE SERVICES AT PITTSBURGHPITTSBURGH - As part of the integration of Piedm

The Boeing Co. next year will build a $23 million factory near Spokane International Airport to make

CONRAIL TO CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONAL STRUCTUREIn a move to streamline operations, Conrail will

Trailer Train Co. warned the Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday that a refusal to grant its requ

Only months after proclaiming itself back on course, Hong Hong's first all- cargo air carrier, Trans

A team of specialists has begun a two-month, $25,000 study on how to control rats displaced by the $

The Degussa Group announced plans to build a new sodium cyanide plant in Mobile, Ala., and to expand

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has denied Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s application to c

Dalian Chemicals Industrial Co., is seeking foreign suppliers for an ammonia project in northeastern

SONOCO TO PURCHASE HILEX PLASTIC BAG UNITHARTSVILLE, S.C. - Sonoco Products Co. signed a let

A chemical storage company faces charges here in what may be the nation's first trial case based on

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ELECTRICITY SALES RISE AT DETROIT EDISONDetroit Edison Co. said that for the third quarter t