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The city's economy fared much better than expected in the year after last October's stock market cra

Reports that the Philippines will permit 100 percent foreign ownership in mining projects are not as

Gold prices are likely to rise to at least $425 an ounce by the end of the year, as the market recov

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Corn processors are expecting better quality corn from the 1988 U.S. crop despite ongoing concerns a

BRAZIL'S COFFEE CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT CROPRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A drought affecting three

SEOUL, MOSCOW PLAN TRADE OFFICE EXCHANGEThe Soviet Union and South Korea have agreed to esta

The U.S. Customs Service announced two appointments to the agency's national headquarters staff.

William E. Glenn has developed a replacement for the television picture tube that could bring the br

Japan's booming information technology market offers great potential for U.S. exporters, a leading J

JAPANESE DATABASES NOW MORE ACCESSIBLESPRINGFIELD, Va. - The National Technical Information

The European Community predicted Wednesday the economy of the 12-nation trading bloc will grow by an

As 1992 nears, the debate over joining the European Community has increased in Austria. Gove

Czechoslovakia's proposed new joint venture law will be a principal topic of discussion at a meeting

Oman is attempting to diversify its exports by developing a fishing industry and expanding agricultu

An increase in purchases by three of its largest members in the first half of this year has contribu

Businesses in Costa Rica were generally operating normally on Wednesday although all inland traffic

Three more U.S. computer companies are set to establish totally export- oriented software units in I

CUBA SEEKS INROADS IN FASHION MARKETCuba's annual fashion show opened on Tuesday with its or

More changes appear to be in the offing for foreign investors in China, and while they are said to b

Despite Caribbean leaders' optimism that legislation extending the Caribbean Basin Initiative would

Central Kentuckians like the people who have moved here with the new Georgetown Toyota plant, but th

Minnesotans will vote next month on a state lottery that could, if approved, fund the Greater Minnes

Eli Lilly & Co. is moving its own sales force into Japan, easing its reliance on Shionogi & Co. as i

Japanese automotive parts suppliers who have moved to the United States aren't that happy with the r

Zonic Corp., a Cincinnati-based manufacturer of computerized test instrumentatio n, has formed a sal

A little bit of the old West is headed for the Far East. Gastineau Log Homes Inc. of Missour

Barge rates have firmed considerably in response to the movement of the 1988 grain harvest to the ma

EC ACCEPTS JAPAN'S BID FOR GATT INTERVENTIONThe European Community Wednesday accepted a Japa

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High- level negotiations now under way call for the state of Pennsylvania to assume Philadelphia Por

Marine Transport Lines Inc., one of the largest U.S. ship operators, has pleaded guilty to a single

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The Indonesian government must ease its rules on exploration by foreign oil companies if it wants to

Bilateral agreements signed Wednesday in Moscow by Brazilian president Jose Sarney and Soviet leader

Neptune Orient Lines Ltd., the national flag line of Singapore, claims the world's fastest-growing t

Can a medium-sized steamship line from a small country find happiness in the rough-and-tumble trade

The economic chiefs of Southeast Asia's main non-communist countries wrapped up their annual confere

Crowley Maritime Corp. wants to charter space from another steamship line to replace its monthly lin