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US NAVY INKS PACT WITH CALIF. UTILITYThe U.S. Navy signed an agreement with San Diego Gas &

FOSTER WHEELER UNIT GETS CHINESE PACTCLINTON, N.J. - Foster Wheeler Trading Co. AG, a Swiss

Oil prices dropped by about a half dollar a barrel in New York and even more in London on Friday as

South Korea is using more oil and less coal, the Maeil Kyongje newspaper reported Thursday.

San Francisco Bay Area oil refiners disputed charges by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tha

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The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has endorsed Michael Dukakis for president

With liberal doses of humor, Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer told Port of Baltimore customers

Private experts on Soviet trade encouraged small business to take the lead in pursuing such trade be

International Paper Co. will buy the USG Corp. Subsidiary Masonite Corp. for about $400 million cash

New export orders picked up in September but the overall economy grew at its slowest pace in six mon

Chief executives who head companies in diversified services are the highest paid among all CEOs, whi

Number-three selling Pontiac division of General Motors Corp. wants to increase its share of the U.S

Japanese government and business leaders clearly favor George Bush in the U.S. presidential race but

LEADING INDICATORS ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN AUGUSTThe government said that its chief forecasting

Hard-pressed Poles face more sacrifices as the price of national economic revival, according to Poli

Foreign companies seeking joint ventures in the Soviet Union should hold on to their money until a c

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Japanese investors, who have displayed a multibillion-dollar appetite for U.S. real estate, are show

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TOP STORIES: China's Guangdong province seeks to build up its economy by increasing its grow

Exporters seeking assistance from the Export-Import Bank of the United States can expect longer dela

An executive of a unit of Todd Shipyards Corp. said U.S. shipbuilders can be among the most competit

The threat of trade sanctions has at least temporarily doused Iraq's hopes of bringing its own shipp

A 43-year-old laborer, Cui Fengqi, opened the Maolong pawnshop in northeastern Heilongjiang province

IT WAS A NIGHT of glittering platinum, replete with a jewelry fashion show that would make the Japan

THE INTEREST LOAD on federal debt for the first 11 months of this fiscal year totaled more than the

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 291,000 people during the week end

A federal court judge has dismissed a motion that would have given a group of dissident shareholders

Florida and Texas include nine of the nation's fastest growing metropolitan areas, but the only chan

A Thai lawmaker has unleashed yet another attack against the U.S. position in a copyright squabble,

Knight-Ridder Inc. said it expects its third quarter earnings to be flat to slightly below the same

Appliance concern Maytag Corp., in the midst of a reorganization program, said Thursday it is speaki

A wave of billion-dollar buy-outs in the first half of the year swept corporate mergers to a record

IOWA PROFESSOR TAPPED FOR COMMODITY POSTThe White House is completing its background check a

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Union Camp Corp. said it would spend up to $700 million to expand its paper mill in Richland County