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June 27, 1988. Jacopo Gambini, an Italian born naturalized U.S. citizen, is kidnapped while working

The Senate Wednesday moved toward passage of the omnibus trade bill, rejecting amendments that would

Phillips 66 Co., a subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co., will expand its Marlex high-density polyeth

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Activity in finance, insurance, transportation, construction and other services continued strong in

A surge in manufactured exports paved the way to a 5.5 percent rise in global trade volume in 1987 o

The nation's largest banks made a pretty penny trading yen, deutsche marks and other foreign currenc

Chemoil Corp., a major maritime fuel supplier, expects to enter the refining business today with the

Twelve foreign companies have invested in Communist Vietnam this year, and there are increasing call

Air New Zealand reported income of US$39.4 million, or $70.4 million (New Zealand) on revenue of US$

Australian truckers have warned that they will again use their rigs to blockade the country's highwa

The Greenpeace laboratory ship Beluga is taking water samples in Lake Michigan off northwest Indiana

Economic planners in China are in the midst of another of their periodic bouts of uncertainty about

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Tuesday in a slow market amid signs of a strong economy. Deale

SHOW MAY UNVEIL A SOUPED-UP APPLECUPERTINO, Calif. - Apple Computer Inc. plans to introduce

Sea Containers Ltd. recently concluded the first delivery of concentrated skimmed milk in its Reefe

The Maritime Administration's compilation of foreign countries that maintain subsidies and other aid

The war of words between the United States and Panama is causing headaches for at least one Caribbea

A British company has developed a microprocessor-controlled glass toughening plant that can cope wit

South Korea's food processors and manufacturers of food processing equipment plan to make their firs

The government said Tuesday its chief forecasting gauge of future economic activity shot up 1.4 perc

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and the other utility co-owners of the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant fi

The SS Monterey, which sailed for years for the old Matson Line before languishing in San Francisco

Philip Gotthelf, president of Edquidex Inc., publisher of the Commodex System and the Commodity Futu

Japanese parents are using their children's video game computers to play the stock market. S

STUDY RANKS AREAS WITH ASIAN BUSINESSESDallas, Houston and Atlanta lead the nation in Asian-

Japan's warehouse companies are rushing to construct new cold storage facilities at the nation's por

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Great Lakes ports suffered a setback in their campaign to bring back military traffic and the U.S.-f

South Korea's four major automobile makers plan to double their combined production capacity to 3.42

The National Shoe Fair of America. Leading international footwear manufacturers will show off the la

SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS JUMPED 18 PERCENT IN JULYSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea exported $5.1

The House Tuesday passed compromise nuclear insurance legislation designed as a compromise between H

Sales of new homes surged 8.4 percent in June, the biggest increase since February, the government r

EGYPT RAISES PRICE OF EXPORT OIL BY $1.40CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt said it raised its oil export

American Freight System Inc. is closing its northeastern trucking operations and paring its southeas

At a time when the plastics industry is becoming increasingly sensitive about the non-biodegradabili

REICHHOLD RAISES COATINGS PRICESPENSACOLA, Fla. - The Coating Polymers & Resins division of

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

While an army of clones has yet to appear to compete against International Business Machines Corp.'s