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Hong Kong has overtaken Japan as the United States' top trading partner for U.S. polished, loose dia

Ferranti Instrumentation Ltd.'s commercial instrument department has introduced anupgraded version o

Trinidad and Tobago is establishing free-trade zones as part of an effort to increase export earning

S. KOREA STEEL EXPORTS ROSE 44 PERCENT IN FIRST HALFSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's steel

South Korea's exports are expected to total $14.2 billion in the third quarter, up 17 percent from a

On Global Economic Growth Europeans in 1492 boldly sailed ships across the oceans to seek ne

Britain's Trades Union Congress, or TUC, suspended its electricians union on for making no-strike de

French champagne giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton and British brewerGuinness PLC annou

Federal health officials have reported the nation's first case of human anthrax since 1984, which ap

In a rare display of state and private-sector cooperation, Greece plans to launch an unprecedented b

Weaker first-period profits for Swedish automakers AB Volvo and Saab-Scania AB suggest the firms' ru

A Rutgers University football player charged in the drunken driving death of a teammate has sued the

The West German government's 1990 tax reform, a major bid to boost economic growth, finally passed i

WASHINGTON THIS SUMMER, like many cities, is gasping for good air as the heat and ozone combine to m

Controversy over the safety of the Suzuki Samurai has accentuated a deep rift among American opinion

Wanna buy a steam engine? How about a propeller from a World War I-era fighter plane? An ID

A drive is under way at the Interstate Commerce Commission to overturn the recent arbitration award

Sea-Land Service Inc.'s proposed vessel chartering deal with Waterman Steamship Corp. would be a mod

U.S. consumers took on $2.421 billion more in consumer installment credit than they paid off in May,

A useful technology creates its own demand. A useless one dies. Videotex has been declared a

UNOCAL CORP. STATIONS WIDEN CREDIT CARD USEUnocal Corp. said it will begin linking its weste

Data collected by the U.S. Customs Service from ocean lines has stoppeddribbling and started

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration last week effectively ruled out any prospects for ne

Computer assembly might seem unlikely in the middle of the nation's largest national forest, but the

The explosion last week of the North Sea oil rig Piper Alpha will not cause a sustained rally in pri

Victor Pappalardo, president and sole owner of the regional carrier City Express of here, views his

Passengers upset by a flight delay staged a sit-in aboard an airliner on the ground in Duesseldorf e

QANTAS PLACES ORDER FOR THREE BOEING JETSSEATTLE - Qantas, the Australian international airl

A labor crunch looms for the U.S. energy industry if an upturn in domestic drilling occurs, industry

NORTH SEA WORKERS QUIT OVER SAFETY FEARSMore than 100 contract workers refurbishing oil rigs

The Tennessee Valley Authority is staving off drought-related operating problems at its coal-fired

The Tennessee Valley Authority awarded three spot contracts covering thepurchase of 2,700 to

July 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

MALAYSIA SEEKS SWAP OF OILS WITH IRANKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia wants to exchange Ira

Oil prices eased back Friday after their sharp run-up in the wake of the North Sea oil rig disaster.

Dayton Power and Light Co. said that the its customers used a record peak level of electricity on Ju

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The second 125,000-kilowatt generating unit of the Hunan Dongjiang (East River) hydropower station,

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

JAPAN STOCK SCANDAL THREATENS TAX REFORMTOKYO - Japan's main opposition parties threatened o