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The USS Vincennes, the first cruiser of its high-tech type to serve in the Persian Gulf, is a lot of

At least one drought is coming to an end. Slowly, data has begun to dribble from the U.S. Cu

The Democrats succeeded Wednesday in shutting off debate on the controversial bill mandating 60 days

The United Transportation Union is unhappy with the recommendations of a presidential panel that inv

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader Wednesday claimed the Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate controls p

Companies that switch to a Just-in-Time inventory system often fail to benefit fully from the change

The governing council of the International Civil Aviation Organization will meet next Wednesday to r

(Bangladesh) President Hussain Mohammad Ershad banned (frog) exports in Aprilbecause the imp

Sweden's Atlas Copco MCT AB has developed a new, lightweight, one-man-operated drill carrier unit, c

Traditional Exports Dairy products, meat, fish, eggs, textiles, apparel, beverages, ores, ch

Ireland is pumping up its export industries in hopes of luring back young emigrants seeking work abr

MALAYSIA SET TO MEET RISING LATEX DEMANDKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian suppliers will gu

Three Asian nations not normally in the front rank of exporters forecast sharp increases in textile

U.S. and other foreign cigarette manufacturers will seize market share from Canadian brands because

The United States opposes South Korea's proposed Livestock Product Marketing Organization, or LPMO,

Sales of foreign cars in Japan over the past six months reached a record semiannual high of 58,474 u

PROCTER & GAMBLE FORMS CHINESE VENTUREThe Procter & Gamble Co. said it will form a joint ven

China announced new regulations Wednesday designed to lure Taiwanese investors to the mainland to ta

EAST BLOC COUNTRIES SEEK DEVELOPMENT AIDPRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - Three developing member-nat

In the Pacific Northwest, dry weather is expected to mean shortages of irrigation water in some of t

The drought threatening U.S. crops this year could pressure U.S. and Soviet negotiators to get a new

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

JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO CUT RICE PRICESThe Japanese government said it will cut by 4.6 percen

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The Australian government had decided to ratify the Visby amendments to the Hague Rules covering sea

The rug merchant flung the rolled-up carpet into the air, and as it snapped open its bits of ancient

Phoenix World City, Norwegian shipowner Knut Ulstein Kloster's ambitious project to build the world'

The first of three new container cranes ordered by the Jacksonville (Fla.) Port Authority has arrive

Fritz G. Tovar, general manager of Electric Boat since late 1981, has decided to retire, the company

DON'T LOOK FOR the International Longshoremen's Association to tip its hand in advance on what conce

Despite delays and budget cuts, mid-year expectations are that the Federal Maritime Commission will

SmithKline Beckman Corp. assigned George W. Ebright, its president and chief operating officer, the

The Food & Drug Administration warned consumers against the indiscriminate use of the anti-acne crea

U.S. polyethylene producers put yet another price increase into effect at the beginning of this mont

The Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled massive new draft regulations aimed at upgradi

Sellers of brand-named drugs in the Philippines are suffering splitting headaches over plans by heal

DOW RAISES PRICE OF POLYETHYLENEMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. increased the price of

Executives of Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp., two of Japan's largest trading houses, disclosed Tu

WITCO CORP. ACQUIRES INTEREST IN CALUMETCalumet Industries Inc. and Witco Corp. reached a de

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