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More than 50,000 tons of U.S. rice worth $20 million is being given to the Philippines to offset a d

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tuesday announced the formation of a wholly owned South Korean subsidiary

Four large industrial construction projects will be opened to limited bidding by foreign contract co

Foreigners invested in the United States at a near-record pace last year, a Commerce Department repo

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May 31, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The British government did not, cannot and will not sell out Hong Kong in the interests of good rela

One thing I've found in dealing with the Chinese - and this goes back to my first overseas assignmen

Output of Peru's major base metals declined in the period of January to April of this year compared

Sweden's exports of war materials, including arms and explosives, rose 36 percent in 1987 to SEK4.4

Japan's economy may be growing robustly, but the people continue to sufferfrom soaring real

A trucking executive's nightmare goes something like this: The customer calls to complain that his s

British Airways PLC chief executive Sir Colin Marshall called Tuesday for the privatization of all E

Pennsylvania and federal environmental officials have reached agreement with the current and former

BEECHAM GROUP PLC (London) - James G. Andress was appointed chairman of Beecham Pharmaceuticals as o

Ocean Line of north Florida plans to add a weekly port call at Mayaguez, the first U.S.-flag service

Currency stability, low interest rates and continued close links with the deutsche mark are behind t

With railroads having retired freight cars at five times the rate they are being replaced, the need

The U.S. trade deficit will continue to shrink over the next 18 months or so, halving to about US$70

Contracting for new construction declined 6 percent in April from March, to a seasonally adjusted an

JAPAN'S AUTO EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE OF 7.8 PERCENTJapan's auto exports totaled 584,674 units i

While Soviet authorities wage a domestic war against rampant alcoholism, they are giving Vladimir A.

A nut is a nut, unless it's a hazelnut, in which case it's a filbert, and in case you didn't know th

Three mammoth Asian elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus left Oakland, Calif., for

Let's say a bank wants to give a new kind of loan, or an airline wants to give a special deal, and t

MONSANTO CONTINUES GENETIC TOMATO TESTSST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. has begun second-year resear

The U.S. Energy Department said 54 proposals worth more than $5.3 billion were submitted last week b

King Fahd on Monday urged members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to stick to t

Coal export shipments through the Alabama State Docks McDuffie Terminal increased about 45 percent d

Australia Creates Marketing PanelThe Australian government announced the formation of an ind

Pushing electrons rather than paper is the chief topic on the minds of those who handle internationa

To St. Paul Cos. executives, the recent stock accumulation by Alleghany Corp. in its quest to contro

The increasing demands of the world's population, now heading toward 6 billion, are damaging the bas

Florida is pressing forward with plans to link Tampa on its Gulf Coast and Miami on its Atlantic coa

The lengthy antitrust battle faced by 18 Canadian trucking companies has ended in a compromise agree

The domestic benzene market is still as flat as stale champagne. Producers think prices will

Sugar from the Western Hemisphere for nearby shipment has been trading at higher prices in the cash

Leading coffee producer and consumer members of the International Coffee Organization opened four da

In an industry where profits are sometimes measured in fractions of a cent perdollar, electr

Northwest Airlines has asked the U.S. Transportation Department for authority to fly passengers and