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Peace & Free Enterprise croons the card from the Cato Institute, a Washington-based conservative thi

Charles P.K. Leon remembers shocking mainland Chinese by simply visiting them to drum up business fo

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Guillermo Valls, executive director of the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, has submitted his letter of

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York said Tuesday it had added Nikko Securities Co. International, C

Brazil's next finance minister faces serious problems of inflation and economic stagnation at home a

The steadily falling U.S. dollar, revised copyright laws and increased buying power are helping to b

Environmental Power Announces Bond IssueEnvironmental Power Corp. announced a $75 million ta

An increase in U.S. oil imports of 2 million barrels a day since early 1986 has set the stage for a

Union Carbide Corp. announced that it is expanding its ethanolamines capacity by one-third to a worl

Flexible rating regulation, designed to eliminate wide price swings in the insurance market, is work

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Norimasa Furuta was named president of Mazda Motor Corp. He was senior managing d

Sweden and the Soviet Union have opened their sixth round of maritime talks on the division of the B

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

The average base price of a 1988 model domestic car has risen by $1,029, or 8 percent, to $13,167, f

Officially you can't import a new car in Egypt, but since the government banned them three years ago

When the Reagan administration put forth a series of initiatives in 1985 designed to re-establish th

Last 2 USL Econships Bring $4 Million EachThe American Illinois and the American Washington,

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An estimated 200 merchant seamen have perished or been declared missing in the Iran-Iraq war, accord

Eastman Kodak Co. and the Japanese company that has been making alkaline batteries under the Kodak n

Japan Boosts Science, Technology ResearchJapan is steadily improving its research in science

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The Tatabanya coal mine, which has amassed the equivalent of $60 million worth of debts and losses o

President Jose Sarney approved a bill extending copyright protection to imported computer programs.<

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U.K. insurers had provided a large proportion of the cover for both the ferry Dona Paz, which was in

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President Reagan's decision last month to retaliate against Brazil for import restrictions on U.S. s

When historians look back on the Reagan administration's eight-year trade policy record, two accompl

The Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., frustrated by the apparent inability of its first choice among

Tourism profits, cost-cutting, careful cash management and an emphasis on long-range goals are enabl

Landlocked Luxembourg plans to launch an international shipping registry on April 1 targetted at hig

A new accident study from the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration confirms

Suntory Ltd. and SmithKline Beckman Corp. announced a collaboration in pharmaceutical research and d

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, lowering its predictions for economic gro

British Gas to Acquire Interest in Bow ValleyCALGARY, Alberta - British Gas PLC and Bow Vall

The Pan Am Corp. board will meet today to learn whether Braniff Inc. hassucceeded in winning