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Study of a mile-long core sample of Antarctic ice shows new evidence that variations in atmospheric

South Korea's trade deficit with Japan fell in August to US$405 million, compared to US$516 million

Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn., said Japan should assume a larger role in the international community

Finland may be forced to double its coal imports by the year 2000, according to Finnish coal industr

In Japan, where the marriage of ancient customs and modern economics has produced a blend of busines

U.S. Energy Secretary John Herrington conferred Tuesday with Kuwait's ruler, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al

Japan, the European Community and opponents of protectionism in the United States should unite in ef

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Tug company management and union negotiators Tuesday remained in marathon talks in Baltimore seeking

Feldstein Predicts Sharp Drop in DollarMartin S. Feldstein, former chairman of President Rea

After weeks of speculation about mass withdrawals of syndicates from the New York Insurance Exchange

A mystery of the sea is being explored with the opening Monday of a public inquiry into the disappea

In nominating Carlos Salinas de Gortari as its 1988 presidential standard bearer, Mexico's Instituti

Some fears of U.S. water carriers were confirmed as a few details began to emerge about the U.S.-Can

Canadian business circles responded enthusiastically to the sweeping draft of a U.S.-Canada free tra

Governors from six southeast states met in Tokyo on Monday to urge Japanese businessmen to invest mo

OPEC production fell by an estimated 1 million barrels a day last month, but still remained over the

When the Federal Aviation Administration targets an airline for an extensive inspection, the decisio

A strike by Amtrak maintenance workers disrupted train service along the New Haven line between Bost

The railway system owned by the Australian government has embarked on its largest annual investment

Administration officials said Monday that the historic trade liberalization agreement between the Un

The toros keep stampeding through Mexico's stock exchange, the fastest growing market in the world.<

Britain Extends Territorial WatersBritain has extended its territorial waters to 12 nautical

House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, denied that he plans to use the pending omnibus trade bill as a p

Most truckers in Holland wouldn't dream of stopping for a lube job. That's because many Euro

The Supreme Court emphasized that it will not delay handling major cases despite being one justice s

As the cookies and cups of coffee are passed around the table, initial trepidation dissolves into a

The proposed U.S.-Canada trade accord would virtually eliminate Canadian government control of the p

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sent his country's top agricultural official to the United States th

Oil Workers Adopt Bargaining PolicyOil worker delegates at the National Oil Bargaining Confe

High Court Refuses To Move Bhopal SuitThe Supreme Court refused to move from India to the Un

A Massachusetts judge granted a preliminary injunction last Friday preventing the insurance commissi

In his first congressional appearance as Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan's soft voice conta

District of Columbia leaders are reconsidering their stance on prohibiting AIDS testingfor life insu

Noboru Takeshita, a leading candidate to succeed outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone

A U.S. yogurt franchising company, Heidi's Frogen Yozurt Shoppes Inc., announced Monday that it has

Malaysian rubber interests are clenching their fists in response to U.S. press reports that Malaysia

If this country suddenly went to war, Army Col. L.G. Frailing's job would be to help make sure U.S.

Backed by a five-year agreement with General Motors of Canada Ltd., TNT Overland Express has opened

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