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American envoy Richard Murphy met with Kuwaiti ruler Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al- Sabah on Tuesday and d

One of America's best-known food companies is selling half its Asian grocery operations to Ajinomoto

Brake system improvements should receive the highest priority in efforts to improve the safety of la

The new chairman of the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee introduced his first major shipping bill

U.S. women are dressing in more Asian-made slips, camisoles and bikini briefs these days, as Far Eas

Japan's political and business leaders should view their country's relationship with Europe as equal

The U.S. dollar appeared to stabilize Tuesday at levels slightly lower than on Monday, but in extrem

Recession in Singapore and Malaysia helped to knock 5 percent off the profit of Bank of Canton, a un

Procter & Gamble said it elected six vice presidents, all new positions, effective immediately:<

Applied DNA Systems Inc. announced an agreement with Mitsubishi-Yuka Laboratory of Medical Science C

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Parliament Approves EC Food Price CutsSTRASBOURG, France - Leaders of most political groups

Along U.S. 52, where jobless West Virginians hawk wooden Indians, second-hand bedspreads and old clo

The Creys-Malville breeder reactor plant is to be shut down indefinitely at the end of the month for

Each year, around the time the Alabama-Auburn rivalry heats up in this football-crazy state, Mack G.

A rusty freighter carrying about 8,000 tons of foodstuffs bound for famine victims in Africa and Jor

Abolition of a 50-mile destuffing rule on the Vancouver waterfront will yield the Canadian governmen

Nine states will boost fuel taxes this summer to increase highwaycapacity and keep up with mounting

Amid signs of some dissension in the ranks, longshoremen in eastern Canada begin voting today on the

The 1987 profits of U.K. insurance brokers should outstrip expectations as the supply of insurance p

The United States may move faster toward helping expand the World Bank's lending resources, a Treasu

British industry is paying more for raw materials and fuels again after nearly two years of declinin

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

UK Gilt Auction Today May Bring 8.4 percent YieldLONDON - U.K. gilt market makers said they

The House Aviation Subcommittee Tuesday approved legislation authorizing a 70 percent increase in fe

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase its output ceiling of 15.8 million b

Iraq is again demanding an OPEC oil production quota equal that of Iran, its foe in the Persian Gulf

Neste Oy, the Finnish state oil company, is joining Union Texas Petroleum Co., Houston, in an explor

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States this week totaled 767, a decrease of 13

The U.S. court of appeals here strongly criticized the Interstate CommerceCommission's metho

Airborne Express says it will be the only carrier handling express cargo in and out of China now tha

Limits on foreigners' stock holdings in Finnish companies will be eased next month and mutual funds

It started late last year. There was a noticeable upturn in the carrier's export traffic. For a whi

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is slowly winning the respect of a skeptical oil m

A contractor pleaded innocent this week to a 43-count indictment that included charges of defrauding

Geico Earnings Up for QuarterGeico Corp. reported first quarter operating earnings rose to $

Western Canadian and United States' thermal coal shipments to Ontario Hydro have declined during the

New York PSC OKs Energy Coalition PlanALBANY, N.Y. - The New York State Public Service Commi

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Denture Cleaner Uses Ultrasonic VibrationsA Hong Kong company has developed an ultrasonic de