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MSAS CARGO INTERNATIONAL (Burlingame, Calif.) - Roger W. Lowther was named vice president, operation

Japan cleared the way for a major tax cut Wednesday, which economists say should put the country in

Three out of four Americans who took a geographic literacy test couldn't locate the Persian Gulf, mo

Nearly a fifth of China's state firms are permanent money losers and should be merged with stronger

JAPAN SEEKS TALKS WITH EC ON DUTIESThe Japanese government sought bilateral talks with the E

The government of Bangladesh is making an all out effort to attract foreign companies to an export p

With Thailand's trade soaring, carriers and shippers are undertaking their own expansion projects to

The Inter-American Investment Corp. named Gunther H. Muller, a 58-year-old Argentine engineer its ge

LTV Steel Corp., the nation's second-largest steelmaker, said it is joining No. 3 Bethlehem Steel Co

A U.S.-Japanese free-trade area is an idea whose time has not come, a government inquiry suggests.

S&P ASIA SAYS CHINA CAN SERVICE ITS DEBTTOKYO - China has the capacity to service its long-t

The Federal Aviation Administration has bytten the bullet. Its just announced deal with Inte

A shadow hangs over the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, birthplace of the banned solidarity trade union an

ROHM & HAAS FORMS VENTURE IN CHINAPHILADELPHIA - Rohm & Haas Co. formed a marketing partners

Officials of Japan's Mitsui & Co. and the Iranian government plan to resume talks on possible renewa

China's first large-scale linear low-density polyethylene installation recently started operation in

Teamsters truck drivers who haul new cars from plants and ports to dealerships nationwide overwhelmi

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Wednesday, plunging well over 1 percent following disappointing figures

The devalued U.S. dollar may be helping a wide variety of U.S. manufacturers exporting to West Germa

The European Community's executive body, concerned that Japanese and U.S. firms might dominate elect

Lawyers for two railroads each told the Interstate Commerce Commission Wednesday that their companie

One of the seven ocean freight consolidators seeking $25 million from ocean carriers and their assoc

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America has begun a program to channel heart, kidney and liver trans

Major U.S. corporations are beginning to hedge their foreign currency- denominate d income streams,

Despite its strategic location as a crossroad between Europe, Asia and North America, Alaska's local

Export-led U.S. economic growth continued strong in the second quarter, but it was sharply outpaced

IBM UNVEILS A SERIES OF POWERFUL COMPUTERSNEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. h

ROYAL NAVY TO STAY IN PERSIAN GULFEven if Iran and Iraq conclude a peace pact to end their w

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The Food & Drug Administration has approved Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s calorie- free sweetener, acesul

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A global effort is being made to stop illegal trade in ivory following the discovery of 100 tons in

HOUSE APPROVES FUNDS FOR DROUGHT AIDWASHINGTON - The House of Representatives Wednesday appr

A co-owner of the idled Peach Bottom nuclear plant is suing Philadelphia Electric Co., claiming mis

A meeting between a Defense Department agency and waterfront labor on the recent award of a military

Orient Overseas Container Line will continue to make direct vessel calls at the Port of Hampton Road

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said in its annual report released Wednesday that it was committed t

FOREIGN OUTLAYS TOTAL $85 MILLION IN ZHEJIANGHANGZHOU, China - Zhejiang province in eastern

PAYMENTS SURPLUS RISES IN S. KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korea had a surplus of $6.06 bi

General Motors Corp. is holding talks with Taiwan's largest automaker, Yue Loong Motor Co., on a coo