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RI Cuts off Comments On 'Gas' Formula RulePROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Rhode Island Department of

IBM Australia, already the country's third-biggest exporter of merchandise,plans to triple i

W. Allen Wallis, undersecretary of state for economic affairs, called on the Japanese government Thu

Japan's economy is riding one of its biggest booms in the past five years, surprising many economist

Boots, Hoechst Form Joint VentureCHATHAM, N.J. - Boots Co. and Hoechst Celanese Corp. have f

The new longshoremen who recently reported for work at the Port of Chicago probably had never been i

Price Limits Planned In Currency FuturesThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange board approved a pla

Negotiators who are attempting to revamp international trade regulations under the auspices of the G

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Customs brokers who file entry documents using the country code IR for goods imported from Ireland o

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AVIATION The DOT will hold a hearing to decide if labor protective provisions were required

Executives at Alaska Airlines say they are prepared to carry out a goodwill flight from the Pacific

Faced with growing public scrutiny on noise, pollution and traffic issues, Southern California airpo

Kimpo Opens Terminal For Olympics VisitorsSEOUL, South Korea - Kimpo International Airport o

A House Committee Thursday approved legislation to establish a $500 million ceiling on liability for

In a strange clash of dueling special interests, the insurance industry and trial lawyers squabbled

Vietnam Rulers Admit Economic Gains SlowBANGKOK, Thailand - Vietnam's Communist Party has ad

Japan and the United States are discussing a proposal that would require Japan to liberalize beef an

A Japanese university research group has developed what it says is the world's first robot capable o

The Department of Transportation said it will hold a formal hearing to decide if severance pay shoul

Reynolds Metals Co. intends to acquire Presto Industries Inc., a $200 million-a-year producer of pla

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.059 billion pounds in January, up approximately 7.5 percent

Union and management at South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. hammered out a new

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Panda poachers are crippling Chinese officials who are struggling to save their national symbol from

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Western bankers reacted cautiously Thursday to suggestions they soon will be allowed to operate in C

One of the largest copper mining companies in the Philippines is at a standstill today on orders of

As the trade bill moves to the Senate for vote on the conference committee report, the future of the

Baker Suggests a 'Club' To Push for Free TradeTreasury Secretary James A. Baker III Thursday

The Gauguin exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art here on May 1 could well be the last o

China will cut oil exports by about 5 percent this year to back efforts by the Organization of Petro

A study is under way in Australia to determine the feasibility of establishing an international spac

Arkansas Best Income Increased in QuarterFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. reported fir

A formal request has been filed with the Japanese Transport Ministry by officials of the Japan Forei

State tax collections in tiny Rhode Island skyrocketed last year, while the levy in giant Alaska was

Falconbridge Ltd. of Toronto said Thursday its ferro-nickel customers will not be stranded by the ni

U.S. food giant Borden Inc. lost another round Thursday in its court battle to squeeze into the Brit

The Port of Felixstowe handled a record number of containers last year. Figures published by