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Foreign automakers are continuing to make strong inroads into the Japanese market, with sales of imp

Tuesday Aug. 6, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Japan will continue to back nuclear power despite a referendum in a northern town rejecting the cons

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 11, '95 - Aug. 6, '96 (a graph)* An

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Aug. 1996 (see Note 1

The European Commission on Tuesday condemned the U.S. law that imposes sanctions against foreign com

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China's continuing struggle to wrench its vital textile and garment sector into shape should soon ge

MITSUBISHI HEAVYTO BUILD PLANT IN CHINATOKYO - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Tuesday

KEY RUSSIA MINERS UNIONTHREATENS STRIKE OVER PAYMOSCOW - Russia's main miners union Tuesday

Ireland is attempting to break a 25-year deadlock over plans to establish a European Company Statute

As competition becomes more prevalent in the U.S. power industry, many commercial nuclear reactors w

An agreement was reached to settle a lawsuit that had stalled plans by nickel giant Inco Ltd. for a

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AGENCY LOSING MILLIONSON NYC BUS TERMINALNEW YORK - The world's busiest bus terminal is goin

MYANMAR TOURISM UPDESPITE INTERFERENCEYANGON, Myanmar - Tourist arrivals in Myanmar are up s

''This is not a defeat; it's a very big success.''

The new government in Bangladesh should encourage growth by freeing trade and increasing exports, th

Sumitomo Corp. is pulling together a 50-member task force, including legal and accounting experts fr

The battery, mankind's most expensive source of energy, is being challenged by one of its least expe

Duty-free benefits on thousands of goods from nearly 150 developing nations and territories are abou

The European Union, in a bid to kick-start liberalization of air transport, wants to create a free m

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. and Marubeni Corp. said Tuesday they will each buy a 10 percent

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APEX ELECTRICALSIndiaAmount of contract: $1,833,824Contract description: Supply of 1

RENAULT UNIT PLANSINVESTMENT IN TURKEYANKARA, Turkey - Oyak-Renault AS, the Turkish subsidia

Jewelry is something of an unpolished gem in the Philippine export sector.Thus, members of C

While half a dozen nations along the Mekong River plan how to exploit its potential to stimulate gro

One of the significant but not always appreciated benefits of living in the United States is that it

Sticker shock is what one U.S. consumer services company experienced when it discovered advertising

War is hell. That definition was further refined in a federal appeals courtroom last week in Philade

NORTHWESTERN CHANGESENGLISH-ONLY POLICYSACRAMENTO, Calif. - An insurance company is changing

While ship lines await the annual autumn burst of trans-Atlantic commerce, the conference for those

RELIANCE REPORTS LOSSIN SECOND QUARTERNEW YORK - Reliance Group Holdings Inc. has reported a

Japan's Ministry of Finance on Tuesday permitted six major life insurance companies to set up nonlif

Hotel construction continues to boom in Poland as luxury hotel chain operators seize the chance to c

REGIONAL BLOCSJapan-U.S. Southern Conference. Sept. 4-6. Houston. Contact: Greater Houston P

Good to ''see'' you again. If you've dropped into this column before, you may remember we're here do

Pakistan's overall market for power generation, transmission and distribution equipment, estimated a

The world steel market is projected to pick up toward the end of 1996, although at a slow pace, a U.