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The United States and Jordan Monday signed an agreement whereby Washington wrote off further $420 mi

The U.S. dollar rose back above 100 yen Monday and hovered near that psychologically important level

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North Korea, one of the world's most isolated countries, said on Friday it had attracted $200 millio

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A rancorous split between former comrades-in-arms is shaking up the officers election for one of the

A government decision to take charge of asylum-seekers arriving at New Yorkairports may soon

The partnership mania in the U.S.-Asia trades has taken a bizarre turn, with a Japanese conference l

A program to upgrade Vietnam's optical fiber network should open the way for a communications revolu

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The government is resuming sales of its equity in state-owned enterprises after a gap of many months

Denmark's consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in August from a month earlier, the National Statistics B

The U.S. government has suddenly backed away from its effort to curb imports of Thai luggage and yar

South Korea is proposing to expose its companies to foreign takeovers as part of an investment-liber

"George Washington Carver . . . discovered more than 300 different uses for the lowly peanut, includ

TRADE MINISTER PICKED TO LEAD LDP IN JAPANRyutaro Hashimoto, Japan's tough-talking trade min

China expects to invest more than 1 billion yuan ($145 million) over the next five years to automate

CHINA BANKER SEES YUAN FULLY CONVERTIBLE BY '98SINGAPORE - China's currency, the yua

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REGIONAL BLOCS Business Opportunities in Southeast Asia. Sept. 25. Irvine, Calif. Co

Strong demand in Asia-Europe trade is prompting substantially more capacity in a complex deal that a

A long-delayed navigation improvement for Boston harbor cleared a key hurdle as Massachusetts enviro

Vietnam has stopped licensing new joint ventures for the construction of hotels and office blocks wh

NAC RE ASSIGNED S&P 'AA-' RATINGLONDON - Standard & Poor's has assigned a "AA-" clai

The National Industrial Transportation League's railroad subcommittee begins two days of meetings to

EXEL LIMITED'S NET ROSE IN THIRD QUARTERHAMILTON, Bermuda - EXEL Limited reported an

CIGNA CORP. (Philadelphia) - Marc L. Preminger has been named vice president- corporate accounting a

Insurance in Russia is a wild business, and it could be several years before order returns to the ma

GAINES ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF AIRPORTS COUNCILGENEVA - Paul Gaines, director of aviatio

Elizabeth Randall, New Jersey's banking commissioner, will be nominated as the state's insurance com

Airport and air cargo officials see no end in sight to the heightened security precautions taken dur

New York Life Insurance Co. said it would keep almost 700 employees of its managed-care subsidiary i

For the second time in a decade the American Association of Port Authorities reached no farther than

The phrase "Supreme Court case" evokes images of ground-breaking decisions on issues like abortion a

The American Waterways Operators and the Coast Guard said they are launching a new program designed

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

ABERNATHY QUITS AS CHIEF OF SHIPPING ASSOCIATIONSAN FRANCISCO - Walter A. Abernathy

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

BOEING FORESEES CARGO GROWTHAir cargo growth will average 6.6 percent a year over th