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Surging construction of multifamily homes helped push U.S. housing starts in May up 2.6 percent to a

Air L.A. Inc. and Mexicana Airlines have announced a new marketing agreement, coordinating 36 flight

The headline on an obituary that appeared on Page 3A Thursday for writer Sidney Fish misspelled his

President Clinton, already bedeviled by strife among congressional Democrats on health-care reform,

Despite a push for extra funding by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy 2d this week, U.S. Export-Import Bank Cha

Malaysia remains interested in exploring for oil on its side of the Straits of Malacca, despite the

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U.S. officials called for greater foreign access to semiconductor contracts in Japan's telecommunica

It has taken the New York Rangers 54 years to parade up Broadway with the Stanley Cup. Express couri

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus tumbled in May, snapping a five-month uptrend, due to the stro

The Export-Import Bank will help finance the sale of six Boeing aircraft to Malaysian Airline System

Negotiators from more than 30 nations will resume talks next week in Geneva on liberalizing global t

TOYOTA PLANS TO BOOST US PARTS PURCHASESDETROIT - Toyota Motor Corp. said it plans t

Although State Farm Group has proposed a settlement of an Illinois class- action lawsuit on the use

RLI Corp. has paid 75 percent of its residential earthquake claims from the Jan. 17 Northridge, Cali

EXEL SEES DROP IN NET AND OPERATING INCOMEHAMILTON, Bermuda - EXEL Ltd., which provi

A Chicago insurance company says it should be excluded from any liability claim in the deaths of two

In New York City alone there are 1,300 new lead poisoning claims every year compared to 1,500 asbest

A panel of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners recommended that the association requ

Auto insurance companies should be forced to tell policyholders where their premium payments go, Ins

Manufacturers of leading brands are sharpening their swords in an increasingly bitter British battle

The Spanish government has not changed its target of lowering inflation to 3.5 percent by the end of

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More than 100 vehicle plants in China will be consolidated into three ''globally competitive" giants

As factories shift to Southeast Asia, the yen continues its surge and Japan's economy matures, major

Among the U.S. Customs Service's most potent enforcement measures is its power to seize merchandise

The pollution control and power infrastructure sectors offer some of the best opportunities for U.S.

Indonesia expects the value of foreign investment approvals to bounce back this year to exceed $10 b

VIETNAM WANTS TO JOIN ASIA-PACIFIC GROUPINGSTOKYO - Vietnam wants to join internatio

U.K. energy prices are likely to continue falling as more competition emerges, the country's energy

June 16, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

As this issue goes to press, there are growing signs that Japan's economy has finally bottomed out a

Call it the Clinton administration learning curve. Call it the waiting game. After a three-m

China has protested Vietnam's exploration of a contested Spratly Islands site in the South China Sea

Planners who have worked years to bring the Kansai International Airport to fruition would like Japa

The development of an efficient wholesale electricity market should be the first step in California'

PANEL URGES JAPAN TO REDUCE EMISSIONSTOKYO - An advisory panel urged the Japanese go

Our friend gets into the car gingerly, with help from several of the technicians. He's looking a bit

Despite a slow start to 1994 during a severe winter that hampered coal mining and rail operations, e

OPEC's president, Qatari Oil Minister Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Attiyah, said Wednesday that despite imp