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MARKET WATCHDOG TO WORK WITH CHINESEBEIJING The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commiss

European footwear companies are describing the Uruguay Round world trade accord as a sham. "

Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. said it exported its 150,000th "Made in America" Toyota vehicle in Ma

Trade between Cuba and the United Kingdom may double this year, said Lejcester Coltman, Britain's am

After abandoning their farms when global coffee prices plummeted because of production-restraint dea

Iraqi assets frozen in the United States would go to pay veterans' injury claims and other war claim

When it comes to selling a product, small growers and cooperatives in southern Mexico have decided t

The Gooda Walker trial, still under way in the London Commercial Court, would not be worth pursuing

Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart's insurance companies paid out $1.85 million Friday to settle a 6-year-old

MARSH & MCLENNAN INKS S. AMERICA DEALNEW YORK - Marsh & McLennan Inc. has bought out

OPERATING INCOME SAGS AT AETNANEW YORK - Aetna Life and Casualty reported first-quar

An insurance pooling arrangement that provides workers compensation coverage for small rural and far

The Oregon Department of Business and Consumer Services has approved a pilot program combining worke

The Property Claim Services (PCS) division of American Insurance Services Group Inc. said insured pr

A Malaysian ban preventing British firms from winning government contracts will remain for the time

U.S. companies looking for a deal on space in pricey Japan might want to inquire at thegleaming new

The Dominican Republic has bowed to U.S. pressure not to establish diplomatic ties with Cuba, but th

The fishing war between Ontario and Minnesota may be heading to your dinner table. Anyone in

It's no coincidence that a company that has Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan as a spokeswoman sees itse

Eastern German industrial production fell 4.5 percent in February from January, mainly because of a

Malaysia's new government holding company, Khazanah Holdings Bhd., will begin operations in early Ju

Canada's seasonally adjusted gross domestic product at factor cost rose 0.1 percent in February to C

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Union leaders and a group of 28 employees of Avondale Industries Inc. are trying via a proxy challen

Low westbound rates on the Pacific hurt American President Cos.' first- quarter earnings. Th

The battle over the Trans-Atlantic Agreement was fought behind closed doors Thursday as the European

The International Longshoremen's Association is prepared to make concessions to bring its workers ba

MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION (Baltimore) - Stephen M. Feller was named director of administration an

The vice president of the employees' group that is trying to acquire the state shipping line Naviera

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Shipping along the Danube River lurched back into motion Wednesday as one lock in Slovakia's Gabciko

Chicago and North Western Holdings Corp. earned $16 million, or 35 cents a share, in the first quart

Southern Pacific Lines' results to date may not be stellar, but the company is poised to make signif

Delta Air Lines said Thursday it lost $77.9 million, or $2.10 a share, in the January-March quarter,

Four former CP Rail System workers, fired six years ago in connection with an April 1988 derailment

Two Malaysian companies - United Engineers (Malaysia) Bhd. and Ho Hup Construction Co. Bhd. - have s

A Slidell truck stop owner in Louisiana who wants to build 26 truck stops featuring video poker says

UNION ORGANIZERS SEEK AMERICA WEST ELECTIONPHOENIX - Another drive is under way to o

Eastern Airlines, which has been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since March 1989,