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Steelmaking capacity in emerging economies is projected to reach 504.9 million tons per year in 2000

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Annual inflation for the 11 euro zone countries was 0.8 percent in January, unchanged from December

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Mergers & acquisitions within the insurance industry rose to a record 565 transactions in 1998, shat

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ew U.S. trade sanctions levied against Europe on Wednesday have made importers of European goods fea

A towboat pilot union's long voyage to bargaining power is growing even longer after employees at a

Egypt's chief negotiator in trade talks with the European Union will visit Brussels Sunday in an eff

The Hong Kong government will increase its spending on electronic commerce to retain the territory's

The normally smooth trans-Atlantic commerce between Europe and the United States - possibly the worl

A federal judge here this week sentenced former San Francisco police officer William Parenti to an e

After a delay of several months, a joint venture of Royal Dutch/Shell and Britain's Cairn Energy PLC

Japan, whose economy was the envy and fear of the world 10 years ago, is on the brink of an indefini

In a major step intended to improve the health of Japan's bad-loan-ridden banking sector, 15 major b

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It may be painstakingly slow, but at least one expert says China is on the right track in developing

Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance of Nebraska rolled out an Internet sales effort for its annuities

Wilhelmsen Lines, the world's largest operator of roll-on, roll-off and car carrier services, has or

The Port of Hamburg is planning an ambitious marketing campaign for this year, the port said in a st

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A BP Amoco-led oil consortium working in Azerbaijan will close after test wells in its offshore cont

A California appellate court panel in Los Angeles on Tuesday voted 2-to-1 to affirm a $380 million p

An Internet-based system that tracks employee absenteeism can help management improve health care an

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Mar. 4, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20.

Stevens Air Transport has opened its first office in Canada.The facility, located in Mississ

Belgium, finally catching up with its European Union partners, has promised to institute long-awaite

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A federal agency dealt a severe blow Tuesday to a Japanese supercomputer maker's legal war against t

The United States said it will review a new $1 billion Iran-Europe oil deal for violations of U.S. s

MSF, a white-collar union, attempted Wednesday to deliver a giant aspirin to Bank of England Governo

Natives in Quebec and Labrador are vowing to launch an international lobbying campaign to stop two h

The United States may be ready to reopen trade with Cuba after 2000, Commerce Secretary William Dale

The Bank of Japan flooded the Tokyo money market with reserves Wednesday, driving the overnight call

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