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While southern China is struggling with deadly summer flooding, Shandong province in the northeast s

The U.S. dollar soared Thursday to a six-year high of 1.84 Deutsche marks after the Bundesbank dispe

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Air cargo handled in Hong Kong jumped 16 percent by volume in the first half of the year, solidifyin

The European Union's clearance of Boeing's merger with McDonnell Douglas has brought only a temporar

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$90 cab rides. $500 for photocopying.Do you know what you're paying for when you hire a lega

As of July 24, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Competition may be coming to U.S. electricity markets, but lower costs across the board won't spell

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Airline industry mechanics are getting tougher on management.Continental Airlines' mechanics

Worldwide automakers may be playing a global game of chicken with each other when it comes to their

July 24, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A key meeting of senior Nigerian government figures and oil company chiefs due to take place in the

Top officers of APL Ltd. will receive a lucrative package of bonuses and stock options if the compan

The remnants of Hurricane Danny on Thursday continued to disrupt transportation along the East Coast

Women in insurance generally rate themselves just as capable as men, but many feel bitter about how

American Airlines' proposed ownership stake in Argentina's largest carrier is the latest move in a g

Three air carriers reported mixed results Thursday, with Delta and Southwest airlines posting strong

Jack Kemp on Thursday urged a radical rethinking of how to help Africa develop, saying the continent

There may yet be a future for 300 miles of Colorado track that Union Pacific Railroad wants to aband

Honduran apparel industry representatives are meeting next week to devise an industrywide code of co

OFFERS TO BUY* CEMENT. Portland limestone cement to Bs 7583 of 1996 or equivalent. Quantity:

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CLINTON FORMALLYNOMINATES WELDWASHINGTON - Despite the key opposition of Sen. Jesse Helms, P

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 235.09 up 1.48 wh

In a sign of continued improvement in the local economy, Mexico recorded a monthly trade surplus of

Pennzoil Co. on Tuesday again rejected Union Pacific Resources Group Inc.'s hostile $6.4 billion bid

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Hydro-Quebec Energy Services (US), a subsidiary of Hydro-Quebec, Montreal, has submitted additional

Having spent a number of years pondering how to compete with dominant Miami for calls by scheduled c

World City Corp., a New York-based project development firm that says it has spent $37 million over

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Trade remains the joker in the U.S. economic deck, providing the Federal Reserve with two reasons to

A program that allows oil companies to buy and scrap high-pollution cars in exchange for not having

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A California appellate court this week denied American International Group's challenge of a lower-co

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