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Russia is cracking down on its huge alcohol industry in an effort to stem tax evasion, boost revenue

If you ever wanted to start an insane asylum, you could get a nice jump on it by admitting applicant

The problem is not whether you can see the handwriting on the wall, but whether you can read it.

Tho needs bar codes when you've got MicroStamps? The answer is that you probably want both.T

When Congress files back into town next week, look out for the all-McCain show. The even-keeled, but

Riding a wave of civil aircraft deliveries, mostly commercial transports, U.S. aerospace industry sa

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THINK TANK LOWERSFORECAST FOR TAIWANTAIPEI - The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, a le

Increasing confidence that the European monetary union will stay on track will keep the Deutsche mar

A Vancouver company has received Alaska's first water-export permit and plans to ship glacial water

Japan is going organic, and U.S. exporters are feeling the benefits.Eiji Fukui, an organic c

The year's report card, according to Boeing Co.'s top executive, is very good.And next year

Small businesses involved in domestic and international trade, and those hoping to expand into globa

BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIAFINED FOR MISLEADING ADLOS ANGELES - Blue Cross of California was fi

New York's highest court used two lawsuits to clarify when liability insurers can refuse to cover po

Argentina's fourth largest port, Puerto Rosario, will soon join the growing list of privatized ports

Dec. 27, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Fifteen stowaways from the Dominican Republic were extracted from a container on a cargo ship that d

Oil giant Texaco Inc. said Tuesday it would complete its exit from the chemicals business by selling

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Chinese authorities have closed down 12 illegal compact disc production lines in just two weeks, but

A U.S. industry group raised concern Thursday over rising Malaysian imports of stainless steel tube

Dec. 24, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Strolling the decks of this very large crude carrier, the fleet manager points to a spot of rust.

Snow and ice hammered the Port of Seattle and the area's major roads and bridges Thursday, bringing

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Dec. 26, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Monsanto Co. has been given government permission to sell a genetically engineered corn that resists

Now that you've finished this year's Christmas shopping, opened all those gifts and can't believe th

''The biggest minefield is going to be uncertainty, and productivity goes in the tank.''

MISSISSIPPI CHEMICALCOMPLETES ACQUISITIONYAZOO CITY, Miss. - Mississippi Chemical Corp. has

The U.S. dollar climbed to its highest level in more than 44 months in Tokyo Thursday, rising above

Four hundred garment workers marched on the National Assembly building Tuesday to protest deplorable

Canadian National Railway's persistent efforts to unload its rail route between Detroit and Cincinn

Wyoming retained its spot as the nation's top producer of oil and coal from federal lands in 1995.

Speedy work by the Coast Guard, the crew and a Staten Island towing company refloated a gasoline tan

HUGHES ELECTRONICSBUYS ALLIANT UNITLOS ANGELES - Hughes Electronics Corp. agreed to pay $141

Japan will extend a package of low-interest loans worth 170.51 billion yen to China as the first bat

Russian shoppers tell the joke about the two chickens lying side by side on the butcher's counter: o