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Germany piled up pressure on its reluctant European partners Thursday to accept rigid rules to contr

Taiwan said Thursday it plans to give up its monopoly on making tobacco products and alcoholic drink

The prospects for an exceptionally good winter wheat harvest next spring has U.S. farmers and export

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The executives at Dana Commercial Credit Corp. give their staff a lot of leeway. They encourage empl

A Canadian project to ship 3.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas to Asia each year from a

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MERCEDES-BENZ OPPOSESVW'S MEXICAN TARIFFSMEXICO CITY - Officials at Mercedes-Benz Mexico sai

European forwarders are launching a counterattack on the United Kingdom.To date, leading Bri

The Finance Ministry will drop a plan to allow nonlife subsidiaries of Japanese life insurance compa

In the latest merger of insurance industry giants, Aon Group Inc. said Wednesday it will buy competi

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1477 (Dec. 11, 1996) Previous day - 1470The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Early results in the hard-fought election between Teamsters president Ron Carey and challenger James

HOTEL CONSTRUCTION SETAT PORT OF EVERETT, WASH.SEATTLE - A $2.3 million hotel on the Port of

When Iraqi President Saddam Hussein pressed a button to resume the flow of Iraqi crude oil to world

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 11, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose 2.1 million barr

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

NAFTA LABOR AGENCYTO REVIEW COMPLAINTWASHINGTON - The U.S. agency that monitors the worker r

Tung Chee-hwa, chosen Wednesday as Hong Kong's first chief executive after its reversion to China in

The National Industrial Transportation League blasted the Surface Transportation Board's proposed sc

KCPL PUTS $23 MILLIONINTO ARGENTINE COMPANYKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas City Power & Light Co.

Some agents and life insurers said Wednesday they are going to take on the Comptroller of the Curren

As of Dec. 11, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

With a free-trade pact on information technology all but completed, this week's meeting of the World

Dec. 11, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pre

The Azerbaijan International Operating Co. has chosen seven candidates for the coming tender to buil

Four years ago they hardly existed, yet in 1995 call centers ranked alongside electronics and pharma

Trade officials from around the Americas are trying to find common ground on two thorny and technica

SHIPSBAY AREA MARINE PILOTSSEEK TO JOIN ASSOCIATIONSAN FRANCISCO - Marine pilots in

With 80 percent backing by a handpicked selection committee, shipping magnate C.H. Tung was picked W

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 11, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

MID OCEAN'S NET INCOMEROSE 31 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERHAMILTON, Bermuda - Mid Ocean Ltd. repor

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUALLIFE INSURANCE CO.David F. D'Alessandro was named the life insure

Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto Wednesday criticized two industry associations of nonlife insurers

The U.S. dollar Wednesday was under continued selling pressure against both the Deutsche mark and th

Importers of everything from VCRs to Scotch tape are finding out that the push for smaller governmen

TASK FORCE POSTS REWARDFOR FLORIDA ARSONISTTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A task force investigating a