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Chinese Premier Li Peng has called for development of nuclear power to convert military technology t

MINE REOPENINGUNLIKELY TODAYTORONTO - A spokesman for Noranda Inc. said Monday it was ''unli

A French company has begun construction of the onshore section of a natural gas pipeline between Mya

Judges on Monday cleared the way for resumption of a U.S. company's power project that had become th

Insurance costs for U.S. businesses declined in 1995 for the third straight year partly due to lower

For a legendarily free-market economy, Hong Kong is encountering an unusual amount of flak as it tri

Tanker operators are gaining support from other shipowners in their long-running campaign to raise s

The flag of surrender isn't out yet, but Illinois employers who for two years have sought an overhau

U.S. and other foreign exporters of environmental technologies are pressing Mexico to lift tariffs o

China's effort to regulate shipping rates and control ship brokerage is causing cracks in the mariti

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Malaysia's main air carrier, in the midst of ambitious expansion plans and planning another acquisit

Dec. 2, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

WORLD BANK TO ENTERCHINA'S BANKING SECTORHONG KONG - The World Bank is studying the possibil

DE LURY TO HEADMANAGEMENT GROUPNEW YORK - Bernard De Lury, a former director of the Federal

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Transport stocks outperformed the Dow Jones Industrial Average last week as air express and railroad

The government said it cannot save the bankrupt Gdansk Shipyard, birthplace of the Solidarity trade

''Mexico, with every reform, is becoming less of a paradise for companies that don't want to comply

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Nov. 27, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

ARCO ALASKA MAY GETSTATE ROYALTY BREAKANCHORAGE - Arco Alaska Inc. will likely benefit from

Canada is on the verge of a big decision: whether to continue granting a monopoly over export grain

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Two of the nation's major cities are feuding with their airports and the federal government over who

The United States was seeking an urgent World Trade Organization ruling on whether the European Unio

The United States and Turkey Wednesday appeared close to resolving a dispute in which Ankara had vir

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''One of the first things we would like to transfer is a better understanding of capitalism.''

The dispute settlement panel in the World Trade Organization that will go into the U.S. complaint ag

NEW ISSUES POSTPONEWTO COMMERCE TREATYGENEVA - Envoys to the World Trade Organization Friday

Quebec's political leaders have put the thorny issue of sovereignty on the back burner for now. But

For several years, the insurance industry stood united in its urgent drive to have Congress pass leg

Barring a last-minute White House appointment, the three-member Surface Transportation Board could s

The Surface Transportation Board is floating a proposal to remove tariff-filing requirements for som

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose 700,000 barrels

The U.S. dollar will continue to rise on signs of a healthy economy with moderate growth and low inf

The United States should change its regulations governing free trade with the Caribbean to boost fre

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