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The European Union's representative in Turkey said on Friday the planned customs union with Ankara w

The abolition of the Lloyd's of London hardship plan, which Lloyd's announced Friday, was described

Fortis, the international insurance group with operations in Europe and the United States, has repor

The amount spent on workers compensation and general liability coverages decreased in 1994 for the s

Divesting a government enterprise can be politically messy and financially risky, but you wouldn't k

Korean Air, South Korea's flag-carrier, pleaded guilty last week to criminal charges of making $4,00

ASEA BROWN BOVERI GETS GERMAN POWER PLANT PACTZURICH - Swiss-Swedish electrical gian

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KANSAI ECONOMIC GROUP TO BUILD DATA NETWORKTOKYO - The Kansai Economic Federation ha

Heavy-truck sales faltered in November as market demand sputtered toward the end of a record year.

Japan will need to rely more on coal for energy over the next 20 years as the government's plans for

The Port of Le Havre is preparing for the next generation of giant containerships. While the

The U.S. government is extending a helping hand to ailing Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Tampa, Fla., by

Only table.

Chileans quip that it looks like a gigantic cellular phone a 32-floor, steel- and-glass rectangle to

The shiny new facades of high-rise buildings, complete with bubbling fountains and socialist-style s

China's largest metropolis said it has worked out a foreign trade strategy for the 1995-2000 period,

For the week ended Dec. 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 15

U.S. and Mexican truckers will proceed with caution when the door is opened on Dec. 18 to cross-bord

The Japanese Federation of Iron and Steel Workers unions proposed a demand for an average monthly pa

Dec. 8, 1995 RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Premium-UnleadRegular Grade

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 16, '94 - Dec. 8, '95 (a graph) (2)

Mexico's commerce agency has accepted petitions to launch an unfair-trade investigation into U.S. ex

Supporters of a few giant drug manufacturers last week narrowly defeated a Senate challenge to a dra

Friday Dec. 8, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

"But I am not pessimistic. In the end we will find a formula to move on."

TRANSCANADA WANTS TO BUY US REFINERYCALGARY - TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. of Calgary,

In a move calculated to sharpen Europe's competitiveness vis-a-vis the United States, the European U

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UP PLANS TO CUT 54 JOBS AT IDAHO HUBPOCATELLO, Idaho - Union Pacific Railroad plans

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Thanks to downsizing plans by the country's two largest railroads and legislation aimed at easing br

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.7 per

Friday, Dec. 8, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Belgian National Bank said Friday the country's November unemployment rate was 10.3 percent of t

CHINA PLANS QUOTAS ON ALL RUBBER IMPORTSBEIJING - Officials said natural rubber impo

A Continental Grain Co. facility in Tacoma, Wash., that was shut down for extensive repairs followin

Farmers are growing impatient as they wait for a new federal farm policy. "We need a farm pr

JAPAN STAYS AT TOP OF SHIPBUILDING ORDERSJapan will remain the world's leading shipbuilding

The latest roadshow taking the maritime community by storm is the great Jones Act debate. Former Fed