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Auto and light truck manufacturers are required to begin a five-year phase-in of improved head prote

Larry Brennan, president of Teamsters Local 337 in Detroit and a vocal critic of Ron Carey, the unio

The planned reform of Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa sector has met with a mixed reception from European trad

Enron Corp.'s recently canceled, multibillion-dollar deal to build a giant power plant in India may

Wednesday Aug. 16, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Unresolved disputes between Romania and Bulgaria threaten a proposed Danube River bridge that would

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Mexico has ruled that any exports from Spain of sodium tripolyphosphate would still face trade penal

New York Fire Department Weekend. Aug. 19-20. New York. Equipment and rescue techniques showcased at

MOODY'S UPGRADES AMERICAN RE-INSURANCEMoody's Investors Service upgraded the insurance finan

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Automobile imports still outnumber exports by more than 4-to-1, but for many U.S. ports, the cutting

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 17, '94 - Aug. 16, '95 (a graph) (2

Talks between the National Automobile Transporters Labor Division and the International Brotherhood

EXIM JAPAN TO LEND $122 MILLION TO MEXICOThe Export-Import Bank of Japan said it will extend

The Archer Daniels Midland Co. ethanol plant here will shut down at the end of next week, leaving 58

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 234.28 off 0.43 w

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 16, 1995 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Another dispute over a U.S. cut in textile quotas may wind up at the World Trade Organization.

The Military Sealift Command has awarded three long-term charter contracts totaling $128.8 million t

A group of lawmakers representing port communities are asking for congressional hearings on a propos

Chicago Board of Trade members voted in favor of limiting the terms an exchange chairman can serve b

A pioneering set of oil-tanker escort rules for San Francisco Bay has been approved by a committee o

More than half a year after the surprise devaluation of the Mexican peso and subsequent economic imp

With a new trade deal in hand, U.S. makers of automobile parts are looking at a new world in which t

Like a creature out of "Star Wars," the robot rolled slowly across the warehouse's concrete floor, p

Western German wholesale prices fell 0.7 percent in July from June and were 1.7 percent higher than

Japan Airlines has been denied permission to do maintenance on U.S. planesbecause its facili

Seko-Air Freight said it has opened a terminal in Honolulu. Seko officials said the new term

GIANT INDUSTRIES TO BUY NEW MEXICO REFINERYBLOOMFIELD, N.M. - Giant Industries Inc.

Fueled by strong demand for power generation, consumption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the west

Marine insurers are amending the terms London hull underwriters use in order to cut both the number

NET INCREASED FOR QUARTER, HALF AT EXECUTIVE RISKSIMSBURY, Conn. - Executive Risk In

While politicians and trade negotiators are celebrating the automotive-trade agreement with Japan, t

Two CIA documents from the 1980s illustrate the agency's role in economic intelligence during the Co

New Orleans maritime groups, supported by Houston and Mobile freight forwarders, are asking the Fede

Asia offers U.S. auto and parts makers a market that is enticing and difficult, as Chrysler Corp. an

In an apparent prelude to a fall referendum on sovereignty in Canada's French-speaking province, the

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

There has been a major breakthrough in two-year talks between Nigeria and the International Monetary