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To outsiders, the bitter three-month strike against Toys "R" Us stores in Sweden might suggest that

OUTPUT SETS RECORD AT TOKYO ELECTRICTOKYO - Peak electricity output at Japan's Tokyo

West Coast longshoremen returned to work Tuesday, ending a surprise 24-hour stoppage that delayed mo

China has sentenced a man to nine months in prison for illegally selling pirated compact discs, in t

The scrapping of Enron Corp.'s power project in India highlights the political uncertainties facing

New York's non-utility power producers have reached the turning point between the mandated, fixed-pr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 10, '94 - Aug. 8, '95 (a graph) (2)

Technical Chemicals & Products Inc. will acquire Pharma Patch PLC for $17 million in stock and debt,

Kuwait lost over 1 billion barrels of oil, or 1 percent of its sole natural resource, in 1991 Persia

Tuesday Aug. 8, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

A story on Page 1A on Monday, "US, Japan Ironing Out Little Snags In Auto Pact," incorrectly stated

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Russians, who are hoarding an estimated $12 billion in U.S. bank notes, will be able to use old doll

The U.S. dollar held to its recent higher levels Tuesday, bolstered by positioning on the European c

Canada should expand its trade and other economic links with Cuba as part of a push into southern he

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California's craggy North Coast proved too much for the Brother Jonathan, a steamship carrying about

AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINE CO. (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - Susan G. Lawler was named vice president

U.K.-based insurance company Commercial Union, in the wake of a major review of its operations here,

China's foreign trade "is in no way able to influence world trade or cut into the interests of other

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Dating back to a House hearing in February, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena's views on shippi

Shipping deregulation legislation sent to the House floor by the Transportation and Infrastructure C

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Development of the Port of Batangas, as an alternative to increasingly busy Manila, stepped up a not

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You know how it is with the really rich. They only want to get their names in the paper three times

NY TUG GOES TO RESCUE OF SHIP NEAR BERMUDANEW YORK - The Alexandra, a tugboat from N

The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America said it awarded its annual scholars

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The Navy's largest oil and ammunition supply ship was damaged at a Delaware County shipyard by an on

A.M. Best Co. announced Tuesday that it has placed the "B+" (very good) Best's Rating of Mid-South I

GENERAL RE ACQUIRES CONN. ASSET MANAGERSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. has bought

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - Jeffrey S. Fieldson was named national director, U.S. proper

Mid Ocean Ltd., the reinsurance company, said it has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Se

Archer Daniels Midland, the $12 billion agricultural company based in Decatur, Ill., competes head-t