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While Japan is not asking the United States to weaken its own air carriers to the level of Japan's,

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U.K. consumption of petroleum for energy use from April to June fell by 5.2 percent to 17.8 million

A broken pump was blamed for a chemical leak that sent 45 workers at Albany's Merck & Co. plant to a

China's main state-owned insurer reported Wednesday that its income was up nearly 22 percent in the

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INTERIOR DEPT., UNOCAL REACH SETTLEMENTLOS ANGELES - Unocal Corp. said Tuesday that

HOUSE PANEL BACKS SALE OF PETROLEUM RESERVEWASHINGTON - A House panel Tuesday approv

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Petrochemical Corp. of Singapore will raise the capacity of its second ethylene plant, which is unde

U.S. officials and Chinese exporters are expected to reach a compromise today on China's controversi

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for August 1995 (see Not

JAPANESE MINISTER VOWS TO PROTECT DEPOSITORSJapan's finance minister vowed on Tuesday to pre

Imagine the sunbaked roughneck ramming pipe into the ground, face caked with grease, hard hat firmly

The State Administration of Exchange Control said China's outstanding foreign debt amounted to $92.8

It wasn't a particularly auspicious start: Fifteen 20-foot shipping containers of monkfish from the

With much fanfare, Toys "R" Us, the model of retail efficiency in the United States, entered Scandin

Partisan warfare in Congress has again delayed action on a bill allowing the expansion of the North

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High demand and low availability of zinc in south China's manufacturing hot spots will keep exporter

China's People's Daily issued a front-page paean to its navy on Friday, praising the modernization o

As Croatia girds for all-out war against rebel Serbs, U.S. military forces transporting NATO troops

The Interstate Commerce Commission, bowing to pressure from states who said they needed more time to

Federal Express Corp., seeking to leapfrog its top competitor, said it will offer an 8 a.m. delivery

NORTH AMERICA 1995 Bobbin Show. Sept. 12-15. Atlanta. Contact: Sandra Perry, (800) 845-8820.

AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Tom Donahue successfully beat back a bid by union insurgents Tuesday to

The Teamsters union is restoring a modest strike benefit of $55 a week, the first time it has been a

Tuesday, Aug. 1, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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Plant and machinery orders fell a real 11 percent in June from the year- earlier month, driven by a

French oil group Elf Aquitaine SA said Tuesday it started developing an oil field in Nigeria at a ti

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Industrial production increased 10.0 percent on year in June, local press reported Tuesday.

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