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A group of major electronics companies announced a new standard for movie compact discs on Tuesday,

Despite the Kobe earthquake and the need for more steel for reconstruction, U.S. coking coal exports

The second round of pay talks for the metal and engineering sector in western Germany's largest regi

GOLD PRODUCTION RISES BY 6 PERCENT IN KAZAKHSTANALMATY, Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan, the

2032 (Jan. 24, 1995) Previous day - 2044 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Cargo underwriters are expecting to receive substantial claims for losses incurred as a result of la

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 21, '94 - Dec. 30, '94 (a graph) (2

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which two weeks ago warned it may slow its expansion into Mexico, said uncerta

The campaign to pick a new chief for the World Trade Organization and the unlikely mix of bananas an

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Paccar Inc., the truck manufacturer based in nearby Bellevue, Wash., posted healthy sales and profit

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Italian industrial production is expected to fall a seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent in January from

Aviation insurers suffered their worst year ever in 1994, with airline losses substantially above th

The name of the port was incorrect in a headline Jan. 24 on Page 8B. The story, "Amsterdam Sees Retu

AMERICAN MARINE ADVISORS (Greenwich, Conn.) - Peter M. Klopfer joined this firm as senior vice presi

A Clinton administration official urged insurers to continue their push into overseas markets becaus

London underwriters on Tuesday reported a leveling of marine insurance rates after the steep increas

In the 1960s, we had the missile gap. Then came the trade gap. But the big security scare for the 19

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index scored another 52-week high on Tuesday, rising to 115

Economic analysts are divided on the merits of creating a currency board in Mexico to replace or aug

Truck drivers upset by new charges levied at some maritime terminals here are putting their strike t

"Countries could always devise ways to prevent grain or steel from crossing borders; they have far l

World airports report booming cargo and climbing passenger traffic over the first 10 months of 1994.

Malaysia has set up a space consortium to design, manufacture and launch a micro-satellite the size

Not all the capital goods purchased last year as a sizable portion of Brazil's record $33.1 billion

Taiwan's 7-Eleven chain store, friend to late-night shoppers and darling of foreign investors, is se

It may seem odd even now - the idea of black Americans moving to South Africa with its history of vi

The Transportation Department is putting the finishing touches on a blueprint for an independent air

Southern Pacific Rail Corp. reported Tuesday it earned a record $150.7 million, or $97 cents a share

STRIKING WORKERS, CATERPILLAR PLAN TALKSPEORIA, Ill. - Negotiators for Caterpillar I

State oil company Pertamina said Tuesday it expects the number of oil exploration wells dug this yea

Utah mining regulators have approved a permit for what could be the first large-scale coal mining op

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Lyondell Petrochemical Co. reported fourth-quarter 1994 earnings of $103 million, or $1.28 a share,

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A series of recent efforts by New York port officials to defuse the region's dredging crisis may be

Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corp. cracked the $4 billion mark Tuesday, with a swee

CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. (Exton, Pa.) - Bryan Huston was named national account director in L