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Sweden's gross domestic product rose a preliminary 0.6 percent in the third quarter from the year-ea

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Industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent in October from September and climbed a

China's economy is continuing to boom during the fourth quarter of 1994, according to figures from t

In the face of fierce competition from integrated carriers, it appears the freight forwarders with t

The U.S. steel industry, which last year posted its first profit in three years, is expected to do e

A large number of trading powers, including the United States, have raised concerns that Sweden's ac

BOSTON COMPANY BUYS GERMAN RAILCAR MAKERBERLIN - A Boston-based private venture comp

Lukewarm economies and a surprise mild spell have dulled Christmas shopping fervor across Europe, so

NIGERIA HOPES TO BOOST SOLID-MINERAL EXPORTSLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria will place more

Friday Dec. 16, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Nigerian refining and product distribution sector suffered another blow last week when an oil de

Colorado and a dozen private companies must move a large pile of radioactive soil from the Colorado

As of Dec. 16, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

MASS. APPROVES CUT OF 7.2 PERCENT IN AUTO RATESBOSTON - Massachusetts Insurance Comm

To meet the demands of major shippers, air freight forwarders must continue to improve their ability

A year after adopting some of the most sweeping insurance reform legislation in state history, Calif

A lock of British naval hero Adm. Horatio Nelson's hair, encased in a gold compass, and a splinter o

An obscure 1951 law has emerged like a fog-shrouded rock in front of Indiana's plans to allow floati

HAMBURG-SUD (Berlin) - Horst Schomburg, 65, is retiring from Hamburg Sud after 40 years with the shi

Executives on the move: * Joe Flowers, assistant dean for academic affairs at Davenport Coll

Turmoil in China's giant steel industry can become, literally, a life-or- death matter as authoritie

For people who say you can't go home again, Henry M. Chidgey has proven that a second tour with Sout

Freer trade and increased foreign investment in Latin America should help ease the imbalances plagui

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

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China said the price of silk products exported to the United States is significantly lower than in s

AIRTOUCH TO BUY STAKE IN BELGIAN CELLULAR FIRMBRUSSELS, Belgium - State telephone mo

REGIONAL BLOCS Practical Nafta: A Real World Strategic Analysis of Opportunities and Obstacl

Swiss foods group Nestle said Friday it had reached an agreement with Quaker Oats for the purchase o

The government has published revised guidelines on overseas investment in three of its primary areas

The Japanese government approved Friday a plan to dramatically raise the proportion of alternative e

Ports along the St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes have seen a tremendous surge in steel traffic th

The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) is not expected to reintroduce an export-retent

NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL LIFE (Minneapolis) - Richard A. Storms was elected assistant vice president, w

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PACIFIC RATE GROUP PLANS INCREASE FOR MAYSAN FRANCISCO - The Transpacific Stabilizat

A $400,000 U.S. federal grant has put preservationists on course to salvage an 84-year-old passenger

Seaboard Marine Ltd., part of the Seaboard Corp. agriculture and steamship company, is looking to ex

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