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For many Americans, the 1994 World Cup soccer games came to life with the surprise U.S. victory over

Greenville-based Liberty Corp. said Tuesday it had signed a tentative agreement to buy Integon Life

President Clinton said Wednesday a new $50 million fund would be set up to promote private-sector in

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Laredo International Airport, one of the fastest-growing airfields along the2,000-mileU.S.-M

Bunker fuel oil prices are expected to remain firm this week because of tight supplies at some ports

UK GETS GO-AHEAD TO PRIVATIZE COAL FIRMLONDON - U.K. legislation allowing the govern

Spot oil product prices on the West Coast firmed Wednesday with sellers said to be hanging back in a

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China outlawed labor by children under 16, set an eight-hour workday and promised a minimum wage in

A.M. Best Co. lowered Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co.'s ''A++" rating in 1994 due

NEW YORK APPROVES INSURANCE RATE HIKESThe state Insurance Department has approved rate hikes

Wednesday, July 6, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The German public-sector deficit should be reduced primarily through smaller increases in spending a

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +13.096/29 102.26/30 102.37/1

Canada's international reserves grew to US$11.893 billion in June, up $682 million from $11.211 bill

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TWA RESHUFFLES MANAGEMENT TEAMST. LOUIS - Trans World Airlines Inc. has furthered it

Fokker, the Dutch aircraft manufacturer, is engaged in fierce competition with McDonnell Douglas for

Legislation to deregulate most, if not all, of intrastate trucking is drawing flak from many state a

A lack of state and private funding has halted restoration of the Battleship Texas, putting at risk

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With only six months remaining before oil tankers are required to have certificates of financial res

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Air Express International said it has won contracts from General Motors Corp. to handleall of the au

New labor contracts between Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and four maritime unions will raise seafarers'

Burlington Northern Railroad's proposed merger with Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. should b

US COAL PRODUCTION INCREASES BY 2 PERCENTCHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal productio

Copper and aluminum prices moved higher here on Tuesday helped by news of a decline in London Metal

July 5, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1352 (July 5, 1994) Previous day - 1350 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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As the Navy slashes its budget from Cold War levels, one symbol of its high- seas dominance remains

Pakistan's trade and business communities are readying themselves for a protracted battle with the g

France and China have signed some $1 billion worth of trade deals during the visit to Beijing of Ger

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Seasonally adjusted U.K. housing starts rose a provisional 5.88 percent to 50,400 in the three-month

As the idea of peace and opening borders begins to take hold in the Middle East, entrepreneurs and b