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CHINA LASHING OUT AT COPYRIGHT CRITICSBEIJING - Rebuffing U.S. pressure, China said

A sharp drop in foreign direct investment in the Czech Republic has provoked a rash of finger-pointi

The China Foreign Exchange Center plans to begin forward trading of foreign currency by the end of t

Two years after the former French Socialist government voted to approve a historic law reforming the

* May 5, 1965: North Korea sets up nuclear research facility at Yongbyon, 60 miles north of Pyongyan

The 26 percent annual decline in Russia's industrial output in the first half of this year has been

General Mills Inc., the country's second-largest cereal maker, said it voluntarily stopped shipping

Mexico is taking steps to combat growing fraud by Nigerian "phantom businesses" alleged to be preyin

Various government agencies in Taiwan met to discuss ways to accelerate the country's entry into the

AFTER 8 YEARS, COKE RETURNS TO SOUTH AFRICAJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Coca-Cola Co. said i

Representatives of the U.S. auto industry urged South Korea on Friday to step up efforts to remove b

Industrial output and investments in Hungary grew in the first quarter, while the gap between export

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The partial ban on oil imports, centralized oil prices and suspension of futures trading recently en

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Florida Power Corp. and Georgia Power Co. have signed an agreement designed to benefit the customers

Friday June 17, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The so-called "eco-business" market is growing at an annual rate of 8 percent and likely will genera

For the week ended June 11, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Philippine Airlines is facing mounting staff, management and competitive woes. A brief labor

Small packages are Federal Express Corp.'s specialty, but the carrier also handles some really big o

China would be the pivotal player if tough U.N. sanctions are imposed on North Korea, business execu

The Insurance Services Office unveiled a national building evaluation program designed to grade the

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June 17, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Japan's Mitsui Petrochemical Co. will stop exports of high-density polyethylene to the Asian markets

CARGO SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL (London) - Francis Phillips, a former editor at ContainerisationInternat

June 17, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

President Clinton told lawmakers last week that he wants to help the domestic oil and gas industry,

The tensions on the Korean peninsula haven't carried over into the insurance community. Ther

The air-cargo industry has recovered since 1991, but the sector is on a new flight pathdue to change

If it isn't the persistent labor crisis that drives customers from the French port of Le Havre, it m

As the Clinton administration prepares to send Congress its version of legislation to implement a ne

Rising to 103.3 from 102.9, The Journal of Commerce's Daily Industrial Price Index signaled fresh in

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +15.376/13 102.26/14 102.56/15

A growing taste in the Far East for imported fruit and vegetables and other fresh produce could be t

Farmers Insurance Group said it has temporarily suspended sales of earthquake insurance in the Unite

Thousands of businesses fear that a provision in several health-care reform proposals would force th

Richard H. Booth has resigned as president and director of Travelers Inc.'s unit, Travelers Insuranc

Decreases in clothing, tobacco products, alcoholic beverages and housing pushed Canadian consumer pr