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Toy sales in the United States leaped 12.2 percent in 1992 over 1991, making toys a $17 billion indu

McKesson Drug Co. has been awarded a five-year contract worth more than $100 million as a prime vend

In an effort to better promote use of expanded polystyrene in roofing, manufacturers have agreed to

The United States came under a scathing attack Tuesday from both industrialized and developing natio

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The western German October average hourly wage index rose 5.7 percent from the same period a year ag

Feb. 9, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Monday Feb. 9, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Bennie M. Davis was named regional sales manager

The Philippine unemployment rate dropped to 9.8 percent last year from 10.5 percent in 1991 despite

An American newsweekly once quoted doctors as saying that leukemia had more than doubled in the Mins

A former top U.S. Department of Transportation official, who raised eyebrows last week with a call f

Copper prices, which rose in London Metal Exchange trading Monday, are expected to consolidate near

A congressman is questioning whether a California medical research institute funded mostly by U.S. t

AMERICAN AIRLINES POSTS CARGO REVENUE RISEFORT WORTH - American Airlines' cargo divi

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

A pioneering direct container service to one of China's small ports begins today in hopes of overcom

The U.S. government's plan to sell 300 tons of nickel twice a month is under fire from market analys

Some smaller life insurance companies are likely to set cheaper premiums on their popular life insur

AETNA TOLD TO STAY IN CALIF. CAR MARKETCharging that Aetna Life & Casualty Insurance Co. fai

NORTH AMERICA Variety Merchandise Show. Feb. 13-16. New York. Contact: Thalheim Expositions,

TEXTILE INDUSTRIAL BASE UNDER WAY IN CHINAGUANGZHOU, China - A textile industrial ba

South Korea's failed presidential candidate Chung Ju-yung, the rags-to-riches founder of the mighty

United Parcel Service will launch a new $150 million package-tracking system next Monday using the s

Japanese officials have backed away over the past few weeks from calls for an immediately stronger y

Trucking, automobile and manufacturing interests are adding their voice to the rising debate over de

North American women doubled their share of union membership since 1960, are better off as a result

A Canadian group has submitted a second report on construction of Vietnam's first liquefied petroleu

Germany's Mercedes-Benz AG said Tuesday it would help Ssangyong Motor Co. to develop a new car, deep

Chronic suspensions of Russian fuel oil shipments have prompted at least one Japanese trading house

Lev Churilov, head of Russian state oil concern Rosneftegaz, has been dismissed by Prime Minister Vi

Feb. 9, 1993 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Striking railway workers halted trains in the Paris area Tuesday to protest the sentencing of an eng

In a Washington meeting billed simply - and privately - as an evening of conversation and fellowship

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S. AFRICA FIRMS TO BUY JOHNSON MATTHEY STAKEJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's Joha

WEST FRASER TIMBER SEES RECORD PRICESVANCOUVER, British Columbia - West Fraser Timbe