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Leaders from business and state and local governments said they support limits on tax deductions for

FRENCH NICKEL COMPANY TO GO TO FULL CAPACITYFrance's Societe Le Nickel plans to produce nick

Hauser Chemical Research Inc. of Boulder Tuesday reported a 187 percent increase in earnings in its

Cyprus Minerals Co. has laid off about 185 copper workers at several Arizona locations, leaving abou

Prices for some South Carolina lumber and plywood products are as much as 25 percent more than a yea

Monsanto Co. is selling its 40 percent share in a chemical company to its Mexican joint partner, DES

People bitten by a deer tick don't need to routinely receive antibiotics to prevent the development

As of Dec. 16, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

With a $55 million loan from the World Bank approved in late October, the year-old Baltic republic o

China plans to invite 140,000 overseas experts to work there over the next three years as part of th

Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres Tuesday appealed to Japan to press for an end to the Arab econ

Nearly 2,000 General Motors Corp. cars landed at the northeastern Chinese Port of Dalian last weeken

History turns full circle today when Russian President Boris Yeltsin arrives in Beijing to seek help

SPECIALTY STEELMAKERS COMPLAIN OF DUMPINGThe Specialty Steel Industry of the United States p

A California company said it is pressing ahead with a joint investment plan in Russia, even though f

The ailing aluminum industry has targeted cars as its "can of the '90s" and is pushing to find ways

Ukrainian officials still want to buy feed grains, wheat and protein meals with the remaining $130 m

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TRADING SOARS 50 PERCENT ON MATIF EXCHANGEBuoyed by extreme volatility in currency markets,

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 202.35 off 0.32 which compares

Dec. 16, 1992 Copper Total, 81,723. Gold Total, .1,511,244.Silver Total, .281

European nickel producers are compiling a file on Russian exports in an effort to raise awareness in

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago12/16 12/15 Change % Change: 11/

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

Dec. 16, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 16, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

There is a potential market for 150 million gallons of soy diesel fuel in the United States during t

New York Mercantile Exchange Dec. 15, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

The Port of Hamburg continued to show good growth this year, with container traffic expected to incr

While the United States and Europe resolve their differences over oilseed subsidies, new grain-handl

STOLT TANKERS SAYS IT WON'T PAY DIVIDENDGREENWICH, Conn. - Citing tough market conditions an

The family of a 4-year-old girl whose last chance to fight leukemia is a costly bone marrow transpla

If you are the Major Peuchen who was aboard the Titanic in 1912, or you can prove you are related to

Canada's most powerful trucking industry association has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsuit agai

Two long days of talking at President-elect Bill Clinton's economic summit in Little Rock, Ark., end

Spending on transportation infrastructure looks to accelerate in 1993 regardless of what appears to

A strike by French rail workers, who are furious about the conviction of two drivers involved in a m

Metro Airlines Inc., a Southwestern regional carrier that has been operating under protection of the

Freightliner Corp. outsold its competitors by a wide margin in November as the company made its bid

A court challenge by environmental groups to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule on used mot