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Gold futures surged higher late Wednesday to close $414.20 an ounce in the spot February contract, u

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Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture can serve up a surprise in any of its many crop reports

Defense lawyers will likely challenge secretly taped conversations in the massive fraud probe of the

Yugoslavia, traditionally the most Western of Communist countries, has restructured its economy, lif

RJR'S DEL MONTE UNIT SOLD TO MERRILL GROUPRJR Nabisco Inc. announced the completion of its a

The United States begins negotiations next week in Paris on a proposed $12 billion East European dev

The U.S. Navy cargo ship was off Australia, far out to sea, beyond where any help from the shore cou

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The lifting of martial law in the Chinese capital effective today won't make much difference to ordi

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Panama's new ambassador to the United Nations said his country would never again be a base for drug-

Inventories of U.S. wholesale merchants rose 0.5 percent in November to a seasonally adjusted $187.0

Responding to pressure from the Bush administration, Japan's Construction Ministry announced plans W

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Canadian Pacific Ltd.'s tentative deal to acquire the long-ailing Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. is t

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Wednesday said it is suing its smaller rival MCI Communications C

Victor Co. of Japan Ltd. fired another salvo in Japan's incessant video wars, unveiling an S-VHS vid

A museum where school children can learn the history of the Great Lakes would replace warehouses ful

In the face of worldwide cuts in military spending, U.S. defense contractors are either unwilling or

The dollar traded mixed Wednesday, after rising from early lows on reports that the Federal Reserve

China International Trust and Investment Corp. plans to raise HK$7 billion (US$896 million) to purch

Work on a long-stalled naphtha cracker in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung is likely to get

Charlie McKinney's business started with a sketch on a paper napkin. What he drew became the

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America Inc. said passenger car sales in December totaled 13,941 units, a

Those of us who were born in the 1930s somehow came to be dubbed the "Silent Generation." Like most

The decision by a Philadelphia appeals court to reverse a $400,000 damage award against a cigarette

The number of workers not covered by pension plans is expected to rise as the U.S. economyshifts awa

The Insurance Services Office move to advisory prospective loss costs from advisory rates has fundam

Workers at Ocean Spray Cranberry Inc.'s processing plant went on strike Monday to protest a contract

Insurance pay-outs appear to have been a prime motive in a lurid alleged murder-suicide case that ha

China told its 1 billion people Tuesday that a 16-month-old austerity drive was not aimed at loweri

Analysts expect underwriting results for Canada's property/casualty industry to deteriorate further

AXA MIDI SELLS OFF NON-STRATEGIC ASSETSIn a first step toward executing its strategy to acqu

In the story headlined "Sedgwick Regroups For Global Aims," which appeared on Page 13A in The Journa

The Port of Hampton Roads, Va., soon will boast double-stack trains, special intermodal trains that

American Transport Lines will move at least 150,000 containers in and out of Philadelphia over the n

A leading association of sugar users asked the Agriculture Department Monday to raise U.S. sugar imp

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Tuesday said Brazil's problems shipping sugar to the United St