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Word that industrial output posted strong growth again in November and pushed capacity use higher le

Heavily indebted Mexico has opted for a new economic package which economists and bankers say reflec

The European Community has opened legal proceedings against China and East Germany for selling chemi

The European Community is almost ready to start negotiating agreements on economic cooperation with

The Japanese wholesale price index for November averaged 86.2, down from 86.7 a month earlier and do

Deutsche Bank AG, West Germany's largest commercial bank, will make its long- awaited move into the

Nevada Insurance Commissioner David A. Gates was named president of the National Association of Insu

BUSINESS INVENTORIES ROSE 0.2 PERCENT IN OCTOBERU.S. business inventories rose a moderate 0.

ILLINOIS, CHUBB SETTLE DROUGHT COVER DISPUTESPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Illinois has dropped adminis

Connecticut's workers compensation insurers will live for awhile with a 10.77 percent rate hike, but

One of the state's 10 largest auto insurance companies has slashed the commissions it pays its broke

By subjecting California insurers to antitrust laws, the state Supreme Court has added a new and uni

The District of Columbia paved the way for return of life and health insurance companies to re-enter

A decision on the application by Sedgwick County, Kan., to the U.S. Department of Commerce for a fre

The Minnesota business community is learning again that it can be easier getting a kidney dialysis m

Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, this week promoted new vice presidents, including five key interna

The Soviet Union's plans to devalue the Soviet ruble for commercial transactions could mean a drop i

It's a yuppie hangout. The two women who stroll through the foyer are both in their mid-20s, one dre

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The $10.3 billion U.S. merchandise trade deficit in October was welcomed Wednesday by administration

Europeans prefer them red, Asians prefer them white. Florida grapefruit growers, shipping th

Amerford International Corp., a venerable air freight forwarder based in Queens, is entertaining sui

CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Corp., the two major Eastern coal- hauling railroads, said t

President-elect Bush named Trade Representative Clayton K. Yeutter to serve as his secretary of agri

Talk between computers is getting cheaper and easier. Competitive pressures are dropping the

Transporting $735 million worth of goods from Puget Sound to Alaska creates more than 5,000 jobs in

TradeNet, an electronic data network for cargo documentation, will go live next month with 52 shippi

The automation of commerce has taken on a momentum that is almost unstoppable. But even the

IBM Corp. and Siemens announced plans Tuesday for a series of joint telecommunications products for

A major initiative by General Motors Corp. could double the number of European companies sending tra

KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS FIGHTS OFF VIRUSESCHANTILLY, Va. - Knowledge Network Systems Inc. has deve

Sixteen Panama Canal pilots will be better prepared to expect the unexpected after they undergo a we

OFFSHORE MARINE UNIT PICKS ALARIO AS PRESIDENTThe Offshore Marine Service Association, or OM

CANADIAN MAGAZINE OFFERS RESEARCH PRIZEPortus, the quarterly magazine published by Canada Po

Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., principal operating arm of Sir Yue-kong Pao's diversified empire, maintained

First Interstate Bank of Texas, Houston, is seeking Maritime Administration approval to sell two dec

A private Argentine steamship line plans to enter the trade between South America and the West Coast

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CALIF. TRUCKERS OPPOSE FURTHER DEREGULATIONSAN FRANCISCO - Some 500 angry, sign-toting truck