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HARTFORD STEAM BOILERMichael A. Petruzzello has been elected second vice president, special

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 246.04 off 0.30 w

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, rose by 2.7 million b

Wednesday May 7, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Phillips Petroleum and several smaller oil firms signed a deal with South Africa and its national oi

U.S. officials are touting an independent power plant to be built near the Yucatan city of Merida as

BRAZIL WITHSTANDS FOES,CARRIES OUT MINE SALERIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil carried out Latin Americ

FRITZ COS. LAUNCHESAUTOMATED TAX REPORTINGSAN FRANCISCO - Fritz Cos. has created an automate

If simple economics could turn the trick, imported coal - much of it from the United States - would

Italy is likely to add more coal to its energy mix under an agreement signed with the United States

In an effort to smooth over some rough politics, British Airways Chairman Robert Ayling may testify

Another railroad union group is seeking a full-year regulatory review of the planned $10.2 billion a

MSAS Cargo International Ltd. has moved its Manila operations into a new office next to Ninoy Aquino

The European Commission decided this week to give shipowners some tax relief for operating under Eur

U.S. investors will get a chance to benefit from Europe's new ''open-skies'' regime following the de

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The European Commission is seeking tougher antitrust powers to investigate the alliances that are re

A union representing engineers on vessels operated by APL Ltd., the biggest U.S. ship line in the Pa

Analysts called it a stroke of genius, and the markets jumped with glee.The new British gove

Even as U.S. officials resist exporting the latest data encryption technology for national security

President Clinton came to Mexico bearing gifts - 50 helicopters and four surveillance planes for

Tuesday, May 6, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Tuesday, taking a back seat to the soaring British pound on news of a q

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 10, 1996 - May 6, 1997 (a graph)* An

Trade ministers from the United States and 33 other Western Hemisphere countries are expected next w

US PRESSURES KOREATO OPEN AUTO MARKETWASHINGTON - South Korea is openly flouting a 1995 pact

Caribbean leaders are hoping that their Saturday summit with President Clinton in Barbados will tack

The French government does not like managers of state-owed companies to show too much independence a

After several months of intense negotiations, Jamaica and the United States have agreed on a treaty

'If they put us in a category that would trigger trade sanctions, you can bet your bottom dollar Hon

BEN & JERRY'S PREDICTSBENELUX BREAK-EVEN DATEBRUSSELS - Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., which b

OFFERS TO BUY* ALUMINUM SCRAP. Contact: Ms. Irene Li, China. Fax: +86 574-7327036. E-mail: n

One of the vital underpinnings of Hong Kong's success is forging closer links with China in what's s

HONDA TO BUILDPLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINATOKYO - Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its U.S. u

President Boris Yeltsin's public advice last week to buy Russian goods didn't convince domestic tele

India's computer software exports topped the $1 billion mark for the first time in the fiscal year t

In a continuing setback for the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. and Mexican transport offi

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky announced Tuesday a series of new assignments for seve

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

As usual, Gordon Cloney was on the road. The peripatetic chief executive of the International Insura