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''You can put a lot of makeup on this old lady, but she's still an old lady.''

EU SAYS FRENCH TEXTILEAID ILLEGAL; RULING DELAYEDBRUSSELS - The European Commission said on

Chinese leaders are becoming more ''sensitive'' to U.S. concerns about China's rising trade surplus

The executives at the W.H. Miner Division of Miner Enterprises Inc. know what it's like to have thei

OFFERS TO BUY* SILICON & MANGANESE. Price should be c.f. & f.o. Iskenderun or Istanbul, Turk

The Delta container terminal is a quiet place considering how busy it is.That's because most

The Clinton administration is blocking any new Japanese long-distance telephone service in the Unite

Thursday, March 13, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on a strong retail sales report for February and reassuring comments f

The U.S. international payments deficit soared to $165 billion last year, the second-highest ever, w

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 15, 1996 - March 13, 1997 (a graph)

Wal-Mart Canada will resume selling Cuban-made men's pajamas, two weeks after the U.S.-owned retail

A new civil service law taking effect in Mexico should reduce corruption in the ranks of border cust

CABLE NEWS NETWORKOPENS BUREAU IN CUBAHAVANA - The Cable News Network opened its Havana news

The House Thursday overturned President Clinton's finding that Mexico is an ally in the war on drugs

French carmaker Renault's move to close a plant in Vilvoorde, Belgium - which has spurred ''eurostri

CHINA WARNED SURPLUSCOULD UPSET TIES TO USWASHINGTON - China was warned last week that its w

TRANSAMERICA TO SELLCONSUMER FINANCE UNITSAN FRANCISCO - Transamerica Corp. said Thursday it

A scheme to swindle an insurance firm unraveled after a car, falsely reported stolen, crashed, killi

New York Mercantile Exchange - March 12, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

March 13, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture announced plans to import $350 million worth of U.S. livestock,

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People strolling on the coast near a nuclear processing plant earlier this week were exposed to radi

Thursday March 13, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

ARCHER TO RENEW ATTACKON ETHANOL SUBSIDYWASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Chairman Bill Arch

The handwriting is on the wall: The U.S. paper industry is headed for another year of strong export

The management of the main risk factors and surveillance procedures with regard to bovine spongiform

PACCAR INC.Edward B. Caudill was named general manager of Kenworth Truck Co., a division of

CLEVELAND AIRPORT'SPASSENGER TRAFFIC RISESCLEVELAND - Passenger traffic last year at Clevela

Hong Kong's only full aircraft maintenance firm, coming off three grim years, bounced back to 46 per

From nightmarish delays at the Belarus-Polish border to bribery at checkpoints along central Asia's

Two female longshore workers, members of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union,

Long Beach city was in dire straits when city and port officials met with Clinton administration rep

Months before Congress is set to consider admitting Chile into the North American Free Trade Agreeme

The Port of Corpus Christi, continuing a push to broaden its cargo base from petroleum and related p

A docking pilot at the center of a federal investigation said he regularly scheduled his own drug an

Lauritzen Reefers, one of the world's biggest operators of refrigerated cargo ships, sees a further