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The historic merger of aerospace giants Boeing and McDonnell Douglas pounds home a point that once w

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Labor unions that advise the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are calling for a

James P. Hoffa's latest effort to win control of the Teamsters union is in the mail.He and h

Friday, Dec. 27, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Increasing confidence that the European monetary union will stay on track will keep the Deutsche mar

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

The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean grew an average of 3.5 percent in 1996, thanks larg

Commerce Department officials were on alert. Specialty steel producers, it was reported, were about

G-7 BACKS PERU'S EFFORTTO END HOSTAGE CRISISPARIS - The Group of 7 industrial nations and Ru

India has taken 150,000 child laborers out of hazardous industries under a plan to eliminate child l

''We're not trying to be a rogue state. We're really not.''

Japan topped the list of foreign investors in Indonesia this year, with total authorized investment

America's love of fido and snuggles is spreading to Japan, and U.S. exporters find themselves purrin

China and Russia plan to boost their annual two-way trade to $8 billion to $10 billion next year, Ch

BRINK'S TO BUY RESTOF VENEZUELAN COMPANYDARIEN, Conn. - Pittston Brink's Group said last wee

A Vancouver company has received Alaska's first water-export permit and plans to ship glacial water

Internet usage by Japanese financial institutions is relatively low at around 36.6 percent of compan

Japanese authorities will consider extraditing an executive wanted on U.S. price-fixing charges if a

Japan is going organic, and U.S. exporters are feeling the benefits.Eiji Fukui, an organic c

THINK TANK LOWERSFORECAST FOR TAIWANTAIPEI - The Taiwan Institute of Economic Research, a le

The year's report card, according to Boeing Co.'s top executive, is very good.And next year

Small businesses involved in domestic and international trade, and those hoping to expand into globa

BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIAFINED FOR MISLEADING ADLOS ANGELES - Blue Cross of California was fi

New York's highest court used two lawsuits to clarify when liability insurers can refuse to cover po

Imagine your own 363-acre island hideaway in the Bahamas. Landing your private plane on the 2,400-fo

Japan's Finance Ministry notified newly licensed subsidiaries of Japanese insurance companies Friday

Thomas M. Olson found out the hard way how vital his half-page ad in the Yellow Pages is to his insu

PORT OF FELIXSTOWESET TO BREAK CARGO RECORDLONDON - The port of Felixstowe expects to achiev

PILOT AIR FREIGHTDan Bednar and Angi Smith were named corporate field operations managers, w

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

Argentina's fourth largest port, Puerto Rosario, will soon join the growing list of privatized ports

A surge in containerized traffic in recent months is expected to help the Port of Hamburg overcome t

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ZAIRIAN REBELS THREATENTAKEOVER OF GOLD MINESNAIROBI - Zairian rebels have threatened to tak

When Archer Daniels Midland Co. learned top executive Mark Whitacre had made secret tapes for an FBI

China's pivotal coal sector continues to struggle, with output figures up only slightly this (1996)

When President Clinton designated 1.7 million acres of Utah wilderness as a national monument, he da

Friday Dec. 27, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 1.9 million barr