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Thousands of Israeli workers protesting proposed budget cuts and privatization plans staged a strike

For the big ocean carriers, with their fully cellular ships and fixed schedules, unconventional load

Hoping to stay in the minds of congressional decision-makers and focused on the port's trade with Me

The Port of Seattle and Stevedoring Services of America officially sealed a 30-year lease renewal an

Thursday, Dec. 26, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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Don't look now, but the state that brought you the Freemen, the Unabomber and life without speed lim

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

The U.S. dollar climbed to its highest level in more than 44 months in Tokyo Thursday, rising above

Argentine unions unleashed their third general strike in four months Thursday, but the government ca

Chinese authorities have closed down 12 illegal compact disc production lines in just two weeks, but

Japan's vehicle exports are expected to fall next year as carmakers curb shipments to avoid trade fr

A U.S. industry group raised concern Thursday over rising Malaysian imports of stainless steel tube

China will invest more than $60 billion in the next five years to modernize itstelecommunications sy

Tens of thousands of South Korean workers walked off their jobs Thursday, shutting down the country'

It may not take long to open or close a door, but when you're running a state-of-the-art just-in-tim

A man charged earlier this year with trying to extort $1 million from U.S. businessman Paul Tatum is

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 26, '96 (a graph)* An

CHINA EXPECTS STRONG1997 ECONOMIC GROWTHBEIJING - China predicts its economy will grow by 10

The world's strongest magnet for overseas investment is projecting another record tally for 1996, ev

Now that you've finished this year's Christmas shopping, opened all those gifts and can't believe th

Mexicans returned to Texas border towns to do their Christmas shopping this year, resuming a holiday

''The biggest minefield is going to be uncertainty, and productivity goes in the tank.''

HUGHES ELECTRONICSBUYS ALLIANT UNITLOS ANGELES - Hughes Electronics Corp. agreed to pay $141

The bank's project cycle involves six stages: Identification, Preparation, Analysis, Negotiation, Ap

Four hundred garment workers marched on the National Assembly building Tuesday to protest deplorable

Japan will extend a package of low-interest loans worth 170.51 billion yen to China as the first bat

Russian shoppers tell the joke about the two chickens lying side by side on the butcher's counter: o

Speedy work by the Coast Guard, the crew and a Staten Island towing company refloated a gasoline tan

China plans further cuts in its slumping textile industry, an official newspaper reported Thursday.<

THAI CENTRAL BANK LOWERSEXPORT GROWTH FORECASTBANGKOK - Thailand's central bank has lowered

Trident Precision Manufacturing's track record is impressive. In the last two years, the small firm

A California judge ruled that an auto insurance company cannot put a surcharge on the premiums of po

NEW YORK PUTS OFFINSURANCE TAX LAWALBANY, N.Y. - New York's legislature has delayed implemen

Minnesota's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans to fight a court order to pay for a woman's treatment f

It already has the highest insurance rates in the nation. But as of Jan. 1, New Jersey's commercial

Health insurance fraud costs businesses and the state of New Jersey about $3.5 billion each year, ac

SHIPSJAPAN, US TO HOLDLOADING TALKSTOKYO - The Transport Ministry said Thurs

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