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Heart attacks off duty. Breaking a tooth eating a Snickers bar. Falling out of chairs at the office.

Talks with the French oil company Elf Aquitaine on tapping a key Iranian gas field have reached a ''

Shipping companies around the world have secured a hefty decrease in the cost of reinsuring their sh

One year after the Clinton administration refused to open the Mexican border to trucking under the N

With tens of millions of dollars at stake, two longtime California rivals, the insurance industry an

Sometime early next year - perhaps as soon as January - a 300-foot freighter will leave France with

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Wednesday, rising against the Deutsche mark but falling ag

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

Foreigners investing in China's fledgling stock markets may hold back and readjust their positions i

Germany will not meet the fiscal criteria of the Maastricht Treaty next year, and the government's c

Japan's trade surplus confounded expectations and rose last month for the first time in two years, a

The U.S. government plans to step up its efforts to help India modernize its power, telecommunicatio

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 29, '95 - Dec. 18, '96 (a graph)* A

WESTERN GERMAN MOODIS GLUM, SURVEY SAYSFRANKFURT - A survey of western Germany's manufacturi

The audio-visual sector has been carved out of a pending global treaty to extend copyright protectio

Japan's Environment Agency Wednesday urged caution in providing trade insurance and loans to China's

The European Union is warning the Boeing Co. and McDonnell Douglas Corp. that their plan to merge an

Car sales in Indonesia dropped 15 percent in the first 11 months of thisyear, according to an indust

''It ain't gonna be pretty . . . It's going to put a deep hurt on a lot of people.''

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Leftist guerrillas holding at least 200 hostages in the Japanese ambassador's residence in Peru thre

Brazil is looking for a few thirsty investors. The Latin American giant needs to upgrade its water s

EU PROBING FRENCH AIDTO THOMSON, SUBSIDIARYBRUSSELS - The European Commission said Wednesday

China's top judge has urged police to intensify their ''Strike Hard'' battle against crime next year

In the last five years, investors have rushed to put their markers, and their money, on high-stakes

Worldwide software piracy losses hit $13.2 billion in 1995, an 8 percent increase over 1994, accordi

General Motors Corp. Wednesday denied a press report that it was poised to make afresh effort to set

ITC CLEARS US TO PROBEILLEGAL STEEL DUMPINGWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission c

TRUCK WAS TRANSPORTINGNUKES, SENATORS CONFIRMLINCOLN, Neb. - A semitrailer truck that overtu

SHIPSNAME OF SUBSTANDARDBRITISH SHIP REVEALEDLONDON - The identity of a ship held fo

Burlington Motor Carriers Inc., a leading trucking company in its sector when it filed for bankruptc

Here tourists and families shop and play just 1,500 feet - about two or three city blocks - from one

SEA-LAND ADDS CRANETO SAN JUAN PORT FACILITYSAN JUAN - Sea-Land Service Inc., is improving s

CSX Transportation Inc. has instituted a hiring freeze for management employees in an apparent move

Tired of the legal and financial demands made by smaller cities along the route of the Alameda Corri

ONGOINGS.O.S. Safety on Ships. Through Dec. 30. New York. Exhibit on New York's maritime tra

The Western Fuels Association, a coal-supplying cooperative, is pressing the Surface Transportation

1513 (Dec. 17, 1996) Previous day - 1507The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Cass Information Systems' November freight index shows a sharp increase in spending by transportatio