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TANK CONTAINER LESSORS PLAN NEW STANDARDSCOLOGNE, Germany - Six of the largest tank

Gluten is a sticky business. The gray, gluelike mixture of proteins is what holds bread toge

Ignoring strong objections from the European Union, President Clinton reached agreement Tuesday with

House leaders are trying to cobble a narrowly defined bill to keep alive free-trade talks with Chile

It's easy to hear the son of a Teamster when Michael Wickham speaks. "He has a lot of faith

Weeks of budget negotiations in which the White House and Congress have budged very little neverthel

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

Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. current account trade deficit narrowed in the third quarter to $39.482 billion on a seasona

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 16, '94 - Dec. 12, '95 (a graph) (2

A key House leader has drafted a bill that would give the Commerce Department unprecedented discreti

U.S. farm groups have failed in their bid to persuade developing countries to phase out an ozone-har

If you make a mistake on a letter of credit it will cost you money, and possibly cost you an importa

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Tuesday, as a surprisingly sharp rise in producer prices stirred specu

"Everyone should be concerned about U.S. trade policy because everyone is affected, if not directly

TISSUE PAPER GIANTS CLEARED FOR MERGERThe European Union's competition authority has cleared

Ukraine's exports of merchandise goods in the first nine months of 1995 rose by 7.9 percent to $10.5

European Union industrial production rose 0.3 percent between the second and third quarters of the y

After a tough couple of years that featured weak export prices and low volumes, U.S. coal shippers f

The newly created local unit of Aetna Life & Casualty Co. intends to broaden its product range in se

Domestic coal prices continued downward in 1995 and are likely to follow that course into 1996, driv

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Demand for coal in the United States is expected to grow steadily in 1996 and 1997, reflecting incre

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The Steel, Machine Building and Electronics Ministry reported production would rise 30 percent and e

Revamping its cotton-spinning sector is deemed crucial to China's textile and garment exports, which

China will be focusing on software, patents and technical services during the rest of the decade as

DOMINICAN WORKERS WIN LABOR CONTRACTWASHINGTON - Workers at a Korean-owned apparel f

Impoverished Laos, hit by hefty increases in the price of food, will see a sharp jump in inflation t

NORTH AMERICA Fashion Jewelry Mart. Jan. 12-14, March 9-16, June 5-8, Sept. 28-Oct. 5, 1996.

American International Group and 20th Century Industries said Tuesday they were forming a joint vent

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland has asked the state insurance commissioner to approve their p

SUPREME COURT DELAYS JUDGMENT AGAINST INSURERBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice A

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER (New York) - Abid M. Kermani has been appointed global business manager and pr

The London Insurance and Reinsurance Market Association is once again sponsoring two places on the C