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A New Jersey task force today will begin taking up a challenge that has stymied all previous comers

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The European Union has delayed voting on last weekend's global accord outlawing shipyard subsidies.<

Imagine being Pee-Wee Herman's agent. Or Bob Barker's publicist. Or the reservations clerk at the Ta

Shipping lines that fled the French port of Le Havre last month because of labor stoppages are expec

These footwear movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the two weeks ended J

Sen. John Breaux, D-La., says an international agreement to eliminate many shipyard subsidies around

Maritime industry officials and labor leaders urged dockworkers on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts to t

RUSSIAN YARD WORKERS JOIN PROTEST, MAY STRIKEVLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Thousands of mari

Illinois Central Corp. confirmed Tuesday that it will buy Kansas City Southern Railway for an estima

In a policy change, the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service said Tuesday that it has taken c

The House Ways and Means Committee is likely to scale down a proposed increase in tonnage taxes, a m

U.S. country-of-origin rules for textiles and apparel will be altered under amendments that are expe

"Three days of peace and music" is how Woodstock was billed in 1969. Twenty-five years later

Red Delicious apples from Washington state have landed in Shanghai, ending a ban on U.S. fruit and v

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit in May swelled to its highest monthly level in more than six year

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The Russian blood of Christ may soon flow from California. A tiny contingent of Napa and Son

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Ask Victor Lichtinger Wiseman if he can be independent from the U.S., Canadian and Mexican governmen

Environmentalists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are upbeat about the appointment of Mexica

China could become one of New Zealand's top dairy markets in less than 10 years, returning up to $25

RUSSIAN LEADER SAYS MORE INVESTMENT VITALMOSCOW - Foreign investment in Russia amoun

A Georgetown man who was made to wash courthouse windows because his religion excused him from jury

Two Indiana insurance companies announced they will form a strategic alliance to pool their sales fo

First came no-load mutual funds. Then, no-haggle auto prices. Now, for the increasingly informed and

The agency charged with rescuing the nation's savings-and-loan industry is foreclosing on a 42.5 acr

TAIWAN LAWMAKERS OK HEALTH INSURANCE BILLTAIPEI, Taiwan - Legislators approved a bil

MGIC 2ND-QUARTER NET ROSE TO $38.5 MILLIONMILWAUKEE - MGIC Insurance Corp., which, t

When Alvin M. Chester decided to install hurricane shutters on his rebuilt home in South Dade, he wa

With promises of investment incentives, cheap labor and unhampered access to markets, U.S. companies

The Clinton administration is prepared to take action to limit imports of Canadian wheat if a last-d

The United States maritime industry has witnessed revolutionary change over the past 30 years, but t

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Tuesday, July 19, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCan

Sub-Saharan Africa took the investing prize for emerging markets in the first six months of 1994.

As China welcomed one senior U.S. official and awaited another, it launched a blistering attack Tues

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Led by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, a committee of governors unanimously backed the glob

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