
Saturday, July 3, 1999
N Ireland peace talks deadlocked
The Northern Ireland peace talks were deadlocked today, forcing the British and Irish governments to decide the next step in search of an agreement on terms for IRA disarmament.

Inro seeks support as natural rubber price nosedives
The price of natural rubber dropped through a key threshold on Friday, prompting the International Natural Rubber Organisation (INRO) to renew its call for support to enable it to drive prices from 30-year lows.

BNP sweetens its offers for SocGen, Paribas
France's banking battle heated up further as Banque Nationale de Paris SA, signaling its continued determination to create the world's largest bank, sweetened its offers for both Societe Generale SA and Paribas SA.

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