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BRUSSELS, Belgium – Renewing a U.S. demand that allies maintain an arms embargo on China (search), the Bush administration on Tuesday said it would welcome a European decision to reconsider the controversial issue. Responding to reports attributed to European diplomats that a decision to authorize weapons sales was being reconsidered, …

BOSTON – Gillette Co. (G) said Thursday that solid sales of its shaving, dental care and battery products lifted fourth-quarter profits by 13 percent, slightly below Wall Street expectations, as the consumer goods company prepares to be acquired by Procter & Gamble Co. (PG). Gillette reported net income for the …

INDEPENDENCE, La. – Amtrak’s (search) City of New Orleans train hit a truck at a railroad crossing Thursday, killing two men in the train’s second fatal wreck in five days on a 10-mile span of track. The men were in an electrical contractor’s bucket truck, Tangipahoa Parish (search) sheriff’s spokesman …