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New financial controls imposed by China on its trading companies have drastically cut the flow of im

Russia's draft 1999 budget, which the government says is vital for securing international credits, w

Focusing on budget deficit reduction and moving forward on the path of fiscal reform remain key cons

Raymond B. Greer did not expect to find himself suddenly president of Ryder Integrated Logistics.

Ballooning businessman Richard Branson faced a storm of criticism from passengers Monday after one o

China plans to revamp the purchase and distribution of cotton this year in what officials say is a m

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Nationwide Insurance has received about 1,400 claims from Virginia policyholders who suffered losses

Lincoln Financial Advisors will promote the sale of Standard Insurance Co.'s group products through

Ecuador's economic cabinet will present legislation to Congress this month that will increase the st

LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 30, 1998 as supplied by the bunk

Trade attorneys working with the apparel and textiles companies that manufacture in Central America

In an unusual partnership, environmentalists, polluters, local municipalities and the Environmental

Ukraine's government will hold a special meeting Jan. 11 to review the progress made in the reform p

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The Beijing West Railway Station opened two years ago with grandiose official fanfare, its towering

A mechanical malfunction forced more than 1,500 passengers in Japan to spend the last night of their

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 191.22 up 0.51 w

New-car registrations in France rose 9.1 percent to 169,884 in December 1998 compared with December

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsSep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May J

Japan's outspoken justice minister on Monday accused the United States of relying on military threat

Pressure is increasing on Britain's state-owned Post Office after Lynx Express on Monday acquired ri

U.S. soybean export sales for 1998-99 are running 23.5 percent behind a year ago, and, combined with

Maine's legislature soon will tackle some key insurance reform bills.The bills would deregul

Grain marketing ground to a halt in much of the Midwest Monday, bogged down in snow drifts created b

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

The European single currency, the euro, made a solid, if less than spectacular, debut Monday, firmin

As of Jan 4, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supp

Finnish Transport and Communications Minister Matti Aura resigned on Monday in the aftermath of the

AMR Corp., owner of American Airlines, is selling AMR Services, its ground services subsidiary that

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Reuters has sold its British health-care subsidiaries, Reuters Health Information and Distal SA, to

The Insurance Federation of Minnesota estimates 1998 insured storm losses in the state for 20 proper

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Almost 9,000 people, mostly children below the age of 5, died in Iraq during November because of int

784 (Jan. 4, 1998) Previous day - 794The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lond

The Sol y Mar shipping company will charter space to Frontier Liner Services in the trade between po

China will grant trade authorization to more companies this year, especially private manufacturing c

The International Monetary Fund should be transformed into a global central bank to help prevent new