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When Volkswagen started selling its new Beetle in the United States earlier this year, there were a

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LONDON - The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Sept. 16, 1998 as supplied by the bun

Balboa is a town like few others in Panama. The streets are wide, the lawns manicured and the atmosp

891 (September 21, 1998) Previous day - 882The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

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Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov is casting about for backing for his new protectionist economic cour

'We should remember it is very dangerous to have global markets without global law, global markets w

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

The United States will not object to the efforts of Caribbean countries to increase trade and other

Fitch IBCA, the international ratings agency, Monday downgraded Japan's long-term foreign currency r

A new ruling from China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange will make it harder for foreign f

California investment bank Hambrecht & Quist acquired a controlling stake in South Korea's fifth-big

The recent crash of Customs' aging Automated Commercial System should serve as a fire under the chai

The Coca-Cola Co. suspended production in Zambia in a dispute with the government over excise tax, a

About 1,000 insurance company executives from around Asia will converge on Macau this week for the E

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CHUBB GROUPOF INSURANCE COS.Sylvester ''Sy'' Green was named an executive vice president of

Offering a twist to the term ''sweat equity,'' Hewitt Associates, Pitney Bowes Inc. and the Alliance

Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Europe's fourth-largest cargo hub, faces a fresh threat today when milit

UAL SEEKS NEW PRESIDENTAFTER EDWARDSON RESIGNSA successor to John Edwardson as president and

United Parcel Service and Challenge Air Cargo have teamed up to offer customers improved service to

Despite all the bells and whistles, things move slowly in cyberspace. I wish companies would keep th

Frankfurt Airport is facing a determined onslaught by rivals eager to topple it from its coveted pos

Stevens Air Transport has established an Eastern regional headquarters in Cherry Hill, N.J., with pl

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Poor Southern Air Transport.Twice in the past two months the carrier has accepted marriage p

The U.S. government took its second step in a week to fight textile transshipments from China as it

The U.S. government announced it will ban wood-packaged imports from China beginning Dec. 17, firing

It could be ironic that some Republicans are calling for President Clinton's ouster over sex, lies a

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

If an emergency meeting today of the Federal Maritime Commission uncovers discrimination against shi

In his first meeting with top field officers from across the country, new Customs Commissioner Raymo

The yen strengthened from 136 to the dollar to 132 last Thursday as Japan's politicians came one ste

Despite the upheaval in Russia's financial position, the Russian Central Bank announced Friday that

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 14, 1997 - Sept. 18, 1998 (a graph)

Japanese steelmakers will voluntarily curb exports to the United States, which have been expanding s

Yahagi Iron Co., a steel product company, filed for bankruptcy protection at the Nagoya District Cou

World Trade Organization Managing Director Renato Ruggiero said he will not rule out a global recess