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Before there was a North American Free Trade Agreement, there were the maquiladoras, Mexico's beachh

CHINA WANTS TO WRAP UPTALKS ON MARKET ENTRYBEIJING - China said Thursday it's ready to wrap

RUSSIAN DUMA FAILSTO LIFT '97 DEBT LIMITMOSCOW - Russia's State Duma, the lower house of Par

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.01 off 2.40 w

The Commerce Department has warned business travelers this week against bringing unlicensed cellular

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One of Asia's leading airlines is rethinking acquisition plans, and that could mean further woes for

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250 MINERS LAID OFF WHENGOLD FIRM GOES BUSTBISSETT, Manitoba - More than 250 miners were abr

He's nowhere near as controversial as civil rights appointee Bill Lann Lee, but new China trade nego

The murder of a U.S. executive under mysterious circumstances here is raising new questions about cr

A heated battle between the world's two biggest aircraft manufacturers for a new contract with Israe

'We would not jeopardize safety just to save a couple of dollars.'

Japan has agreed to cut tariffs and discriminatory taxes for foreign-made whiskey, gin and other dis

The United States and 33 other nations signed a convention Wednesday outlawing business bribes to fo

Kvaerner's acquisition of Philadelphia's shipyard is part of a plan to create the world's first glob

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In addition to defending itself in lawsuits filed by waterfront employers, the International Longsho

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 16, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High

OFFERS TO BUY* PRODUCTION LINE FOR SANITARY NAPKIN. Contact: Gong Bo, China. Fax: +86 10-646

MATSON, APL IMPROVEGUAM TRANSIT TIMESSAN FRANCISCO - Matson Navigation Co. and APL Ltd. revi

Ocean carriers should not be allowed to set joint prices for the inland legs of trans-Atlantic voyag

The U.S. dollar plunged Wednesday as the Japanese government surprised the market with a $15.4 billi

Wednesday Dec. 17, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

EU REDEFINES STATUSOF RUSSIA AND CHINABRUSSELS - The European Commission Wednesday announced

As the cash registers ring and the wine glasses drain, while we swirl through another season of holi

Liberty Mutual Group said Wednesday it is tapping a new vein in the Latin American gold mine, buying

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Mexico has begun offering the bidding packages for one of the most sought-after concessions in its o

U.S. Ambassador Thomas Foley Wednesday praised Japan's proposed income tax cut as a way to boost the

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China's efforts to privatize unwieldy state-run shipping conglomerates are getting a shot in the arm

Whatever its current economic woes, South Korea hopes to complete an ambitious port program.

As of Dec. 17, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

LLOYD'S UNFAZED BY WRITCHARGING IT WITH FRAUDLONDON - Lloyd's of London Wednesday dismissed

The American P&I Club will participate in the pooling arrangement shared by the other International

The Croatia Line vessel Sarajevo Express was delayed and under arrest for undetermined reasons at th