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Thailand's weakened baht has boosted exports, but the nation's balance-of-payments deficit has widen

TEXAS WEIGHS DISCOUNTFOR HAIL-RESISTANT ROOFSAUSTIN, Texas - Texas homeowners who invest in

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United Technologies Corp. doesn't operate everywhere in China. It just seems that way.An air

HOLLAND AMERICA RETIRESFLAGSHIP ROTTERDAM VOne of the world's most venerable cruise ships ha

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

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Tuesday Sept. 30, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

UNION REPS CHALLENGEFEDEX CHAIR ON COSTSMEMPHIS - Union representatives exchanged some angry

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 243.49 up 0.77 whi

The Asian Development Bank announced Tuesday it had approved a $200 million loan to help finance a r

China's appeal as a mecca for cheap garment manufacturing is waning, not so much through rising cost

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

'The Communists were the only political party ever to get rich at their ownfuneral.'

Russia's willingness to accept U.S. quota and price limits on shipments of steel plate was necessary

RUSSIA OPENS BIDDINGON EASTERN OILMOSCOW - Russia's Federal Property Fund on Tuesday opened

Further weakness prevailed in Southeast Asian currencies Tuesday with the Malaysian ringgit, Indones

AETNA INC.Timothy A. Holt was named chief investment officer of the Hartford insurer. Mr. Ho

Ending a ban on U.S. nuclear power equipment exports to China was strongly endorsed Tuesday by a maj

Top decision-makers at the nation's largest life insurers believe that solving the distribution ridd

Shippers, caught by surprise last year when the United States imposed air cargo security measures, u

986 (Sept. 30, 1997) Previous day - 987The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursda

Trucking is securing its hold as the preferred mode for moving cargo in the reform economies of Cent

FIDUCIARY TRUSTCOMPANY INTERNATIONALMarilyn Fee White, a former Oppenheimer Capital executiv

RUSSIA'S SIDANCO SAYSOIL OUTPUT WILL FALL 2 PERCENTMOSCOW - Russian oil company Sidanco expe

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1277 (Sept. 30, 1997) Previous day - 1279The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

USFreightways Corp. has acquired all the outstanding shares of Seko Worldwide and its subsidiary com

Canada's cargo-handling equipment market reached US$309 million in 1996, an 8.8 percent rise over 19

The trailer and container fleet designed to carry North American intermodal shipments increased 4 pe

Bulgaria's Privatization Agency signed an agreement with Deutsche Morgan Grenfell under which the in

Up and running since April, the Port of Shreveport-Bossier has already hit the 100,000-ton mark as t

One of Trinidad and Tobago's largest conglomerates is investing $45 million in a glass bottle plant

U.S.-China Industrial Exchange Inc. sells medical supplies and medical equipment to Chinese consumer

U.S. grain companies hope to feed their own bottom line by satisfying China's appetite for a healthi

Adolph Sinkow, president of Marsin Medical International, has some advice for first-time businessmen