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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Japan and South Korea this week in a bid to de

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A top U.S. trade official Monday called for Thailand to open its financial markets to foreigners, sa

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OFFERS TO BUY* POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (KCL). KCl purity: 96 percent; H20: 2 percent; water insol

HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERSALLIANCE WITH SIEMENSMUNICH - German industrial group Siemens AG said

Mexican unions have struck a blow for labor independence and dealt a setback to President Ernesto Ze

South Africa is reshaping its foreign policy to give greater importance to its economic interests, F

U.S.-Central American trade is booming this year as Central American exporters take advantage of a s

Guatemalan broccoli is on the rise.Then again, so are Honduran bananas, Nicaraguan coffee an

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Action on a brewing wheat dispute between the United States and Canada is on hold until September, m

A plan designed to repair some of the damage done by Mississippi River towboats should receive incre

The ferry that carries eager fishermen across the Kenai River all summer grosses $200,000 a season f

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Coca-Cola bottler Panamerican Beverages Inc. will buy Embotelladora Milca, Nicaragua's biggest soft-

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The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Traffic in containerized cargo at the nine Texas and Louisiana ports served by the West Gulf Maritim

The use of part-time labor in the air express industry has come into the cross hairs this month with

South Korea's Samsung Group, one of the largest business concerns in the country, tried to downplay

Construction work for Ling'ao Nuclear Power Plant in Shenzhen - a booming special economic zone in s

In a surprise move late last week, President Boris Yeltsin sacked the man whose direction of Russia'

Scientists have discovered an exotic seaside dweller who can survive the summer sun without sticky s

'Blaming foreign speculators for serious economic problems - while always tempting - is rarely if ev

The Norilsk Nickel Combine and Krasnoyarsk regional government agreed on a restructuring of the comp

The country's main airline, struggling to re-equip and shed years of heavy losses, is halting some f

Summer months are normally a quiet period on the European air cargo scene. However, this year is pr

The Panamanian government will pay $60 million to Panama Ports Co., a subsidiary of Hutchinson Whamp

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Mexico, one of the world's largest oil producers, is oozing crude faster than it can sell it - leavi

The changing of the guard at the Association of American Railroads won't mean major overhauls in the

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Since 1990, Texas has gained more manufacturing jobs than any other state, and the Dallas/Fort Worth

The Mexican government will take control of about half the country's private toll roads and assume 6