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Thailand's benchmark stock index dropped below 600 points Tuesday for the first time since the Thai

Ignoring U.S. threats to take the matter to the World Trade Organization for informal talks, Turkish

UPS customers Monday expressed relief that the company would begin ground service Wednesday, but man

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United Parcel Service, the world's largest transportation company, today begins trying to put the mo

Tuesday Aug. 19, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Three Chinese firms are among those chosen for the second phase of the controversial Three Gorges da

China is relying on American know-how to pry loose oil and natural gas deposits it's been wrestling

China's prominent place in the global spotlight - and the tendency of many foreigners to equate ''gu

Jordan's free-market reforms are paying off.The uncertainty surrounding the Middle East peac

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The Teamsters union showed over the last two weeks that it could still flex its muscle, capture the

The future of the two agencies that offer U.S. companies political risk insurance in developing coun

The Clinton administration says it has questions about contacts between Chinese companies and elemen

Just minutes after the tentative agreement between United Parcel Service and the Teamsters was annou

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

It's as easy as putting a disk in the wrong drive, but high-tech trade groups say software piracy co

John Clancey, president and chief executive of Sea-Land Service Inc., took time recently to sit down

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An improbable coalition of consumer and public policy advocates who are normally at odds with each o

Solectron Corp. signed a logistics contract with Fritz Cos., which has opened an office in Bordeaux,

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The Port of Singapore Authority said its volume for the first seven months of the year equated to 8

Oh, shoot! Is Saint John in danger of becoming just too, too politically correct? Is 200-odd years o

Canadian insurance firm London Insurance Group Tuesday said that Winnipeg-based Great West Lifeco ha

REGIONAL BLOCSCanada, Mexico Documentation and Nafta Rules of Origin Seminars. Aug. 20, Anah

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industry Co. has won a $57 million contract to build an oil platform for

New York Mercantile Exchange - Aug. 18, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

July's import prices were a welcome minus for U.S. inflation and the policy-makers concerned with it

SHIPSKEELUNG PORT PREPARESFOR BERTHING VESSELSTAIPEI - Officials at Keelung

Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

AUGUSTNational Maritime Historical Society. Aug. 30-Sept. 4, New York. Cruise to Bermuda. Co

In Tijuana, Mexico, 4,000 Mexican workers report at 7:30 each morning to their assembly lines at Sam

'They're shoving this down everyone's throat.'

968 (Aug. 19, 1997) Previous day - 968The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

SEDGWICK CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SERVICESThe company, a division of broker Sedgwick Inc. in Chicag

New York's insurance superintendent will travel to Europe next month to try to establish a commissio