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AMERITECH ABANDONSCHINESE VENTURECHICAGO - Ameritech Corp. says regulatory hassles with Chin

Hong Kong's financial secretary said on Tuesday the territory can cope with the kind of currency spe

About 2,400 Fruit of the Loom workers scheduled to lose their jobs in October will be eligible for j

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

Freight forwarding group Kuehne & Nagel International has signed an agreement with chemicals and ene

Debate has resurfaced over the creation of a 3 million pound ($4.7 million) reserve fund to finance

When Lockheed took over Argentine airplane engine manufacturer Fabricaciones Militares a couple o

Hopes for an upswing in Germany's battered construction sector ''have not been realized,'' the Germa

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

Aug. 12, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A steady expansion of air cargo business in Asia is prompting Boeing Commercial Airplane Group to sp

Foreign aid to Vietnam, one of the world's poorest countries, is being abused or misused with fees f

Willis Corroon seeks to achieve its ''national initiative'' while retaining the firm's ''separate id

MIDDLE EASTLEBANONThe Lebanese government's plans to boost its agricultural sector w

WORLD BANKJean-Michel Severino was named vice president, East Asia and Pacific. For more inf

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As of Aug. 12, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

REGIONAL BLOCSCanada, Mexico Documentation and Nafta Rules of Origin Seminars. Aug. 13, Atla

OFFERS TO SELL* ARMANI, VERSACE, TRUSSARDI, DG, VALENTINO, ETC. Contact: Gianni Emiliani, Gi

Monday Aug. 11, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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Air cargo capacity between North America and South Korea has been increasing steadily, and more is i

Top executives of Japan's Yamaichi Securities Co. resigned Monday to take responsibility for alleged

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 243.69 up 0.86 whi

As of Aug. 11, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Iraq cleared the last hurdle for resuming oil sales under a U.N. plan that allows Baghdad to sell li

West Coast waterfront employers are suing the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to recover

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 23, 1996 - Aug. 11, 1997 (a graph)*

The generally positive French economic indicators released last week, although improving the outlook

Waterfront employers and dockworkers disagree on many issues in Los Angeles-Long Beach, but they do

Ukraine, site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster, closed down another of its nuclear cente

As Asia sparks the interest of the Big Three U.S. auto makers, the Philippine government will stage

'There are a couple of multinationals that get hit more than 30 times a month.'

Investors are flocking to help salvage a ship that was torpedoed in 1916 on its way to deliver champ

Mexican law enforcement authorities are questioning crewmembers of the Transportacion Maritima Mexic

International Petroleum ExchangeAug. 11, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Euroclear, the world's largest clearance and settlement system for international securities, Monday

Economics Professor Richard Gift likens the factors at work in the loss of 2,000 textile jobs in Ken

Hard Rock Cafe International Inc. said Monday it signed an agreement with Singapore-based Leisure Ve