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REGIONAL BLOCSDoing Business With the Three Dragons: The Republic of Korea, Taiwan and Hong

A Nebraska legislator is maneuvering to get his state out of a five-state pact - which includes Arka

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Analysts called it a stroke of genius, and the markets jumped with glee.The new British gove

US PRESSURES KOREATO OPEN AUTO MARKETWASHINGTON - South Korea is openly flouting a 1995 pact

As usual, Gordon Cloney was on the road. The peripatetic chief executive of the International Insura

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

Next year, the International Intermodal Expo is quitting Atlanta, the South's favorite northern city

May 6, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADAINDIA. May 7-10. The U.S. Department of Commerce, in co-sponsor

Bre-X Minerals Ltd. chief geologist John Felderhof, one of the men who discovered the Busang deposit

RELIANCE'S OPERATING NETSOARED 32 PERCENT IN QUARTERNEW YORK - Reliance Group Holdings Inc.

The Brazilian government won a crucial legal victory this week when a high court judge revoked a hos

KANSAS CITYSOUTHERN INDUSTRIESLandon H. Rowland was elected chairman of the board of Kansas

President Clinton came to Mexico bearing gifts - 50 helicopters and four surveillance planes for

After several months of intense negotiations, Jamaica and the United States have agreed on a treaty

HONDA TO BUILDPLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINATOKYO - Japan's Honda Motor Co. said Tuesday its U.S. u

President Boris Yeltsin's public advice last week to buy Russian goods didn't convince domestic tele

Safety is the airline industry's top priority, but the subject is misunderstood by the government, i

EMERY OPENS DIVISIONON INDIAN SUBCONTINENTREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Emery Worldwide has formed

The following product classifications refer to the first two digits of HS tariff codes as published

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 246.34 off 0.28 wh

Condensing history into grand mega-vistas can lead to some startling conclusions.For example

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

A union representing engineers on vessels operated by APL Ltd., the biggest U.S. ship line in the Pa

OFFERS TO BUY* ALUMINUM SCRAP. Contact: Ms. Irene Li, China. Fax: +86 574-7327036. E-mail: n

One of the vital underpinnings of Hong Kong's success is forging closer links with China in what's s

VALUJET AIRLINES FILLSMORE SEATS IN APRILATLANTA - ValuJet Airlines, slowly rebuilding after

Weekly service has debuted between the eastern United States and island nations in the southern Indi

California Gov. Pete Wilson's proposal to privatize the state's workers compensation carrier may exp

MALAYSIA EVALUATES ITSKNOWN OIL, GAS RESERVESSINGAPORE - Known oil and gas reserves in Malay

In an article on May 5 headlined ''Survey details new woes for insurance executives,'' the comment '

The market for Internet- and Intranet-related computer services in Italy is expected to become one o

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for May 1997 (see Note 1)

TWO COMPETE FOR STAKEIN BULGARIA COPPER PLANTSOFIA, Bulgaria - Swiss trader Glencore and Bel

The eighth biannual U.S.-European Coal Conference opened here Monday amid a backdrop of falling pric

TRANSAMERICA LEASINGTO BUY GERMAN FIRMPURCHASE, N.Y. - Transamerica Leasing Inc. has reached

Even as U.S. officials resist exporting the latest data encryption technology for national security

Caribbean leaders are hoping that their Saturday summit with President Clinton in Barbados will tack

BEN & JERRY'S PREDICTSBENELUX BREAK-EVEN DATEBRUSSELS - Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., which b