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Agribusiness giant ConAgra Inc. will pay $8.3 million in fines and penalties as part of a plea agree

LAWYERS IN EXXON CASESEEK $1 BILLION IN FEESANCHORAGE - Plaintiffs' attorneys in the Exxon V

AIRSCHOTT INC.Tony Sequeira was named executive vice president of this Washington-based frei

Three U.S. senators will introduce a federal no-fault auto insurance measure that provides states wi

West Virginia and New Hampshire became the latest states to advance legislation allowing state banks

An easing of restrictions on intracoastal shipping in Brazil and ongoing port privatization are spur

Shippers to Central America are being offered a third weekly sailing from South Florida as part of a

Flush from last year's record-setting sales and with no evidence of a letup this year, global cruise

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City by city, urban center by urban center, a war is taking place in Mexico.A telephone war,

The president of the Teamsters union is massing an army of 11,000 organizers to march on the nation'

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An angry, frustrated Alan E. Baer says his voice as a vital middleman in the shipment of cargo overs

SHIPSAILORS FACE PROSECUTIONIN STOWAWAY DEATHSHALIFAX - Six Taiwanese sailor

There aren't just two sides in the watershed debate over ocean shipping deregulation, which resumes

Wednesday, March 19, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose above 1.68 Deutsche marks Wednesday on realizations that any delay in European

The Journal of Commerce has made three editorial appointments to reflect the newspaper's expansion o

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky is turning to a mutual fund executive to serve as her

If you believe all the gloomy headlines, you'd think Asia was falling apart. Daily reports detail ho

Most international economists believe the European Union's plan to launch a common currency by Janua

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, March 22, 1996 - March 19, 1997 (a graph)

MEXICO'S ALESTRA SIGNSPHONE DEAL WITH HOTELSMEXICO CITY - The Mexican telephone company Ales

Caribbean banana exporters fear extensive damage to their market following a ruling this week by the

''When you're doing business overseas, you're a barbarian. Whether you're male or female makes littl

European airline manufacturer Airbus Industrie has been negotiating with U.S., European and Asian co

Nearly half the Russian economy is controlled by organized crime, and billions of dollars are hemorr

FRANCE TELECOM DENIESINTEREST IN SPRINT BIDPARIS - France Telecom denied Wednesday that it i

OFFERS TO BUY* KINDER SURPRISE EGGS. One 40-ft. container or truck per month. Send full deta

As China's home market for motorcycles sputters, its army of manufacturers is looking abroad under p

Japan hasn't returned to its former export-led trade structure despite the recent surge in the trade

The director-general of the World Trade Organization, Renato Ruggiero, has proposed a summit meeting

CONSORTIUM WINSSECOND GAS CONCESSIONMEXICO CITY - A U.S.-Mexican consortium has racked up it

The United States is expected to make another request Thursday for a World Trade Organization panel

Rules being drafted here will determine how ''trillions of dollars'' worth of minerals are recovered

A group of congressmen led by Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, D- R.I., introduced a bill this week to halt

Grain traffic on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway was disappointing in 1996, but there are so

Ports in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway range, which battled back from a slow and icy start in

Toy manufacturer Mattel Inc. has signed a large-volume contract with the group of ship lines that se