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TAIWAN SAYS IT CAN'TSHIP WASTE IN FEBRUARYHONG KONG - Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council sees as

Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov has assured his French counterpart, Herve de Charette, tha

Enron Corp.'s proposed $3.2 billion acquisition of Portland General Corp. hit a stumbling block afte

The first phase of revolutionary new meat inspection rules, which require U.S. slaughter plants to t

The Hong Kong billionaire who founded Consolidated Electric Power Asia says he can't understand obje

If you're a small or medium-sized exporter and you were told that you could legally slash yourtax bi

REGIONAL BLOCSHow Business & U.S. Customs Are Adapting in a New Regulatory Era. Feb. 3-4. Ca

Seasoned commodity traders and wannabes are now able to research, chart and yes, execute, trades, al

Agricultural production is the single major contributory factor to Pakistan's GDP, the contribution

Taiwan's government approved $2.461 billion of inward foreign investment in all of 1996, down 16.0 p

NORTH AMERICASurfaces '97. Feb. 20-22. Las Vegas. Contact: Sherrill Uyeda, Burson-Marsteller

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADAThe following business missions are scheduled for the coming mo

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WESTERN EUROPEGERMANYThe German cabinet agreed that government employees who call in

ARMENIAPRODUCT: CONSUMER GOODSCOMPANY: ARSENAL CORP.Established in 1994 by a group o

Two of Europe's largest air carriers, facing intense cost pressures on their freighter runs, caught

After failing repeatedly in Congress, the nation's most basic law that governs exports has become a

Shipping lines in the beleaguered eastbound trans-Pacific trades on Monday scrapped a plan to bolste

Bitter cold weather in the Midwest and extensive flooding in California so far have taken a negligib

Monday, Jan. 27, 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 resumed its recent rise Monday, bouncing back quickly from Friday's consolidation.

Latin countries in recent years have made significant steps in opening their economies to foreign co

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 2, '96 - Jan. 27, '97 (a graph)* An

CHINA'S 1996 DEBT HIT$7 BILLION, SURVEY SAYSBEIJING - China's hemorrhaging state sector moun

Cuba can hold out for decades if need be against U.S. political and economic pressure and the world'

The economic policies of developing nations are beginning to look a lot like those of the developed

The European Union, committed to improving relations with the United States after a year strained by

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has attacked controversial U.S. legislation which penalizes compa

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

Sales of ''golden oldies'' albums in Japan are expected to jump, thanks to better copyright protecti

''Instead of 320 ideas and long policy negotiations, we need to spend more time on targeted, specifi

EU POSTS $3.4 BILLIONNAFTA TRADE DEFICITBRUSSELS - The European Union recorded a 2.9 billion

Caribbean economies saw moderate to robust growth last year based on expansions in manufacturing, ag

Foreign banks are making an unexpectedly powerful foray into Mexican retail banking, shaking up an i

South Florida farmers have opened a new front in their fight with the North American Free Trade Agre

JAPAN'S '96 TRADE DEFICITWITH CHINA UP $5 BILLIONTOKYO - Japan's merchandise trade deficit w

The Russian Federal Aviation Service is forecasting purchases by its domestic air carriers of up to

President Kim Young-sam Monday called for a sweeping probe into the bankruptcy of a major South Kore