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The Asian Development Bank has become the first international financial organization to hold interes

China and the United States are making progress in talks to extend a bilateral textile accord and re

AIRCHINA SETS $1.4 BILLIONFOR AVIATION PROJECTSHONG KONG - China will invest

It's too late to keep intruders such as the zebra mussel and round goby out of the Great Lakes. But

Sea-Land Service Inc., having set some records for business in Hong Kong, is forging closer ties wit

Here is a selected listing of Internet Web sites of government agencies, industrial and labor organi

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

The United States and the 15-nation European Union hope this week to conclude agreements that could

Executives from Norfolk Southern, Conrail and CSX Corp. will meet Friday in Washington to seek a neg

The shipment of dangerous goods by air is relatively safe, but the ValuJet crash will continue to af

As of Jan. 29, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Farmers hung on to a big tax break as the Internal Revenue Service agreed this week to delay enforci

Ministers and senior officials from 14 countries, including the United States, agreed Wednesday to l

CANADA'S CHAN URGESMORE TRADE LIBERALIZATIONOTTAWA - Canada's Secretary of State for Asia-Pa

Hong Kong's Governor Chris Patten and its future chief executive went head to head recently over pro

After more than 150 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong will revert to Beijing's control in fi

The Port of Charleston, S.C., said it expects to top the 6 percent cargo increase it achieved in 199

Last year was a good one for U.S. coal production, and that positive trend is expected to continue f

TOTAL OPEN TO DEALSON REFINERY CAPACITYPARIS - French oil and energy group Total's French re

Jan. 29, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The U.S. dollar was mixed in choppy trading Wednesday, but surged to another near-4-year high above

It will be the middle of the night, and only an executive-type jet, but Hong Kong's new airport will

The long-awaited aviation policy unveiled late last week was dismissed by analysts as lacking in vis

A study is under way on the feasibility of building an intermodal terminal on Staten Island, N.Y., a

ONGOINGAirports Council International - North America. Various events throughout year. Conta

SINGAPORE SEIZES CANNABISWORTH $21 MILLIONSINGAPORE - Singapore authorities said Tuesday the

Jan. 29, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Hong Kong-owned Husky Oil Ltd. of Calgary is preparing to pump $100 million and Canadian technology

Canada will make a decision ''within the next day or two'' on how to handle imports of U.S.-grown ry

APL Ltd., the second-largest U.S.-ship line, reported fourth-quarter and full-year 1996 earnings thi

Citing statements by both Western and Iranian oil officials, Sen. Alfonse D'Amato claimed success fo

Vietnam's government is making clear to officials they could face a firing squad if found guilty of

Ports on the West and Gulf coasts will be completing more than $300 million in new terminalfacilitie

AIG, AETNA TO ENTERMEXICAN PENSION MARKETNEW YORK - American International Group and a unit

Maersk Inc. is tapping into extensive modern road and rail links spreading across once war-weary sou

The 2-year-old joint venture involving Iveco, the Fiat affiliate, Gazprom, Russia's powerful gas mon

Wednesday Jan. 29, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Louis Parise, president of the National Maritime Union, has resigned from office and severed all con

INDONESIA 'NATIONAL CAR'SOON WILL BE MADE THEREJAKARTA, Indonesia - After blowing previous d

Liberalization of India's telecommunication market took a hit this week when the Department of Telec