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Kent C. ''Oz'' Nelson, chairman and chief executive officer of United Parcel Service, is the 1996 re

All the big names in the mobile phone industry are rushing into China, but they are thinking small,

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LONDON INSURERS EASELAND WAR EXCLUSION RULELONDON - Insurance companies here and Lloyd's of

Instead of ringing in the new year, transportation executives and companies on the West Coast are tr

Canadian Pacific Ltd. is trying to purchase a Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. that has shown resilience in

After more than a decade of waiting for the government to act, rail shippers have another method for

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

U.S. manufacturers ended 1996 with one more month of bigger export orders and larger imports of mate

The U.S. dollar was mixed in thin trading Thursday, as the outlook for higher interest rates was off

India's business community says it is welcoming a government plan announced earlier this week to rel

The arrest of a top Mexican tourism official this week on graft charges has cast a shadow on debate

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South Korea's two union umbrella groups said Thursday they would restart strikes as early as today t

Hong Kong will publish today proposals intended to lure more in-house insurance operations by easing

U.S. manufacturers of gaming equipment, along with casino operators from Las Vegas to Atlantic City,

BEIJING OPENS WHOLESALESOFTWARE MARKETBEIJING - China has opened its first wholesale market

''Like any other successful transnational enterprise, it effectively exploits the global trade and f

Kentucky's insurance commissioner says he doesn't expect to undo an insurance company merger approve

A new federal law makes it easier for people with a terminal or chronic illness to use life insuranc

Vietnam's Communist Party leaders have stepped up their war of words against the scourge of corrupti

MEXICO PRIVATIZATION TOGET BRITISH ASSISTANCE MEXICO CITY - British finance officials are

More than 1,000 Cambodian garment workers demonstrated Thursday against a pay cut by their Chinese-M

China's troubled relations with the United States should improve in 1997, but disputes over Taiwan,

Think Arkansas.Bill and Hillary Clinton, Whitewater, scandal. All of that sounds familiar. B

The government is preparing to arrest and deport illegal immigrants who failed to take advantage of

MAQUILADORA NUMBERSINCREASE IN OCTOBERMONTERREY, Mexico - The number of export assembly plan

Brazil's financial sector will witness a major consolidation through the year 2000 with important ad

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a bruising battle with parliament to cut this year's budget, b

Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera vowed in his traditional end-of-the-year message to continue tou

The market for American Depositary Receipts continued its decade-long climb as trading volumes reach

The European Commission said Thursday it was opening a routine probe into the planned $20 billion me

Four private passenger auto insurers tied for the honor of having the fewest number of complaints up

Thursday, Jan. 2, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

SHIPSPORT BLAZE DEVASTATESINDIAN DRY-BULK SITENEW DELHI - It will take six months fo

Six months after the abrupt departure of founder and President Raphael Che, a humbled Genstar Contai

The Port of Tacoma is expected to name Don Meyer interim port director today while it conducts a nat

Federal Express Corp. seems to be making progress in its effort to open another Asian hub in Taiwan,

The Surface Transportation Board announced new rules for handling rail abandonments and discontinued

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