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

The U.S. dollar declined in thin trading Tuesday as participants evened their positions ahead of the

China announced Tuesday a preferential tax rate of 15 percent for foreign banks doing business in it

In an attempt to woo foreign investment, the Indian government has decided to give automatic approva

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and NBC television reporter Andrea Mitchell plan to mar

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 5, '95 - Dec. 31, '96 (a graph)* An

Iran and Tajikistan signed 10 documents on trade and economic cooperation, Iranian TV reported in a

Swiss President Jean-Pascal Delamuraz on Tuesday dismissed as ''blackmail'' calls for Switzerland to

CANADIAN LAW TO COUNTERHELMS-BURTON ACTOTTAWA - Legislation to protect Canadian businesses f

''Next year's toys'' (Dec. 27, Page 3A) should have said that Fisher-Price Toys Ltd. is a subsidiary

Engines that stall. Turn signals that don't work.It's been a rocky start for the Toyota Cava

Surprisingly soggy Hong Kong exports should rebound in 1997, aided by an increase in promotional fun

''This business (insurance) is so boring. We have a bit of fun.''

A stroll through the new headquarters of Glaxo Wellcome China Ltd. is a matter of long, barren corri

The Russian Finance Ministry has postponed the announcement of the 1997 program of Eurobonds until n

RIO DE JANEIRO STATETO SWALLOW BANK DEBTBRASILIA - Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state government

SAUDIS INCREASE SECURITYAROUND US CENTERSDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia has incr

Kenya's economic growth rate for 1996 was 4 percent rather than the projected 6 percent, according t

The manufacture of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines all require large amounts of ''precursor'' c

Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin said Tuesday the government's main economic achievement in 1996 w

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Everyone is logging on in Vietnam.The number of personal computers has more than doubled in

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

European export credit insurers are invading the United States, and their ranks are starting to sh

A state Supreme Court decision striking down the way New Mexico taxes certain corporate income carri

REGIONAL BLOCSHow to Export To, Import From & Invest in the Caribbean Basin & Latin America.

ASIA-PACIFICINDIAThe Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs decided to delicense the

The telecommunications sector in Panama changed substantially during the last two years as a result

FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADARUSSIA. Varied dates in December. Thunderbird, the American G

The United States and Guyana are set to begin negotiations in early 1997 that would allow Guyanese l

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

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

The world's widest investigation into the possibly harmful effects of mobile telephones is under way

The Thai Economic Survival Lobby Group, comprising more than 300 finance executives, businessmen and

Santa Claus had a triangular head and came down in a spaceship for one Englishman this year.

Egypt said its economy is growing at 5.7 percent in the current fiscal year, which started July 1, a

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The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Sugarless chocolate was one of the super hit products in Japan for 1996. But chocolate manufacturers