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REGIONAL BLOCSLegal, Cultural & Practical Aspects of Doing Business in the Arab World. Nov.

As the security system industry is export-oriented and fast-growing, the Taiwan market for security

A boom in regional tourism is driving Budget Rent a Car Corp. into rapid expansion in Asia.'

Portugal, facing growing competition from its European neighbors, is stepping up efforts to remain a

NORTH AMERICAItalian Wine Gala. Nov. 15-16. New York. Contact: Italian Wine and Food Institu

Mongolia, Bosnia, Ethiopia and Senegal are among the nations that will benefit from the Internationa

ASIA-PACIFICAUSTRALIAVarious foods, cosmetics, garments, construction materials, bic

Discussions between Washington and Tokyo set to begin next week over access to Japan's apple markets

SHIPSFEFC TO MEETON TARIFF REVISIONLONDON - Members of the Far Eastern Freight Confe

Federal Express Corp. may not be No. 1 in China, but it's certainly striving to get there.Th

The Long Beach Harbor Commission Monday approved a lease with China Ocean Shipping Co. that indicate

Sam Hedge's grandson was several weeks old before they met.That's not unusual in his line of

AIRBUS ORDERS TO TRIPLETHIS YEAR OVER LASTBRUSSELS - The Airbus Industrie consortium will wi

A controversial plan to restrict certain crossings at the bustling Texas-Mexico border is being caut

Point, click and ship. Most of us have heard of this phrase and of the attempts by giants like Feder

Boeing Co. issued a service bulletin recommending that worldwide operators of its popular 737 twin-j

COURT RULING DUEON AIR LIBERTE SALEPARIS - A French commercial court is scheduled to rule to

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The Surface Transportation Board has suspended a third attempt by the National Classification Commit

Loose lips stop ships.Saudi Arabian authorities late last week fined and extracted an apolog

Monday, Nov. 4, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 30, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

Eighty years ago, as war flames consumed Europe, a periscope knifed through the waters off Rhode Isl

The U.S. dollar rose against the Japanese yen Monday after a Pentagon spokesman said a U.S. F-16 fig

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

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Slower growth in import prices has been a big help in holding down inflation, allowing the Federal R

1333 (Nov. 4, 1996) Previous day - 1323The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Nov. 9, '95 - Nov. 4, '96 (a graph)* Ann

The trillion-dollar global insurance industry, heavily regulated in the United States, is bound to b

NAC RE CORP.Nicholas M. Brown Jr. was named the holding company's president and chief operat

Many of California's 300 workers' compensation insurance companies have over the past few years been

In 1994, USAir Flight 427 slammed into the ground near Pittsburgh at 300 miles per hour, pulverizing

Contrary to reports, the European Union has no immediate plans to haul the United States before the

A proposed global telecommunications trade pact could help ease the way for U.S. companies to merge

AIRGERMANY AND CANADAON PATH TO AIR PACTBONN - Germany and Canada have taken the fir

Norfolk Southern Corp., despite talks with competing bidder CSX Corp., said Monday it will press ahe

The two frustrated contenders for the job of making a former U.S. naval base into a new containerpor

On a spring day earlier this year, a Korean containership faced a touchy situation as it steamed thr