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A global framework of rules on trade and investment would increase security and predictability, acco

The United States came under attack Wednesday from industrialized and developing countries as it blo

''It wasn't right and I had to do something.''

FRANCE FAVORS LAGARDEREAS SUITOR FOR THOMSONPARIS - The French government said Wednesday it

U.S. banks are losing out to their European counterparts in financing Latin infrastructure projects

Thailand is taking steps necessary to gain certification from the United States that will end a part

SWEDISH INACTIONON PIRACY ANGERS USSTOCKHOLM - The United States is preparing to officially

The colder Russia gets, the better Canadian businessmen like it. That, at least, is what the makers

Worldwide semiconductor revenues are expected to decline more than 9 percent this year to $137 billi

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

Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose to the highest level since January 1994 against the Japanese yen Tuesday, and t

A banking association for Central and Eastern Europe was established Tuesday when the Clearing Bank

BILL AIMS AT HALTINGTRADE SECRET THEFTWASHINGTON - President Clinton signed into law a bill

Nearly 4,000 General Motors Corp. workers in the United States and Mexico were sent home from assemb

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 20, '95 - Oct. 15, '96 (a graph)* A

The European Union will unveil plans today to enforce budgetary discipline in its planned single cur

''That encouraged us to add county jails and penal institutions to our address verification system.'

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

JAPANESE FIRMS MAY PAYTAXES ON OVERSEAS FINESTOKYO - The Finance Ministry plans to make taxa

As trade gets tougher and overseas investors have more options to choose from, Taiwan's government i

More U.S. households are in debt than their Japanese counterparts, but the average outstanding loan

Last week in the New York and European money markets, Russia's President Boris Yeltsin died for two

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday stressed the urgency of establishing a comprehensive tax

HUNGARY DISMISSESHEAD OF PRIVATIZATIONLONDON - The Hungarian minister in charge of privatiza

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

Enova Corp. and Pacific Enterprises announced they will merge into one of the nation's largest utili

HOW TO USE:Trade leads on this page are listed according to type of lead. Codes preceding ea

HOW TO USE:Trade leads on this page are listed according to type of lead. Codes preceding ea

Mexico's surprise weekend decision to back away from privatizing secondary petrochemical plants has

The U.S. Customs Service is escalating its war on textiles and apparel illegally transshipped throug

What nuclear inspectors have learned about problems at nuclear power plants in Connecticut and Maine

European Union Environment Commissioner Ritt Bjerregaard will push Wednesday for scientists to repor

Trade executives from the western United States met their counterparts in the Far Eastern city of Kh

OCEANS PANEL CHIEFURGES MORE AWARENESSGENEVA - The chief of the Independent World Commission

TOTEM OCEAN TRAILEREXPRESS INC.Caroline Higgins was promoted to Fairbanks manager, with resp

Cote d'Ivoire should announce in the next few months specifics of the sale of its Compagnie Ivoirien

OFFERS TO BUYOffice furniture & equipmentRef No.: 044251 Filed: 10-02-96Looking for

While power projects in developing countries offer enormous opportunities for exporters and investor

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Oct. 9, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel de