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AFRICABOTSWANAThe impressive performance of manufactured exports is a notable feature of Bot

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

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

A new class of hungry competitors in Asia, led by South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan and China, is hackin

Monday, Aug. 26, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Finally we can settle the argument over what the orchestra was playing the night the Titanic went do

The U.S. dollar drifted lower against the Japanese yen Monday and was little changed against the Deu

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 5, '95 - Aug. 24, '96 (a graph)* A

The United States and 17 other Asia-Pacific countries took important steps last week toward their go

COCA-COLA TAKES OVERPEPSI'S LEAD IN RUSSIAATLANTA - Coca-Cola Co. said Monday it has become

The Clinton administration has banned financial transfers from ''terrorist'' governments to U.S. cit

India's ambitious telephone privatization program won't be slowed by a corruption scandal involving

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''It's been a little like remodeling a house. It's cost more than we thought it would, but we're exa

JAPAN NO. 1 PROVIDEROF INTERNATIONAL LOANSBASEL, Switzerland - Japanese banks remain the big

Fabiana Xisto dodged her way through the knot of human traffic like a samba dancer practicing a new

U.S textile exports were up by more than 7 percent to $3.9 billion for the first six months of this

Major industrial nations are far from solving every economic problem of the 1990s but they all boast

NEC'S RECEIVER ORDERSTOTAL $18.5 MILLIONTOKYO - Japan's NEC Corp. said Monday it had won a t

BOEOM/STV LYONSFranceAmount of contract: $14,114,598.Contract description: Construct

The new government of the Dominican Republic has started investigating alleged corruption in state-o

The U.S. paper industry, gratified by the Mexican government's decision last week rescinding a newsp

Democrat leaders Monday panned challenger Bob Dole's weekend proposal to militarize the U.S. border

In what some view as a key test of Germany's commitment to European subsidy rules, the German Cabine

SHIPSSIR KERRY JOINS BOARDOF OT AFRICA LINELONDON - Veteran steamship executive Sir

Malaysia's busiest port, envisioned by the government as a regional hub, is upgrading its electronic

Nearly four years after it was planned, China gave approval to a second life insurer with a nationwi

YASUDA MARINE TO BUYCIGNA'S JAPAN SUBSIDIARYTOKYO - Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. sai

Scientists at the University of Washington have found a way to see through the dirty or cloudy water

Life insurance and financial services giant Conseco Inc. said Monday it would acquire two insurance

The California Senate last Friday overwhelmingly approved a measure that is expected to lead to the

Airlines continue to answer the new-vs.-used plane debate with a resounding vote of confidence for u

LEASEWAY, BABSON SIGN48-HOUR DELIVERY PACTREADING, Pa. - Leaseway Logistics signed a contrac

Atlantic Container Line axed 50 more jobs in recent weeks as part of a continuing cost-cutting drive

The Journal of Commerce stock index climbed 0.2 percent last week as the measure of transportation s

MALAYSIA AIRLINETO PURCHASE SIMULATORKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia Airline System Bhd.,

An item appearing on Page 1B of the Aug. 20 edition, headlined ''Yang Ming going after refrigerated

As one Taiwan carrier formally announced its readiness to offer direct sailings to and from China, t