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The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday on a better-than-expected overall June trade report, but gave back much

4,000TH FOREIGN FIRMENTERS PUDONG ZONESHANGHAI - The number of foreign companies that entere

Asia is looking for a fresh commitment from the United States following the presidential elections,

Hong Kong is cracking down on imports of unsafe waste, using new laws requiring permits and imposing

CHINA ROAD& BRIDGE CORP.ChinaAmount of contract: $29,688,232.Contract descri

Faced with evidence of a cooling economy and subdued inflation, the Federal Reserve Board Tuesday le

CHRYSLER TO BUILDTRUCK PLANT IN BRAZILSAO PAULO - The U.S.-based automaker Chrysler will bui

Global trade in 1995 grew by 19.5 percent from the previous year, the highest rate since a 22.6 perc

Free trade between the United States and Mexico has been fraying at the edges in this election year.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 20, '96 (a graph)* A

Beginning Aug. 28, companies sending packages by air will face some new regulatory chores before the

The United States and Ukraine have quietly put a dispute over supplies of shirts from the former Sov

The European Commission gave the green light Tuesday to three planned corporate deals in the auto, c

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sits down with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de

''Where most ports are in maritime and want to get into real estate, we're the opposite. We're in re

Inkombank, a powerful Russian commercial bank, is counterattacking and staying solvent.The f

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The United States wrapped up the last of a slew of trade restraints it lodged against wool imports i

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June 1996 May 1996 Cumulative 1996EXPORTS* IMPORTS** EXPORTS* IMPORTS**

Random thoughts after nine hours of watching last week's Republican National Convention. Bob Dole de

Renewing the U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty has proven as slippery as a freshly caught sockeye an

SHIPSTRI-CONTINENT EXPANDSCONTAINERSHIP FLEETHONG KONG - Tri-Continent Line, a unit

A 28-day blockade of a remote Wisconsin Central Ltd. branch line by a faction of Chippewa protesting

Border truckers in the Texas frontier city of Laredo are reacting angrily to pending changes by the

For many Western Canadian natural-gas producers, reaching the huge U.S. energy market has turned int

The U.S. dollar declined against the Deutsche mark Monday and rose slightly against the Japanese yen

Monday, Aug. 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 19, '96 (a graph)* A

Port salesman Steve Wright's voice echoes through an empty warehouse.''We're trying to bring

Last year, when westbound ocean carriers negotiated a volume contract with forest products giant Wey

A British coroner ruled Monday that a 20-year-old vegetarian who died of the brain-wasting Creutzfel

DRAGON AIR EXPANDSSERVICE TO CHINAHONG KONG - Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Ltd. said it began s

A dispute over environmentally friendly product labels is emerging as a major issue in the first Wor

Mexico's stronger than expected second-quarter economic growth bodes well for continuing recovery, b

Buoyed by strong performance among railroad stocks, last week The Journal of Commerce transportation

The managers of Kingston's containerport expect a recently completed expansion to the facility to al

In the minds of many Americans, Brazil and Argentina are synonymous with hyperinflation, bad debt, r

German authorities said Monday that they had arrested two men and were hunting a third on suspicion