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Chile's accession as an associate partner to the Mercosur customs union today bolsters yet complicat

That thorny topic in global trade negotiations - rules of origin - will keep Bolivia from entering t

The ports of Seattle and Tacoma have the third east-west rail route they've lusted after courtesy of

Levi Strauss & Co. announced Monday that agents of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property have

Oman will apply Wednesday for membership in the World Trade Organization.Western trade offic

Advisory guidelines being circulated to banking associations by the Office of the Comptroller of the

WOODMEN COMPLETESPURCHASE OF FOREMOSTLINCOLN, Neb. - Woodmen Accident and Life Co. has final

There may be near unanimous opinion that Massachusetts' state-controlled automobile insurance rate s

The California Department of Insurance last week launched a mediation program to settle earthquake i

US RE CORP.David L. Harvey has been promoted to vice president. Before joining the company a

Brazilian shipping giant, Empresa Navegacao Alianca SA, or Alianca for short, has become the latest

EX-VULKAN CHAIRMANHELD IN CUSTODYBERLIN - Friedrich Hennemann, former Bremer Vulkan Verbund

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The Federal Railroad Administration has tightened standards for rail accident reporting, rejecting a

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The European Union warned Monday it is so incensed over the latest anti-Cuba legislation in the Unit

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The U.S. dollar declined Monday despite a bullish tone.''We're stuck,'' said a yen trader. '

EU, CANADA PLAN TALKSAIMED AT TRADE ACCORDROME - The European Union and Canada, which are pl

Japan voiced concern Monday about proposed legislation in Washington that could block a U.S. agency

KANTOR TO PRESS S. KOREAFOR WIDER TELECOM ACCESSSEOUL - When Secretary of Commerce Mickey Ka

The World Trade Organization's first ministerial meeting in December is threatened by critical polic

More than three decades of Communist rule in Cuba has created demographic and manpower problems that

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

''The lumber market is in a total state of confusion.''

A new administration from the Awami League party and headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina came to

The Bank of Israel stunned financial markets and the business sector Monday by raising interest rate

SHIPSSHIPOWNERS UNFAZEDBY FAILURE OF TALKSLONDON - The shipping industry is

U.S. contractors will be watching the booming Southeast Asian infrastructure market from the sidelin

FEMINIST HEATS UPMITSUBISHI SEX SUITTOKYO - Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., anxious to cont

The Border Trade Alliance meeting here has given the U.S. Customs Service a big boost by endorsing a

Steam coal is coming back in Brazil as the economy grows more rapidly than its ability to harness it

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Reflecting the textile industry's interminable quest for cheaper production sites, U.S. cotton expor

June 24, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

A Republican-led congressional inquiry, tinged by election-year politics, is throwing a spotlight to

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 248.61 off 0.65 wh

Measures intended by Washington to curb Chinese textiles transshipped illegally through Hong Kong ha