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Japan will extend a low-interest loan of up to 3.76 billion yen ($37 million) to Benin to help struc

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China's assurance that its show of military force off Taiwan isn't intended to harm commercial relat

Tokai Bank said Tuesday it will liquidate its subsidiary Tokai Trust Co. of New York about a year fr

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The United States and more than 30 other countries have agreed to contribute $11 billion to the Worl

While others marvel at it, for Phillip Goddard it's common sense.As Barbados' minister for i

Sir Leon Brittan, the European Union's top trade official, Tuesday warned the United States not to w

NORTH AMERICAExpotela '96, Textile Trade Show. April 23-25. Mexico City. Contact: Bobbin Ble

TRADE OR FADE, CLINTONSAYS IN NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS - Standing in a cavernous cargo

At least 15 oil companies have confirmed that they are not using the manganese-based fuel additive M

Southern Co. is reviewing bids for selling up to a 49 percent stake in the British electric power di

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

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 24 '95, - Mar. 19, '96 (a graph)(2)

Tuesday, March 19, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A U.S.-Brazil spat threatens to spread bad blood and slow free-trade efforts on the eve of a meeting

The U.S. dollar rose early Tuesday, but gave back most of its gains to end little changed in quiet t

Italy's producer price index rose 0.2 percent in January from December and climbed at an annual rate

The volume of Irish industrial production rose an unadjusted 22.1 percent in November from November

Tuesday Mar. 19, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

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Another small crack appears to be opening in China's heavily protected banking sector.In an

A poll released here in advance of Thursday's trade minister meeting for the Free Trade Agreement of

Sonnet Financial Inc., San Mateo, Calif., announced the nationwide introduction of its automated ''d

BOUTROS-GHALI: PROBLEMSSTILL EXIST IN IRAQI DEALGENEVA - U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Bout

''Khaki is not a replacement for jeans but another way of expressing a casual lifestyle.''

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Hong Kong transport and trading conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd. saw earnings jump 16 percent last ye

The government has cut the reserve price required for privately operated basic telephone services, i

Imports of fruit juices into four of Asia's most robust economies, spearheaded by Japan, shot up fro

When Vietnamese dissident Ha Si Phu was arrested recently, the local media was silent and the intern

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

China has agreed to accept Washington's assurances that more than 2 million tons of U.S. wheat it ha

India's commodity price index rose provisionally 4.63 percent for the week ended March 2 from a year

Portugal's industrial production index for December was down 2.6 percent from November and was up 7.

VIETNAM'S TRADE DEFICITGREW IN 1ST 2 MONTHS '96HANOI - Vietnam recorded a trade defi

Iraqi Kurds set aside deep grievances against Baghdad and let the government repair a war-damaged pi