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Wednesday, Dec. 27, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A study panel of Japan's antitrust commission, apparently with an eye on Japan's struggling banking

Pakistan's privatization drive is on track, despite a minor delay in partial sales of the state-owne

Straining to find a shred of bullish news, the U.S. dollar managed to rise slightly against most maj

The central bank of Chile was seen to estimate December inflation at 0.2 percent in Wednesday's tend

Ukraine, once the breadbasket of Europe, must introduce tough farm reforms to overcome bad harvests

Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest countries, has only one big item to sell: cheap clothes. Now,

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President Fidel Castro has decried the emerging class of "new rich" self- employed people in Cuba, s

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Covering Mother Nature: "People don't think the weather is insurable. They just haven't asked."<

It's official: Singapore becomes Southeast Asia's first "developed" economy Jan. 1, 1996. Th

In a matter of months, China's shipbreaking industry has plunged from top of the heap to the doldrum

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Taiwan's economy slumped in 1995, but officials said Taiwanese can look forward to a brighter pictur

The Maritime Administration has approved a request from Brookville Shipping Inc. to extend an operat

Taiwan's trade may be steaming ahead nicely, but officials are pushing to correct what some see as a

The Hong Kong government beginning Friday will require money changers in the territory to display ex

FORMER JAPAN MINISTER INDICTED IN SCANDALTOKYO - Japanese prosecutors Wednesday indi

Both Turkey and Russia are claiming victory at last month's International Maritime Organization asse

International reserve levels are seen ending the year at $9.538 billion, according to figures releas

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

The Czech Republic is becoming the very model of how to turn a socialist regime into a market-orient

The Union Pacific-Southern Pacific merger plan presents a textbook case of the importance of rail ro

Western German consumer prices rose an annualized, seasonally adjusted 1.2 percent in the six months

Cuba's economy, slowly emerging from crisis, should grow by 5 percent in 1996, although that will de

Yang Hainan, 35, is spending $10,000 sprucing up his new apartment, plans to travel to Europe and ha

South Korea said on Wednesday foreign companies would be allowed to list on the stock market from ne

Although a recent slush fund scandal has dealt a blow to South Korea's political landscape, analysts

WORKERS COMP RATES TO FALL IN MISSISSIPPIJACKSON, Miss. - Workers compensation rates

JAPANESE CONSUMERS SEE RARE SLIP IN PRICESLong accustomed to living in one of the world's mo

Cumulative foreign direct investment in Vietnam up to 1995 has exceeded the $18 billion mark, a Viet

The Life Insurance Association of Japan will create a mechanism under which member companies would j

The ongoing economic crisis in Mexico is affecting the insurance industry, but not the health insura

If you can't expand in your property/casualty market without blowing your loss and expense ratio sky

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Beginning Jan. 1, 92,000 poor people will begin receiving their health insurance through health main