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China's struggle to wrench its garment sector into modern ways should provide opportunities for over

Taiwan's export-processing zones, once pioneering but now flagging, are moving to improve internatio

CNA Insurance Cos. signed an agreement to form an alliance with QualCare Preferred Providers, FOCUS

European Union transport ministers approved measures Thursday to liberalize ground handling at airpo

As of Dec. 7, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

S. KOREAN FIRM TO USE MITSUBISHI TECHNOLOGYTOKYO - Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp

Fewer U.S. producers plan to concentrate on natural gas next year, and instead will concentrate on o

Dec. 7, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Two of the Maritime Administration's Ready Reserve Force ships are on their way to the Adriatic to s

Chile and the Mercosur customs union will take another 90 days to try to settle differences on compl

Problems have crept into relations between India and its biggest business partner, the United States

A preliminary report presented to House Speaker Newt Gingrich by a private task force calls for cont

CATERPILLAR, DEALER WIN 4 DEALS IN THE MIDEASTCHICAGO - Caterpillar's overseas divis

MARITIME ATTORNEY RICHARD BARNETT DIESRichard Blair Barnett, a maritime and aviation finance

The French government Thursday named a mediator to try to defuse a 2-week-old labor conflict at the

Dec. 7, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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WRECKAGE SAID TO BE MISSING RUSSIAN PLANEMOSCOW - The wreckage of an airliner with 9

KEIHIN SET TO START ASIA-PACIFIC SERVICETOKYO - Japan's Keihin Maritime Co., a ship

As the days before Christmas dwindle, intrigue abounds on Capitol Hill about trade legislation that

Thursday, Dec. 7, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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A surprise shakeup in Indonesia's trade and industrial bureaucracy is generally viewed as a positive

"Germany's most sought-after exports are jobs."

Slovakia informed its trading partners Wednesday that it will eliminate its 10 percent temporary imp

Officials in Beijing seized more than 30,000 counterfeit "Chicago Bulls" polo shirts in a raid on a

Fraudulent claims cost the British insurance industry UK585 million ($936 million) in 1995, slightly

Orders placed with Japanese machine tool makers totaled 68.2 billion yen ($682 million) in October,

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The term "vetting" is not a household word in the United States. The expression is, however, commonl

U.S. exports of fertilizer continue to grow - driving up prices for the American farmer. In

Deregulating the Japanese economy is proving even more difficult than the United States expected, le

Japan's current account surplus plunged by 52 percent in October, its biggest drop in nearly five ye

The U.S. dollar started heading upward a bit against the Deutsche mark Thursday afternoon after Germ

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Century-old regulations that have stifled the French funeral business will be buried at the end of t

Improvements in the balance sheet and French-based AXA's increased ownership percentage earned upgra

The following companies are looking to export/sell or import/buy the following items. Interested par

PRUDENTIAL SEEKING TO BOOST FLORIDA RATESThe state's fifth-largest private insurer wants to