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The Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Mexico's Finance Ministry, has published new customs f

Chile will wait until September to decide whether it will proceed on to the substantive portion of n

A key member of the Brazilian Senate has pledged to back a new patent law broadening protection to l

The European Commission Wednesday launched a strategy paper laying out the framework for a closer ec

"The Big Emerging Markets (promotional) strategy is a major piece with our policy of commercial dipl

BANK OF GREECE TO CURB FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOANSATHENS, Greece - The Bank of Greece has

The U.S. government's clash with developing nations over underwear imports has at least another mont

U.S. table wine imports stacked up a robust 12 percent gain last year, correcting a 10 percent impor

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France's gross domestic product increased by a unrevised 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 1995 af

For "Detroit" read "Wuhan," capital of Hubei province in eastern China and apparently intended to be

South Korea on Tuesday unveiled a package of measures aimed at relaxing restrictions on the securiti

Mexico's national automobile manufacturers association has petitioned the federal government for sev

MALAYSIA LEADER BACKS VIETNAM'S ASEAN ENTRYKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister

The United States this week gave the Zimbabwean government $19.8 million to help the development of

Since the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, its major political ally and t

Japan's retail revolution reached the cosmetics counter Wednesday, when one of the nation's leading

As Southeast Asia's chief economic powers grope their way toward an internal free-trade area, the pl

Eastman Kodak Co. decided to push for a Section 301 U.S. trade case against Japan over other options

Bootleggers are facing stiffer fines and longer stays in jail under new international trade laws tha

Growth in advertising reflects growth in a country's economy, or so the saying goes. But in Sri Lank

International shippers and freight forwarders of fine wines and selected liqueurs are trading costly

The Port of New York and New Jersey can claim to be the booziest port in the nation - in terms of im

Six months of investigation into the loss of an American satellite insured for $160 million failed t

Shipping rates for wines and spirits have stayed steady for the past two years. And shippers doubt t

The European Union is renewing its struggle to reduce an estimated $2 billion in annual subsidies to

The super-premium and ultra-premium price segments of the U.S. wine market are continuing to grow mo

Champagne Railroad, the Empire State's answer to California's Napa Valley Wine Train, is still in bu

The huge increase in premium income for French space insurers is just a taste of the anticipated exp

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S&P, MOODY'S PLACE BERKLEY UNDER REVIEWNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's has placed the s

ACE LTD. BACK IN THE BL ACK FOR LATEST QUARTERACE Ltd. reported a rebound into the black for

The British government said Wednesday it would delay for at least two years a potentially embarrassi

This year the World Bank intends to lend a total of $220 million to Armenia, the bank's permanent re

Lawmakers, ending a marathon debate late Wednesday night, passed a controversial bill to set up a Co

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The Hong Kong government is unlikely to launch any measures to boost the economy in the wake of a cy

The Association of Coffee Producing Countries (ACPC) Wednesday detailed its decision to reduce world

Western Germany's consumer price index fell 0.1 percent in July from June and was up 2.3 percent on