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Americans made less and spent more in May, the Commerce Department said Monday. Despite the

Whatever the pundits think of the state of the U.S. economy, rag trade exporters here think it's won

The U.S. dollar drifted lower against the deutsche mark in thin trading Monday as the weak component

Russian monthly inflation fell to 6.7 percent in June compared with 7.9 percent in May, the Itar-Tas

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 6, '94 - July 3, '95 (a graph) (2)D

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

Citibank is among the first batch of foreign banks to be invited by China's central bank to submit a

Amid signs of a strengthening economy and the settlement of the Japanese auto parts dispute, domesti

Chile expects to exchange timetables on tariff reductions with the Mercosur trading bloc, a move off

"Under no circumstances have we the intention of buying into U.N. membership."

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

CANNED THAI PINEAPPLE SUBJECT TO US DUTIESWASHINGTON - Canned pineapple fruit from T

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

The local bond market is hampered by multiple taxes and a lack of liquidity, but it holds bright pro

FISHING ROW RESURFACES BETWEEN EU, CANADABRUSSELS - The European Union and Canada, w

No story.

Industrial group CSR is bracing for another lengthy legal scrap with insurers over asbestos claims,

NORTH AMERICA Comdex/Canada. July 12-14. Toronto. Contact: Richard Schwab, (617) 449-6600.

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ZURICH REINSURANCE CENTRE HOLDINGS INC. (New York) - Gerald S. King and Adrienne W. Reid were named

S&P REAFFIRMS RATING FOR HOME HOLDINGSNEW YORK - Standard & Poor's affirmed its "B-"

The introduction of higher deductibles and more restrictive insurance terms by loss-hit marine under

Citystate Insurance Pte. Ltd., whose parent recently bought out the Asian operations of Provincial I

Air Canada and Continental Airlines announced a series of new code-sharing services as an extension

CSX DERAILMENT DISRUPTS AMTRAK SERVICEWHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. - A CSX Transportation fr

Yellow Freight System Inc. announced a reorganization of its sales staff, a move that will lead to a

Controversial security regulations covering the movement of intermodal freight traffic through the C

Rapid expansion of Paris' Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport is urgently needed if the airport is to r

Consolidated Rail Corp. is selling more than 2,000 of its covered hopper cars for grain as part of i

The United States and Japan are scheduled to hold talks today in Washington over Federal Express Cor

With the Canadian government unlikely to agree to enact a mandatory drug and alcohol testing regime

U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc. warned Monday that it lost money in the first two months of the just-co

POSTAL SERVICE TO SUSPEND SOME CALIF. MAIL SERVICESAN FRANCISCO - The U.S. Postal Se

The privatization of rail freight services in Britain moved into top gear last week as newspaper adv

Exasperated by months of low coffee prices on the world market, Colombia and Central America have su

Nominal world cocoa prices are expected to rise about 20 percent in 1995-96 and by almost a third by

The Maharashtra state government's ministerial panel has yet to complete its review of Enron Corp.'s

Sun Oil Co. said Monday that a fluid catalytic cracking unit at its MarcusHook, Pa., facilit

New mining production threatens to throw the world's supply of copper into a surplus situation, said