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The U.S. dollar was mixed Monday. It fell against the deutsche mark but rose against the Japanese ye

The number of unemployed people in Sweden fell by 27,000 in June as compared with the same month las

After 25 years of off-and-on negotiations, Canada's 10 provincial premiers and Prime Minister Jean C

Industrial production in Ukraine fell nearly 40 percent in the first half of this year as compared w

Caribbean officials are making a hurried trip to Venezuela this week to try and end a diplomatic qua

MeesPierson, the merchant bank owned by ABN AMRO Holdings NV of the Netherlands, plans to take busin

New Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama pledged in his inaugural policy speech Monday to put Japan's ec

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Reserve Bank Governor Chris Stals has warned against the premature scrapping of the country's dual-e

US TO EASE OFF MEXICO ON TRADE, KANTOR SAYSWASHINGTON - The United States will stop

Caribbean leaders knew the ability of their countries to sell goods and attract foreign investment w

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China reported Monday more rapid growth for its economy and some success in a yearlong campaign to c

With steel imports substantially outrunning demand and merely enlarging stockpiles, Chinese official

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China is hailing the forthcoming visit of U.S. Commerce Secretary Ron Brown as an augury of improvin

The Mexican government has removed steep trade penalties it had imposed on Chinese-made Christmas li

China and Vietnam, currently engaged in a simmering dispute over territorial claims in the South Chi

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Sound knowledge of languages is only the starting point in judging a candidate's qualifications when

Seeking to create Canada's largest investment bank, Bank of Montreal said Monday it will purchase ri

PALAU ISLAND TO LINK WITH US ON OCT. 1AGANA, Guam - Palau will end its status as the last U.

European and U.S. shipbuilders support an accord reached this weekend on the elimination of subsidie

British-based bank Standard Chartered said on Monday that sums involved in a scandal surrounding its

Fatigue was one of the most effective tactics used to pry an agreement on subsidies to the shipbuild

India's official wholesale price index for all commodities for the week of June 26-July 2 rose 10.73

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The Danish government decided Friday not to take legal action against a $250 million state subsidy t

International Longshore Association dockworkers at South Atlantic and Gulf ports, whose convention o

The leadership of a key marine engineers union has come under sharp criticismfrom other mari

International efforts to reduce shipbuilding subsidies were deadlocked Friday evening at press time.

CHINESE BUILD BOXSHIP FOR HONG KONG FIRMSHANGHAI, China - A containership of 12,600

These towel, sheet and blanket movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the t

New Jersey truckers hauling containers from area marine terminals hope to soon be able to purchase b

Consolidated Freightways Inc. named new presidents at its two largest subsidiaries, shifting Roger W