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The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday in quiet trading as the market awaited Friday's key report on

The continued deadlock in the global trade talks has led textile-exporting developing nations to see

Conflicts in management philosophies played a large role in the forced resignation last month of Bru

With five multinational companies eager to buy into Panama's telecommunications sector, the govermen

Turkey, cementing its ties with Moslem ex-Soviet republics, is inviting their leaders to attend a su

New York firms could boost their share of the global environmental products market if a video-confer

China's new burst of reform and accelerated growth creates opportunities and problems for the chemic

Europe's railways are failing to take freight off the roads, despite concerted efforts by politician

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

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China's petroleum industry is set to take the plunge into overseas exploration and development, afte

Spiraling workers compensation costs are fueling the drive toward self- insurance among all kinds of

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The number of poor people in Central America is expected to grow to 26 million from the current 20 m

As Germany continues to reunify, some U.S. exporters said the people in the former EastGermany are c

A U.S. trade bill that would prevent the foreign subsidiaries of U.S.-based firms from trading with

Israel may have discouraged its manufacturers from buying U.S. products when it finalized a free-tra

Russian conservatives unleashed a venomous attack on the liberal government's ambitious privatizatio

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 199.52 off 0.48 which compares

Brazil and Colombia Wednesday circulated among International Coffee Organization delegates a joint-d

INDIA WAITS FOR PRICES OF WHITE SUGAR TO RISENEW DELHI, India - India is in no hurry to sell

A new wave of economic reforms and completion of large infrastructure projects give Guangdong provin

ICI Chemicals and Polymers has won a 1992 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the Environmenta

The Environmental Protection Agency has dumped proposed regulations that would have shifted millions

Pudong, the pot of gold at the end of Shanghai's rainbow, remains just that - the lure of promise.

Almost out of sight beneath the concrete tower of Dietfurt lock - a stark monolith at the heart of E

SOUTHWEST MARINE WINS NAVY CONTRACTWASHINGTON - Southwest Marine Inc. of San Diego r

Boaters around the world increasingly are sailing in American-made pleasure craft. But, befo

Sept. 30, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Sept. 30, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

"How well do you know Jinxi?" challenges this city's 60-page guidebook for foreign investors. Its ne

Growth in Brazil's M1 money supply in August slowed to 17.0 percent from 20.2 percent in July, on ne

Global rates for shipping cargo have sunk to their lowest levels for five years as a result of a wor

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

Steve Barnes wanted to enter business, not politics, when he launched his tiny peanut butter manufac

Sen. Max Baucus Wednesday said that if the North American free-trade agreement is ratified, he will

Southeast Asia's emerging interest in trading Europe's lower-profile currencies took a hit amid the