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Patience and the right product are the keys to doing business in the Chinese market, not the size of

From the world's largest producer of solar-powered baseball caps comes another ingenious invention -

Diana Yoshikawa, a former Stanford University professor and founder of a Palo Alto, Calif., consulti

Two new compressed-air coolers from Britain are said to offer cost savingsbecause their high

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 8/13/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 8/13/88* Reflects

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

Illegal trade in threatened wildlife - from monkeys to crocodiles - is a $1 billion a year business,

Australia has used its bountiful land as an excuse to avoid living by its wits. The nation's

AUSTRALIANS TO PROTEST CUSTOMS JOB CUTSSYDNEY, Australia - Members of Australia's Administra

Japan's patent system, which has drawn harsh criticism from the United States, will be on the agenda

Despite the troubling string of trade deficits up during the Reagan years, key Republican officials

The Washington area has a labor shortage, but it can be reduced by creation of support systems givin

The Environmental Protection Agency accused the Ford Motor Co. of violating the Clean Air Act by not

Video cassette recorders, compact disc players, camcorders and other consumer electronics products a

The government's July industrial production report shows the economy on a strong footing, analysts s

CHINA PLANS TO LINK PAY TO INFLATION RATEChina soon will give its workers a large raise and

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Wheat in US 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Mark

The San Francisco Bay Area is moving rapidly toward setting the first air pollution standards on the

TOP STORIES: South Korea's success isn't likely to flag anytime soon, as annual increases in

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The embattled Alaskan mining industry, hemmed in by strict pollution rules and closure of 60 percent

Unable to persuade the government to set up an offshore registry along the lines of the Norwegian In

Mexican authorities ordered sales tax exemptions aimed at increasing worker buying power without gra

The president of the American Association of Port Authorities found no clear direction at a meeting

A leading trucking official said here that a Michael Dukakis administration would be more likely tha

The federal budget crunch is crimping government financing for U.S. exports, the Export-Import Bank

A scandal in the European Community involving injection of illegal hormones into cattle to spur grow

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

BARCLAYS BANK CREATES EXPORT, PROJECTS UNITLONDON - Barclays Bank said it has created a new

Six years after a Mexican moratorium on debt repayment ignited the Third World debt crisis, prospect

Fri., Aug. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The futures industry will be faced with new legislative assaults next year, said David Ganis, chairm

Hong Kong's Independent Commission Against Corruption acknowledged Friday it made an error in one of

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/12 8/11 Chan

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained firm but edged upward last week, closing at

His strong reaction to a deteriorating political situation last week should squelch talk that Brazil

JAPANESE BANK BUYS FUTURES MEMBERSHIPTOKYO - Taiyo Kobe Bank Ltd. has bought the rights to c

Micropro International Corp. of San Rafael, Calif., has reached tentative agreement with Soviet offi

A shadow economy that supplies everything the official one can't, from bathroom repairs to medicine,

The House-passed South African economic sanctions bill is slated for Senate committee action in earl