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The surprise purchase of APL Ltd. by Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines has some importers and exporte

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Tuesday, April 15, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar rose to a 38-month high at 1.7350 Deutsche marks in Asian trading Tuesday, but gave

How things change.Just four years ago, Northeast Utilities Chief Executive Bernard Fox boast

George J. Weise, who spearheaded a massive reorganization of U.S. Customs and led the drive to moder

TRANS WORLD AIRLINESLynn Prothero, TWA's postal affairs director, was elected chair of the A

A.P. Moller Group, the giant Danish shipping and energy group, is forecasting further growth in prof

Long-delayed trade negotiations between the European Union and Mexico could begin as early as June f

Heavy-truck sales showed surprising strength in March following the biggest surge in new orders in n

Western trading powers called on Russia Tuesday not to pass any new restrictive trade measures if it

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 15, 1997 (a graph)

KEY TRADE MEETINGCOMMENCES IN BRAZILVice trade ministers from across the hemisphere have beg

Containership operators often complain about being misunderstood and underappreciated.After

China on Tuesday accused Martin Lee, a leader of Hong Kong's democracy movement, of trying to incite

The United States will continue to allow European pork to enter the country until April 30, postponi

If past events are any guide, the European Union won't take tough action against Iran for its involv

General Motors Corp.'s Saturn division, which introduced the company's first right-hand drive model

''Say 'We misled you.' Blame it on Bush, he started Nafta.''

NTT subsidiaries seenGOING TO HOLDING FIRMTOKYO - Subsidiaries of Japan's Nippon Telegraph a

CHINESE COURT SENTENCESSEVEN PIRATES TO PRISONBEIJING - A Chinese court has sentenced seven

From its beginnings as a purveyor of electronic data interchange, Hong Kong's CargoNet consortium is

U.S. exporters and their business partners in Mexico complain that controversial label rules are bei

OFFERS TO BUY* PANASONIC (ROL-170). Quantity: 1,000 units. Contact: Ms. Dia Daljit, Emerald

Robert Cassidy, an experienced career trade negotiator, is expected to step in to head up talks to a

APRIL01, Tues.: Australia, Cyprus, Iran, Russia 02, Wed.: Iran04, Fri.: Taiwan

WESTERN EUROPEFINLANDThe business community has rebuffed a recent report commissione

REGIONAL BLOCSStrategic Positioning in Latin America's Booming Markets. April 16. Miami. Con

Guanxi. That's the key.Ken Theonnes leans across the glass-top table piled high with photos

The construction industry is facing many difficulties as a result of market uncertainties and transf

Intel Corp. in Santa Clara, Calif., is joining the growing number of high-tech electronics and telec

NORTH AMERICATrade Tech '97: International Trade in the Information Age. May 8. Los Angeles.

OFFERS TO SELL* STEEL BILLETS. Steel billets ASTM A 615 grade 40 or 60. Size: 120x120 or 140

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Expanded foreign access to the Japanese market for global semiconductor makers was a key focus of di

The Ministry of Railways may seem an odd ally in the battle for the personal computer market in Chin

President Boris Yeltsin urged Russians Tuesday to ''Buy Russian'' as part of a drive to revitalize t

The head of the World Trade Organization arrived in South Korea on Tuesday amid a simmering dispute

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