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The United States and the 15-nation European Union, building on their recent success in negotiating

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Tuesday as the Deutsche mark came under pressure on indications that E

The European Union and the United States attacked the South Korean government Tuesday for its direct

REGIONAL BLOCSCalifornia and the Pacific Rim: The Wealth of Nations in the New Era of Global

As Paraguay strives to improve its inadequate transport and utilities infrastructure, U.S. investors

China will relax import and export requirements for manufacturers in a bid to boost foreign trade gr

Another day, another scandal.A fresh case of suspected payoffs to ''sokaiya'' racketeers Tue

The value of Finland's market for control and instrumentation equipment within the power sector was

One year after President Clinton approved the controversial Helms-Burton law to toughen Washington's

NORTH AMERICALadies & Children's Apparel & Accessories Show. March 21-24. Miami. Contact: (3

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO.Martin G. Kaplan and Eric S. Rubin were elected senior vice presi

LAWMAKERS QUESTION PAYOF TRAVELERS EXECUTIVESHARTFORD, Conn. - Lawmakers and an advocacy gro

Nationwide Insurance has agreed to invest more than $13 million and alter its underwriting and marke

A federal judge has approved a class-action litigation settlement that would pay life insurance poli

A new commodities exchange in Bermuda, trading contracts in catastrophe risks, is set to add energy

OFFERS TO SELL* POLICE & MILITARY HIGH QUALITY ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICES (DAY AND NIGHT). High

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WESTERN EUROPEEUROPEAN UNIONIn its proposed regulations on the introduction of the s

A fresh war of words has broken out among the organizations that insure shipowners against liability

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Tuesday's decision by President Boris Yeltsin to dismiss the entire Russian government except Prime

HOUSE SECONDS SENATE ONBARSHEFSKY NOMINATIONWASHINGTON - Putting an exclamation point on the

Despite anticipated lower air traffic growth projections - especially in the booming Asia-Pacific ma

''Either put the pajamas back on the shelves or pack up and go back to America.''

An American charity has frozen all aid to St. Petersburg because nearly $1 million worth of medical

A U.S. request to allow U.S. undercover agents to operate once again on Mexican soil has emerged as

Top U.S. businessmen this week rejected economic sanctions against Myanmar, formerly known as Burma,

MEXICO'S REVISED TRADESURPLUS AT $460 MILLIONMEXICO CITY - Mexico revised its January trade

Offers to buy* SUCRAZIT-DIABETIC PRODUCTS. Looking for sugar substitution tablets used for t

More than 600 exhibitors from 25 countries are expected to descend upon Hong Kong this week for toda

Taiwan is under pressure to further cut the import duty on passenger car sedans to 15 percent to har

''We are living in a world of economic warfare.''Matty Morgenstern, recently retired preside

UKRAINE AWARDS CONTRACTSTO RUN CELLULAR NETWORKKIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's government Tuesday

The Cambodian government warned factory owners in the strike-plagued garment industry Tuesday that t

Small stock markets in the Caribbean Basin are starting to modernize in hopes of attracting investor

Eagle Star Insurance of Britain opened an independent office in Delhi late last week, signaling its

BRITAIN'S PRUDENTIALTO BACK ASIAN PROJECTSBOMBAY - Prudential Corp. PLC of Britain will prov

An ambitious plan to build an intermodal port system, or ''dry canal,'' across the isthmus of Nicara

Doom and gloom are predicted by insurers selling liability insurance for airplane manufacturers beca

MUTUAL OF OMAHA POSTSSTRONG YEAR-END RESULTSOMAHA - Net income for Mutual of Omaha was $85.9