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Changes in Pakistan's Ministry of Finance announced by a desperate Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto are

Doing business in Brazil can be lucrative - if you're willing to deal with the risks and costs invol

Westinghouse Electric Corp., frozen out of the Philippines for several years in an acrimonious row,

A unit of CalEnergy Co., a fast-growing, Nebraska-based energy company, launched a $1.2 billion take

Brazil is enjoying a boom in foreign investment to which it had once defiantly said 'no!'Tha

''I'm starting to lack confidence in the freight forwarding community. You're doing business with a

PAKISTAN TO AUCTIONREST OF TEXTILE QUOTASKARACHI, Pakistan - The state-owned Textile Quota M

Brazil expects to substantially improve its trade performance, make greater headway in developing co

Brazil is accelerating a privatization program that promises to be the greatest in the Americas.

Brazil's federal and state governments are speeding up their plans to privatize much of the nation's

A new - and so far successful - idea using capitalization to replace privatization is spreading from

With Turkey trying desperately to get the nation's credit rating back to a respectable level, the go

CANADIAN GASOLINE REPORTNOT YET FINALIZEDFREDERICTON, New Brunswick - The chairman of a New

US STEELMAKERS PLANANTI-DUMPING FILINGNEW YORK - U.S. stainless steel producers are expectin

Tuesday Oct. 29, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Atlantic Richfield Co. said Monday its earnings jumped 52 percent in the third quarter, fueled by hi

Despite strong State Department denials, signs of a policy shift on Iran have been piling up in the

1281 (Oct. 29, 1996) Previous day - 1268The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Oct. 29, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

AIRBORNE POSTS DROPOF $3 MILLION IN PROFITSEATTLE - Airborne Express reported a sharp drop i

China's demand for coal is not likely to be slaked in the immediate future, and officials are taking

Halter Marine Group, the largest commercial boat builder on the U.S. Gulf Coast, has announced execu

The Long Beach Harbor Commission Monday disregarded the advice of the port's executive director and

Rosalio Velasco doesn't care why cigar sales are booming in the United States, he's just happy they

The Port of Savannah's booming trade with Europe, Japan and the Middle East helped exports rise by 3

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

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Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar fell against the Deutsche mark Tuesday on renewed uncertainties about European monet

Oct. 29, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Economist Group announced Tuesday that Helen Alexander, the head of its business information uni

CHERNOBYL REACTORTO BE TURNED OFFKIEV, Ukraine - The first reactor unit of the Ukrainian Che

SHIPSTWO LINES TO EXPLORE'POSSIBLE SYNERGIES'HAMBURG - The chief executive of German

Remember when gas stations gave away free steak knives with a fill-up, or how Sports Illustrated thr

BUNKER FUEL LEAKSFROM DRY-DOCKED VESSELSAN FRANCISCO - More than 20,000 gallons of bunker fu

A welcome surge in trade with Brazil is backing up ships at South America's main Atlantic port, acco

The Port of Corpus Christi thinks it could be a big cotton player - but the New York Cotton Exchange

Corpus Christi officials contend making the port a delivery point for the New York Cotton Exchange w

For the first time since angry U.S. officials abruptly canceled aviation talks with Britain two mont

APL, UNIONS TO MEETON SECURITY PROGRAMSAN FRANCISCO - Seafaring unions and American Presiden