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The Inter-Continental hotel chain has joined the growing number of international hotel operators est

At a two-day summit earlier this month, Latin American leaders consolidated their trade and politica

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADAVIETNAM. Sept. 12-13. The California-Southeast Asia Business Co

Fresh from winning control of conglomerate Johnnic, black South African businessmen are looking at w

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China and Britain will sign an agreement next month enabling Chinese firms to list shares on the Lon

AFRICANIGERIAA decree covering establishment of an oil/gas Export Processing Zone is believe

China's pharmaceutical market needs to be developed and opened to Western medicines. Wholesale dis

NORTH AMERICAKorea-U.S. TechPlaza '96. Oct. 15-18. Fort Lee, N.J. Contact: The Korea Trade-I

Regional blocs50th Annual Faculty of Economics in Ljubljana International Conference. Sept.

Gone, but not forgotten, Hurricane Fran continues to paralyze parts of the eastern U.S. transportati

The 50-vessel Great Lakes Towing Co. is banking on a new generation of tractor tugboat, called the '

SHIPSTWRA CUTS SURCHARGESON CURRENCY AND FUELSAN FRANCISCO - The outbound ocean carr

Leo L. Collar, a member of Crowley Maritime Corp.'s board of directors and a former president and ch

The kidnapping of 56-year-old Mamoru Konno in Mexico was a cruel wake-up call for the corporate worl

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Monday, Sept. 9, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Monday, as central bankers meeting in Switzerland und

Apparently through sheer luck, the United States appears to have scored a major victory against Iran

FAA NAMES TEAMTO WORK WITH RICHHONOLULU - Federal Aviation Administration officials have nam

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

Exporters and senior officials from banana-producing Caribbean countries warned Monday their economi

The Coast Guard is modernizing the exam system it uses for merchant mariner licenses and for unlicen

For the week ended Aug. 31, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 15, '95 - Sept. 9, '96 (a graph)*

IBS IS ASKINGNINE NATIONS TO JOINThe International Bank of Settlements has invited the centr

U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers and China's International United Petroleum & Chemicals Co. Ltd.

The battle between railroads and truckers to tarnish each other's image has crossed the Rio Grande,

The United States and 26 other nations are ''well advanced'' in negotiating an international investm

African countries said Monday they agreed to ease sanctions against Burundi to allow in some humanit

FRANCE SCHEDULESTELECOM PRIVATIZATIONPARIS - The privatization of public telecommunications

After guiding the world's largest airplane maker through a couple of boom and bust cycles, Frank Shr

China will ''by no means'' accept a U.S. decision to cut its textile quota, a spokesman for the Mini

Current Textile Quotas:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

''Last year was sort of a pooper, but we're starting to see some gains now.''

CANAL PLUS TO BUYDUTCH TV COMPANYPARIS - French subscriber television company Canal Plus sai

U.S. companies are part of two consortia bidding to operate private fuel oil trains in Pakistan.

The United States will hold talks with Turkey early this week on Turkish economic losses resulting f

By turning away South Korean officials and industry groups from a business forum, impoverished North

Japan's trade surplus plunged in July from a year earlier as imports increased, but the pace of the