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How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Alaska has received nearly $8 million in federal grants for improvements at airports across the stat

Despite building and expanding petrochemical plants at a frantic rate, many with foreign help, China

Financing companies, called ''sarakin'' (pronounced SUH-rah-kin), are banking on a recent borrowers'

OFFERS TO BUYPetroleum productsRef No.: 043484 Filed: 08-12-96Lee, Wrangler jeans

TO THE UNITED STATES / CANADATHAILAND. Sept. 3-6. The California-Southeast Asia Business Cou

NEW LAW GIVES DOCTORS21 DAYS TO PLACE CLAIMSTRENTON, N.J. - Banking and Insurance Commission

The Central European Free Trade Agreement (Cefta) was established by members of the Visegrad Group -

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The chairman of the Insurance Regulatory Authority, N. Rangachary, was given more powers by the gove

One of the world's largest shipowning companies has told insurers it favors a sharp reduction in the

In a sign of perhaps major changes to come for the world's largest marine container lessor, John Buc

Longshore locals in San Francisco and Southern California have voted down a proposed three-year coas

After a gang violently took $9.9 million in electronic parts and equipment from a firm in Irvine, Ca

The United States posted an $8.1 billion trade deficit in June, sharply down from an unusually high

The containership California Hermes, smoldering and crewless in the North Pacific, is limping into p

Tuesday, Aug. 20, 1996(Percentages 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 Tuesday on a better-than-expected overall June trade report, but gave back much

4,000TH FOREIGN FIRMENTERS PUDONG ZONESHANGHAI - The number of foreign companies that entere

Asia is looking for a fresh commitment from the United States following the presidential elections,

Hong Kong is cracking down on imports of unsafe waste, using new laws requiring permits and imposing

CHINA ROAD& BRIDGE CORP.ChinaAmount of contract: $29,688,232.Contract descri

Faced with evidence of a cooling economy and subdued inflation, the Federal Reserve Board Tuesday le

CHRYSLER TO BUILDTRUCK PLANT IN BRAZILSAO PAULO - The U.S.-based automaker Chrysler will bui

Global trade in 1995 grew by 19.5 percent from the previous year, the highest rate since a 22.6 perc

Free trade between the United States and Mexico has been fraying at the edges in this election year.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Aug. 18, '95 - Aug. 20, '96 (a graph)* A

Beginning Aug. 28, companies sending packages by air will face some new regulatory chores before the

The United States and Ukraine have quietly put a dispute over supplies of shirts from the former Sov

The European Commission gave the green light Tuesday to three planned corporate deals in the auto, c

Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto sits down with Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de

''Where most ports are in maritime and want to get into real estate, we're the opposite. We're in re

Inkombank, a powerful Russian commercial bank, is counterattacking and staying solvent.The f

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The United States wrapped up the last of a slew of trade restraints it lodged against wool imports i

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June 1996 May 1996 Cumulative 1996EXPORTS* IMPORTS** EXPORTS* IMPORTS**

Random thoughts after nine hours of watching last week's Republican National Convention. Bob Dole de

Renewing the U.S.-Canada Pacific Salmon Treaty has proven as slippery as a freshly caught sockeye an