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President Clinton and Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto agreed late Thursday to work toward

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The terrorist bombing of a U.S. military compound in Saudi Arabia Tuesday has dashed European hopes

Brazil has shot ahead of Argentina and Chile on protection for pharmaceuticals with a new law that g

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

Clinton administration officials have had a lot to say this year about how increased imports of Mexi

Thursday, June 27, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

African leaders attending an investment conference in Ghana accused Western businessmen of failing t

The U.S. dollar fell slightly in lethargic trading Thursday with no supportive developments from the

The United States and Japan Thursday urged the world's other largest industrial nations to come to a

FRENCH BAN ON FEEDTIED TO MAD-COW DISEASEPARIS - Prime Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday Fr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 30, '95, - June 27, '96 (a graph)*

China must decide who owns its vibrant township and village enterprises if they are to remain centra

In an unusual display of intercultural solidarity, U.S. and Japanese women's groups demonstrated in

Somebody has to ante up at least $1 trillion - that's one with 12 zeros behind it - if the planet's

''It's fair to say the cherry industry is at its wit's end.''

Roberta Dayer knows how difficult it can be to locate an overseas distributor for your products.

The House turned back critics of China's human rights record Thursday, voting by a 2-1 margin to uph

WORLD BANK OKS LOANFOR CHINA ENVIRONMENTHONG KONG - The World Bank has approved a S150 milli

KANTOR WARNS INDONESIAOVER AUTO IMPORT POLICYJAKARTA, Indonesia - Secretary of Commerce Mick

The two contenders in Sunday's presidential election in the Dominican Republic have promised to cont

A furious fight over Libya sanctions erupted in the Senate on Thursday after Sen. William V. Roth Jr

TRUCKSCELADON LOSES BIDFOR BURLINGTON'S ASSETSINDIANAPOLIS - Celadon Group I

A study funded by the World Bank advises Latin America to look elsewhere than the North American Fre

Westinghouse/CBS said Thursday it has acquired Telenoticias, the world's leading Spanish-language ne

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have released details of the more than $1.5 bill

DOCUMENTS DESTROYEDUNDER PRUDENTIAL ORDERLOS ANGELES - Prudential Insurance Co. ordered mana

Marketing by E-mail produces a surprising 10 percent response, the Foundation for Issues Research

Marine underwriters say they are finding the lists of substandard ships, now being issued on a regul

Sometime this summer, checks worth $219 million will be mailed to the creditors of Kwelm. That will

Exxon Corp. attorneys argued Wednesday for more than six year's worth of interest on they payments i

With midnight fast approaching, the House Wednesday approved Superfund's 1997 budget and decisively

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Aftershocks from the terrorist blast in Saudi Arabia continued to roil energy markets Thursday, as b

Although the cost of buying and shipping raw copper is a relatively small component of the total man

Since its brief rally to $420 this year, gold has fallen into a lethargy. Speakers at the Financial

Major railroads and unions likely will resume contract negotiations less than two weeks before a pos

The port industry is becoming more active in the debate over shipping deregulation legislation and h

Management at Malaysia's chief seaport intends to invest 135 million Malaysian dollars (US$56 millio