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The U.S. dollar rose to a new 1996 high of 107.70 yen in early Tokyo trading Monday, initially boost

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A company here is ready to put its laser-technology equipment on the global market after it merges w

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1449 (Apr. 1, 1996) Previous day - 1448The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

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

ATA APPLAUDS RULINGON DETENTION COSTSWASHINGTON - The Air Transport Association is applaudin

'If the government puts as much effort into enforcement as P.R. gimmicks, they'd be much further alo

Sharp drops in non-marine transportation stock prices put downward pressure on The Journal of Commer

Many exporters view the Pacific Rim as a fertile area, but Charles Lounsbury, a Toro Corp. vice pres

The official responsible for enforcing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy trade law has taken a new job a

Federal Express Corp. said Monday it hopes its pilots will still ratify a tentative contract agreeme

New tariff cuts in strategic sectors as well as global accords on foreign direct investment and comp

Marketing companies that have made a comfortable living for 20 years from modest shipment fees for a

Boris Yeltsin will be re-elected as Russia's president this year, generating a new spate of Russian

The European Union's external trade commissioner warned Monday that the global maritime liberalizati

Need an extra $700,000 to refurbish an aging fleet?How about a cool million to replace offic

Barges on the Danube. Sigmund Freud's apartment. The Ferris wheel from the movie 'The Third Man.'

GERMAN BANK POSTS22% RISE IN PROFITFRANKFURT - Dresdner Bank AG, Germany's second-largest co

200 FEARED DROWNEDIN SHIPWRECK OFF HAITIPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - About 200 people were feared

S&P AFFIRMS OUTLOOKFOR JAPAN P/C SECTORTOKYO - Standard & Poor's affirmed its stable near-te

A suspicious weekend fire that destroyed a northern New Mexico rail trestle minutes before an Amtrak

Here are the names and addresses of eight foreign firms against which U.S. Customs has assessed pena

FOREIGN EXCHANGERESERVES UP IN JAPAN TOKYO - Japan's foreign exchange reserves increased $4.

California's exports surged nearly 19% last year, providing an important boost to the state's econom

Trade leads supplied by:US Department of Commerce U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

An insurance company must pay for the cleanup of petroleum that leaked from a Danville gas station's

Bangladesh started returning to normal over the weekend following the resignation of Prime Minister

Add Nebraska and Iowa to the list of states whose securities officials are considering investigating

Japan's revised insurance business law came into effect Monday, paving the way for life and nonlife

Policyholders of the state's two largest insurance companies, Allstate and Farmers, are alleging tha

Leucadia National Corp. reported that net income in 1995 increased to $107.5 million, or $1.77 per s

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. said Monday it will acquire U.S. Healthcare in an $8.9 billion deal that w

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A proposed three-for-one stock split has given a boost to the company that runs the Erie Insurance G

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 27, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

The Tennessee Valley Authority has long had an interest in bringing electricity to rural areas and e

Japan's refiners lost their almost exclusive right on Monday to import refined petroleum products in

Farmers are projected to plant more corn this season than in over a decade, the Agriculture Departme