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While China and its trade partners wrangle over protection of intellectual property, the Chinese say

''The time is ripe to abandon old cliches and stereotypes. Post-communist countries are sensitive ab

EU MINISTERS COOLTOWARD FUND DIVERSIONBRUSSELS - European Union finance ministers re

Commerce Secretary Ron Brown over the weekend launched an online trade assistance program that will

Inflation in Ukraine fell to 7.4 percent in February, down from 9.4 in January but still well above

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 245.42 up 0.99 whi

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150 per ton lots

Mar. 11, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A second Chinese accounting firm has forged international links as part of the country's determinati

International Petroleum ExchangeMar. 11, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

If they're fresh, they fly; if they're frozen, they cruise.That's the simple, traditional fo

Perdue Farms Inc. became the latest poultry producer to reduce output in an effort to cope with low

Africa's biggest crude oil producer, Nigeria, saw business in its commercial hub Lagos grind to a ha

Residents remained indoors Monday as Indonesia sent extra soldiers to the mining town of Tembagapura

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Three executives, including one who would lose his current job under the proposed merger of Ciba-Gei

The first federal oil and gas lease sale off the Pacific coast of Alaska since the Exxon Valdez oil

Latin American exporters of fresh and frozen seafood are struggling to increase the volume and value

Ceres Terminals Inc., a U.S.-based stevedore, is acquiring Combined Terminals Amsterdam (CTA), the b

While many U.S. transportation stocks took a beating amid Friday's massive sell-off on the New York

Percent Year Closing ChangeHigh/ Price From P/E 52-Week 52-Week Company Low 3/08/96 3

The global container shipping industry is launching a public relations offensive in response to year

Norway's consumer price index was unchanged in February from a month earlier, the Central Bureau of

U.K. producer output prices were up 0.2 percent in February from January, after rising a unrevised 0

PORTION OF COMP LAWRULED UNCONSTITUTIONALDENVER - A portion of Colorado's workers compensati

Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Co., one of the largest policyholder-owned life insurers in the U

PUGET SOUND FERRY PLANSTIRS CONTROVERSYSEATTLE - A proposal to run private ferries between S

Although Puerto Rico's shipping association and port agency have reached a tentative agreement on en

Voters go to the polls across the South today to cast their votes in ''Super Tuesday'' primaries tha

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 24 '95, - Mar. 11, '96 (a graph)(2)

Germany warned Monday it won't activate an ''open skies'' pact with the United States unless Lufthan

Foreign direct investment in the economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union showed stea

Monday, March 11, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Export-Import Bank, already helping finance small business exporters at a record rate, is taking

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

Russia's chief food inspector said Monday that Moscow still intends to cease granting licenses for U

Japan, the United States and the European Union started carefully setting out their battle lines Mon

The U.S. dollar declined Monday, as foreign investors worried about a repeat of Friday's panic selli

Freight transporters on both sides of the English Channel tunnel are urging the British and French g