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U.S. and other businessmen will get a chance this year to participate more directly in the 18-nation

President Boris Yeltsin attacked Western barriers to Russian exports of textiles and complained that

A battle over country music broadcasts between the United States and Canada was settled Thursday aft

Just six months after the Chinese government allowed commercial access to the Internet in China's tw

The U.S. dollar was mixed Thursday, falling against the Japanese yen, and rising against the Deutsch

For years, entrepreneurs and small businesses in this vibrant British colony have used conventional

It is just past 5 p.m. in India's capital.A journalist, seeking important economic data, tri

Singapore has loudly proclaimed its aspirations to become totally wired. Given its small size and pl

The Net's fast growth in the past year took ''surfing'' to a new level with the opening in December

When Bob Drake set up his Web site for architectural and design professionals, his goal was to reach

CALIFORNIA BILL WOULD CAPHOMEOWNER CANCELLATIONSSAN FRANCISCO - Legislation has been introdu

If China's series of missile tests off northern Taiwan is intended to unsettle the island's business

The Port of Boston suffered declines in containerized cargo tonnage and box traffic last year follow

COAST GUARD FINALIZESOIL SPILL LIABILITY RULESWASHINGTON - The Coast Guard made final on Thu

Mounting losses at Saga, France's largest stevedoring company and a major transport operator in West

Municipal officials said total investment in infrastructure construction in the Pudong development a

Demand for new containerships continues to swell the world shipbuilding order book, bringing it to t

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

Imagine a world without Sea-Land Service Inc.For many old-time maritimers, it wouldn't be a

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER INC. (New York) - R. Jay Lewis III has joined the insurance broker and risk ma

Principal Health Care Inc. Thursday announced the completion of the purchase of Admar Group Inc., a

Swedish-owned Skandia International said Thursday it has begun processing insurance business generat

Financial institutions, including insurance companies, are an essential part of the three-pronged ef

The planned $4 billion sale of Aetna Life & Casualty Co.'s property/casualty business to Travelers G

State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. said it will dispute the Florida Insurance Department's preliminary

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 243.91 up 0.76

Mar. 7, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Societe Nationale des Chemins, France's money-losing national railway, should rethink its strategy a

Asia's approach to the delights and demons of the Internet is rather like the hydra-headed beast cas

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Trade leads are supplied by:U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

CALIFORNIA GROUP TO HOLDMEETINGS ON RAIL MERGERSAN FRANCISCO - The California Public Utiliti

Mar. 7, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

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

France made a new pitch to take part in building a Southeast Asian railway network, saying it can of

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

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