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A top Russian minister pleaded for changes to the government's program of reform on Wednesday and sa

The U.S. dollar Wednesday remained fairly steady in Europe but headed downward here as the currency

Chile's gross domestic product will grow between 8.5 percent and 10 percent in the first quarter, sa

Venezuela said nontraditional exports during 1995 grew 1.5 percent, to $4.48 billion from the previo

Commerce officials in Mexico have published three new rulemakings affecting product labels on import

President Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon today meets with Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez in M

One year after Mexico made the complicated transition to new tax policies on transfer pricing for mu

"How can a color that's so wild have a taste that's so smooth?

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS SHRANK 11 PERCENT IN 1995Japan's huge customs-cleared trade surplus sh

U.S.-Russian trade prospects could get a lift next week, when Vice President Albert Gore and Russian

The Prudential Insurance Co. has donated $200,000 to help volunteer emergency medical services in Ne

Federal disaster officials are urging property owners in states hard-hit by recent floods to buy flo

Twenty-two organizations, including insurers, brokers, reinsurers and company associations, have sig

ITT HARTFORD AGREES ON BRAZILIAN VENTURESIMSBURY, Conn. - ITT Hartford Life Insurance Cos. a

U.S. regulators moved to compromise with the U.K. insurance industry Wednesday when representatives

The former Prudential insurance agent and his wife faked their deaths in Minnesota to collect $500,0

In a bid to stem tax evasion and streamline import procedures, Ecuador's government has opened custo

Jordan's pro-Iraqi business community said Tuesday a government decision tocut exports to Ba

Businessmen from Arab countries are showing increasing interest in doing business with Israel despit

Brazil, long accused of pirating patented pharmaceuticals, has taken a giant step toward meeting int

EDDIE BAUER STORES TO EXPAND IN JAPANThe Eddie Bauer store chain said this week it will open

A year-end surge in exports and steadily declining imports have executives at the ports of Los Angel

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Tuesday, Jan. 23, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

President Fidel Ramos said Tuesday that the Japan Credit Rating Agency Ltd. has upgraded the Philipp

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 27, '95 - Jan. 23, '96 (a graph) (2

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

Italian industrial production is expected to fall a seasonally adjusted 5.6 percent in January from

The dollar held steady Tuesday as traders finished taking profit from the run- up that began early t

A survey of 30 private-sector economists published by professional services firm KPMG Tuesday reveal

Countertrade - the parallel purchase or trade of one product in exchange for another - is famous thr

With the new year not yet a month old, China's textile industry already reckons it won't be a happy

GLICKMAN TO DISCUSS WHEAT BAN WITH CHINAU.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will raise C

France's banking sector should go through a major shakeout this year following a tough 1995, Standar

France has fallen behind its main trade competitors in the number of persons companies and the gover

Local authorities have rejected the Hyundai Motor Co.'s proposal for what would have been Vietnam's

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