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Exports of garments and textiles grew 12.5 percent last year to $2.8 billion, with the United States

"As far as transport, you can just throw out this week."

American telecommunications giant AT&T Corp. launched a $1 million training center in collaboration

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is assuring growers of organic produce they still will be able to

GROUP OF 7 MEETING CANCELED DUE TO SNOWBALTIMORE - A conference of G-7 economic mini

18 TAIWANESE FIRMS PREPARE TO GO PRIVATETAIPEI - Eighteen state-run Taiwanese compan

NORTH AMERICA Fashion Jewelry Mart. Jan. 12-14, March 9-16, June 5-8 and Sept. 28-Oct. 5. Rh

Women in the insurance industry have added their voice to the growing dialogue in cyberspace.

The state-owned Development Bank of the Philippines said it will spin off several of its divisions i

AXA, the Paris-based international insurance and financial services group, announced profits of 133

Egypt has frozen plans to fly an exhibition of ancient Egyptian artifacts to Florida that was to hav

Funeral home operator Ronnie Cox, who was Decatur County coroner for 32 years, said a competitor and

HCC Insurance Holdings of Houston said it plans to buy a Wakefield, Mass., underwriting firm for abo

NYCAN PRAISES PROMISE OF COMPENSATION REFORMMOUNT VERNON, N.Y. - The New York Worker

The Independent Insurance Agents of America has set new dates for its 1996 midyear meeting and Natio

Spain's industrial production index in October was up 2.3 percent from September and was up 3.4 perc

A federal judge ruled that a Roman Catholic self-insurance pool won't have to pay claims or defend t

Canadian housing starts rose 6.6 percent in December, to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 111,30

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Hong Kong's insurance industry grew 20 percent in 1994 over the previous year, paced by 46 percent e

INSURER'S LIQUIDATORS BATTLE TO CONTROL STOCKHAMILTON, Bermuda - Joint liquidators o

Shippers canceled freight moves, farmers lost sleep over crop-ruining freezes and transportation gri

U.S. officials made progress in banana trade talks with Costa Rica over the weekend, but made little

The dollar was in a holding pattern, trading Monday slightly higher as North American dealings were

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

Allstate Insurance Co. would terminate its 1,600 California agents and make them independent contrac

Monday, Jan. 8, 1996 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanad

A Scottish insurance industry strategic planning consultant is catching the wave of commercial inter

FRANCE MARKS PASSING OF FRANCOIS MITTERRANDPARIS - Former French president Francois

"While the Congress and the White House cross swords, our goods aren't crossing borders."

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

Britons are baffled about Europe, with more than half describing their knowledge of the European Uni

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum opened its series of meetings for 1996 on Monday, with o

This thousand-year-old port city is best known to recent history as the scene of one of the ugliest

China's largest commercial hub and port is moving to turn more of its ideas into products with the c

INDIAN AIRLINES MULLS MANUFACTURERS' OFFERSNEW DELHI - Indian Airlines, the country'

Just about anything can be recycled these days, even old marine terminals if the economics are right

A North Carolina man who is blind and his guide dog Bronnie embarked on a four-day cruise to the Bah

The first blizzard of 1996 hit Northeast ports harder than a snowball tossedfrom the top of

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Maersk Line are planning to operate seven services a week between Asia and