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The enormous leverage that Nikkokyo, the Japan Harbor Transportation Association, has over steamship

ACORDIA ACQUIRES OHIO BROKERAGEINDIANAPOLIS - Acordia Inc., one of the largest insur

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

The warm relations that Argentine President Carlos Menem has cultivated with President Clinton are a

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Toyota Motor Corp. has not made many investments in China. Instead, like most Japanese auto companie

Measures approved this week to overhaul Mexico's antiquated health-care system will expand opportuni

Europe will gain an edge over lofty U.S. plans for free trade in the Americas and strengthen its his

More than 50 members of Congress, with support from organized labor, are pressing the Clinton admini

Thursday, Dec. 14, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A senior House maritime leader will look to force renegotiation of a global agreement banning shipbu

U.S. Attorney Nora Manella said Wednesday that a federal grand jury had indicted Hyundai Motor Ameri

The National Security Agency said that it has cleared a declassified version of a controversial stud

France posted a preliminary seasonally adjusted current account payments surplus of 2.938 billion fr

Foreign direct investments by multinational companies this year are forecast to reach $235 billion,

The U.S. dollar fell in early North American trading Thursday, jerked back after rising on the Bunde

Output in Singapore's key manufacturing sector in October grew by 10 percentfrom a year earl

Canada's consumer price index rose 0.2 percent in November from October and increased 2.1 percent fr

Haitians are voting on Sunday for a successor to President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, amid indications

Pepper, jam and duck won't be on the menu today when the leaders of the European Union sit down to a

Responding to European criticism, the State Department said late Wednesday that it took views of key

"There's a vitality in the air when you go to China."

US TURNS UP THE HEAT IN CANADA LUMBER ROWWASHINGTON - The United States has set a de

U.S. officials and business interests are better prepared than they were two years ago for a nasty s

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China signed a $130 million agreement allowing China's Ministr

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The differences between cultures can be measured by how people behave in line at the movie theater,

Customs' new country-of-origin rules, scheduled to take effect as of July 1, 1996, are giving U.S. t

The Japanese government will review laws on door-to-door and telephone sales to protect consumers ag

This week's global merger between Kimberly Clark Corp. and Scott Paper Co. has been put on hold in M

TOKYO, OSAKA TOP LIST OF COSTLIEST CITIESLONDON _Tokyo and Osaka in Japan are the world's mo

U.S. companies plan to increase their investments in the Philippines in the coming years, despite so

China's first joint-venture insurance company will be run by Manufacturers Life Insurance Co. of Can

Last year, Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise, heeding cries that delaying dredging would endanger the reg

Chartwell Re Corp. completed its merger with Piedmont Management Co. this week. The new comp

Port users, including ocean carriers and major shippers, would have a much stronger say in managemen

Hapag-Lloyd's readiness to cut freight rates for German chemical exports to North America follows a