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"A federal sales tax merits discussion, but should be passed by in favor of other, far more benefici

Taiwan has proposed to relax restrictions on foreign investment, but U.S. businesses are concerned a

CHINA SAYS AMBASSADOR TO RETURN TO WASHINGTONWASHINGTON - Chinese Ambassador Li Daoy

China is reducing some of the royalty fees it charges in hopes of making onshore oil areas more attr

Toys "R" Us recently settled a bitter row with a Swedish retail employees' union and a simmering dis

SFFed Corp., the holding company for San Francisco Federal Savings and Loan Association, said Monday

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INSECT INFESTATION WORSENS IN WEST TEXASCHICAGO - Infestations from beet armyworm an

Tokyo Gas Co. said Monday it has reached a basic agreement to import liquefied petroleum gas from an

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Just nine months after Norway rejected membership in the European Union and opted for isolation in t

China's property prices, already among the world's highest in some big cities, are likely to rise "a

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

OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT (Sacramento, Calif.) - Tony Y. Chen has been appointed by Gov. Pete W

MEXICO ENACTS NORMS FOR SEVERAL PRODUCTSMEXICO CITY - The Mexican Secretariat of Com

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Cuba and Argentina initialed an investment guarantee and promotion agreement Friday, even as talks c

The newly elected president of the African Development Bank, Morocco's Omar Kabbaj, said on Monday h

Almost 100 of Indonesia's wealthiest businessmen have pledged in a joint declaration to try to overc

South Korea's booming economy began to ease in the second quarter because of a cutback in capital in

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Vietnamese President Le Duc Anh, whose country recently established diplomatic ties with the United

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India's wholesale price index for commodities rose a provisional 8.51 percent for the week ending Au

Some of the world's largest reinsurance companies are finding themselves in the strange position of

It used to be that reinsurance brokers promoted their advantage as syndicators spreading risk, direc

The collapse of the London excess of loss market in the early 1990s left many victims trailing in it

The reinsurance industry that will greet insurers Sept. 4-6 at the annual Rendez-vous de Septembre i

The story headlined "ART Market Helps Blur Distinction Between Insurance and Reinsurance," which app

Aseguradora Mexicana (Asemex) - the largest property/casualty company in Mexico - is up for sale.

The Insurance Information Institute has handled more than 4,000 transactions every week since it fir

INSURED CALIFORNIANS SAY HEALTH COVERAGE OKLOS ANGELES - Nearly nine out of 10 Calif

KELTER-THORNER INC. (Birmingham, Mich.) - Michael Kelter was named vice president, and Jeffrey G. Sw

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 239.62 off 0.08 wh

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