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A combination of savvy diplomacy, back-room deals and overt pressure by the European Union paid off

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. of Allentown, Pa., said Wednesday that strong performances in its gase

U.S. citizens Michael Fay and Harry Wu are two well-known recipients of Asia's harsh standards of la

With customers refusing to pay more to have their freight hauled, one of the nation's largest trucki

A group of North Atlantic shipping lines will lose its antitrust immunity to quote inland freight ra

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"It's a crazy idea," says Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D. It's "ludicrous," agrees Sen. Ernest Hollings, D

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 27, '94 - July 26, '95 (a graph) (2

The House was moving Wednesday toward passage of a fiscal 1996 appropriations bill for the Commerce

Wednesday, July 26, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. foreign trade deficit will be sharply lower next year, the National Association of Manufact

The U.S. dollar declined against the deutsche mark Wednesday and was little changed against the Japa

Spain's industrial production index in May was up 9.8 percent from the year- earlier month, the nati

The European Commission on Wednesday approved the biggest state-aid package in the 37-year history o

The Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, Mexico's Finance Ministry, has published new customs f

Chile will wait until September to decide whether it will proceed on to the substantive portion of n

A key member of the Brazilian Senate has pledged to back a new patent law broadening protection to l

The European Commission Wednesday launched a strategy paper laying out the framework for a closer ec

"The Big Emerging Markets (promotional) strategy is a major piece with our policy of commercial dipl

BANK OF GREECE TO CURB FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOANSATHENS, Greece - The Bank of Greece has

The U.S. government's clash with developing nations over underwear imports has at least another mont

U.S. table wine imports stacked up a robust 12 percent gain last year, correcting a 10 percent impor

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France's gross domestic product increased by a unrevised 0.7 percent in the first quarter of 1995 af

For "Detroit" read "Wuhan," capital of Hubei province in eastern China and apparently intended to be

South Korea on Tuesday unveiled a package of measures aimed at relaxing restrictions on the securiti

Mexico's national automobile manufacturers association has petitioned the federal government for sev

MALAYSIA LEADER BACKS VIETNAM'S ASEAN ENTRYKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian Prime Minister

The United States this week gave the Zimbabwean government $19.8 million to help the development of

Since the 1991 Persian Gulf War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, its major political ally and t

Japan's retail revolution reached the cosmetics counter Wednesday, when one of the nation's leading

As Southeast Asia's chief economic powers grope their way toward an internal free-trade area, the pl

Eastman Kodak Co. decided to push for a Section 301 U.S. trade case against Japan over other options

Bootleggers are facing stiffer fines and longer stays in jail under new international trade laws tha

Growth in advertising reflects growth in a country's economy, or so the saying goes. But in Sri Lank

International shippers and freight forwarders of fine wines and selected liqueurs are trading costly

The Port of New York and New Jersey can claim to be the booziest port in the nation - in terms of im

Six months of investigation into the loss of an American satellite insured for $160 million failed t