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Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto and French Finance Minister Edmo

The U.S. dollar continued to establish record lows against the Japanese yen and brushed its record l

European Union steelmakers have filed an anti-dumping complaint with the European Commission relatin

European Union foreign ministers Monday approved large increases in import quotas for China to take

Commercial ties between China and the United States could blossom even more quickly with additional

European Union foreign ministers agreed Monday to establish a customs union with Turkey next January

About 200,000 Americans may already be wearing Reebok shoes made in India without knowing it. In fiv

"About 90 percent to 95 percent of (U.S. technical aid) is going to U.S. consultants . . . who stay

Construction machinery maker Clark Equipment Co. agreed Monday to sell its 50 percent share in Dutch

Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., one of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers, said Monday

FRANCE'S LYONNAISE TO BID FOR NORTHUMBRIANLONDON - France's Lyonnaise es Eaux SA sai

As the Republicans see it, the U.S. government could practically eliminate all foreign economic aid,

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

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North Atlantic shipping lines have until Thursday to accept the terms of the Federal Maritime Commis

Japanese financial institutions, facing scandals and mounting debt problems, will focus increasingly

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is sailing into a storm of opposition from competing U.S. lines because of

A $14 billion gas production, transportation and export project in Alaska that has surmounted many o

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor has intervened to block $1 billion in exports of jet engines

The tumult in the coffee markets won't originate exclusively from the boardrooms and trading floors.

"They put coffee in their coffee in Brazil." So Frank Sinatra croons in the song that celebrates "no

Brazil's coffee policy, including input and marketing loans, is being worked out, Industry and Comme

Historically high cotton prices and tight world supply will force a shakeout in the regional textile

Israel is exporting wheat to Turkey for the first time. But it's for religious rather than economic

One week into western Germany's first engineering strike in 11 years, employers and the IG Metall tr

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSE Natural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for Mar. 1995 (see Note

CANNABIS-LIKE DRUG MAY AID MS PATIENTSLONDON - A synthetic drug that mimics the effe

Brazil's May 1995-April 1996 coffee crop will total 15.4 million 60-kilogram bags, exporter Marcelli

There's more than one way, it seems, to boost ethanol's access to the nation's gasoline tanks.

MARK, POUND OFFSET RISE IN COCOA PRICEHAMBURG, Germany - The deutsche mark's strengt

National Gypsum Co. directors rejected as inadequate a $1.1 billion buyout offer from Europe's leadi

Allowing the Alaskan oil export ban to be lifted will eliminate thousands of jobs in Washington stat

Friday Mar. 3, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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Business and environmental interests disagree stridently about the best way to restore depleted salm

The Far Eastern Freight Conference within the next 10 days will begin appeal proceedings against a r

CHALLENGE AIR CARGO EXPANDS BOLIVIA SERVICEMIAMI - Challenge Air Cargo said it will