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Acting Russian Finance Minister Sergey Dubinin attempted to persuade the Paris Club Thursday to supp

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday in a technical rally that tested the upper bounds of its recent tradin

Slovenian investment funds are likely to be licensed by July, advancing the mass privatization proce

Canadian industries operated at a seasonally adjusted 79.4 percent of capacity in January-March, up

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Unemployment in Denmark was unchanged in April with 354,500 people unemployed, corresponding to 12.6

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Econocaribe Consolidators Inc. has ridden the wave of growing trade in the Caribbean Basin,a fast-gr

The World Bank will urge Caribbean leaders meeting here next week to pursue an array of economic ref

This city, recognized as a symbol of the New South, will host representatives of the "new South Afri

The "sound development of bilateral economic and trade links" between China and Australia should be

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The European Commission is expected to delete South Korea and Singapore from its list of developing

Fearing German-French dominance of the European Union, Italy's new government is set to join Britain

Brazil's April foreign trade surplus widened 37 percent from March to $1.416 billion on a major boos

In an effort to hold onto what remains of its commercial fishing activity and shore up its overall f

U.S. investment bank Lehman Bros. will manage a new $300 million Russian investment fund guaranteed

The Asian Development Bank is planning to finance nearly half of a $48.6 million project to upgrade

WOODEN ARTICLES Wooden tables. Contact: Anam Industrial Ltd., 151-22 Hwayang-Dong, Sungdong-

Customs' "informed compliance" initiative, mandated by Congress under the Customs Modernization Act,

Regardless of who assumes the office of president in Mexico later this year, the new leader's princi

S. KOREA ROOTING OUT ITS SOFTWARE PIRACYSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea, facing possible U.

A leading business association is claiming that this year's cut in import tariffs is harming the cou

Weak grocery and department store sales led to a dip in Australian retail sales in April, wiping awa

June 2, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Three college students and two insurance professionals are the first recipients of scholarships from

India's exports of computer programs jumped 51 percent in the year through last March to 10 billion

BRAZIL TREASURY TO ISSUE UP TO $1 BILLION IN BONDSBRASILIA, Brazil - The Brazilian Treasury

South Korea's Samsung General Chemical is considering reducing ethylene production starting sometime

2 EX-MET LIFE AGENTS SUING OVER JOB LOSSBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Two former Metropolitan Lif

HOME INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Robert Spiro has rejoined the company as senior vice president, Exce

"Ship, Sea and Sky: The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth." Through Sept. 5. New York. Exhibit

Global demand for gold, after a mild setback in 1993, will revive this year aided by the economic re

In a move that surprised even growers, Colombia raised its internal coffee price by 7.5 percent, the

Olin Corp. said Thursday it plans to invest $75 million in the integration and expansion of its TDI

Insurance companies posted losses in net and operating income in the first quarter due to the Northr

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

1420 (June 2, 1994) Previous day - 1437 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Tugboats were on their way late Thursday to try and refloat a Liberian tanker carrying 13 million ga