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Due mainly to offshore interest, the New Zealand dollar has been trading this week at its highest le

The International Maritime Organization has started developing a new code of safe practice for stowi

Canadian Ports Nearly Double Grain-HandlingVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Canada's west coast

Repligen Corp., Sandoz Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Sandoz Chemicals Corp., announced the formation

As China prepares to celebrate its big national holiday today, the nation also looks ahead to a cruc

Finance officials and bank executives from the world's most debt-ridden countries generally oppose s

Nigel Lawson, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, proposed Wednesday a revised system for monitor

Index of Prices Rises For Farm ProductsThe index of prices received by U.S. farmers for thei

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

A U.S. manufacturer of forged steel crankshafts expressed dismay at a Commerce Department finding th

Argentina May Expand Weapons Sales to IranBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina is interested

U.S. legislators, concerned about the inroads made by foreign automakers in the domestic market, sho

Moody's Downgrades Public Service RatingsNEW YORK, N.Y. - Moody's Investors Service said lat

Trinidad and Tobago has drafted plans for expanding and improving its oil and gas industries and its

The Pacific Stock Exchange now lists the stock of Union Texas Petroleum, Houston, under the symbol,

Cessna Aircraft Co. announced the first addition to its Citation line of business jets since 1984: a

Albert Janjigian is bullish on crime. As the president of a Boston-based security equipment company,

Every big economy should have Hong Kong's current dilemma: an export-led, services-fueled boom so su

The prosecution Wednesday demanded prison terms of up to 12 years for four executives of South Kore

In the annals of U.S. social policy, 1987 may be a watershed for at least two reasons. It wi

Lloyd's Register of Shipping has developed a marine accident recorder similar to an aircraft's black

A person robbed and injured in his car while asking for directions is eligible for personal injury b

The financially troubled Insurance Exchange of the Americas will try to reopen some time this month

The chairmen for the congressional conference on the omnibus trade legislation set guidelines this w

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Norfolk Southern Corp. has ended its efforts to win the right to load coal in the Delaware Bay, opti

Greece's conservative New Democracy opposition party has unveiled a shipping policy based on reversi

Top Stories U.S. lending agencies are providing China with needed capital for business development

When the personal savings rate in the United States fell to just 1.8 percent in August, it resurrect

Italian auto giant Fiat, citing favorable market conditions and its own improved productivity and te

A new economic force has taken shape in Asia - the little dragons: South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong an

Traditional Exports High-tech products: electronic, aviation, communication and medical equi

With foreign brewers eager to expand their sales in the United States, the Master Brewers Associatio

Foreign companies may be their own worst enemies when it comes to investing in Japan, says a study c

Chinese food mavens, get ready. The wine you have been hoping for, searching for - one that truly co

Bulk commodity specialists predict increases in movements of coal, chemicals, agricultural products

Truckers are beginning to buy the idea of anti-lock brake systems, and manufacturers are betting tha

Massachusetts life insurers filed a complaint against a regulation issued by Insurance Commissioner

Personal Diagnostics Inc. announced that it has agreed with a U.S. biotechnology company on the deve

As far as David Tangry is concerned, door-to-door service - documents, small parcels, hard freight,