World & Nation
Last July 28, 43 nations signed an agreement in Geneva under the auspices of the new World Trade Organization to liberalize trade and investment in financial services.
Sept. 3, 1995
Airline travel to Latin America has been regarded by many as an adventure in itself, with infrequent and costly flights, aging planes and service marred by unscheduled stops and meals that run out before all passengers have been fed.
Sept. 3, 1991
Business
The Internal Revenue Service may soon win greater powers to aid its crackdown on foreign-owned firms in the United States, which allegedly are ducking billions of dollars in U.S. taxes by improperly shifting profits to their parent firms overseas.
Feb. 22, 1991
The United States has begun to export one of its best-selling products--legal services--to Japan.
Nov. 17, 1987
Crime: Cases have doubled in two years, Freeh says. Statutes don’t adequately protect firms.
Feb. 29, 1996
The dollar surged to its highest levels against foreign currencies in several months Friday, reflecting growing confidence in the U.S. economy and a view that America’s major trading partners sanction the climb, analysts said.
June 25, 1988
A U.S. serviceman fatally stabbed a Japanese woman and then killed himself in Okinawa on Saturday, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said, as local resentment over the presence of American troops in the southwestern Japanese region swelled.
April 13, 2019
Fears of an impending U.S.
Feb. 28, 1994
La Plaza
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Jan. 29, 2010
For America’s senior diplomat, it was strictly deja vu.
Feb. 20, 1989