1. WORLD BUSINESS BRIEFING.
- Author
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Zaun, Todd, Timmons, Heather, Austen, Ian, and Benson, Todd
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INTERNATIONAL trade , *PETROLEUM industry , *ENERGY industries , *STATISTICS , *ECONOMIC development , *ECONOMIC forecasting - Abstract
Presents briefs related to world business. Decrease of Japan's account surplus by 13.6 percent in September as a result of rising oil prices and the increasing value of imports; Rise in profits at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation by 3 percent over a six-month period; Growth forecasting by the Bank of England for the British economy in the next year; How Canada's trade surplus fell by 1.4 Canadian dollars to 5.06 billion Canadian dollars; Rise in industrial production in Brazil.
- Published
- 2004