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Presents business news briefs. Widening of the trade surplus in Japan; Growing overseas investments by Japanese companies; Upgrade of credit ratings on Canon and Ricoh; Borrowing outlook for the British government; Fines which were levied against mortgage lender Abbey National in Britain; Decline in profits expected at Dutch telecommunication company, Royal KPN; Court ruling in a credit lawsuit against Deutsche Bank; Purchase of Scout24AG by T-Online International of Germany.

Presents updates related to business and economy in Europe and the Middle East as of April 25, 2000. Decline in the key lending rate of Bank of Israel; Selection of Ahmet Necdet Sezer, chief justice of the Constitutional Court, as the presidential candidate of Turkey's ruling coalition; Alliance of Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano and French bank Societe Generale.

Presents business and financial news briefs as of December 24, 1998. United States economic growth in the third quarter; The benchmark rate on overnight loans between US banks; Denial by European automakers of a possible merger with Ford Motor Co. in Munich, Germany.