California sends first trade mission to Cuba
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California, the top U.S. food producing state, has sent its first official agricultural trade mission to communist Cuba, looking to tap a potential $180 million food market.
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An oil deposit with an estimated 100-million-barrel reserve has been discovered off Cuba's coast by Canadian companies Sherritt International Corp.  and Pebercan Inc. , President Fidel Castro said.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  arrived in Spain for what is meant to be a fence-mending trip  on Friday but her first words were of reproach for its policy  of engaging Cuba.
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An oil deposit with an estimated 100-million-barrel reserve has been discovered off Cuba&#39;s coast by Canadian companies Sherritt International Corp.
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WASHINGTON -- Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Guti&#xE9;rrez had some straight talk yesterday for lawmakers and business groups pressing for a softer approach toward Cuba as the island prepares for a post-Fidel Castro era.
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Cuba will open a currency exchange window to trade Japanese yen, Canadian, European and Latin American currencies for the convertible peso, the local currency the government is using to replace the US dollar, the communist party daily Granma announced Tuesday.
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THE first commercial flight between the United States and Vietnam since their war 30 years ago landed yesterday to open a new chapter of cultural and economic exchange between the former foes.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping his international star power in one of the state&#39;s most important foreign markets will help bring new business opportunity to California.
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American producers sold $437.5 million in food to Cuba in 2007, a new peak in value despite Cuban complaints that the Bush administration is hindering trade.
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HBN, HAVANA, Cuba, Mon. Nov. 8: Cuban President, Fidel Castro, received a surprise visit from his friend, Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias.
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The Republic of Bulgaria has tagged Sacramento as home for a new honorary consulate office, and a local expert in international trade as its honorary consul general.
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Cuban migrants sneak ashore in Florida during a training exercise designed to deal with a possible mass exodus from Cuba.
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Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A" stamp.
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Jesus Perez Valiente rafted to Florida's shores three years ago, seeking freedom, opportunity and an escape from the food rationing and other hardships that are part of everyday life in communist Cuba.
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HAVANA -- Cuba has agreed to buy about $125 million in farm goods from US companies attending trade talks in Havana, officials say.
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Ernest Hemingway's favorite bars in  Havana are under new management in a drive by Cuba's Communist  government to increase control over its main cash cow, the  tourist trade.
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By Barna, Ed  In June, Governor James Douglas will go to China, along with representatives of the Agency of Commerce and Community Development, Vermont Global Trade Partnership, and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.