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Crude oil prices, which have bounced off five-year lows recently, may soon resume a downward trend,

EXEL REPORTS GROWTH IN OPERATING INCOMEHAMILTON, Bermuda - Excess liability insurer

There was a ray of hope last week for the 450 Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. employees whose jo

France gave the green light Monday to the privatization in the next few weeks of the country's bigge

Jan. 10, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

In a bid to streamline government, Washington Gov. Mike Lowry has proposed eliminating six state com

Egypt is planning to launch a tourism-promotion campaign to pull in foreigners scared off by a wave

Spanish industrial production fell 3.5 percent on a year-on-year basis in October, against a 1.7 per

Five cities and a power cooperative lost a Supreme Court challenge to a lower court ruling in a disp

The Supreme Court Monday refused to review a lower court ruling that companies' tank trucks are resp

Mexico's finance ministry, Secretaria de Hacienda y Credito Publico, has authorized the creation of

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

The state law that authorized riverboat gambling in Indiana awarded two boats to Gary. Now city offi

The flooded waters of the Rhine River, which were swollen to about four times their normal level, ar

Jan. 10, 1994 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

ZURICH COMPLETES BUY OF CENTRE RE HOLDINGSZURICH, Switzerland - Zurich Insurance Co.

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -3.101/4 94.41/5 94.71/6 95

Prices of jet fuel in Asia and the Middle East remain firm despite the resumption of operations at s

The recent rise in Brent crude oil prices and return to stability of the Norwegian krone have exting

Metall Mining Corp. is moving "full speed ahead" with its plan to restructure the company as an inte

Railroad traffic finished 1993 on an up beat as carriers reported a 4 percent increase in carload tr

The U.S. dollar rose Monday as western German gross domestic product for all of 1993 was reported at

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 10, 1994 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

While the final decision has yet to be made, the staff of the state's Hurricane Insurance Relief Fun

France will likely file a protest after a Canadian police vessel entered French waters while chasing

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

US-JAPAN TRADE TALKS BEGIN WITH WIDE GAPTOKYO - The fifth round of U.S.-Japan trade

The state-owned coal company of Indonesia announced plans this week to increase output and improve t

King Ocean Services, one of the major independent carriers in the South Florida-Latin America ocean

EU, US PLAN TO BEGIN AIR CARGO TALKS JAN. 25The United States and the European Union have se

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -2.181/3 94.71/4 94.41/5

In an attempt to take advantage of a developing worldwide cellular sales network, Qualcomm Inc. of S

If 1993 was the year of innovation, this year looks to be the year of implementation as new equipmen

Canada's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for December rose to 11.2 percent, up 0.2 percentage

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will establish a task force that will seek $700

Two submerged tracts leased from the state of Alabama by Mobil for almost $2.9 million will partly g

Jackson County has agreed to take over the grain elevator and surrounding property on the west bank

Property and casualty insurers are expected to post 1993's worst underwriting results in the fourth

Employers Casualty Co. was declared insolvent last week, in what represents the second-largest prope