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946 (September 30, 1998) Previous day - 935The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

China is groping for - and the United States hoping for - a ''rule of law'' in China.Under a

It's an agricultural market of mythic proportions, at least on paper: 1.2 billion people in one of t

China faces an increasingly difficult challenge in reforming its massive, and largely loss-making, p

When Emily Tong was born, her mother initially wanted to give her away because baby girls were deeme

Late last year, many market watchers became worried that China displayed all the signs of the ''Asia

Philips Electronics NV announced plans both to build a chip factory in Singapore and to sell part of

The Coast Guard is investigating an oil spill from an unidentified source, off Northern California.<

Pioneer Railcorp. reported that its two Alabama operating subsidiaries have received $600,000 in fed

The recent devaluation of the peso in relation to the dollar is, so far, having very little impact o

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curre

Federal Express Corp. has added another service from Hong Kong to the U.S. West Coast.The ne

Allianz ''is not interested in buying a bank,'' said Joachim Faber, finance director of Allianz's li

Global yarn production contracted in the second quarter of 1998 by 0.5 percent, compared with the fi

''Don't send apples!'' That was the televised appeal of one regional postmaster this week, as Russia

California Gov. Pete Wilson has vetoed Assembly Bill 2157 which, according to insurers, inappropriat

Israel's largest health insurer has filed a $2 billion lawsuit against Israeli and U.S. tobacco manu

Lincoln Financial Group said Tuesday it is launching a national campaign to introduce its new market

Insured property losses from Hurricane Georges in four Gulf Coast states are expected to reach $1 bi

Australian insurers on Tuesday said it was too early to assess the value of potential claims arising

House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley announced that he negotiated a compromise agreement

With China proposing to spend huge amounts on fixed assets over the next several years, some insuran

Setting the stage for a potentially far-reaching trade law decision, the Supreme Court has agreed to

A group of U.S. steel producers filed trade complaints Wednesday asking for sharp increases in U.S.

Southampton Container Terminals is about to make its entry into the trans-Atlantic market by securin

The number of Americans without health insurance rose to 43.4 million last year, up 1.7 million from

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization said the Asian crisis is causing a downturn i

The Clinton administration may be easing out of a predicament over nuclear sanctions on India and Pa

Appearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Commerce Secretary William M. Daley warned of a looming ''seri

The White House would veto financial services modernization legislation as it currently stands, U.S.

State Superintendent of Insurance Neil Levin says a hearing will be held Oct. 19 regarding Mutual Li

Much to the dismay of a consumer group, California Gov. Pete Wilson has vetoed two health-care refor

Aetna International Inc., the international arm of Aetna Inc., has announced that it will sell its i

While the Internet plays an increasingly important role in the lives of people between the ages of 2

Russia's dominant state-owned insurance company, Rosgosstrakh, warned the government last week that

The Federal Trade Commission has requested for the second time additional information from Marsh & M

The point man against the bug that is threatening American woodlands and unsettling imports from Chi

Roughly one-third of the non-management personnel at the New York-area office for Croatia Line's Nor

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