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Pakistan is seeking a new loan package of around $4.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund t

The World Bank will soon release Tanzania's second $75 million, structural adjustment credit tranche

The Ugandan shilling continues to depreciate against the U.S. dollar despite intervention by the Ban

'There is no doubt that the system Customs has now has reached its design limitations.'

Food processor International Multifoods Corp. said its fiscal second-quarter earnings fell sharply a

New Jersey Republican Gov. Christine Todd Whitman will spend the week in Mexico, leading a trade mis

Despite the Asian economic turmoil, Germany's exports continued a steady rise this summer, leading t

French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin will pay an official visit to China from Thursday through Saturd

The State Bank of India has started test-marketing its credit card, a top official at the bank said.

Canadian officials on a market promotion trip to South America reached a deal to ease Canadian pork

Petroleum Minister V.K. Ramamurthy said the government will offer contracts for the exploration of 4

A leading activist against garment industry ''sweatshops'' has accused U.S. luxury clothing company

U.S. trade sanctions against ''problem'' countries such as Cuba and Iran drew a sharp rebuke last we

Insurance superintendent Neil D. Levin said Thursday that six of the largest automobile insurance wr

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South Korea's two ailing guarantee insurers, Korea Guarantee Insurance Co. and Hankuk Fidelity & Sur

The board of directors of American International Group Inc. Thursday declared a quarterly cash divid

The Allstate Insurance Co. investigator who uncovered several multimillion-dollar auto-insurance fra

A federal court ruled that insurers must defend a vinyl mini-blind manufacturer facing nationwide cl

Two direct and indirect subsidiaries of Aon Corp., Chicago, have joined forces to offer a range of s

Lawsuits related to age discrimination are likely to tail off, according to a Chicago law firm, in a

China's increasing promotion of company pension plans is attracting an enthusiastic response from in

The Washington Insurance Council announced its grant recipients for 1998 to 1999. This year, five co

The Millennium Bug lies in wait ready to bite the energy industry.Computer chips embedded wi

A shrinking client pool caused by oil industry mergers and rock-bottom prices are plaguing energy in

Now that implementation of the International Safety Management code has begun, debate has arisen as

The International Association of Classification Societies and its member societies have taken forcef

The United States Senate Judiciary Committee's antitrust panel will hold hearings Tuesday on the pro

Once upon a time Lloyd's of London was the do-all and end-all of the energy insurance business, able

Ecuador's new government has proposed reforms to the country's oil industry that could double oil ou

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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 201.83 off 0.98

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A European Union proposal to slap anti-dumping duties on unbleached cotton fabrics from five countri

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