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OFFERS TO BUY* POLO SHIRTS. Plain polo shirts, 100 percent cotton and/or poly/cotton mix (65

Lloyd's of London has expelled broker Michael James Cowie for ''thoroughly dishonest behavior, invol

International Petroleum ExchangeAugust 27, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)<

Three weeks ended Aug. 22, 1998, vs. similar 1997 periodCARS CARSLOADED LOADED

SEPTEMBERMerchant Marine Personnel Advisory Committee. Sept. 3-4. Easton, Md. Discussion of

The Surface Transportation Board will put a controversial Louisiana rail construction proposal by th

James S. Kimbrell was named president of Hvide Marine Towing, the offshore towing and harbor towing

Pink sands, balmy breezes and more than $100 billion in total insurance assets. Bermuda - 22 miles l

New York Mercantile Exchange - August 27, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

The U.S. government agency responsible for managing the Panama Canal has issued a call for a toll-re

The prospect of continued global economic uncertainty is the latest threat to hopes for a long-await

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Two Bangladesh government measures announced last week are expected to ease the shortage of empty co

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What's in a name anyway? It used to be that insurers insured people and businesses and reinsurers in

Aug. 28, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

August 28, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

The National Pork Producers Council and National Pork Board have announced plans to help move histor

We like not trusting government, any level of government. Just ask your barber, bartender or any oth

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Aug. 28, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

The reinsurance industry - characterized only a decade ago by ineptitude and failure - has been rein

While direct reinsurers have been getting bigger, broker-market reinsurers are not only holding on,

Hong Kong's worsening economic woes and prolonged government intervention against speculators in the

Shippers awaiting cargo through the ports of Hampton Roads face delays of at least two to three days

Under pressure from Congress, the Department of Agriculture issued a rule last week that requires eg

After more than three centuries of hidebound tradition, one would think Lloyd's of London had become

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Last year, 66 reinsurers and reinsurance departments reported net income of $3.3 billion, an increas

Oregon's prized hazelnut harvest is expected to be 65 percent lower than last year, sending U.S. pro

Aug. 27, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act has yet to be approved by Congress, but importers and exporters are al

International Container Terminal Services Inc., the Philippine company that was won the concession t

'I'm not sure there is a real commitment from the hemisphere as a whole anymore.'

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Oct. 17, 1997 - Aug. 28, 1998 (a graph)*

With the four giant Canadian life insurance companies poised to turn themselves into stock companies

FUTURES - August 27, 1998 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - August 26, 1998All life-of-co

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 196.18 off 1.96

With pessimism about the world economy deepening in the wake of last week's rout of the U.S. and oth