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The Cigna Knickerbocker Cup, taking place in New York harbor from Sept. 23-27, will feature 12 profe

LOCKHART CARIBBEANBUYS 2 INSURANCE FIRMSST. THOMAS, U.S.V.I. - John P. de Jongh Jr., preside

CNA Financial Corp. said Wednesday it will reorganize its operations and cut its 22,000 work force b

China seems set to break up its main insurance company, which has already reorganized once to meet n

INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS OF AMERICARobert A. Rusbuldt has been named executive vice pres

Stagnant growth in mature domestic markets, excess underwriting capacity and increased competition f

Hanson PLC has reached an agreement to settle the funding and risk of the environmental liabilities

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

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

As of August 5,1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 205.57 off 0.88 w

Aug. 5, 1998No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 24.

International Petroleum ExchangeAugust 4, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

August 5, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Aug. 5, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

New York Mercantile Exchange - August 4, 1998PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH

Aug. 4, 1998U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

The Senate will handle the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, approved by the House on Tuesday, under expedi

Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras hopes to cut its $5 billion annual price tag on oil imports by ex

U.S. crude oil inventories rose almost 2 million barrels in the week ended July 31, as compared with

The international container shipping industry has decided how it will take the first steps into the

In the auctions for the biggest natural gas distribution projects in Mexico, the government awarded

Wednesday Aug. 5, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

While Cuban dictator Fidel Castro donned his mili- tary garb for a three-country, six-day Caribb

VAN LINE ON TRACK WITHBOSTON-TORONTO RUNFORT WAYNE, Ind. - North American Van Lines Inc. has

The growing cost of running a business, especially a smaller one, has increased the practice of leas

Vitran Corp., the Toronto freight-forwarding and logistics company, announced Tuesday it was expandi

I remember how it used to feel when I was a kid. August would come and I'd just be comfortably settl

Denmark's AP Moeller Group, which owns Maersk Line, will see its second-half earnings cut as a resul

PARTNERSHIP WILL STUDYYEAR 2000 PROBLEMSWASHINGTON - Deputy Transportation Secretary Mortime

The European Commission plans to take legal action against Belgium, Germany and Greece for failing t

A letter from the Clinton administration this week spotlights Mexico's handling of employee rights,

The Surface Transportation Board has handed traffic managers a major victory by agreeing to remove t

Boeing announced Wednesday it will build its first crew training and maintenance hub outside the Uni

All Canadian wheat and barley shipments entering the United States could be forced to cross at a sin

China's first air cargo company, China Cargo Airlines, was unveiled this week by its two joint-ventu

The World Bank is trying to convince Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom to put off a mammoth pipeline pro

CALIFORNIA FIRMSELECTS BAX GLOBALIRVINE, Calif. - Ingram Micro's Frameworks has named BAX Gl

Growth at Hong Kong's mighty Kwai Chung Terminals may be slowing to single-digit figures, but the am

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Sept. 19, 1997 - Aug. 5, 1998 (a graph)*