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A California bill aimed at consolidating the state's labyrinth of insurance fraud statutes has trigg

When the insurance industry runs into a problem with consumers or legislators or the courts, what

It's not hard to see why smart risk managers are shopping for insurance to cover sexual harassment c

Taiwan's largest non-life insurer is raising funds abroad and developing what it expects will be a c

Unum Corp. said Wednesday it has reached agreements with two Japanese companies to sell its insuranc

HALIFAX PORT BOARD OKSPIER 21 REDEVELOPMENTHALIFAX - Halifax Port Corp.'s board approved a $

Dennis L. Bryant's Sea Trials column that appeared Wednesday, Feb. 15, on Page 2B should have said h

A big spring storm roared in off Lake Superior the other day and with northeast winds gusting to 50

Turkish shipping companies are feeling the pinch on routes to the Middle and Far East from fierce co

If you haven't heard of Zhenhua Port Machinery Co., you probably will.The well-connected fir

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A small fishing town in Pakistan was chosen as the site for the country's third and futuristic port

983 (April 16, 1998) Previous day - 975The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Restructuring Patrick Stevedore. Co was the first step in an elaborate scheme to allow it to legally

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

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The military-backed regime in Southeast Asia's most reclusive state is ordering all foreign air expr

When American Airlines Chairman Robert Crandall would come calling on government regulators, they le

United Airlines said Thursday it will suspend daily nonstop service between San Francisco and Seoul

Asian economic troubles are taking a toll on the cargo operations of Canada's two major airlines.

USFreightways Corp. said net income for the first quarter of 1998 rose 41 percent to $13.7 million,

Leave it to the world's largest transportation company to raise the stakes in the never-ending marke

Another railroad trade association executive is leaving the industry with the announcement that Will

Shippers of bulk commodities have called on the European Union to step up action against rogue shipo

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

* Noon Thursday - The U.S. dollar rose against the Japanese yen and held an earlier gainagainst the

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 30, 1997 - Apr. 16, 1998 (a graph)*

MAQUILADORA EXPORTSROSE 20 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYMEXICO CITY - Maquiladora exports in February

If history is any guide, this year's overvalued dollar and a sky-rocketing trade deficit will actual

The Group of 7 industrial nations left Japan high and dry at this week's meeting, leaving the Asian

The Clinton administration is being slammed on both sides over its compromise plan to launch propaga

Britain's service sector is starting to feel the impact of the strong pound sterling, with exports a

'The United States is in no position to take a strong lead. This is really a first early case where

American farmers and politicians point to the numbers when they complain that free trade in wheat an

Japanese corporates in Thailand are lifting their shareholdings as Thai joint venture partners fall

OFFERS TO BUY* POTASSIUM CHLORIDE. Please state specification and quote c.i.f. Chongqing, Ch

EU PLANS TO APPROVESALE OF BIO-GRAINSBRUSSELS - The European Union plans to approve the sale