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MID OCEAN LIMITEDMark Hiller has been appointed vice president and underwriter, aviation, of

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AXA-UAP POSTS YEAR-ENDPROFIT OF $1.3 BILLIONPARIS - French insurance giant AXA-UAP, in its f

Though only in the most preliminary stages, the Health Information Privacy Model Act being considere

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

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MOL (AMERICA) INC.Joseph O'Brien was promoted to manager of marketing and trade coordination

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U.S. importers are already feeling the effects of Customs' intensifying war on drugs in the form of

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Another week, another economic stimulus package from Japan.But unless this week's package in

Indonesia, fighting to stabilize its weakened rupiah currency, on Friday announced a tax on the purc

The Thai partners in Motorola Inc.'s Iridium global mobile phone system are seeking up to $100 milli

'The butane tankers, the orange-juice tankers, tankers in general, we can run through here in three

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Canada, as chair of Western Hemisphere free-trade negotiations, expects ''a quick, clean start'' and

Mexico's Federal Competition Commission pledged greater efficiency and transparency in its regulator

A bipartisan group of House and Senate lawmakers is ready to once again oppose a recent Clinton admi

Japan's trade surplus rose 88.7 percent in February compared with the same month last year to 1.28 t

The chief of the World Trade Organization said the stability of the global body is threatened when g

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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has approved an anti-domestic-violence model act

A Customs report on illegal imports of textiles and apparel is giving new life to importers' longsta

There's only one St. Lawrence Seaway for a ship to pass through on its 2,300-mile journey carrying w

The European Union has rejected a compromise with Massachusetts over its contracting curbs aimed at

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 at midday Thursday on a rumor that the Paula Jones trial has

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Thursday reached a settlement with Norfolk Southern Corp

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President Clinton will raise U.S. pharmaceutical industry trade complaints about a new South African

GERMANY, BRITAIN STILLAT ODDS ON COAL SUBSIDIESLONDON - Germany is expected to rebuff Britis