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Minneapolis-based Norwest Financial, the consumer finance subsidiary of Norwest Corp., said it has a

- New York-based Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. signed a memorandum with the M.A. Chidambaram group

Europe's top ports smashed cargo records last year and 1998 looks even more promising.Rotter

SINGAPORE BOX HANDLINGGREW 9.1 PERCENT IN 1997SINGAPORE - The Port of Singapore handled the

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Jan. 7, 1998 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

PHILIPPINE HOUSE OKSOIL DEREGULATION BILLMANILA - The Philippines' House of Representatives

Another strain of the Asian Contagion swept through Wall Street last week.The continuing pro

Jan. 12, 1998This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

AZERBAIJAN SETS 1998OIL PRODUCTION TARGETMOSCOW - Azerbaijan plans to produce 9 million tons

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

Jan. 12, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Hong Kong remains a strong magnet for overseas investment in industry, but the influx will probably

CHOOSE ASIA PARTNERSCAREFULLY, INSURER SAYSPARIS - French export credit insurance agency Cof

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 223.33 off 1.57 wh

FRENCH BANK UNFAZED BYREPORTED GARUDA DEFAULTPARIS - French bank Credit Lyonnais said Monday

Safety concerns about the former ValuJet Airlines made the rounds on Capitol Hill on Monday, but con

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

Jan. 9, 1998RESELLER RACK UNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEA

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CHINA SAID TO LOWERGROWTH FORECASTSHANGHAI - China is believed to have lowered an earlier fo

The world's leading forum for resolving international commercial disputes by arbitration has overhau

Russia appears poised to reopen its trade and transit doors to Central Asia in the next few days aft

Despite November and December payroll declines, the transportation industry was one of last year's h

NORTH AMERICAN VAN LINES INC.Peter Brennan was promoted to vice president and general manage

APL Ltd. has clarified a release, as reported in an article titled ''Matson, APL improve Guamtransit

As China slowly opens its insurance sector, officials are keen to seek guidance from the outside wor

China is turning to U.S. expertise in its quest to convert the dangerous methane gas inherent in coa

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 224.90 off 1.70

THAI CHIEF ORDERSHALT TO GAS PIPELINEBANGKOK - Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai has ordered work

'What we have here is socialism for the rich.'

Political resistance in Asia to the austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund c

International financier and philanthropist George Soros on Friday called for immediate reform of the

CONSTRUCTION BEGINSON NATURAL GAS PROJECTTORONTO - Construction has officially begun on the

JANUARYCalifornia State University. January and thereafter. Transportation, logistics and re

As of Jan. 9, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

When a judge in this city summarily dropped charges against five confessed murderers of a U.S. real

BAY STATE SENATORLOSES INSURANCE POSTBOSTON - The Massachusetts Senate voted Thursday to str

Local authorities appealed for federal help to fight an oil slick created when some 1.2 million gall

Chilean salmon ex- porters lost a split decision Friday when the U.S. Commerce Department proposed

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