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Using the Guy Carpenter Catastrophe Index, the Bermuda Commodities Exchange has firmed up its plans

Hong Kong hopes the bulk of preparatory work on its first community-wide retirement program will be

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers vessel Hayward, one of several vessels that removes hazards to navi

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Hapag-Lloyd AG of Hamburg is changing its top U.S. executive.Juergen Manske, president of Ha

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Myanmar Foreign Minister Ohn Gyaw has criticized U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for cont

ARCO'S 2ND-QUARTER DIPPEGGED TO HIGHER COSTS LOS ANGELES - Atlantic Richfield Co. has report

THINK TANK TARGETS'CORPORATE WELFARE'WASHINGTON - The Export-Import Bank, the Overseas Priva

Japan's Finance Ministry said on Tuesday the ministry had reprimanded two of its officials who condu

More than 250 members of the House have endorsed a bill that would lift virtually all export control

At least one-third of World Bank loans to Indonesia ''leak into the government bureaucracy and disap

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Conceding that friendly diplomacy to promote democratic reform in Myanmar has failed, Canada said Tu

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Job-related injuries and illnesses cost the nation far more than AIDS or Alzheimer's disease, a new

U.S. Re Corp.Robert F. Schiffer was named head of the reinsurer's new Securitization Divisio

Iran, which has been moving to improve relations with its Persian Gulf neighbors, plans a task force

How to use:Trade leads are sent to the USDA from U.S. agricultural attaches, counselors and

Ecotourism is quickly becoming all the rage in Honduras, where developers are preparing to break gro

Insults were flying this week between Russian ministers and media companies as a wrangle over the sa

The European Commission is preparing more charges against ocean carriers in the trans-Atlantic trade

Global weather patterns during the 1990s had a greater effect on volatile U.S. crop prices than last

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3M Corp. recognized Blue Star Line as the 1996 Carrier of the Year, presenting the company with an a

Argentina is optimistic its four-nation Mercosur customs union will sign a trade agreement with Mexi

Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said Tuesday he hoped that Tokyo and Seoul will conclude a

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The tiny Tongue River, barely 20 yards wide in many places as it twists through eastern Montana's se

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Guyana's Parliament passed a controversial bill allowing the government to grant foreign firms permi

In more fallout from the ValuJet crash, the Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that U.S. a

Arco Marine Inc., the shipping subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., said Tuesday it will build a ne

The U.S. Customs Service has published clarifying language on the requirements for the exportation o