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''It's a question of survival.''

The 10-month-old United Front coalition government of Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda lost the confid

Japanese political commentators applauded President Clinton's reported decision to name former House

President Clinton Friday called on Congress to give him the authority to expand free trade beyond Me

The International Monetary Fund says in a report that Turkey could close its balance of payment gap

With the textiles industry booming in Mexico, U.S. and Mexican entrepreneurs are studying a novel co

Hong Kong strongly denies suggestions by U.S. academics that the territory risks a loss of competiti

S. KOREAN GROUP SEEKSSTAKE IN PLANE PROJECTSEOUL - A consortium of South Korean aircraft man

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BANKER: MEXICO TRADESURPLUS A DEFICIT SOONMEXICO CITY - Mexico's monthly trade balance, whic

The economic and political crises in Albania and Bulgaria have put trade and investment flows across

A key Democratic senator warned President Clinton in a letter last week not to use forthcoming regul

It's the heart of any insurance contract: I pay the premium in return for a promise my insurance com

Insurance companies and investment banks are slugging it out in a battle for the wallets of corporat

Linda Lamel is building a powerhouse. That's her stated aim for the Risk Insurance Management Societ

LOBBYISTS ARE TARGETINGUNNECESSARY INSURANCEWASHINGTON - Industry lobbyists have succeeded -

Fed up with the administrative headaches and costs of buying insurance policies from several differe

As Congress debates provisions in President Clinton's budget, several insurance groups urged lawmake

The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers is building its own bridge to the 21st century and has f

The ugly subject of the data-handling headache created by the turn of the century - what's called th

On the selling block for some time, Minet Group was unloaded by St. Paul Cos. last week to Aon Corp.

No one can predict the whims of the weather, but a few computer modeling companies believe they can

President Clinton's top ocean shipping regulator is toning down harsh accusations he made about the

TRAINSCOURT REJECTS APPEALSOF BNSF DECISIONWASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Ap

A $90 million project to allow shipping alliance partners to use the same terminals at the Port of O

AIR TRAFFIC HAMPEREDBY FRENCH LABOR STRIKEPARIS - Strikes disrupted French air traffic and s

Crowley Marine Services, which is aggressively expanding its fleet of high-powered harbor tugs on th

Lufthansa German Airlines' three-month wage dispute ended Thursday with the airline offering comprom

U.S. government and industry officials are optimistic that sanctions scheduled to start Monday again

SINGAPORE, MANCHESTERVOTED BEST AIRPORTSGENEVA - Singapore's Changi and Britain's Manchester

China has given approval to six domestic companies to begin direct shipping services with Taiwan, th

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1434 (April 10, 1997) Previous day - 1442The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

1104 (April 10, 1997) Previous day - 1099The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thurs

April 10, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Lo

NUCLEAR EXPERTS ARRIVEFOR NORTH KOREA TALKSTOKYO - A team of nuclear experts arrived in Nort

As of April 10, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,524-$1,595 per ton lo

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 241.24 up 1.26

April 10, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent