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For the third time in five months, European airlines have revised the price they place on their valu

Colombia signed an anti-drug shipping agreement with Washington last week, a day after beefing up it

Russia's insurance leader, state-owned Rosgosstrakh, plans to request the World Bank to value the in

CALIFORNIA COMP STUDYHAS NO RECOMMENDATIONSSAN FRANCISCO - A nationwide consulting actuary h

WILLIS CORROON'S REVENUEAND PROFIT UP IN 1996Willis Corroon Group PLC, the brokerage and int

California's 15 million motorists who buy auto insurance should buckle up for a big jolt, namely swe

Representatives of Lloyd's of London in the United States braced themselves for a flood of applicati

Vermont would become the 26th state to impose interest on disputed insurance claims under a bill now

The Czech government will delay signing government guarantees for loans to the state-run railway net

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1465 (Feb. 22, 1997) Previous day - 1468The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Feb. 21, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

CANADA CHARGESCHINA 'DUMPED' GARLICOTTAWA - Fresh garlic from China was dumped in Canada at

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

As of Feb. 21, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

SINGAPORE PC DEALERSAPOLOGIZE TO MICROSOFTSINGAPORE - Ten computer dealers published an apol

Full employment can be achieved without necessarily overheating national economies, according to a r

Pineapple paring is a sweet concept for exporters of U.S. food processing equipment to Latin America

Fruits and vegetables may not fit the usual rationale for moving freight by air - high-value and low

TRAVELERS TO APPEALCALIFORNIA CASEOAKLAND, Calif. - Travelers Insurance plans to appeal a $2

The French government said it planned to privatize Thomson-CSF through a private placement with the

Investors in Lloyd's of London who refused to accept the settlement agreement offered last fall suff

AIG SEES NET INCOMENEARING $3 BILLION LEVELNEW YORK - American International Group Inc. said

An usually large number of shipowners have been slow to renew their liability coverage with their Pr

New Jersey drivers continued to pay the most for auto insurance, state insurance regulators said in

FASY SEAWAYS EXPANDSTO BALTIMORE, NEW YORKPHILADELPHIA - Fasy Seaways Inc. is now serving th

Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday as strong German economic data boosted the Deutsche mark, and the

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The Clinton administration has been asked to jump into a corruption scandal involving one of South K

Mexico has signed an agreement that lets U.S. sweet cherries from Washington, Oregon and California

Ecuador's emergency economic program, including austerity and other measures, will probably be annou

Clean-air standards scheduled to take effect in 2004 will require costly improvements to heavy-duty

A European Commission study on linking the idea of a two-speed Europe and EU monetary union has been

Yoshio Suzuki, a prominent economist and lawmaker of the main opposition Shinshinto (New Frontier Pa

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Feb. 26, 1996, - Feb. 20, 1997, (a graph)

CHILE MULLING BILATERALTRADE PACT WITH USSANTIAGO, Chile - Chile is considering a bilateral

Caribbean rum exporters have asked the United States and the European Union to scrap their planned a

Meeting a long-pending demand of industry, the government announced Wednesday the formation of a Tel

''Fidel Castro must be laughing all the way to the bank.''