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Nobody likes flat beer. Except for TapTone, that is.The burgeoning demand for the company's

Cool Carriers AB of Sweden and Eastwind Transport Ltd. of the United States are to merge their fleet

Russia has signaled another shift this week in its position on dividing the Caspian Sea, suggesting

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Germany's biggest container carrier, said Thursday it plans to create a separate com

Two U.S. Military Sealift Command fleet-support ships saved 19 Filipinos and an Australian on a spec

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP.Susan Rodgers was named vice president of human resources. Ms. Rodgers

JOHN ALDEN ANNUITYBUSINESS IS SOLDLOS ANGELES - SunAmerica Inc. plans to acquire John Alden

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Nov. 6, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel de

Mexico's second-largest insurer Seguros Comercial America this week approved the absorption of the c

What were once considered ''alternative'' methods of transferring and financing insurance risks is f

SAFECO PROPERTY ANDCASUALTY INSURANCE COS.W. Randall Stoddard has been appointed chief opera

A further tightening of commercial practices at the world's oldest insurance institution may mean vi

Norwegian marine underwriters are widening the range of hull and machinery cover available to shipow

Massachusetts' fourth-largest auto insurer's decision to cancel discounts for two of its groups may

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 14, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Economics ''dream teams'' are the chief weapon deployed in the battle to form the government in Sund

CHINA VOWS TO PROTECTFOREIGN POWER INVESTORSBEIJING - China's power minister vowed Thursday

SINGAPORE BARS PROTESTDURING WTO MEETINGSINGAPORE - Nongovernmental organizations will not b

A briefing by U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich on labor rights in the Asian dictatorship of Myanmar

EU'S BRITTAN CONSIDERSPUSHING CHINA WTO BIDBEIJING - European Commission Vice President Sir

Wente Vineyards, the export-driven winery hit with a boycott last week over alleged ties to the Myan

An Indian government decision to scrap licensing controls on production of entertainment electronic

Lawmakers, academics and experts from around the world branded the United States the principal insti

Nov. 14, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Nov. 14, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Ahhh. The rich, robust aroma of fresh-brewed Hawaiian Kona coffee. Or was it?For nine years,

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 900,000 barrels

Thursday Nov. 14, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

While independent power developers hope to encourage lenders to accept higher risks for foreign proj

The California Earthquake Authority, the nation's first state-run, privately financial earthquake in

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

A containership held up in port while waiting for a feeder ship that has been delayed by a storm can

Though the merger of French insurers AXA and UAP will create the largest assets-based insurer in the

GENE-ALTERED COTTON10 YEARS FROM MARKETWASHINGTON - Scientists with the Agracetus biotechnol

Nov. 13, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

Wednesday Nov. 13, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

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The mention of the word ''Edison'' means only one thing to the state Board of Public Utilities.<

FRENCH GOVERNMENT SELLSSTAKE IN ELF AQUITAINEPARIS - The French government sold a 9.1 percen

Virginia-based Dominion Resources Inc., continuing an American invasion of the recently privatized u