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A key adviser to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group said the the group was in danger of los

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The Insurance Services Office Inc., recognizing that the reinsurance sector is demanding increasingl

NORTH AMERICAItalian Wine Gala. Nov. 15-16. New York. Contact: Italian Wine and Food Institu

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 12, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

SUMITOMO TURNS UP HEATON EX-TRADER HAMANAKATOKYO - Sumitomo Corp. stepped up its legal actio

SWISS BANKS VERIFYDORMANT WEALTH CLAIMSZURICH - A Swiss banking ombudsman in charge of seeki

Nov. 8, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

SHIPSBALTIC FREIGHTINDEX SOARSLONDON - Freight rates for drybulk cargoes continued t

Thai Airways International, citing company labor protests, withdrew from an air cargo joint venture,

Friday, Nov. 8, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

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

The Long Island Lighting Co. is owed hundreds of millions of dollars for excess taxes paid for the d

Japan's top car makers, Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., reported an impressive surge in pro

Planned swapping of product lists for tariff reduction between Mexico and the Mercosur customs union

A Clinton administration campaign to persuade Europe to join a ''choir for democracy'' in Cuba has b

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 238.74 up 1.71 w

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 8, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

When financial institutions are advising their clients to steer clear of gold, leading gold mining e

Internecine warfare has erupted in the ranks of Trans World Airlines employees, as the carrier's fli

1477 (Nov. 8, 1996) Previous day - 1433The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

CONRAIL INC.Raymond J. Rumsey was named chief engineer for roadway assets. He replaces Bruce

PILOT ERROR BLAMEDFOR DOMINICAN CRASHSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The crash of a char

Howland Hook, the Staten Island container terminal that had been long idle before the Global Allianc

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, inspectors surveying the devastation fo

The European Union will seek major changes to its 40-year-old state aid rules this week in a bid to

WORKERS EXPOSEDTO 'TRACE' RADIATIONWISCASSET, Maine - Eight workers who were exposed to ''tr

CHINA LIFTS EMBARGOOF US POULTRYSPRINGDALE, Ark. - China has dropped its embargo of U.S.-pro

Amertranz Worldwide Holding Corp. reported a net loss of $1.5 million in its first fiscal quarter en

Nov. 8, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

A labor-environmental coalition organized by the Teamsters Union is running a series of advertisemen

Russia's gas monopoly Gazprom has decided to build a $1 billion pipeline across the Black Sea to Tur

For the week ended November 2, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equale

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100%) is as follows

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With the United States and Europe on the verge of a breakthrough in long-delayed talks to liberalize

A seven-year, $4.75 million study into driver fatigue is due to finally be released this month, abou

Amid a swirl of contradictory reports from quasi-official sources on both sides of the Taiwan Strait

California voters in 1988 approved Proposition 103, mandating that insurance companies roll back rat

In the rush to accumulate overseas investment - which it has at a record pace - China frequently lef