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Washington state's Insurance Department became the latest to settle with Prudential Insurance Co. of

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More than any one thing, an order from the U.S. Army Corps got Eddie Bauer rolling.During Wo

November 11, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and t

Turkey will further ease its limits on the amount of fungus disease permitted in imports of some gra

Strength across all transportation sectors led the Journal of Commerce stock index to climb a health

A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 collided in midair near New Delhi Tuesday with a Russian built T

With an eye toward a dominating presence in Latin America, Mexico's largest steamship line, Transpor

1515 (Nov. 12, 1996) Previous day - 1502The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Nov. 12, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

With last month's oil spill in San Francisco Bay now almost entirely cleaned up, attention is once a

France said it hoped to raise 25 billion francs ($4.91 billion) from the sale next April of a minori

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency sparked a new battle with agents when it allowed a Nor

FROM THE UNITED STATES / CANADAISRAEL. Nov. 14-21. The American-Israel Chamber of Commerce i

An ongoing construction boom and expansion of the nation's capital and surrounding area continue to

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

OFFERS TO BUYBuying offer for 1997Ref No.: 044678 Filed: 11-02-96Miscellaneo

The government is considering forcing all apple juices, and possibly other fruit juices, to be paste

As Midwest grain farmers wrestled with harvesting corn and soybeans in cold and snowy weather, the U

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 240.64 up0.92 whic

The Italian government urged the opposition on Tuesday to return to Parliament to discuss the 1997 b

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