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Hopes that Singapore's general insurance sector might help put the whole industry back onto a growth

Japan said Wednesday it would complain to the World Trade Organization over Indonesia's national car

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 244.20 off 1.43 w

Oct. 2, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

FOREST LINES INC.Mikael F. Hansen was named assistant vice president of traffic at this New

Bulk carriers accounted for nearly half the ships detained in ports in the Asia-Pacific region last

''The ILA knows it's in a fight. And the ILA knows how to fight.''

US CHALLENGES 4 NATIONSON TRADE PRACTICESWASHINGTON - The United States targeted four nation

The world's two most populous nations - China and India - expect further economic gains in 1996-97,

When it opens its doors in Atlanta Friday, a federal appeals court could succeed where several Congr

Gov. Fob James is a business associate of a Mobil Oil Co. lobbyist, but the governor said their rela

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, fell 100,000 barrels

The Port of Portland, Ore., is poised to expand private-sector involvement in the operation of its c

As part of the extended U.S. push to stem software and other piracy in Asia, another U.S.-based indu

A controversial federal agency with tremendous clout in the U.S. textile market has come under renew

The global trading community urged South Korea this week to open its markets in farm and services se

PANAMA CANAL AGENCYSETS HEARINGS ON TOLL PLANNEW YORK - The Panama Canal Commission will hol

Hangings and beatings have given Afghanistan's Islamic Taleban militia one of the world's ugliest im

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateCchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The European Commission, on the verge of ground-breaking talks with Washington to create an ''open-s

The Philippines' largest shipbuilder and repairer, striving to reverse a downturn in business, is bu

UKRAINE MINERS GETPAID - WITH BIKESKIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's government Tuesday came up with

ODYSSEY REINSURANCE CORP.James E. Migliorini joined the New York reinsurer's Hudson Insuranc

Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary said she will consider ways to prevent major price increases in home

An alliance of computer software producers said Wednesday it had identified about 100 companies usin

Waterfront workers in ports from Maine to Texas reported to union halls Wednesday to vote on a five-

The European Union's decision to challenge a U.S. anti-Cuba law in the World Trade Organization coul

A Florida government survey conducted in September shows the state's banks are eager to start sellin

As of Oct. 2, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

After a 15-day rethink ordered by President Fidel Ramos, the Subic Bay port agency confirmed its int

ECONOMIC OUTPUT GROWTHSEEN FOR LATIN AMERICAWASHINGTON - The World Bank expects Latin Americ

You wouldn't think of putting a truck on the road without proper maintenance, so you shouldn't eve

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has a new leader for its worldwide container shipping operations.Hiroyuk

Aviation industry representatives Tuesday said at least 2,000 more air traffic controllers and updat

International Petroleum ExchangeOct. 1, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Oct. 1, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

As U.S. Customs undergoes the massive task of rewriting the nation's import regulations, some custom

BC Hydro has given its international arm an overdraft account to help finance the controversial Raiw

A trade pact between Mexico, Venezuela and Colombia - known as the Group of 3 - may provide a useful

Europe's airports and seaports are pulling out all the stops to climb onto the distribution and logi