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Mexican finance officials have tightened capitalization requirements on banks and brokerage houses,

COURT RULES SONYDIDN'T VIOLATE PATENTTOKYO - Sony Corp. said Monday it has won a damage suit

In the 1970s, Hong Kong's police, civil service and much of business generally were among the most g

July 15, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending July 10, 1996 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

Portugal and six former colonies, including Brazil, will fulfill a long-held ambition Wednesday to u

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

''I don't represent unions. I represent individuals.''

July 15, 1996This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Pakistan intends to add 5,000 megawatts of new generating capacity by the end of the decade, part of

EU REVIEWS PLANTO JOIN BP, MOBIL UNITSBRUSSELS - The European Commission said it had started

Monday July 15, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

R&R PLAN TOPS AGENDAOF LLOYD'S MEETINGLONDON - Lloyd's of London held its annual general mee

CPC MAY INVESTIN ALASKAN REFINERYTAIPEI - Taiwan's state-run Chinese Petroleum Corp. is plan

More than a year of patient effort paid off for Canada with the signing of its first accord to suppl

Enron Corp. Monday announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Hrvatska Elektrop

Aluminum prices are sinking along with copper as traders scramble to make margin calls and other fin

California has signed.So have Louisiana, New York, Colorado and Rhode Island, states represe

After Hurricane Bertha blew onto the North Carolina coast on Friday, the storm swept up the eastern

AMERICAN INTERNATIONALGROUPMartin J. Sullivan, senior vice president and regional president

Slight progress was reported in talks over the weekend for a West Coast waterfront contract.

Insurance companies, including the State Insurance Fund, will be hit with a $98 million tax under th

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is finalizing language on a legislative plan to establish a national nat

Membership group discounts on automobile insurance rates are leading to shifts in the Massachusetts

ST. PAUL REG. William Davis was named to the new position of senior vice president-worldwide

Insurance industry officials met with Vice President Al Gore and other Clinton administration offici

The three largest U.S. manufacturers of heavy construction and farm equipment predict bullish export

Lloyd's of London Friday reported its first profit in five years. For the underwriting year 1993, th

All is calm on the high seas.Exporters and importers should enjoy stable rates for shipping

With Japanese automakers exporting fewer vehicles from Japan, Japanese car carriers have been forced

Fast ferries slicing through the water at speeds of up to 40 knots are set to revolutionize sea tran

Let my cargo roll.That is the prevailing sentiment among shippers of automobiles, tractors a

Like other shipping companies in the Latin American trade, carriers of roll-on, roll-off cargo are r

Importers of wool products are getting a reprieve as the U.S. government heads back to the voting bo

July 12, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Like generals marshaling their forces, insurers amassed their catastrophe teams along the southeaste

GUARDIAN BUYS UNITOF LEGAL & GENERALLONDON - Guardian Insurance, the general insurance subsi

BEIJING BANS BURIALSON AGRICULTURAL LANDBEIJING - The Beijing city government has banned bur

The insurance industry sustained a setback Thursday when legislation that would start up a $10.5 bil

The eastern German chemical industry urgently needs further investment for a permanent recovery, the