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LONDON LIFE TO BUY UNITSOF PRUDENTIAL IN CANADALONDON, Ontario - London life will buy the ca

As China opens the door to its virtually untapped insurance market a crack further, several U.S. and

A new crop insurance program meant to replace lost income - not just recover planting costs - is bei

A dramatic decrease in April in the number of new applications for property insurance received by a

The continued uncertainty over who will govern India is spilling over into plans to open the country

No clues were forthcoming Wednesday in the investigation concerning forged letters sent to about 100

Swissair, Austrian Airlines, Sabena of Belgium and Delta Air Lines received tentative approval of an

A confidential Clinton administration plan to ease export curbs on encrypted software is being blast

One of the largest fruit and vegetable growers in California is intensifying efforts this week to as

SHIPSNAVY INVESTIGATES CRASHOF FREIGHTER, NUCLEAR SUBHAMPTON ROADS, Va. - The U.S. N

House Republicans Tuesday pulled from the House floor a controversial amendment sought by Federal Ex

With little more than a desk, a phone and good legal advice, tiny Freedom Energy Co. took on the exc

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Tuesday, May 21, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

An emergency meeting of the Far Eastern Freight Conference will be held here Friday as shipping line

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has organized the vessel planners at Long

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

The U.S. dollar rose to a 16-month high against the Deutsche mark Tuesday after a Bundesbank officia

The Baltic port of Rostock , once the center of East Germany's maritime industry, has fallen on hard

LA MAYOR DROPS PLANTO DIVERT AIRPORT FUNDSLOS ANGELES - The City Council voted to refrain fr

Despite recent improvements in his company's long-depressed domestic business, tanker giant OMI Corp

Basic tax reform should take priority over the deep cuts in income tax rates some supporters have pr

The largest containerships ever to be built have been commissioned by P&O Containers.The Bri

EMERY AWARDED PACTSAT GMC PARTS CENTERSREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Two international divisions of

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1401 (May 21, 1996) Previous day - 1408The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

China's second-largest maker of maritime containers, Singamas Container Holdings Ltd., opened a $20

A collective action plan to stamp out piracy of intellectual property in the Asia-Pacific is expecte

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KANTOR NAMES LA RUSSAFOR ANTI-DUMPING POSTWASHINGTON - Robert La Russa, the No. 2 official a

The Port of St. Petersburg, Russia, is seeking to counter its reputation as a problem port so it can

A bid by leading Japanese electronics company NEC Corp. involving a $35 million supercomputer sale t

May 21, 1996Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

''We will soon begin the process of identifying 50 million poorest-of-the-poor families for immediat

Congress may meet a mid-June deadline set by the United States' European trading partners for cleari

The European Union's worldwide ban on British beef exports threatened to erupt Tuesday into a tit-fo

In a surprise move, Russia formally applied for membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperat

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The United States will press for quick agreements for ''free and open'' trade in information technol

The 75-year-old law restricting cargo shipped between U.S. ports to U.S.-flag ships is ''essential t