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Cleanup costs of contaminated underground storage tanks could be cut by up to 60 percent under guide

Insurance companies won't be affected by most of the losses caused by the heavy flooding that swampe

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. said that it would take over the insurance policies and annuities is

A European insurer finally found an insurer in Thailand to form a joint venture in that developing m

Representatives from the U.S. and U.K. insurance industries will meet in London today to discuss the

One of the most enjoyable parts of my job is regularly talking with senior executives in internation

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The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

Buried deep in the $265 billion defense authorization bill that will soon hit President Clinton's de

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India is drawing up a strategy aimed at quadrupling textile exports in the next decade. Text

China's fast-growing Port of Ningbo handled 68.5 million metric tons of goods last year, an increase

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 22, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

Zimbabwe's overall balance of payments surplus fell to just $52 million in 1995, down from $260 mill

Insurance may be growing only slowly in China, but fraud is finding fertile ground in the sector, br

UtiliCorp United Inc. and Kansas City Power & Light Co. said Monday they have signed an agreement to

Gasoline and diesel-powered engines may be preferred for today's cars, trucks, vans and buses, but e

CENTRE REINSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD. (Hamilton, Bermuda) - Jay S. Ralph will leave the company's office

EX-PREMIER OF BERMUDA JOINS CENTRE CAT BOARDHAMILTON, Bermuda - Sir John Swan, who s

CURRENT TEXTILE AND APPAREL QUOTAS: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full

F. David "Duke" Duquemin, owner and operator of Duke's Marina and Duke's Mountain Creek Marina, died

Cybersurfers seeking links to transportation and maritime sites on the Internet should take a look a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 27, '95 - Jan. 22, '96 (a graph) (2

Colombian Labor Minister Orlando Obregon was to hold an emergency meeting with banana workers and pr

The U.S. dollar weakened against the German mark as speculators and funds took profits from the doll

S. KOREA TO EASE MORE SHELF-LIFE RESTRICTIONSTwo weeks after announcing a new emphasis on tr

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Jan. 22, 1996 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

JAPAN ENERGY TO REVISE PRICES FOR OIL PRODUCTSJapan Energy Corp. said Monday it will revise

African countries which rely on imports to feed their growing populations face a tough year ahead be

The barge accident that spilled more than 800,000 gallons of heating oil into Block Island Sound Fri

With a vote late last week, directors of the Border Environment CooperationCommission certif

Iraq has raised petrol prices and issued new taxes as part of its drive to withdraw excess money fro

The headline over a story on Page 7A, Friday, Jan. 19, incorrectly characterized the trend in capita

Trade leads supplied by: U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service<

TRADE BETWEEN KOREAS REACHES $299 MILLIONSEOUL - Two-way trade between South and Nor

The following fuel oil prices are as of the close of business on Jan. 17, 1996, as supplied by the b

Predictions by top Group of 7 officials of an economic rebound in Europe later this year are drawing

"Logs are past their prime at this port, but we haven't given up on them. We will compete for logs a

The Port of Hampton Roads, already the East Coast's second-largest port, should continue to grow thi