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If cats have nine lives, then the new catastrophe-insurance contracts, or CATs, are life No. 3.<

Cost-conscious midsized employers are forcing change on the insurance industry as they drop traditio

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The "insurer of last resort" for Florida homeowners has more than doubled its losses, heightening co

Import growth slowed in July but export volumes remained strong at the nation's top two container po

Russia's bureaucracy is procreating at an alarming rate, as President Yeltsin, the prime minister, r

Like the gloss that wore off Mexico's once promising but structurally troubled economy, the much-tou

When a Filipino company and its Mexican partner won the bid to operate a container terminal at the P

Port Hueneme, a Southern California port specializing in niche cargoes such as automobile imports an

Canada's economy will likely post its first quarterly downturn in more than four years when Statisti

Another chapter in a train derailment that triggered a seven-day fire and drove 3,000 people from th

The Commerce Department announced $1.4 million in civil penalties against two U.S. subsidiaries of L

The last weekend for summer travel is upon us and the National Safety Council expects the roadways t

Lured by liberal trade policies, sweeping privatization programs, a stable currency and laws that en

Foreign companies seeking approval for joint-venture petrochemical projects and oil refineries in Ch

It is said that the first known instance of a government farm policy was the one set by Joseph in th

2109 (Aug. 30, 1995) Previous day - 2118 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

When was the last time you read a story about potash? Not just statistics - production or ex

The Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, wants to lease 65 acres of land on a small peninsula in the

U.S. steelmakers came out winners Wednesday in the first decision to be issued by a dispute-resoluti

The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday, flirting with 100 yen in Asian markets, as a banking crisis in Japan

The strength of the deutsche mark and high wage packages earlier this year could choke off recovery

It's taken two years, but an aircraft manufacturing project among China, Korea and India appears to

Despite bad weather that reduced some harvests, despite a continuing unresolved controversy over far

G.I. Trucking Co. has a new, financially healthier owner. But that could be bad news for the La Mira

The battle between international drug giants for America's heartburn sufferers has flared, with Angl

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A consortium led by the U.S. oil giant Mobil Corp. is drilling a second exploratory well in the Than

U.S. pork exports during the first six months of this year surged to record levels, with Japan leadi

Job growth in 1995 is unlikely to match employment gains in recent years,because U.S. econom

Mitsui O.S.K Lines Ltd. recently exhibited works of a former company artist, Ichiro Okubo, which inc

Japan no longer can boast of having the 10 largest banks in the world. Even before Chase Manhattan s

Underlining a recent easing of trade tensions, the Export-Import Bank of Japan said Tuesday that it

A Taiwanese company originally set up by the government and two private business groups to push inve

SINGAPORE TO OPEN CONVENTION CENTERSINGAPORE - Singapore is due to officially open S

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More than 107,000 Chinese have found work aboard fishing boats owned by the industry in rival Taiwan

Pier 39's Blue and Gold Fleet, which operates commuter ferry, tour and charter services in San Franc

A Florida state insurance pool faces a class-action lawsuit filed in Dade Circuit Court contending t

MID OCEAN'S NET UP FOR QUARTER, 9 MONTHSHAMILTON, Bermuda - Property-catastrophe rei