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Spain warned that the European Union faces a major crisis today if Britain blocks trade sanctions ag

Once seen behind the Iron Curtain as the arm of American imperialism whose volunteers would be arres

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce unveiled Tuesday an electronic business information system enabling fir

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Kuwaiti Oil Minister Abdul Mohsen Medej al-Medej has said the recent 10-day strike by over 1,000 oil

The president of Belarus has dismissed suggestions that the Chenobyl nuclear- power station in nearb

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell by 600,000 barrels during the week ended March 24 compared with th

Foreign firms are negotiating to establish large liquefied petroleum gas terminals for Shanghai and

The European Union is finally facing up to the daunting challenge of its relations with its southern

Greek and Turkish shipping executives, vowing to steer clear of the political differences that divid

South Africa's state-owned oil and gas exploration company, Soekor, said Wednesday that its first oi

CANADA TO MAKE GOOD ON EU TARIFF THREATCanada will go through with a threat on April 5 to ra

The Asia-Pacific regional trade liberalization effort is at a crossroads that will determine its cou

SINOCHEM ACQUIRES CHINESE FINANCIAL FIRMBEIJING - China National Chemicals Import &

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 232.92 up 0.18 wh

Wednesday Mar. 29, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

Further changes are promised to China's patent laws to broaden their scope and anticipate new develo

Despite a disastrous sugar harvest this year, Cuba's all-important agricultural sector is beginning

Chile, considered by many to be South America's most dynamic economy, has added insurance firms to t

Although Mexico boasts roughly 2,200 manufacturing and assembly operations known as maquiladoras, fe

Japan announced this week it will release complete patent records in English on CD-ROM beginning in

Japan's 1995 WTO Consistency of Trade Policies report - at an inch thick and 408 pages - is a pictur

A shortage of office space in the Chinese capital is sending rents through the roof, officials said

Germany's Deutsche Bank announced Wednesday it will set up an independent retail bank called Bank 24

LLOYD'S CLM FUND POSTS A PROFITLONDON - CLM Insurance Fund, the Lloyd's of London co

Any changes made by Congress to federal banking law this year must keep "the stability, competition

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A variety of economic, political and social factors are combining to cause members of the European U

A coalition of insurance companies, state regulators and consumer groups this week released a compre

Despite the almost complete halt of activity in Italy's public sector because of the "Clean Hands" c

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES (Washington, D.C.) Robert E. Heitzman, Jr. has been made senior pensi

Heidi Hutter, director of a crucial project at Lloyd's of London, was named ''Insurance Woman of the

Italy's unemployment rate rose to 12.2 percent in January from 11.9 percent in the previous survey i

JUDGE REDUCES DAMAGES AWARDED LLOYD'S NAMESLONDON - A new development in the legal b

The New York Mercantile Exchange is still evaluating southern Nevada as a possible delivery point fo

German plant and machinery orders rose a real 17 percent in February from the year-earlier month, li

DOMINION, ENRON FORM AUSTRALIAN GAS VENTUREDominion Resources Inc. and Enron Corp. have form

Nigerian women seeking compensation for a recent oil spill have forced the Shell Oil Co. to halt ope

Mar. 29, 1995 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

2234 (Mar. 29, 1995) Previous day - 2259 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in