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Britain, France and Germany last week ratified amendments to two international conventions that will

TIDEWATER BARGE LINES (Vancouver, Wash.) - Michael H. Rike was promoted to operations manager, overs

Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a politically sensitive homeowners' insurance reform package last week that

German insurance giant Allianz agreed last week to take over the German, Swiss and Italian direct in

A headline over a story in the Insurance Agency & Company Relations special report on Page8A Monday

Barge rates have risen considerably as farmers and carriers brace for what is expected to be a bumpe

TIERRA DEL FUEGO TO GET SHIPYARD-PORT COMPLEXBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The province

FRANCE'S AXA BUYING CANADA'S BOREALPARIS - French insurer Axa said Monday it was buy

A state contract to build three new super-ferries will determine whether Todd Shipyards Inc. can mai

The trade agreement reached Saturday between the United States and Japan to open the $320 billion Ja

A key ruling is expected today in the largest compensation claim by Lloyd's of London investors, kno

Moody's Investors Service, which lowered ratings at Continental Corp. and its property and casualty

The health of the nation's workers compensation insurers is expected to deteriorate as the economy i

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Sept. 30, 1994.

The European Union will attempt today to defuse an internal power struggle that is threatening to de

Head of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Peter Sutherland said Monday legal and legislativ

Dirty money is being laundered through Canadian stock exchanges and brokers, but industry officials

The failure of the steering committee at the International Monetary Fund to make greater funds avail

The long-awaited Iron Highway intermodal technology will move from the test bed to the railbed in th

The U.S. Customs Service announced a reorganization Friday designed to move more resources into port

In the first clear sign that independent tanker owners will be able to get the new financial respons

Country Statistic Panama 57.6Liberia

The House gave its approval late Friday to a largely symbolic bill that would give U.S. trade negoti

The Port of Madras will be dedicated to container traffic, with general goods shifted to a new facil

Port privatization contains no drawbacks and huge opportunities in terms of productivity and efficie

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +19.749/26 108.29/27 107.79/

TIRE FACILITY OPENS AT PORT OF PORTLAND, ORE.PORTLAND, Ore. - Northwest Tire Factory

The head of a leading U.S. textile group said Thursday he's "surprised" that Sen. Ernest Hollings is

Friday, Sept. 30, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Malaysia's booming high-tech manufacturing sector has spurred a subsidiary of Circle International I

A truck driver about to take his 18-wheeler on a short haul sits down in front of a personal compute

Transax Systems announced the completion of its new manage- ment team last week with the addition of

After a fierce diplomatic scuffle between the United States and France, an agreement was reached lat

The dollar will fall to record lows against the yen this week, as the outcome of the U.S.-Japan trad

A California company is marketing a uniform driver-identification system and an equipment-utilizatio

The latest in vessel designs, including a compact Panamax ship - a mammoth containership with a capa

AT&T executives in Mexico confirm that they have been holding discussions with the recently privatiz

Raytheon Co., a major defense contractor, has selected a Massachusetts site for a railcar assembly p

The European Commission announced provisional anti-dumping duties on imported color television sets