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BANK SELLS ITS STAKE IN MALAYSIAN CARRIERKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Bank Negara, the M

Crowley Marine Services Inc. has completed work on 15 out of 16 barges to be used for oil spill resp

INTERNATIONAL SHIPHOLDING CORP. (New Orleans) - Erik L. Johnsen, company vice president, and Edward

Just a few days before the official report on the Braer tanker accident is due to be published, Brit

Washington state interests are gearing up for an annual agricultural trade show that matches sellers

U.S. manufacturers of some paper products are considering their options after Mexico slapped compens

German ministers are calling for a 20 percent increase in patent filing fees, following a report tha

Talks will be held in Washington next week on a U.S. bid to sell high-value textile products in Indi

The exports of Dawn Food Products are not only selling like hot cakes - they are hot cakes.

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Mexico has refused to alter compensatory penalties in place against Chinese exporters of fluoride gr

ALGERIA HALTS PAYMENTS ON ITS FOREIGN DEBTALGIERS, Algeria - Algeria is withholding

Manufacturers of small planes would have little incentive to build safer planes if they receive immu

Australian-based life insurer National Mutual is seeking a Chinese or other Asian investor to help i

Thomas C. Sutton, chairman and chief executive of Pacific Mutual of Newport Beach, Calif., was elect

ROYAL INSURANCE POSTS PROFIT RISE IN QUARTERLONDON - Royal Insurance Holdings PLC re

JAPANESE INSURERS SEEK HIGHER FIRE PREMIUMSA committee filed an application Wednesday with t

The governing council of Lloyd's of London voted Thursday to allow the individuals .hose wealth back

Pool Reinsurance, the company set up by the U.K. government to reinsure terrorism risks, is awaiting

The nation's chief civil rights enforcer asked Congress Wednesday to help him determine how insuranc

U.S. Ambassador Walter Mondale met Thursday with Japanese Foreign Minister Koji Kakizawa and Trade M

A small but growing army of street dealers have begun trading shares in newly privatized companies o

China could follow in Russia's footsteps by joining the Group of 7 major industrialized countries, a

Chemical Banking Corp. said its Chemical Bank unit and Margaretten Financial Corp. signed a definiti

Russia will make the first repayments on May 14 to depositors who lost $8 billion in the collapse of

Mitsubishi Corp., a major Japanese trading company, will stop hiring newcollege graduates fo

The U.K.'s February visible trade deficit with the whole world was UK731 million ($489.8 million), a

Canada's decision to police fishing beyond its 200-mile limit on the high seas may not be strictly l

Inflationary conditions in overseas markets call for very special marketing approaches. Incr

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

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

Termination of favorable trade relations with China would cost U.S. consumers $10 billion a year and

President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya Thursday took a swipe at the World Bank and the International Mon

Despite the current economic recovery, U.S. international competitiveness remains at risk, the Compe

U.S. Computer giant Compaq Computer Corp. last year became the first vendor to reach the $2 billion

US ACCOUNTING FIRM OPENS VIETNAM OFFICEHANOI, Vietnam - The U.S. accountancy firm De

The Philippine government expects an increase in private investment in infrastructure projects, now

Spanish unemployment fell to 17.76 percent in April, a 0.9 percent drop from March that continues a

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 10.1 percent in April compared with 10.3 perce

As President Clinton struggles with a decision on China's most-favored-nation trading status, a top