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Japanese Prime Minister Tsutomu Hata formed an unstable minority coalition government Thursday after

BEST LOWERS RATING OF 20TH CENTURY TO 'A-'OLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. has downgrad

Cigna Corp.'s chief executive Wednesday blamed "poor execution of business fundamentals," stiff indu

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday it would build a car plant here in July to grab a toe

Citing the high cost of moving, Pratt & Whitney said this week it has momentarily tabled the decisio

1397 (Apr. 28, 1994) Previous day - 1386 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

After years of bickering, trade between China and Taiwan could be carried by direct sea and air serv

In admiralty law, there are two bases for attaching property to secure maritime claims. The first is

Oil products imported into China will be centralized from mid-May under two state-owned oil trading

Santa Fe Energy Resources of Houston will lay off more than a fifth of its salaried employees this y

Representatives of Teamsters union locals were summoned here today to vote on a tentative settlement

AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS (Washington) - Paul J. Werner was named vice president for the midconti

Lloyd's of London hit back Thursday at allegations that it held inadequatefunds to cover old

There's an old saying in Asia: When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled. This aphorism

IRAN STARTS EXERCISES IN STRAIT OF HORMUZNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran has started a week o

Modern tankers are a different shape from those built 20 years ago, with shorter but wider hulls, ac

The decline of America's footwear industry continues to put the squeeze on trucking companies from M

AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, and PWA Corp. Wednesday formally cemented an alliance bringi

German natural gas supplier Ruhrgas will spend a total 130 million deutsche marks ($77 million) this

Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd. said Wednesday it has lost nearly 100,000 barrels a

A court case that could seal the fate of the Lloyd's of London insurance market started Tuesday, wit

The Vermont Captive Insurance Association will hold its ninth annual conference Aug. 16-19 at the Un

South Korea's ethylene and polyethylene exports jumped year-on-year in 1993, while imports dragged,

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

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The embargo of Haiti is having a devastating impact on what remains of the country's once flourishin

China is widely believed to hold the key to a recovery in the world's ailing wheat trade, as its pop

The Clinton administration on Friday is expected to brand Argentina as a pirate country for condonin

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

Apr. 26, 1994 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. inventories of gasoline rose 4.3 million barrels during the week ended April 22 compared with t

The state-owned Mexican oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports that new drilling initiatives in the

Lasmo PLC, the U.K. oil exploration and production company, said Wednesday any offer by Enterprise O

Kentucky's mining agency has knocked down a request by a company to mine coal beneath Lilley Cornett

BENZENE PRICE CLIMB BEGINNING TO ABATEThe increase in benzene's price appears to be

Apr. 27, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The international nickel industry, hurt by oversupply and poor prices, sees brighter days ahead.

Daniel Rappaport, chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, said the exchange will use all its r

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

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday despite news that Germany lowered its securities repurchase rate