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The state's Board of Risk and Insurance Management needs more funding and improved financial plannin

Sentiment for saving rather than selling the failed Kentucky Central Life Insurance Co. appears to b

The 900 billion ruble debt owed by the Commonwealth of Independent States for natural gas delivered

Ruling Haitian military leaders will receive an ultimatum from the international community today to

Canada's agriculture minister, Ralph Goodale, said he hopes that legal proceedings can be avoided in

1225 (Dec. 21, 1993) Previous day - 1229 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Dissident members of a key maritime union are preparing to challenge their leadership on a wide rang

U.S. tanker giant OMI Corp., which has been posting losses this year and last, should see its bottom

Railroad executives, reluctant to spend more than $2 billion for technology they say isunproven, are

The sister of a crewman killed in the head-on collision between two freighttrains between Se

BRITISH COAL FINALIZES CONTRACT WITH COALITELONDON - British Coal Corp. has signed a

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 21, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

WAR-DAMAGED BOXES COST UK CLUB $600,000Containers lost or damaged on land as a result of war

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Exxon Corp. and a Japanese company on Monday signed a contract giving them first rights to search fo

Taiwan's Finance Ministry on Monday reiterated plans to ease curbs on foreign investment in the isla

All of the 279,000 60-kilogram bags purchased by the Brazilian government at its nine retention auct

British Airways plans to build a huge new cargo hub at London's Heathrow Airport. The $225 m

British Airways and USAir are planning to introduce a new joint venture cargo product in February.

The U.S. dollar rose Monday in a thin pre-holiday market as both the deutsche mark and Japanese yen

A Washington, D.C., consulting firm has won a $4 million contract to study whether a 30-mile bridge

An overhaul of China's tax system is expected to reduce the amount of copper bought on international

The Italian industrial employers association Confindustria expressed optimism about economic growth

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA SOUTHEAST ASIA. Dec. 30-Jan. 7. The Florida Department of Comm

TALKS DEADLOCKED BETWEEN CHINA, TAIWANTAIPEI, Taiwan - Historic talks between Taiwan and Chi

SAINT JOHN, PANAMA JOINED BY DIRECT RUNSAINT JOHN, New Brunswick - Kent Line International h

Health-related costs took the biggest bite out of workers compensation insurers' profits in 1992, sa

In the first 11 months of this year, Taiwan's industrial output rose 3.21 percent from a year earlie

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent -5.3212/14 94.012/15 93.612/16

US, AUSTRALIA RESOLVE RIVALRY FOR JAPAN ROUTECANBERRA, Australia - Australia and the

Bulgaria's First Private Bank decided at an extraordinary shareholders meeting to double its capital

American manufacturers of name-brand drugs must rein in costs and get a bigger bang for their resear

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

William Rhodes, Citicorp vice chairman, said a recent plan by Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazil Econ

NY'S COCOA PRICES MIRROR LONDON DROPNEW YORK - Cocoa futures here tumbled in sympath

Sweden posted a 4.9 billion kronor (US$581.9 million) trade surplus in November, compared with a 2.6

Despite the efforts of Philadelphia port officials to resolve a labor conflict over fruit shipments,

Rep. Robert Franks, R-N.J., is looking to New Jersey Governor-elect Christie Whitman to help assure

The government agreed to cut import duties on 17 textile products, to 40 percent from 85 percent, ov

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