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Travelers Corp. has pulled out of a consortium effort to buy a majority stake in Lloyd's of London s

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

Nov. 17, 1993 Copper Total, 86,353. Gold Total, .2,444,441.Silver Total, .27

Weak half-year profit and news that international chemicals group Courtaulds PLC could close several

British Gas PLC Chairman Robert Evans, heading a group of top businessmenfrom his country to

Merck & Co.'s top-selling drug, used for high blood pressure and congestive heart failure, has been

The North American Free Trade Agreement notwithstanding, U.S. foreign investment and trade with Mexi

The world's second largest insurance brokerage has chalked up losses that have analysts watching for

U.S. shipbuilders' efforts to build more commercial vessels should get a boostfrom the $261

Faced with possible record 1993-94 (May-April) sugar shipments, high costs and delays at Brazil's so

A dip in imports of machinery and raw materials on top of sluggish growth in exports is causing conc

Shell Oil Co. has ended test production of diesel that meets California air- quality standards at it

NIGERIAN STRIKE SPREADS, REPORTS SAYLAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian workers' strike ag

Wednesday Nov. 17, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

A House maritime panel Tuesday approved legislation permitting the sale of the two largest U.S. tank

Wednesday, Nov. 17, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Amid growing whispers that Mexico's state-owned railroad is heading for the auction block, the feder

William Mack, vice chairman of American International Marine Agency, is glad the U.S. marine insuran

The World Health Organization said it is developing a new "virucide" that could rank alongside the c

AIR EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL POSTS FALL IN EARNINGSDARIEN, Conn. - Air Express Internat

The Department of Energy won't be able to ship spent nuclear fuel through Hampton Roads or other Ame

Nov. 17, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Mexico will fall short of its oil export target for 1993, and is projecting lower oil export levels

The dynamic economies of the Asia-Pacific region should not succumb to the temptation of forming the

Chinese buyers are keeping clear of the copper market in the hopes that prices will sink, traders sa

Algeria will consider adopting a new strategy for its hydrocarbon sector following a highly critical

A partnership formed by John F. Lehman, former secretary of the Navy, purchased Sperry Marine Inc.,

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Liberty Corner, N.J.) - William C. Donovan was named vice presidentof informa

DUTCH INSURER AMEV SEEKS EAGLE STAR UNITAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Amev Nederland, the

A new day is dawning in the relationship between the nation's airlines and the U.S. Postal Service.

The opening shots in a new trans-Atlantic air war were fired Wednesday when the British government t

A wide variety of consumer and industrial goods are covered by the tariff cuts China intends to impl

THRALL CAR MANUFACTURING CO. (Chicago Heights, Ill.) - Larry T. Lucas was named general manager of t

U.K. provisional, seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.1 percent in October from September, the C

Direct foreign investment in Portugal was 75 billion escudos (US$431 million) in the first six month

CHINA RUMORS LEAD TO WHEAT FUTURES RISECHICAGO - Wheat futures moved to fresh 17-mon

Cyprus, a divided island, is marketing its links to Europe, Africa and the Middle East,casting itsel

After exporting paints to China for about a year, FLR Paints Inc. has agreed to help a Chinese distr

WORLD TOURISM EXPECTED TO DOUBLE IN DECADELONDON - The global travel and tourism ind

Officials from more than 20 nations began a new round of confidential talks Wednesday to hammer out