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President Clinton, seeking to curb air pollution linked to global warming, is proposing some 50 init

CODA SHAREHOLDERS OK ACQUISITION BY ACEHAMILTON, Bermuda - Shareholders of Corporate

Only days after pulling up the drawbridge to keep out new foreign insurers, Malaysian officials open

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Tioxide Group, a major titanium dioxide pigment producer and a wholly owned subsidiary of Imperial C

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American Crystal Sugar Co.'s growers were 99 percent finished with this year's harvest as of Monday.

GRAIN SALES TO RUSSIA NOT EXPECTED SOONHAMBURG, Germany - Russia is unlikely to buy

The Department of Agriculture is conducting a national survey of some 8,000 fruit growers to gather

After two years of negotiating with the government, Ciba-Geigy Corp. has agreed to spend $60 million

In a possible compromise, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment may be required to study

BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. has obtained an option from Kingswood Resources Inc. to earn up to a 70 per

China, the world's largest tin producer, will join a grouping of other leading tin-producing countri

Environmental impact studies and engineering assessments have delayed the construction of a new West

The health insurance industry is hiring political operatives in key states to lobby against the Clin

Global Capital Reinsurance Ltd. became the latest entrant into the property catastrophe reinsurance

The president of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group told risk managers here Tuesday that the Clinton adm

The future of Lloyd's of London may be settled later today when members decide whether to allow comp

The dry-cargo shipping market faces several major challenges as declining demand for grain and steel

An independent investigation of the finances of Tiphook PLC, the troubled container leasing company,

NAVY AWARDS CONTRACT TO ALPHA MARINEWASHINGTON - The Navy's Military Sealift Command

Global investors eager for a relatively low-risk stake in China's future could play a vital role in

The Tonnage Sharing Agreement ship line consortium announced last week a return to the French port o

China's drive to improve the quality of its goods seems likely to get new impetus from a consumer su

Ministers from the 14-member Cairns Group of agricultural exporting nations warned Monday that there

The United States and China stepped back from a major confrontation over aviation rights Monday when

A judge dismissed both claims in a dispute over who was to blame in an incident in which a beaver ch

GPA Group PLC, the world's biggest aircraft leasing company, won a new lease on life Monday when sha

The opening skies of Latin America are beginning to close again out of fears that competition with U

The parent company of Northwest Airlines on Monday reported its first profitable quarter in two year

U.S. Transportation Secretary Federico Pena is supporting the idea of providing freight service in R

Automatic train control systems will improve railroads' telecommunications and traffic management an

After enduring months of tough talk by U.S. trade officials, Japan finally got a chance to hit back

The Supreme Court Monday returned to the controversial trucking rate undercharge fray for the third

Truckers in California are fuming over the state's refusal to give them emergency relief from new fu

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

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Monday, Oct. 18, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

KPMG PEAT MARWICK (New York) - Jon C. Madonna, chairman and chief executive of KPMG Peat Marwick in