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Ships are coming under fire off the coast of China as modern-day pirates try to force vessels into p

Gen. Fernando Ochoa Antich, Venezuelan foreign minister, denounced the "gold and diamond transnation

Soybean futures slumped to the lowest level since mid-June, pressured by active harvesting and the f

AMERICAN CYANAMID GETS EC NOD ON DEALThe European Community's executive commission said Mond

Switzerland increased the import tariffs on wheat, rye, barley, corn, rice and oats to bring the pri

For the week ended Sept. 25, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

Potential commercial customers are turning to privately run captives, federally authorized risk pool

The Supreme Court rejected efforts to have it jump back into the trucking rate undercharge controver

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 1, 1993. U

Oct. 4, 1993 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Africa and the Middle East countries are forecast to spend $24 billion over the next eight years on

CATERPILLAR WINS SUIT AGAINST NY IMPORTERPEORIA, Ill. - Caterpillar Inc. said it obt

Oct. 4, 1993 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

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China and Indonesia said they will intensify cooperation in the coal sector with technology, equipme

SAUDIS RAISE PRICES ON CRUDE TO EUROPELONDON - Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aram

The deputy prime minister of Thailand, Amnuay Virivan, in remarks prepared for delivery in New York

Survey of those who say they follow news about the North American free- trade agreement very or fair

The future of the International Coffee Organization beyond the end of September next year remains un

Following their corporate clients into Eastern Europe, Western insurance companies find the local ma

More than 1,000 risk managers and brokers are expected to attend the biennial international risk man

No story.

Insurance officials are working to separate Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi and its sister c

Airborne Express, in a bid to strengthen its share of high-tech and computer traffic, intends to set

Global long-term interest rates are edging down, but Canada is bound to buck the trend this month as

Insurers and other business groups are keeping close watch on the progress of European Community env

NEW AD CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY CIGNAPHILADELPHIA - Cigna Corp. uprooted its royal blue

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena signed an air transport agreement with Saudi Arabia a

Even as United Airlines and Lufthansa German Airlines signed a new cooperation agreement Monday, ind

France's employers' association, the Conseil National du Patronat Francais (CNPF), has called on the

Monday, Oct. 4, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar surged in Asian trading Monday amid the turmoil in Russia, but gave back all of its

Seasonally adjusted gross domestic product in Denmark fell 1.1 percent in the second quarter from th

Oct. 4, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

An American "Baby Bell" company is set to provide basic telecommunications to an industrial town in

A Massachusetts program to trade emissions credits is the first in the nation designed by a state to

Chemical companies, petroleum processors and many other manufacturers in France and Germany can expe

John Maggs in Washington, William Armbruster in New York and Bruce Barnard in Brussels contributed t

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgric

Foreign investment in the United States and increased auto sales should improve prospects for the na