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The state-run Indian Petro Chemical Corp. and five other companies plan to set up the country's firs

The massive wall of water that blasted Nicaragua's entire Pacific Coast last week failed to damage o

Negotiations between Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. and other major lines in the North Atlantic

The German government privatizing agency decided Friday to resume negotiations with Kvaerner A/S, th

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What does an unknown start-up company have to do to woo a captain of industry? A lot. "It wa

CHEVRON UNIT PLANS TO SELL ORTHO DIVISIONChevron Chemical Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of

COTE D'IVOIRE, GHANA PURSUE COCOA STRATEGYACCRA, Ghana - Cote d'Ivoire Agriculture Minister

Silver looks "cheap." Both cash and futures prices are within striking distance of their respective

Mexico's state-owned oil company has secured partners to build a new plant to produce methyl tertiar

As of Sept. 4, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Sept. 4, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity E

Sugar loading in southern Chinese ports has become a nightmare as supplies are running low, and barg

The approval of the North American free-trade agreement will enable marine insurers in the United St

North and South Korea demolished further obstacles to detente Thursday, and a Southern spokesman sai

POLISH OFFICIALS REFUSE TO GIVE IN TO STRIKESWARSAW, Poland - Polish officials vowed Thursda

A new confrontation flared up Thursday between the United States and China, the second in as many da

A century-old treaty between the United States and Thailand giving U.S. workers preferential treatme

Senior executives of General Electric Co. plan to visit China later this month to investigate opport

DATE OF AWARD: "E" Award in 1992.WHY THE AWARD WAS GIVEN:Hutchinson Technolo

The newborn capitalists gathered for the grand opening of Sakhalin's first casino weren't about to l

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George Warrington, picked by New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio to run the bistate Delaware RiverPort Author

U.S. Coast Guard. Sept. 11. Hyatt Regency Hotel. Long Beach, Calif. Morning seminar and luncheon dis

A barrage of complaints from angry shipowners about the proliferation of ship inspections is being s

EMPRESA JOINT VENTURE ADDS ECUADOR STOPSGUAYAQUIL, Ecuador - This harbor soon will be added

With apples in Washington orchards ripening to dark red as much as a month early this year, apple sh

Whether it's hull or liability protection they're selling, there's a limit to the increases underwri

A proposal to have one of the nation's most active free-trade zones extend its influence 100 miles w

Members of the International Union of Marine Insurers meet for their annual conference at the Bellev

The long-running dispute over rules that would govern liability for cargo damage is boiling over int

Requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 do not sit well with protection and indemnity clubs, t

Continuing the International Union of Marine Insurance association's mandate to carry its message to

Thomas Prendergrast remembers how smart the idea sounded. Mr. Prendergrast, chairman and pre

Safety improvements in the design and manufacturing of offshore oil rigs, drafted in the wake of the

Global Petroleum Corp. of Waltham, Mass., one of New England's largest wholesalers of refined produc

As the wind from last month's Hurricane Andrew subsided, property and casualty insurers began siftin

Wackenhut of Alaska Inc. has lost its contract to provide security services for half of North Americ

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown filed this week a $367 million racketeering lawsuit accus

NJ REGULATOR DELAYS DECISION ON ALLSTATEThe New Jersey Insurance Department has delayed unti