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Standard & Poor's Corp., a credit rating agency, said U.S. life insurers face up to $9 billion in ne

EC CONSIDERS BORROWING TO FUND PUBLIC WORKSBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community President

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

The parent of container operator Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. bounced back into the black las

Chevron Corp. said Monday it agreed to pay $8 million for violations of Clean Water Act regulations

Developing nations and U.S. importers interested in benefiting from the U.S. regime of preferential

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British Petroleum Co. PLC is selling its stake in subsidiary BP Canada in a deal which will raise US

A Florida law that appears to limit liability for oil pollution damage to natural resources in fact

Arthur Edward Green will retire June 1 from his 32-year career at the Alabama State Docks, the state

Military experts this week will appraise the performance of roll-on, roll-off vessels during the Per

The U.S. dollar was mostly lower in a quiet market Tuesday, as traders were convinced the Federal Re

The Internal Revenue Service is placing multinational companies under additional scrutiny concerning

The world's leading industrialized countries committed themselves Tuesday to energizing the fading w

EPA BEGINS CLEANUP OF CALIF. MERCURY SITEThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it be

NORTH AMERICA Come to a Fabric Fiesta of Outrageous Rayons. May 20. New York. Kanindo-Oxford

As of May 19, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

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Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots & in

Despite concern about depleting the world's largest tropical rain forest and mistreatment of Indians

Squeezed by an ongoing industrywide air-fare war, Northwest Airlines plans to launch a major program

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Tight cargo flows and a drop in automobile shipments are tightening the competition between Sea-Land

The European Community's environment chief said Tuesday that the United States appeared to be moving

A public gripe session about problems with the Federal Maritime Commission's new automated rate fili

The unexpectedly large slump in U.S. April housing starts was being called temporary, reflecting sli

If Hollywood needed a perfect-looking international business executive, it's hard to imagine anyone

In a decision that could have far-reaching implications for American companies, an administrative la

US WARNS CITIZENS TO AVOID THAILANDWASHINGTON - The United States deplored the viole

Canada, one of the world's largest grain producers, is seeing its exports soar toward record levels

May 19, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity Ex

CALIF. RULE CHANGES GO TOO FAR, NAII SAYSSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Proposed changes in Ca

Port business in Hong Kong is off to another strong start this year, despite a comparatively slow Fe

British Airways PLC, flying higher than its rivals above the turbulence of recession and the Persian

A new trans-Asian rail route to Europe via China and the Middle East is under consideration as an al

Compagnie Generale Maritime, France's largest shipowner, is shutting down most of its North American

The Interstate Commerce Commission denied a request for interstate trucking authority by Transportes

For the second time this year, a huge cache of Colombian cocaine bound for Mexico has been intercept

May 19, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-