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Tort liability issues such as high punitive damage awards top the list of problem issues facing risk

China's garment industry will halt its "precipitous" fall in profit within three years, Yu Shongyao,

New York Mercantile Exchange Mar. 26, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Russia has no plans to close its Chernobyl-style nuclear reactors despite worldwide concern triggere

The state-owned Virginia International Terminals Friday asked the Federal Maritime Commission to dis

One million tons of cargo. That's a goal that means something at Miami International Airport

ITEL'S 1991 LOSS FROM OPERATIONS GREWItel Corp., the Chicago-based transport equipment-leasi

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

PERSONAL INCOME PRECENT CHANGE FEBRUARYPersonal income +1.1%Personal s

A decision on Hong Kong's first electronic data interchange system is being pushed further back, the

Tokyo's consumer price index for March averaged 104.5 (1990=100), up a seasonally adjusted 0.1 perce

Rising along straight paths of shining white sand, sculpted canyon walls of living coral frame the u

This election year has produced a score of health care proposals aimed at providing coverage for the

Bose Corp., one of the more successful U.S. exporters to Japan, last week said it is closely watchin

In the towering headquarters of Toshiba Corp., computers track the whereabouts of company employees

Forgoing the great American tradition of living on commission, many carriers with major U.S. operati

Leasing companies own the keys to the airplanes. And they will continue to dole out permissi

Mar. 27, 1992 Copper Total, 27,527. Gold Total, .1,548,473.Silver Total, .279

The Romanian government has received offers from British-based companies for its shipyards and from

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A truly catastrophic earthquake, one registering 8 or greater on the Richter scale, is expected to s

JOHN HANCOCK INCOME RISES TO $228.1 MILLIONJohn Hancock Financial Services reported a rise i

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Portugal, current holder of the European Community presidency, will prod the EC's agriculture minist

The international freight industry is showing reluctance to fully adopt electronic data interchange

JAPAN RAIL STRIKE ENDS AFTER COMMUTER PAINJapanese rail unions called off a strike Friday af

1197 (Mar. 27, 1992) Previous day - 1204 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

One cornerstone of the "New World Order" is likely to be increased use of economic sanctions against

Global orders for new ship construction last year totaled 1,423 vessels, adding up to slightly under

CHINA MOVES TO BAN INDEPENDENT UNIONSChina's Communist leaders, who see free trade unions as

REGIONAL BLOCS Regional Agricultural Marketing and Investment Opportunities. March 30-April

OECD CUTS FORECAST FOR WHEAT SURPLUSUnpublished forecasts from the Organization for Economic

Frank Iarossi, chairman of the American Bureau of Shipping, declared that accusations of financial m

W.R. Grace & Co., the large specialty chemicals manufacturer, is accelerating its efforts to develop

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union said it has ended its blockade of coffee s

Italy posted a provisional trade deficit of $1.76 billion (2.20 trillion lire) in February, down fro

Denmark's industrial production rose 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 1991 compared with a 5 perce

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Publicly offered commodity funds in February recorded their second consecutive losing month of 1992,

European Community Agriculture Commissioner Ray MacSharry suggested Friday that a world food securit