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Booming demand for political-risk insurance by U.S. companies rebuilding Kuwait is more than doublin

Dick Quegan is not shy. The gregarious and sunburned Texaco Inc. oil tanker executive admits

Legislation proposed in the Senate would give merchant mariners involved in supplying Persian Gulf f

Because of its rapidly declining oil production, the Soviet Union has stopped its oil being traded a

A Greek shipping line is planning a project to carry forest products from the United States to Medit

East Asia faces crucial challenges in finding its stride and fitting into the yet undefined new worl

U.S. pork producers said they will appeal a decision, made under the U.S.-Canada free trade agreemen

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said last week that she remains opposed to a revival of the Su

Allegations that a Texas laboratory falsified pesticide residue studies is leading the Environmenta

There is still time for insurers and state regulators to blunt efforts to give the federal governmen

James P. Hoffa may have to petition the U.S. Justice Department to become eligible forthe Teamsters

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Mar. 4, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

FACTORY ORDERS EXPECTED TO DECLINEU.S. factory orders are expected to have fallen 0.7 percen

Kuwait may need five years to rebuild its oil industry, shattered by the Iraqi invasion, a senior ex

Ship operators must have waste management plans and post informational placards on pollution regulat

Mon., March 4, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Mar. 4, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Mar. 4, 1991 Copper Total, 16,776. Gold Total, .1,540,127.Silver Total, .263,068,549.

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Aluminum ingots- $1,530-$1,540 per ton lots & in wareh

ARGENTINE STRIKE STRANDS WHEAT-LADEN RAILCARSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A 19-day strike on fo

NYK Line (North America) Inc.'s Chicago Hub Center that opened this weekend is designed to enhance t

AIR WIS SERVICES TO MERGE AIRLINE UNITSNEW YORK - Air Wis Services Inc. said Monday it will

New York Mercantile Exchange Mar. 4, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

CHINESE PREMIER BACKS REFORM TO HIKE INCOMEHONG KONG - Chinese Premier Li Peng, apparently m

IT HAPPENED SO FAST. The walls around Eastern Europe crashed to the ground, the Persian Gulf

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The Federal Reserve Board Monday ordered the Bank of Credit and Commerce International to divest its

Matson Navigation Co. will raise its rates 2.9 percent on April 1, according to an announcement from

The rate-making group of carriers moving U.S. exports across the Pacific has produceda table that sh

The Supreme Court Monday refused to review a maritime personal injury case in which a seaman sought

SILVER RALLY HELPS LIFT PLATINUM OFF LOWSSilver futures held its gains following a midday ra

Textile Quotas to Watch as of March 1, 1991* Country Category Description

CHEERED BY THE SUCCESS of the initial Allied air raids against Iraq, the Dow Jones Industrials confo

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

The government is under increasing pressure to accelerate reform on the waterfront. A spokes

Associated Aviation Underwriters of Short Hills, N.J., is the lead underwriter of general liability

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a ruling that states are allowed to impose tougher warranty

The Singapore National Shipping Association welcomed Monday the shipping taxbreak announced