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One of Thailand's largest publishers says he will hold talks in New York this week on the possibilit

The banking license of the State Bank of Victoria, one of Australia's largestfinancial insti

The Persian Gulf crisis will continue to push investors away from the stock market and toward "safe,

The U.S. property and casualty insurance industry as a whole will pull through the current recession

In an annual February survey conducted by the Insurance Information Institute, stock analysts found

Italy's Istituto Nazionale Assicurazioni (INA), the national insurance service and the largest state

International grain traders will meet with officials from the London Futures and Options Exchange Fr

REINSURER OF BANKS TO DISTRIBUTE PROFITSA mutual reinsurance company that covers bond risks

MEXICO SAID TO HIKE TAX ON IMPORTED SUGARMEXICO CITY - Mexico has increased taxes on importe

A recently established Nigerian shipping line hopes to do something no other ocean carrier has done

Can the Europeans succeed in Canada where Boeing Co. failed? The mighty U.S. aircraft maker

SOUTH KOREA TO BOOST AGRICULTURAL IMPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean government wi

Avondale Industries Inc. had a net loss of $6.3 million for the fourth quarter of 1990, compared wit

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago2/1 1/31 Change % Change:

Feb. 1, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.55

A scheme to allow the privatization of large industries in Czechoslovakia is likely to be presented

Massachusetts' new Republican governor, William Weld, was threatening last week to gut the nation's

The neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in 1990 moved a combined total of 3.7 million 20

A new spirit of cooperation is apparent in the shipping industry as marine insurers, classification

OLIN CORP. FORMS CANADIAN SUBSIDIARYCorp. formed a new company, Olin Canada Inc., in order t

A Maritima Aragua SA complaint before the Federal Maritime Commission seeks over $12,000 in alleged

A proposal Senate Democrats are preparing to introduce this week could raise the heat under the simm

About 650 dockworkers filed for early retirement during a 60-day window period that expired Thursday

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Feb. 1, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The world cocoa surplus in 1990-91 will fall to 140,000 metric tons, with total stocks at 1.613 mill

India is seeking a sugar-for-oil swap with international traders, sources close to negotiations said

TWA TO REVAMP DEBT, RULES OUT CHAPTER 11NEW YORK - Trans World Airlines Inc. Friday said it

U.S. representatives of South Africa's principal shipping company said trade between the two countri

A record drop in natural gas prices for January and February, caused by this winter's exceptionally

The dollar will tumble to new lows this week, currency traders forecast, following Friday's cut to 6

The Brazilian government Thursday imposed its most extensive emergency economic measures in 10 month

NORTH AMERICAN REINSURANCE CORP. (New York) - Francis P. Tricamo named assistant secretary. He manag

Australian gold output will fall 50 percent to about 114 tons a year by 1995 if significant new disc

OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES PRICES REMAINED firm last week, with many traders still on the sidelines due t

Feb. 1, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Feb. 1, 1991 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 214.12 off 0.04 which compares

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Officials of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have met privately with delegates of dis