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Shipowners face sharply higher liability insurance premiums next year as claims continue to soar.

FRENCH TRADE DEFICIT BALLOONED IN SEPTEMBERFrance posted a provisional, seasonally adjusted

S. AFRICA COULD FACE GOLD OUTPUT CUTBACKSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - An oversupply of gold

Tougher environmental rules have been blamed for the closing of two chemical plants near Melbourne,

ConAgra Inc. Tuesday said it has signed a preliminary agreement to buy certain assets of Australia's

LOCAL COMPANY makes waves. The son of a Crowley Maritime Corp. official hit the record books

DOT ACTION EXPECTED ON RADAR DETECTOR BANWASHINGTON - Groups pressing for a ban on radar det

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Oct. 23, 1990Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 22, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Oct. 23, 1990 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 37.8

CHUBB REPORTS RISE IN THIRD-QUARTER NETNet income for the third quarter at Chubb Corp. rose

A favorable court ruling moved a Canadian railroad's efforts to connect with two Northeastern ports

Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro, Brazil's state-owned general cargo carrier, began operating

SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD. (Tokyo) - Munekazu Takenishi was named president of Sapporo USA Inc. replacin

CHINA, SOVIET UNION TO CONTINUE BARTERINGChina will continue to do barter trade with the Sov

Sellers for first half January naphtha cargoes lowered their offers to US$295 a metric ton c.i.f. Ja

The cost of the 15- or 20-year special survey for ships of average condition is becoming so prohibit

American President Cos. reported a third-quarter net loss of $60.6 million, including a whopping $10

One of the most important documents in the insurance industry has gone electronic, with Citibank NA

Tuesday Oct. 23, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Oct. 23, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Only three months ago, Iraq and Kuwait were seen as relatively low-risk areas for foreign business.

NutraSweet Co. of Deerfield, Ill., has launched a court bid to overturn a key decision by Canada's c

THE RISE OF MILITANT HINDUISM and a rapidly growing foreign-debt burden are eroding India's creditwo

EC TO LIFT SANCTIONS AGAINST CHINA, IRANEuropean Community foreign ministers agreed Monday t

Like many other companies that got into exporting early on, Blue Diamond Growers was pushed rather t

South Africa's fight against inflation suffered another setback with the announcement Tuesday of an

Kosmos Shipping AS, the Norwegian shipping group, may expand lightering activities in the United Sta

Enforcement officials in New Jersey and New York watched for years as barges owned by the Frank fami

Hopping mad airline industry executives are accusing the oil industry of increasing jet fuel prices

McDonnell Douglas Corp. Tuesday reported net earnings of $248 million, or $6.46 a share, for the thi

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Port officials meeting here are in an uproar over tax plans currently being considered in Congress.

Rising organizational costs and increasing regional competition in international trade services have

Canadian veterinarians said Monday that antifreeze kills thousands of pets and other animals each ye

Japanese petrochemical companies are considering whether to build ethane- based ethylene crackers in

The Soviet Union is buying physical sugar and making uncharacteristically candid statements about it

Marc Rich and Co., the Swiss-based commodity trading company, is set to buy Philipp Brothers' nickel

Attacking big insurance companies for "greed and profiteering" from skyrocketing health care costs,

Hays Watkins, chairman of CSX Corp., ought to feel pretty satisfied when he retires next year.