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Growing ethnic unrest and political turmoil in the Soviet Union has Western insurers reluctant to pr

THE DRAMA SURROUNDING last week's vote on the Textile, Apparel and Footwear Trade Act of 1990 was tr

American shipyards might get government financing to sell ships abroad if all goes well in talks inv

The principal ocean carrier group in the westbound trans-Pacific market said it plans to adopt a fle

Federal Express Corp.'s net income leaped to $43 million, or 81 cents a share,from $30.4 mil

The Federal Aviation Administration awarded New Orleans International Airport a $1.3 million grant t

As oil prices have risen in tandem with tension in the Middle East, Americans thinking about replaci

A major conflagration in the Persian Gulf that involves damage to production facilities in Kuwait, I

Crude oil supply and demand will form a precarious balance in the fourth quarter because of higher-t

Sept. 21, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bon

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Sept. 21, 1990Dubai Crude Oil(Dollars Per

The Federal Maritime Commission is turning its attention to trans-Atlantic rate practices, shortly a

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Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Co., the fifth largest life insurer here in terms of assets, has decided

When a drug-addicted Navy employee in Philadelphia threatened suicide in October, a counselor at wor

If American soldiers go to war against Iraq, they could find themselves up against a nasty enemy the

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe Unfolding in the '90s: A Financier's View. Sept. 26. New York. Contact

The European Community today launches an 11th-hour bid to reach agreement on a negotiating position

In the rush to log the vast wilderness of British Columbia, people are beginning to fear that the pu

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The U.S. Maritime Administration stepped into the war-risk insurance market to provide some relief f

"If you can see any shops without a line outside, it means they are already empty," a Bulgarian sai

International credit rating agencies have downgraded Norwegian banks because of their slumbering deb

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

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Friday Sept. 21, 1990 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

The railroads' and rail labor's first impressions of the report released Friday by the Commission on

Farrell Lines Inc. of New York will begin calling later this month at the Port of New Orleans, which

Beleaguered Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev may find himself with an unusual ally in his battle to r

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Speakers at a chemical manufacturers meeting here called out unanimously for industry to take the le

Travelers have been well indoctrinated about not leaving home without a certain credit card. Now, th

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

CHEVRON UNIT BEGINS CHINA CRUDE OPERATIONChevron Corp. said its subsidiary, Chevron Overseas

Construction workers walked off the job and clashed with police in street marches Thursday, adding t

A capacity reduction group in the trans-Pacific shipping market said it wants to keep 13 percent of

Sept. 21, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The weakening of the U.S. dollar against the Singapore dollar held down first-half profit at the nat

Warren Leback, the head of the U.S. Maritime Administration, is slated to address the monthly lunche

Maurice Jaques, president of the International Union of Marine Insurers, is taking advantage of his