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Thu., Feb. 1, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

New Jersey lawmakers, insurers and the public will begin a series of meetings Thursday to tackle Go

Latin America watchers rule out Brazil as a candidate for a new debt accord anytime soon, citing a l

Merrett Holdings PLC, the largest Lloyd's of London underwriting agents and insurance services group

CHUBB'S INCOME RISES FOR QUARTER AND YEARChubb Corp. Thursday reported net income for the 19

The Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have agreed ona set of guid

Maryland Gov. William Donald Schaefer says that when the Port of Baltimore's newest terminal opens i

As the fog lifts on the Black Sea Port of Odessa, a shower of American corn falls into railcars read

Feb. 1, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

While shipping companies around the world are facing the expensivechallenge of modernizing their fle

NYK Line, Japan's largest shipping company, will move additional containerships onto its Pacific No

A government agency is buying pears destined for the United States in a bid to smooth over its prob

Japan's Nippon Yusen Kaisha plans to launch a detailed study of intermodal trials conducted late las

The Port of Hong Kong remains the world's premier containerport, but only by a whisker as Singapore'

One of the nation's most ambitious intermodal rail and highway projects, Southern California's $500

Four men directly involved in the administration of a dockworkers union bank account fund are expect

Amoco Corp. and the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union were still negotiating Thursday as of pre

A fire at Venezuela's Cardon refinery caused alarm among workers but no injuries, and will not inter

Coal is more likely to gain market share in the unified European economy after 1992 than competing f

A fall in Soviet oil exports to traditional East European markets is pushing extra business toward O

The Soviet Union cut oil deliveries to Hungary and Czechoslovakia by 20 percent in January due to tr

US SAID TO HAVE LIFTED PANAMANIAN SUGAR BANU.S. trade officials on Tuesday formally removed

SYNDICATE TO REINSURE EXPORT CREDIT RISKThe French export credit guarantee agency, Coface, w

Attorneys for the International Longshoremen's Association expressed surprise Wednesday at televisio

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, annual convention and management conference, Feb. 4-7. Hotel Del Co

A code of ethics for Malaysia's growing life insurance sector is expected to be in place by the seco

Problems in New York state's medical malpractice system are too complex to be solved this year, stat

The New York State Insurance Department is considering minimum standards for long-term care insuranc

It's been more than a year since the tragic bombing of Pan American's flight 103 over Lockerbie, Sco

LEADING INDICATORS JUMPED IN DECEMBERThe index of leading indicators, the government's main

South Carolina's judicial system is bracing for an expected influx of cases involving disputes over

ROYAL GROUP INC. (Charlotte, N.C.) - Alvin Shoemaker was named chairman of this major insurer, effec

Thailand has projected a trade deficit surpassing $6 billion this year - an increase of almost 25 pe

A short-term emergency program aimed at turning Bulgaria's planned economy into a market economy wit

The story headlined, "London Marine, Aviation Marts Cite '89 Losses," on Page 9A in The Journal of C

U.S. entrepreneurs may get a thrill from the idea of opening shop in the Soviet Union, but attorneys

Australia's inflation rate stood at 7.8 percent for the 12 months to Dec. 31, down from 8.0 percent

Major insurers are not planning on leaving California as a result of a state Supreme Court ruling gr

U.S. Department of Commerce statistics for the year ended June 1989 show that four West Coast ports

A two-mile-long oil slick from a wrecked Liberian tanker is threatening Japanese coastal areas along