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GUNTER IS HEADED FOR RUNOFF IN PRIMARYFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Florida Insurance Commissioner

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

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SENATE GIVES APPROVAL TO RUBBER PRICE PACTBy a vote of 97-0, the Senate Wednesday voted to r

A new Sino-Japanese investment protection agreement will make it easier to do business in China, Jap

The incumbent leadership of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots has put toge

The Canadian Shippers' Council has filed a complaint with the National Transportation Agency over re

Two Hawaiian cruise operators have locked horns in a lawsuit that may add a new twist to a seemingly

A state board has put its imprimatur on a set of new regulations designed to notify employees in var

Stung by the threat of hefty surcharges by shipowners, the Port Authority of Thailand has drawn up c

1277 (Sept. 7, 1988) Previous day - 1279 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve sold $2.9 billion in the foreign exchange markets in the three

W. GERMANY TO CANCEL $4 BILLION OF LDC DEBTBONN, West Germany - Finance Minister Gerhard Sto

Compromise has broken out between the U.S. Customs Service and the maritime and trade industries.

The Tennessee Valley Authority selected wheeler-dealers of low-priced coal in a round of contracts a

AT&T, TOUCHTONE PLAN NEW SATELLITE SERVICESANTA MONICA, Calif. - Touchtone Video Network Inc

The European Community Wednesday adopted plans to cut unemployment and maintain living standards in

Backers of a November ballot measure that would give good drivers a 20 percent insurance rate cut sh

Creditors are not happy about lending Argentina another $4 billion to help pay interest on its forei

Although Chicago Board of Trade agriculture futures traders continue to view the recent spat of grai

On the back of some impressive economic statistics, Malaysia's Prime Minister is renewing his call f

* Buying in The Netherlands 3A * E. Cardoso and R. Dornbusch - Disaster Facing Brazil 6A* To

The United Kingdom and Norway are the first nations to subscribe to the $74.8 billion increase in th

The cost of insuring ships and freight in the Persian Gulf has plunged since the start of the cease-

Despite initial skepticism, U.S. officials are pleased with an experiment in which 17 American finan

Thousands of desperate American AIDS patients are turning to an anti- cholestero l drug available on

Backers are seeking private investment for Lan Chile, Chile's national carrier. Corporacion

Millions of dollars could hinge on the outcome of several lawsuits being brought against corporation

BAT Industries PLC, the British tobacco, retailing, paper and financial services conglomerate, expec

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The Netherlands province of Limburg is poised to become Europe's commercial crossroad. Sitti

BELGIUM, NORWAY PLAN NATURAL GAS TERMINALBRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgian and Norwegian energy co

CALIF. UTILITIES SET PEAK DEMAND RECORDSElectric utilities in Southern California set peak r

W.R. Grace & Co. announced Wednesday that a subsidiary plans to purchase Katec Betz GmbH, a privatel

Tighter cost controls and fewer cargo claims helped Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. nearly triple its

The Maritime Administration has given its permission for the foreign scrapping of a 323-foot fishing

U.S. commercial banks earned $10.5 billion in the first half of 1988, a stunning turnaround reflecti

U.S. competitiveness in world markets hinges on a much more concerted government-industry effort to

A Commerce Department change in the way it reports the monthly U.S. merchandise trade balance will p

The Export-Import Bank of Taiwan is financing 80 percent of the cost of two new ship orders for Orie