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The following is a list of principal officers and contact information for the Hong Kong Special Admi

News that Standard & Poor's Corp. raised its foreign currency credit rating for Hong Kong to ''A+''

Tung Chee Hwa, looking every inch the stern but avuncular leader, ran away with the election last De

Despite the constant refrain from Hong Kong officials that it will still be ''business as usual'' af

In a recent special section, Lou Epstein was misidentified as spokosman for the Hong Kong Economic a

New York Mercantile Exchange - June 12, 1997PREV. LIFE OF CONTR. OPENOPEN HIGH L

Plans to revive Thailand's domestic shipping industry may founder on the question of who controls th

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

1266 (June 13, 1997) Previous day - 1262The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

June 13, 1997BALTIC INTERNATIONAL FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET Prev.Close High Low

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VIETNAM TEENS RESCUEDFROM MINING SLAVERYHANOI - Fifteen teen-age boys have been rescued from

June 13, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

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The need for extra export capacity for Russian natural gas to western European markets was highlight

There is still some doubt as to whether the Britain's electricity industry is ready for the start of

WORLD COVER PREMIUMSTOP $2 TRILLION MARKLONDON - World insurance premiums have broken throug

While attention is focused on the House Banking Committee's scheduled markup of financial services m

June 13, 1997U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

CHUBB CORP.Robert M. Witkoff was elected a vice president of the Warren, N.J.-based insuranc

Shanghai, China's largest commercial center and port, appears to be consolidating its position also

Corporate America loses $29 billion each year from the costs of employees providing personal care to

The European Union will attempt to update its 40-year-old rule book next week in a bid to avoid poli

Maritime executive Stanley H. Barer and Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, will share this year's Admiral o

For years, many Japanese industrial companies favored homegrown technology over the engineering soft

The largest insurance company in Illinois says a consumer advocacy group is off base in criticizing

OFFERS TO BUY* GSM MOBILE PHONES. New or refurbished GSM mobile phones. Ericsson 388/337, No

Officials in northeastern Liaoning province said the handling capacity of the Port of Dandong is exp

UPDATED MEXICO DATASHOW TRADE SURPLUS DROPMEXICO CITY - Mexico revised its monthly trade sur

Changes in customs procedures and other import restrictions are creating havoc for those who consoli

CHUBB SELLS REAL ESTATEASSETS FOR $758 MILLIONWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. said Thursday it wi

Yellow Corp., one of the nation's largest trucking companies, gave Wall Street analysts and investor

A California senator has proposed a measure to convert the insurance commissioner's job from an elec

Daimler-Benz AG of Germany said it received clearance from U.S. and Canadian regulatory officials to

First Amendment rights of free speech took center stage here Wednesday in the latest battle between

Reserving for environmental claims and legal defense costs went down for property/casualty insurers

US RE CORP.Kizuki Kizuhara has joined the reinsurance intermediary in New York as a broker.H

US NATURAL-GAS DEMANDFUELED BY GOOD SUPPLIESCOPENHAGEN - U.S. annual natural-gas demand will

A U.S. environmental coalition is urging North America's largest corporations to boycott wood and pa

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