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RUSSIAN OIL WORKERSSTRANDED IN ARCTICMURMANSK, Russia - About 120 Russian oil workers are st

The Oregon Public Utility Commission staff made a concession and suggested a rate-cut plan that coul

Indonesia, already rich in energy resources, is revising plans to have a nuclear power plant operati

ALASKA EXPORT CARGOSET RECORD IN '96JUNEAU, Alaska - Exports of Alaska goods and services an

There's only a river and a thin black line on the map to separate them, but when it comes to retail

Tony the Tiger is going global.Kellogg Co., the leading U.S. cereal maker, said Tuesday it w

CHILE'S ENDESA PREPAYSLOANS IN ECOLOGY SPATSANTIAGO, Chile - Chilean electricity giant Endes

Government officials have found a way to finance Russia's ailing gold-mining industry, and replenish

OFFERS TO BUY* EGGS. Croatian company is looking for 300,000 eggs a month. Contact: Malte Sc

This is an age when businesses want to quantify everything, including the professionalism of their s

Facing a summer desperately short of food, North Korea is asking foreign investors to pay for land w

An international dispute about Massachusetts sanctions against Myanmar and Indonesia has sent U.S. t

Few could have imagined just months ago that the North Pacific concession of Mexican state railroad

Given Thailand's weakened financial markets, overvalued real estate and other economic problems, the

In a move that could result in lower ocean freight rates for shippers, the national organization of

Wednesday, March 12, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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For $1.8 billion, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. regained the title of the world's largest insuranc

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday, rising against the yen but falling sharply against the Deutsche

A failure by Congress to change a controversial U.S. textile provision by April 4 could spark a tran

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Stowaway deaths in the holds of cargo ships that have left West Africa are prompting calls for conce

Jim Poon knows he is a lone voice.But the chairman and managing director of OOCL (Europe) Lt

INSURER SETTLES LAWSUITOVER SEX ABUSE COVERAGEOLYMPIA, Wash. - The insurance company for an

PRUDENTIAL INSURANCECO. OF AMERICA Steve Shulman joined the insurer as president and chief e

Hong Kong got its last colonial budget Wednesday, with a huge surplus and bulging foreign exchange c

FRANCE REPORTEDLYSENDS JETS TO TAIWANPARIS - France has discreetly started delivering 60 Mir

MID OCEAN'S INCOME FALLSAS QUARTERLY REVENUE RISESHAMILTON, Bermuda - Mid Ocean Ltd. said ne

''We take for granted that food appears as if it comes here by spontaneous generation. That's not it

KISSINGER: US SHOULDAVOID PROVOKING CHINAMANILA - Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissi

The European Union is expected to submit to Mexico's Commerce Secretariat, or Secofi, as early as ne

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That famous line by Charles Dickens about Paris

State legislators heard a litany of complaints from prop- erty/casualty insurers who say a model inv

Insurance industry representatives asked California insurance regulators to allow them more flexibil

Severe thunderstorms, high winds and heavy rains that stunned seven southern states earlier this mon

Sticking your head in the sand in an ostrich fashion is not an acceptable response for governments f

AIR ONTARIO, ATTENDANTSREACH TENTATIVE DEALTORONTO - Air Ontario reached a tentative deal wi

The world's leading shipbuilding nations were ready Wednesday to give the United States more time to

1454 (March 12, 1997) Previous day - 1445The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in