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FEWER DUTCH LICENSES FOR GAS EXPORTS URGEDThe Dutch Energy Council (AER) has asked Netherlan

Property/casualty insurers Tuesday applauded the Clinton administration's decision to put the brakes

China's vital agricultural sector is at risk from a lack of insurance cover, one industry executive

LIBERTY MUTUAL GROUP (Boston) - S. Zack Mansdorf was named a director at Liberty International Risk

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Florida insurers and policyholders received double good news recently. They were told the fierce 199

CIGNA GROUP FINED FOR OVERBILLING CLIENTSCigna Group was fined after an investigation found

Ships in the years to come will carry cargo less safely, marine underwriters fear. The incre

Amoco Corp., taking advantage of the Arab world's rapprochement with Israel, signed an agreement wit

Mobil Corp. announced Tuesday that it has completed the previously announced sale of the Mobil Minin

PPG IN TALKS TO BUY EASTMAN CHEMICAL UNITPPG Industries said Tuesday it is negotiating with

A two-day boycott of the Anglo-Dutch multinational oil company Shell throughout South Africa, in pro

1630 (Dec. 19, 1995) Previous day - 1637 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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The rapid expansion of the world's containership fleet could pose a threat to the shipping lines tha

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Three Philippine shipping firms merged in a stock swap worth about $227 million to form the country'

Rudyard Kipling said it: "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet." Kip

Vinacafe, Vietnam's state coffee company, said on Tuesday that output from the Southeast Asian count

Trade leads are supplied by: U.S. Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service<

Whistle-blowing has been encouraged in China for decades, certainly since the communists took contro

Bowing to pressure from labor and consumer groups, the Clinton administration said Monday it will pu

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

Financial analysts are evenly split on the course the Federal Reserve Board will take on monetary po

Monday, Dec. 18, 1995 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RAT

Major shipping lines in the trans-Pacific market have agreed to halt their rate cutting and enact a

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 23, '94 - Dec. 18, '95 (a graph) (2

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Edgar Meister, a member of the Bundesbank directorate, said Monday that efforts are still needed to

Two human rights groups Monday cited the recent arrest of a South Korean labor leader to argue again

Early indications from Haiti's presidential election show hot favorite Rene Preval well in the lead,

The U.S. dollar fell Monday, largely because of a sharp decline in stock prices and a rise in the Sw

Senate Republican leader Bob Dole and U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor discussed trade negoti

Japan's customs-cleared trade surplus fell to $6.58 billion in November from a revised $8.55 billion

"There are more dollars in milk than sugar."

The European Union gave further impetus to economic and political reform in Eastern Europe by offeri

Spain's producer prices were down 0.2 percent in October from September but were up 5.9 percent from

S. KOREAN EX-PRESIDENT ADMITS TAKING BRIBESSouth Korean ex-President Roh Tae Woo admitted ta

Early returns suggest that Russian voters have given the Communist Party and extreme nationalists a