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Venezuela's recent changes to its laws governing foreign ownership of insurance companies may result

Mutiny. It's an ugly word, and the last time it was used to describe an incident on a U.S. v

U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster, chairman of the transportation and infrastructure committee of the House of R

President Clinton's decision to block a U.S. oil deal with Iran won political praise this week, but

In a major boost for the Port of Kobe, the first fully containerized vessel will arrive Monday and b

The British-registered ship carrying radioactive waste from France to Japan, Pacific Pintail, will f

ABB, DAIMLER-BENZ TO COMBINE RAIL UNITSBERLIN - ABB Asea Brown Boveri and Daimler-Be

Consumer prices in OECD countries, excluding Turkey, rose 0.4 percent in January, compared with a 0.

The Social Democrats are poised for victory in Finland's general election on Sunday, ousting the inc

Two major air cargo carriers announced this week plans to move their hubs to new locations in the Mi

The government here is considering a proposal to privatize BC Rail, according to a draft report circ

U.S. apple exporters got another setback Thursday when a major chain of supermarkets in Japan's nort

In a ceremony complete with a Shinto blessing, Ford Motor Co. Thursday opened a $40 million technolo

Molded Container Corp., a Portland, Ore., manufacturer of plastic articles, signed Kane Gray Inc., a

The United States, as expected, stepped up the pressure on Japan Thursday to reach agreements on ope

The American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico, representing nearly 85 percent of U.S. direct foreign in

"It is essential that the (inflation) bubble be rapidly defused if stability is to be restored to th

The appointment of David M. LeVan as chief executive of Conrail Inc. will not alter the railroad's s

Customs in June will begin testing a prototype of remote filing, one of the most controversial progr

While some progress was reported in negotiations aimed at ending the CP Rail work stoppage, new talk

MEXICAN TRADE SURPLUS IS FIRST IN FOUR YEARSMEXICO CITY - Mexico showed a trade surp

With the United States now backing Renato Ruggiero to head the World Trade Organization, U.S. offici

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GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Great Hanshin Earthquake is prompting the government to reconsider whether the country should ha

A new Environmental Protection Agency plan to clean up the Great Lakes gives the states in the regio

Thursday Mar. 16, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

As president and founder of Seariders International, a freight forwarding company in Fort Lauderdale

Germany's nonferrous metals producers emerged from recession in 1994 and are bracing for higher prod

Marathon Oil Co. and its partners, Occidental Petroleum Co. and Phillips Petroleum Co., were awarded

KIDNAPPING KEEPS AFRICAN MINE CLOSEDLONDON - Bauxite operations of the Sierra Leone

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The Parliament will soon receive legislation to set up an independent regulatory authority for the i

SMALL ALA. INSURERS SAY LAW AIDS LARGE FIRMSMONTGOMERY, Ala. - Eight small insurance compani

CAPITAL RE'S INCOME RISES TO $39.8 MILLIONNEW YORK - Capital Re Corp. presented its

Crop losses stemming from winter storms that swept through California over the last week have soared

Cultivation of Cuba's freshly cut sugar cane plantations fell 32 percent behind schedule from Januar

When Occidental Petroleum went into Russia in 1992 to inject cash and technology into that nation's

Working to keep pace with Republican regulatory reform proposals moving through Congress, President