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Textile makers, hard hit by last year's poor cotton harvest, say high cotton prices are pushing them

As profits soar among Thailand's protected telecommunications' companies,pressure is growing

ESTONIA NOT YET READY TO JOIN EU, OFFICIAL SAYSCOPENHAGEN, Denmark - Estonia does no

As of Sept. 23, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from

CHINA'S DRUG PRODUCERS EXCEED EXPECTATIONSBEIJING - The State Pharmaceuticals Admini

An imported ethylene line went into operation last week at Beijing Yanshan Petrochemicals Corp.<

It's been a hectic year for J. Wesley Ooms, president of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwr

Steep international copper prices may keep China out of the market as a buyer until next year, Hong

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 232.09 up 1.69 w

Sept. 23, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

Roger W. Joyce will be sworn in as president of the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Soc

Eli Lilly & Co.'s famed anti-depressant, Prozac, goes on trial today in a group of civil suits stemm

1600 (Sept. 23, 1994) Previous day - 1584 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

KEMPER NATIONAL INSURANCE COS. (Long Grove, Ill.) - C. David Sullivan was named chairman andchief ex

The current underwriting system at Lloyd's of London must be changed so that corporate investors hav

The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a longtime critic of state regulation, has

Proposed Superfund reform legislation that carries more than $8 billion in new taxes for insurance c

An insurance industry executive will use this week's meeting of property and casualty insurers here

In discreet, buttoned-down England, the visibly enthusiastic, highly kinetic manager is far from com

The United Kingdom's gross domestic product grew by a real, seasonally adjusted 1.1 percent in the s

Exports of U.S.-made farm equipment, already on the upswing, are likely to continue growing in the n

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Japan's second-largest shipping company, said it will enact a new multiyear pro

Hong Kong Financial Secretary Hamish Macleod said Friday that delays in developing the colony's nint

The Japanese Army has landed. Four Japanese Army helicopters and more than 50 military vehic

Taking a cue from American farmers, farm-implement manufacturers are finding strong new markets for

Farmers at a public hearing on the Army Corps of Engineers plan for the Missouri River expressed fea

Mayors along the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway are fighting a federal law requiring that only

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Equipment Manufacturers Institute has a "hot" idea for its 101st annual convention. The

Three cruise-ship related bills were added at the last minute to a Coast Guard budget reauthorizatio

Barge operators are cautious about any expansion of their fleets, although barge rates are up and ba

Caterpillar Inc. officials claim that sales from the Peoria, Ill., farm equipment manufacturer have

Fearing the situation could be repeated, the U.S. head of a South Korean ocean carrier is questionin

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

MEBA RETIREES TO PAY FOR HEALTH BENEFITSBALTIMORE - Pensioners from a major maritime

The ports of Virginia tops the list of gateways for farm equipment exports, including agricultural m

The United States canceled the Seaway Summit, an informal meeting held yearly to discuss issues rela

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