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Australian farmers, battling to survive possibly the worst drought on record, say their plight is no

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Having recently fretted about falling overseas investment, some in Indonesia are now fretting over h

EGYPT, SAUDI BANK TO AID 6 EX-SOVIET ISLAMIC STATESCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt and a Saudi-based ba

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

Cambior Inc.'s Valdez Creek Gold Mine has been cited for 12 state environmental violations and order

Jack A. Garrow, the Newport News Shipbuilding vice president who served as its lead spokesman on eve

Hyundai Merchant Marine said its decision to build five of the world's largest containerships reflec

Business at major seaports in Nigeria, crippled during a recent 22-day strike of port workers, is pi

After an eight-month delay, Deutsche Seereederei Rostock and Senator Lines clinched their merger Thu

Stories on Page 8B Wednesday and on Page 1B Thursday should have said that an agreementwith Sea-Land

These furniture movements were the largest recorded from port documents, during the two weeks ended

Shipowners and shippers at this French port on the Mediterranean are preparing for the probable esca

SENATE PANEL DELAYS MARITIME REFORM VOTEMaritime reform legislation was not considered Thurs

Political conflict in Algeria resulted in a dramatic fall in maritime passenger traffic from Marseil

Sweden's industrial production fell 0.7 percent in May compared with April in seasonally adjusted fi

Port of Oakland commissioners this week gave the go-ahead for staff to negotiate a contract for a fo

Since the tariff rate of an imported commodity is determined according to its Customs valuation as w

Wayne E. Hedien, the 60-year-old chairman and chief executive of Allstate, said Thursday he would re

John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co. hopes to have policyholders in China and Vietnam within four

The chief executive of Cigna Corp. blasted Moody's Investors Service for downgrading its property/ca

Struggling to bring together an industry consortium for a US$400 million (C$600 million) life-saving

A headline that appeared Tuesday on Page 11A, misidentified the Alliance of American Insurers as AIA

Lloyd's of London said this week that it has appointed a new Lloyd's underwriters'general representa

GEPHARDT BILL INCLUDES MCCARRAN AMENDMENTWASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Richard

Royal Insurance, the big British insurance company, announced Thursday record first-half pretax prof

Patrick G. Ryan, the influential chairman and chief executive of insurance holding company Aon Corp.

International Business Communication Systems Inc., a privately held Massachusetts company, is planni

Spain's unemployment rate fell to 16.53 percent in July, from June's 17.14 percent, the National Emp

Italian June industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 1 percent from May and climbed an unad

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U.S. gasoline inventories fell by 200,000 barrels during the week ended Aug. 5, comparedwith the pre

The union that represents shipboard officers said Wednesday it has signed 3 1/ 2-year labor contract

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. named Carl J. Horn executive vice president with responsibilities for all

OMI Corp. announced Wednesday that it has entered into a letter of intent with Astilleros Espanoles

FREIGHTER, OIL TANKER COLLIDE IN MANILA BAYMANILA, Philippines - A Polish-registered freight

Port of Baltimore terminals are handling general cargo at a pace that will make 1994 the port's best

The addition of floating casinos carrying thousands of people in the Port of New Orleans and elsewhe