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Crowley Marine Services has entered into a five-year agreement with Chevron Shipping, whereby Crowle

Faced with a lawsuit, the Kentucky League of Cities' board is bracing to protect insurance-company l

A battle over nuclear power will break out again today when legislative hearings begin on a special

Over the last decade, the keystroke has become popular in Barbados, the Caribbean island renowned wo

Not to be outdone by its Australian neighbor, New Zealand is offering aid to China and encouraging c

Southern Yemeni forces, frustrated by persistent northern attacks on the port city of Aden, have str

Overseas manufacturers now account for more than half of China's machine tool market, which ranks se

With export growth appearing to falter, Philippine garment firms are being urged to concentrate on h

India has agreed to open its market to at least some textile imports from the United States, prompti

COFFEE FUTURES FALL AFTER EARLY RALLYCoffee futures prices tumbled after an early push highe

Total crude steel production rose in the industrialized world by 1.5 percent to 33.5 million metric

China says retail sales prices of oil products nationwide have declined after it adopted oil policy

CANADA, ARGENTINA SIGN NUCLEAR PACTOTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien an

It's 79 degrees in the shade and you're a German letter carrier. It's hard workingin the sun, so why

June 22, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

A prominent Persian Gulf economist this week urged gulf Arab states to impose indirect taxes and con

A small Houston company here said it has acquired an exclusive option to license an AIDS vaccine bei

Exports will play a major role in South Africa's new economic development plan, and financial incent

The insurance brief and headline Monday on Page 9A, "Willis Unit Moved to Parent's Control" misstate

Rep. Jack Brooks, D-Texas, the powerful chairman of the Judiciary Committee, bowed to the politicall

Germany will not be able to enact new European Union rules liberalizing the insurance market on July

Tuesday June 21, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

INSURER SEES POTENTIAL IN ARGENTINA, MEXICOThe elimination of restrictive insurance

BEP INTERNATIONAL CORP. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Lawrence S. Davis, senior vice president of the reinsu

An Abu Dhabi oil company said Tuesday it will boost production to 600,000 barrels a day by the end o

Foreign insurance companies in Japan want all segments of the industry liberalized at once, not just

The Alberta Public Utilities Board this week began hearings on a request from Transalta Utilities Co

VENEZUELAN COMPANY TO PITCH FUEL IN CHINABEIJING - Venezuela's Bitumenes Orinoco SA

David A. Olsen, chairman and chief executive at insurance broker Johnson & Higgins, was honored Mond

Japan's long-overdue plans to deregulate its oil products market have not convinced skeptics that it

Arco Alaska Inc., a unit of Atlantic Richfield Co., said it will eliminate about a third of its 2,35

Six Exxon Corp. retail service stations in Modesto and Ceres, Calif., have become Texaco stations, c

Insurance broker Rollins Hudig Hall said it would "vigorously defend itself" and four executives aga

Top Saudi oil sources think the price of oil could rise at least another $2 a barrel by year's end a

Standardized receipts for value-added tax, including what officials call tough fraud-prevention tech

Taiwan's export orders reached $7.77 billion in May, up 4.10 percent from May 1993 but down 0.46 per

EU'S TRADE DEFICIT WITH WORLD FELL IN '93BRUSSELS - The European Union's trade defic

NORTH AMERICA 12th Annual PC Expo. June 28-30. New York. Premier international, broad-based

U.K. companies spent UK1.1 billion ($1.65 billion) buying companies abroad in the first quarter, dow

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