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Concerned about nations shipping goods into the country through third countries to illegally gain ta

US IMPORT PRICES ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN APRILWASHINGTON - Prices of U.S. imports, exclu

Aswan is, lock, stock and wallet, a tourist town. For more than a century this sleepy Nile port has

TRW Inc. said it submitted a bid to provide the technical infrastructure for a modern banking system

NORTH AMERICA China-U.S. Trade Exhibition. June 1-3. New Jersey. Matching U.S. manufacturers

The parallel rise in world and U.S. cotton prices this year has curbed use of the world cotton-futur

OLDWICK, N.J. - A.M. Best Co. left the "A-" ratings for Cigna Corp.'s property/casualty operations a

The impact of the near collapse of Venezuela's commercial-banking system has spread beyond Venezuela

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. formally announced layoffs of 2,000 workers by the middle of next month as

NAIC SEEKS POWER ON INSURANCE TRANSFERSState insurance regulators said they, not the federal

In order to avoid shipment defaults, some Singapore traders have paid higher prices for the Indonesi

1455 (May 31, 1994) Previous day - 1462 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

A reconnaissance tour last week rekindled interest among American insurance companies in China's pot

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (New York) - John J. Salinger, president of the Trade and Political Ris

The state fund for bailing out defunct insurance companies has asked Massachusetts regulators to tur

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

American President Lines Ltd. said Tuesday that contract negotiations with the District1/Marine Engi

May 31, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Japan's world-leading shipbuilding industry saw profit for the year to March 31 mostly sink as margi

Journal of Commerce Special LONDON - The following is the list of bunker prices obtained dur

A federal grand jury accused maritime businessman Panos S. Palas of Tacoma of involvement in a schem

More than half the ships that applied to join the French classification society Bureau Veritas last

Two U.S.-based charter brokers, Commonwealth Shipping Ltd. and North American Chartering Corp., are

Brazil's state-owned mining company Companhia do Vale Rio Doce (CVRD) is investing $35 million to do

As they anticipated the Coast Guard missing its self-imposed deadline today for issuing an oil-spill

A New Jersey congressman who helped end the impasse on federal permits to dredge the Port of New Yor

Five maritime unions said they will support congressional efforts to lift the ban on exporting Alask

Barring a significant shift in current labor negotiations, Canadian observers expect the freight ope

U.S. trade policy in Asia is confused, hypocritical and naive, and probably will torpedo itself, sen

Importers have charged the U.S. Customs Service with violating the letter and spirit of the new Cust

Noah Foxman gets a distant look in his eyes when he stares at the globe sitting on his desk in his o

Sea-Land Service Inc. will become the largest carrier of military cargo in the North Atlantic and Pa

United States 31.6% Poland 16.3%Chile 15.9%Hu

After years spent watching reduced inflation open consumer credit markets for banks in other Latin A

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +11.815/23 101.95/24 101.75/25

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Friday, May 27, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Good news on the economy is bad news for the bond market, which is bad news for the dollar, foreign