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The European Commission said Tuesday it has cleared the creation of five commodity markets in London

British Gas PLC, the recently privatized utility, will self-insure its non- marine and marine risks

Brazilian Exporters Urge Action on PolicySAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian Santos state coffee e

The Customs Service set the initial rates on its new system of assessing interest on underpayments a

Himont Offers Two FormsOf PP ResinsWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont U.S.A. Inc. is offering

Carbide Hikes Surfactant Prices DANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. announced an increase i

Petroleum prices on the spot markets edged up this week following a run-up in futures prices on both

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

President Reagan proposed new legislation to charge employers higher insurance fees if they don't ad

The Reagan administration unveiled part of its program to help make the U.S. economy more internatio

The three Rotterdam conventional cargo handlers that hoped to merge under the name Triton abandoned

The government reinstated cost-of-living increases on savings and loan accounts in a move designed

Leaves for Washington NEW DELHI, India - Indian Foreign Secretary A.P. Venketeswaran leaves

Indemnification and absolution from liability are playing key roles in a dispute between the Boston

The Department of Defense may ease a transportation safety proposal that would have barred some truc

Several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries notified buyers of new, increas

CNW Corp.'s Western Railroad Properties unit signed two long-term coal transportation contracts with

Chandler Set to Acquire National AmericanCHANDLER, Okla. - Chandler Insurance Co. Ltd. said

Resin Output IncreasedIn OctoberProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.891 billion

A Portland company that filed for protection under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws late last year won a

US-EC Grain Dispute Could Widen Trade RiftA failure to resolve the U.S.-European Community d

While the attention of most Americans has been focused on Washington's undeclared and as yet ineffec

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The government will spend more than $3 billion in 1987 to promote non- petroleum exports, said Alfre

President Reagan's fiscal 1988 budget, like its recent predecessors, lacks any good news for the mar

The computers said "Buy!" and institutional investors jumped on the bandwagon Monday, sending stocks

Prime Minister Robert Mugabe's decision to let pass a deadline for imposing sanctions against South

Norsk Hydro is evaluating several ways of getting the most out of the $85,000 daily rate the company

Reform of the tort law liability system for settling civil complaints is alleviating the medical mal

Seaboard Marine Ltd. postponed a decision on whether to transfer the bulk of its operations to Miami

India's shipping industry is drifting while government officials search for a way to address the deb

The Philippine government has postponed talks with 12 creditor banks on renegotiating $9.2 billion i

Maritime industry executives are predicting a modest upturn for world shipping in 1987. At i

Israel Diamond Exports Reach Record LevelsTEL AVIV, Israel - Israel exported a record quanti

Despite few innovations in 1986, makers of personal computers saw a slight improvement in sales and

A publisher says American music lovers shouldn't be able to buy an imported recording of Frank Sinat

What a difference three years can make. When People Express Airlines Inc. entered Texas for

Alexander & Alexander Inc. said three insurance companies agreed to back a new insurance facility fo

A group of Japanese banks, led by the Export-Import Bank of Japan, will provide five Japanese tradin

For the Sydney Futures Exchange, 1986 was a year to remember. Signalling the beginning of w