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The International Coffee Organization adopted a proposal to keep market shares unchanged for the com

Cattle being fed for slaughter in the seven monthly reporting states totaled 6.4 million head on Sep

The House Appropriations Committee passed an amendment to the continuing resolution limiting all pay

The coal market may be dismal now, but producers will find new markets for coal in the coming decade

The arrival here this week of the Nedlloyd Lines vessel Rouen inaugurated the first-ever roll-on rol

The Fibers Division of Monsanto Chemical Co. will formally launch a stain- resistant nylon carpet fi

Gotaas-Larsen Plans $60 Million Debt SaleHAMILTON, Bermuda - Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. an

O'Brien Signs Accord With Du Pont Co.O'Brien Energy Systems Inc. signed a letter of intent w

Fresh signs of foreign resistance to coordinated interest rate reductions, which were seen as reinfo

Blue chip stocks fell in late trading Wednesday after a day-long rally attempt collapsed under a wav

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

Producer members of the International Coffee Organization exported 4.9 million 60-kilogram bags to a

The coal industry's financial performance has been somewhat lackluster this year and 1987 may not be

Wednesday, September 17, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCana

Minet Holdings PLC, the Lloyd's insurance broking group, reported after-tax profits of 11 million f

A federal judge ruled that a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, and not its insurance carriers, is liable

US Company Buys Rescued SatelliteOne of the two satellites retrieved from space by shuttle a

The confidentiality of the results of a test for the HTLV-III virus will be protected to prevent pat

A Briarcliff Manor physician was sentenced to six months in jail, five years probation and ordered t

The U.S. dollar was sharply higher against the yen Tuesday and slightly higher against other major c

Australia wants members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to agree to an outline of glob

Mutual life insurance companies are going public, after all. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

Marine underwriters were advised Tuesday to urge their governments and international maritime safety

Foreign loans totaling more than US$5 billion are to be sought by the government of Thailand to spur

After a brief one-day recovery, the stock market turned mixed Tuesday after rallying from early loss

Cigna Unit Gets License To Operate in PortugalCigna Corp. said its European subsidiary recei

American International Group Inc. and Home Group Inc. agreed to enter settlement discussions" with 1

The New York Public Interest Research Group has filed an amendment to its June 1986 lawsuit challeng

While the low incidence of large shipping losses in 1985 has assisted insurers' hull accounts, their

In a market for cheap hull insurance, underwriters should be especially cautious about insuring vess

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works approved its own version of legislation for a n

A Swedish reconnaissance plane has photographed what appeared to be a Soviet merchant ship in the B

The port of Quebec was shut down Tuesday by a lockout after employers and longshoremen failed to con

The port of Everett is pursuing its own ambitious plan for harbor development now that the Navy appe

The number of full containerships operating on more than one international route in 1985 climbed to

Three Lines Propose Israel Rate GroupZim Israel Navigation Co. Ltd., Farrell Lines Inc. and

Local contract negotiations between the New York Shipping Association and and the International Long

Chase Manhattan Bank announced it has seized another ship of the ailing Wah Kwong shipping group, Ho

A fully loaded Exxon oil tanker ran aground about seven miles southeast of Cape Henry, Va., at 10 p.

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee reported that the existing program