By late afternoon, the strongest gusts had passed and the cold front was moving offshore, weather officials said.
Bribery distorts competition and diverts national resources into crooked officials' offshore accounts.
As Congress debated the landmark 1978 law that governs offshore activity, Louisiana officials argued for a light federal touch.
The Clinton administration plans to ask Congress for sweeping new powers to combat money laundering at home and abroad, including the authority to ban financial transactions between United States banks or brokerage houses and offshore financial centers, officials said.
In Taiwan, meanwhile, another storm, Typhoon Jangmi, left 2 dead and 58 injured, and forced the closing of schools, offices and financial markets before it moved offshore on Monday, officials said.
The biggest industry is tourism, followed by offshore banking, and officials are eager to welcome back paying guests to once again fill Bay Street and the silver-canvas-covered Straw Market.
Australia has transferred the first group of asylum-seekers to Papua New Guinea under its new offshore resettlement policy, officials say.
Marking the latest step in a fairly consistent government commitment to wind power, yesterday's opening means saw the UK's offshore energy capacity official expand to 3.6GW.
ALICANTE, SPAIN — The latest edition of the Volvo Ocean Race involves 6 teams, 9 offshore legs, 10 official ports and at least 39,270 nautical miles of sailing (escorted detours to avoid pirates not included).
Prosecutors in the Netherlands discovered last year that Faerman had made payments via offshore companies to government officials in Brazil.
