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A Cook County Circuit Court judge last week gave final approval to a plan to offer settlements of $8

Social Security and Medicare should be phased out and replaced by a compulsory private insurance sys

Blue Cross of California, the second-largest health insurer in the state, has announced it will rais

An 11th-hour effort is under way in Congress to enable the United States to implement on Jan. 1 a ne

Manufacturers of chemical specialties products are less than pleased with the prospect of having to

Amid a blizzard of legal actions, the newly appointed securities review committee holds its first me

Non-Communist World Steel Output Up 10 percentBRUSSELS, Belgium - Crude steel output in the

On U.S.-Japan relations A cornered mouse may bite at a cat.Sadanori Yamanaka, Former Head Ja

Due to an editing error, the statement in a Page 1 story on Nov. 20, the National Association of Ins

Fertilizer Use Rises SharplyConsumption of U.S.-produced fertilizer nutrients was significan

Dow Chemical Co. expects 1988 to be a bullish year, according to Hunter W. Henry, executive vice pre

The International Transport Workers' Federation has stepped up its campaign against flags of conveni

Prices of South Korean iron goods may have to be increased because of the rising cost of imported sc

THEY CALL IT MONTE CARLO WEST. Scores of reinsurers, primary insurers and brokers once again

November 19, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Galileo, the computerized airline reservation service (CRS) striving to sign up partners ahead of ri

Nov. 19 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

Financially ailing P-I-E Nationwide Inc. lost more than $15 million in the third quarter, but compan

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity continued to attack Japan harshly for being unwilling to open i

These are make or break days for Maine Gov. John R. McKernan Jr.'s proposal to save the state's $360

AVIATION Airline industry insiders warned regional carriers that the next decade will probab

Three international chemical companies have agreed with the U.S.S.R's Oil Industries Ministry to for

China has signed a contract with a Norwegian firm for its first maritime satellite ground station, t

To listen to General Motors Corp. President Robert C. Stempel, this hasn't been such a bad year, aft

NJ Company to Sell Diagnostic SystemFAIRFIELD, N.J. - Electro-Nucleonics Inc. said it obtain

Associated Press article Nov. 19 on Fireman's Fund withdrawing from Massachusetts misstated the seve

London Firm Assessing Cost of Subway FireLondon Regional Transport is still assessing the fi

Piedmont Airlines has become the first airline to contract to install an anti-collision system in it

Demand for South Korean seamen to serve on foreign vessels is rising, with some 42,700 men working,

Commercial fishing is bringing the promise of unprecedented prosperity and perhaps a new way of life

Many global financial experts predict the next stock market crash will begin here and could happen t

Hong Kong to Keep Link to US DollarHONG KONG - The Hong Kong government does not plan to rev

The peso's sudden tumble on the free market Wednesday was a deliberate attempt by monetary authoriti

Insurance brokers wanting approval to place risks in the Lloyd's of London market will have to meet

Becoming the world's largest debtor nation is not without benefits. Once impoverished Taiwan is now

The European Parliament approved strict new limits on car exhaust pollution. The new standar

Although China Shipbuilding Corp. continues to lose money, the government is determined to keep it i

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Vista Chemical Co. and Sinar Mas Inti Group of Indonesia have formed IndoVista Chemical Co., a Hong