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It's easy to describe what happened during the 1985-86 insurance crisis: Many companieseither saw th

The property/casualty insurance industry added to its loss reserves for general liability in 1986, b

The Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. of Fort Washington, Pa., is recalling one lot of peaches-and-yogurt ba

The head of Panama's merchant ship register announced Tuesday that inspection regulations on ships o

Bovine somatotropin, the controversial synthetic hormone designed to turn the ordinary barnyard boss

The Belgian environment secretary Monday sued a U.S. ocean waste-burning ship for illegally importin

Rapid expansion in fleet size and services is planned by Indonesia's national airline Garuda beginni

International debt problems and production inefficiencies arethreatening the delivery schedules of B

Quadra Logic Technologies Inc. agreed in principle to acquire 100 percent of Photomedica Inc., a sub

A federal judge upheld the terms of a master contract between Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto W

If one confers in depth with enough airline cargo and air freight forwarding principals at enough co

A U.S. aircraft leasing company has bought four aircraft from Air Jamaica, almost half of the state-

Bechtel Gets Contract For O'Hare ConcoursesBechtel Group Inc. was awarded a contract to assu

The sharp divisions within the Interstate Commerce Commission over the sale of short-line railroads

A passenger train slammed into a railroad crane laying new track Monday, knocking both locomotives a

The U.S. Army has asked barge companies and railroads to bid on the shipment of more than 2 million

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to hear an appeal by South African Airways of a decision by the U.

Salomon Brothers Inc.'s decision to streamline may be copied by other investment houses where profit

An idle deepwater port on the Chesapeake Bay is reopening. Under a long-term lease between t

Conrail Invests In New TerminalConrail announced it is investing $1.35 million in a new Roch

Agency Won't Accept Truckers' StatementThe Federal Maritime Commission has refused to allow

The House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee today will consider a staff proposal that Kuwait p

Tonnage moving through the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will exceed terminal capa

A Kuwaiti newspaper reported Tuesday that China has agreed to reflag Kuwaiti oil tankers and that th

High Court Upholds Medicare Fee RulingThe Supreme Court refused to review the appellate cour

Alabama entrepreneur Lowell Harrelson is trying to figure out why he got worldwide attention for a b

After an angry, stubborn year, Silicon Valley's two most influential trade groups are working togeth

A new series of surcharges that will increase annual motor vehicle insurance bills by as much as $30

A House energy and commerce subcommittee acted Tuesday to change last year's vaccine compensation la

Peruvian Authorities Shut Down Two BanksLIMA, Peru - Authorities shut down two banks Tuesday

West Germany's planned withholding tax on savings and investments may hit investors less than initia

First Interstate Bank of California's innovative barter arrangement that allows Peru to repay part o

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Tue., Oct. 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Franchise Expositions Set for Eight US CitiesThe International Franchise Association will ho

AIR CARGO A gulf exists between airline cargo and air freight forwarding principals despite

President Reagan late last week removed the tariff increases he ordered four years ago to curb impor

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