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The Rhode Island Business Regulation Department will hold a hearing Oct. 6 on a request by two Liber

The Evergreen shipping conglomerate said Thursday that its main unit, which will make its first publ

South Korea announced Thursday it will fully open its insurance market next year and let U.S. underw

With the end of the legislative term nearing, a N.J. Senate committee has passed a nine-part automob

Reinsurance recoverability has emerged as one of the chief topics of conversation between ceding ins

Massachusetts health insurers refused comment Thursday on the potential competitive changes in a hea

Japan's August trade surplus figures were leaked by the government and widely known in the financial

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

The U.S. dollar rose in a listless market Thursday, overshadowed by today's release of U.S merchandi

An Iowa state regulator is expected to decide today whether risk purchasing groups can operate in Io

Paul A. Volcker, former Federal Reserve Board chairman, borrowed 5.50 Swiss francs (about US$3.50) f

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

Brazil Official Vows To Pursue Bond IdeaBRASILIA, Brazil - Brazilian Finance Minister Luiz C

Real capital spending by U.S. non-farm businesses in 1987 is expected to rise 1.4 percent from 1986

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Thu., Sept. 10, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund told Brazil Thursday that its fiscal and mone

The U.S. trade deficit must shrink at a slow pace or the United States will suffer economic and poli

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Stronger Ties Urged Between Europe, JapanJapan and Europe should develop closer ties as majo

An Department of Agriculture economist says oil-rich Kuwait is one of eight smaller Middle East coun

President Reagan's nominee for commerce secretary, C. William Verity Jr., said his top priority woul

Iraqi warplanes bombed industrial centers and an Iranian speedboat rocketed a supertanker Thursday,

British Aerospace intends to expand to Airbus Industrie programs its practice of subcontracting work

A delegation of Iranian oil officials unexpectedly joined a group of OPEC leaders here Thursday for

Castle Energy Corp. said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Hiawatha Oil & Gas Corp. to a

The AeroMax is taking to the road and the air with the emphasis on durability as well as fuel effici

CSX Rail Transport agreed to cut freight train speeds in the Washington area temporarily following t

Chevron Cuts Posting By 50 Cents a BarrelChevron U.S.A. Inc. decreased its posted buying pri

New surface-mineable reserves of good quality coal were found in southern Alaska this summer, and fe

U.S. political figures long have used well-publicized trips abroad to boost their domestic standing,

Conn. Commuter Study Offers No SurprisesNORWALK, Conn. - A survey of 4,000 railroad riders o

Japan has launched an intensive study on ways to assist Western efforts to protect shipping in the v

Protectionism is not the way to revive the sagging trade fortunes of the United States; continuing t

The government won a confidence vote in the Senate Wednesday night on its decision to send an eight-

The Staggers Act is responsible for 1986 being the best year ever for railroad safety, the head of t

FMC Gets Proposal On Rate AgreementThe Federal Maritime Commission received a proposed rate

Ports up and down the West Coast are seeing a 30 percent surge in export tonnage as the Japanese cas

Starting Dec. 1, most Soviet families may add balancing the checkbook to their list of chores.

Burmah Oil PLC announced a 62 percent rise in pretax earnings for the first half of 1987 to 61.0 mi