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Japan will remain the largest market for both life and non-life insurance in terms of the growth of

When the Massachusetts insurance commissioner last Monday banned sex discrimination in the sale of i

Daniel J. McNamara has served as president of Insurance Services Office Inc. since its inception in

The head of an organization pushing for limits on medical malpractice awards said last week that fai

New Service Rates Insurance CompaniesStandard & Poor's launches a new service this week to s

Thousands of claims have been filed by homeowners and businesses in the Chicago area as a result of

A state court gave insurers a temporary reprieve against a pending ban on health insurers' use of th

The dollar may break through temporary support levels in the days or weeks ahead and drop to record

Leaders of Britain's largest miners' union are to decide on Sept. 6 whether to call a strike or work

The U.S. dollar's level against the deutsche mark is hurting West Germany's industrial competitivene

General Public Utilities Corp. said electricity sales were 3.6 percent higher during the first seven

Taiwan Won't Import Coal From ChinaTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will not import coal, grain, cott

After posting increases in net new orders for May and June, U.S. producers of machine tools reported

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

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

Latin Debtors Weigh Cap on Interest RatesMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Officials from 11 Latin Ameri

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

Fri., Aug. 28, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The reshaping of the U.S. financial services industry is likely to generate continuing battles among

North Carolina has abandoned plans for an investment office in Japan because the legislature did not

The Soviet Union could become virtually self-sufficient in food by the mid- 1990s, with important co

The United States is going all out to get more business for U.S. computer companies in Singapore, th

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The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

New York City is recruiting local manufacturers to participate in 10 trade fairs in the Far East, Mi

S. Korean Investment Rises 56 percent OverseasSEOUL, South Korea - South Korean businesses i

The value of U.S. farm exports is expected to total $28 billion this fiscal year, up 4.6 percent fro

Japanese Export Curbs Please AdministrationReagan administration officials are encouraged by

The United States, a giant producer of wheat, corn and sundry other crops, will go at least another

A British company - Frank Whitelog (Mfg.) Ltd. - has developed a product that takes wire from a coil

China's Reunification. Conference at Grinell College. Aug. 30-Sept. 3. Grinell, Iowa. Contact Eric W

Carrier Corp. has purchased Freyven de Mexico SA de CV, the leading Mexican air conditioning company

Norman Krieger, founder and chairman of the board of the Los Angeles customhouse brokerage firm Norm

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Britain's manufacturers of Scotch whisky are feeling the fickleness of the human palate where it hur

Steel Group Urges More Import ControlsThe American Iron and Steel Institute again scored the

Washington Gas Light Co., the local gas utility for Washington, D.C., for the first time is transpor

Giant Japanese agencies such as Dentsu Inc. and Hakuhodo Inc. are discovering that, despite their be

Top Stories: Early data on the chemical industry's second half export performance suggests t

Meetings of two OPEC committees that monitor world oil prices and the cartel's oil production have b