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Kenneth V. Ridenour knew that Medicare wouldn't pay all of his health-care costs if he got sick, so

Computer Group Hits Circuit Board RulingThe Computer and Business Equipment Manufacturers As

George White, general manager of Westburne Industrial Enterprises Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., is in a

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Huntingdon Enters Talks to Buy WTI Inc.HUNTINGDON, U.K. - Huntingdon International Holdings

The pace and scope of economic reform are very much in doubt due to divisions in China's ruling lead

Shell Oil Co. will spend $30 million exploring for oil on the Argentine mainland, the first substant

Two more nuclear power stations with a capacity of 2,000 megawatts are to be built at Paks in centra

In Russ Banham's Inside Talk column August 21, an incorrect reference was made regarding the Insuran

Almost two-thirds of Japanese workers polled in a recent survey said they were dissatisfied with the

In a big step toward establishing nationwide quality standards for health maintenance organizations,

Sumitomo Machinery Corp. of America will build a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ches

Agriculture Secretary Richard E. Lyng says a formal agreement has been worked out between the depart

National Conference of Insurance Legislators will hold its second 1987 seminar Sept. 9-11 in Newport

Mass. Faces Challenge On Rate RejectionWorkers compensation carriers in Massachusetts will h

United Parcel Service Inc.'s new labor contract with the Teamsters union hikes workers' wages by mor

Niki Lauda, a triple world champion in formula one auto racing, has won a battle against the competi

Air Traffic Controllers Plan Strike in SpainBARCELONA, Spain - Air traffic controllers in Sp

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD MARKETING EXECUTIVES have been making the rounds of news offices recent

1128.0 (Aug. 21) Previous day - 1129.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Eighteen months after the Challenger explosion, a troubled NASA is at acrossroads. S

Presidential hopeful Paul Simon told a small but enthusiastic crowd at the Illinois State Fair just

The United States should threaten to close its markets to foreign imports in an effort to force othe

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The New York State Consumer Protection Board said it will conduct public hearings to determine wheth

No one predicted it would turn out this way. After two months of calm, amicable labor negotiations,

McDonald's Corp. denied rumors in the stock market that it planned to switchfrom plastic to

The head of mainland China's operation to build commercial ships forforeign customers puts it simply

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

Greek shipowners based in Piraeus, this country's largest port, and London have renewed their call f

In 1837, Steven H. Long, an engineer, drove a stake in the ground of an uninhabited clearing in the

Since the start of its Kuwaiti tanker convoy operations in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Navy has made

Truck drivers in recent years have been steering their big rigs clear of the Lincoln and Holland tun

Royal Nedlloyd NV, the Dutch transport and energy group, slipped into a loss of 56 million guilders

Art Flanagan lugged cargo as a longshoreman and kept trains running on time as a railroad yardmaster

The U.S.-Australia trade is undergoing a further shakeout as two ocean carriers filed with the Feder

What has happened to the men who made steel? Between 1982 and 1985, an estimated 85,000 work

Federal regulators have put millions of women at increased risk of getting toxic shock syndrome by f

Investors in the life insurance industry may be watching the end of an era. Although the lif

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