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ANALYSTS DON'T EXPECT a battery of insurers to follow the substantial boost Fireman's Fund Corp. mad

The talk of electron volts, protons and quarks may be baffling, but the prospect of $4.4 billion in

European Community budget ministers failed to draw up a 1988 budget when they could not find enough

Fueled by sharply higher results from its theme park, film and consumer- product units, Walt Disney

Wall Street has another view of the medical practice insurance crisis. Somebody out there do

Profits Rise 22 percent For Conn. InsurerSTAMFORD, Conn. - Crum and Forster Inc. had second

Rep. James Florio, D-N.J., does not want the so-called "medigap" insurance policies sold to the elde

July 23, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

It was Christmas in July. Santa came early for Florida strawberry growers, for Navajo rug weavers, k

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. is offering free repairs to owners of some 7,500 cars sold in California.

THERE HE WAS AGAIN this week: Paul Volcker, inflation fighter, financial crisis manager, economic wi

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

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

Mack Trucks Inc. reported income of $11.5 million, or 38 cents a share, on revenue of $496.8 million

In the latest of a series of articles on the controversial success of a woman managing shops leased

The United States has moved to halt a Soviet invasion, in textiles. The Reagan administratio

Four prominent U.S. senators sent a joint letter to Japan's Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone complai

The four-nation Amadeus group, which is developing a European travel reservation system, has joined

YOU CAN'T SAY I didn't wait any, said John M. Bowers after he was chosen to succeed Thomas W. Teddy

A re-evaluation of a 1975 General Electric Co. study reportedly critical of the company's nuclear re

Yugoslavia issued a sharp protest against what it called Iran's holding and searching of Yugoslav sh

Iran's Revolutionary Guards will conduct naval maneuvers code-named ''Martyrdom" early next month to

A report from Britain's Department of Transport blamed atrocious weather" for the loss of the Hong K

Delta Air Lines reported net income was $58.8 million, or $1.21 a share, compared with $22.2 million

A new study says Pacific Rim nations continue to discriminate against products made in California, w

Congress should consider increasing the activities of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, an ex

Japanese daily newspapers reacted to Wednesday's passage by the U.S. Senate of the omnibus trade bil

An executive of Siemens AG, the West German electronics group, paid a courtesy call at the first-eve

Revenue from tourism in Italy is expected to recover to around $53 billion this year, compared with

A Brazilian utility that sued Westinghouse Electric Corp. over a disabled nuclear plant may open rep

Officials of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, owner of the long-delayed Seabrook nuclear plant,

The odds against passage this year of any reform of the 50-year-old subsidy system for U.S.-flag lin

Volcker to Head Panel On Public ServicePaul Volcker, who is retiring as Federal Reserve chai

Production of marketable phosphate rock in May was estimated at an annual rate of 40.1 million metri

Legal authority to police railroad employees could help the government solve some of the industry's

Home Makes Offer For Gruntal BondsHome Group Inc. announced an offer that Gruntal Financial

The West Coast office of Consumers Union issued a 74-page study attacking the California Insurance D

Ashland Oil Inc. reported earnings of $40 million or $1.32 a share for the quarter ended June 30, 19

General Motors Corp. said its second quarter earnings fell by 3.9 percentfrom a year earlier

Pacific Eastern Nears 3 L's Inc. AcquisitionHOUSTON - Pacific Eastern Corp., a Houston-based