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Even prayer couldn't reduce rapidly escalating liability insurance premiums for about 1,000 Roman Ca

Life insurers are starting to make money the old fashioned way again. Whole life insurance,

GMI Starts Importing Chinese Oak VanitiesGM International Inc. of Elkhart, Ind., said it has

The car market in the United States will be so glutted by 1990 that Japanese automakers will have no

Royal Nedlloyd, the Rotterdam-based shipping and energy group, said it made a loss in the first half

Japan and the Far East have become the port of Boston's prime trading partners, outdistancing northe

GENERAL NEWS President Reagan takes budget battle on the road. Page 2AFINANCIALNine

Stock prices rose into record territory Wednesday, largely in anticipation of strong second quarter

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by abasket of currencies deno

The economic slowdown in the world's biggest industrialized countries is threatening efforts to reso

The official Tass news agency reported that an Aeroflot jetliner carrying 167 people landed safely a

When Cessna Aircraft Co. announced last year it was suspending production of piston-engine planes, t

The Southern Pacific railroad has fired six employees for failing to stop their train and put out a

Toshiba Corp. said it is prepared to withdraw its bid to participate in the Reagan administration's

Gasoline and distillate oil inventories edged up last week, according to the latest supply bulletin

The industrialized nations are facing such low birthrates that major economic disruptions could resu

The West German government is cutting taxes and has deregulated somewhat, in line with the United St

Belgium is making steady progress in tackling its two biggest economic problems - a huge budget defi

Persistent lobbying by nuclear insurers and utilities paid off Wednesday as the House Energy and Com

Amid stiff opposition from consumer groups, a hard-fought bill to regulate California's lucrative in

The property insurance business, currently the most lucrative part of the industry, even has Mother

The climate for investment in the Philippines is improving, visiting businessmen from 15 of Japan's

High-ranking executives of nine of Japan's leading commercial banks began negotiating with BankAmeri

French investment in the United States, presently close to $7 billion, could get a major boost if th

Car Seat Facilitates Transfers for DisabledA British company has developed a car seat for th

Traditional Exports Raw materials, chemicals, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods, food

Francis A. Scanlan, who was fired as chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority last week by Penn

When first meeting Patricia Ann Saenz at her office along the Miami River, one is almost tempted to

The U.S. Senate Wednesday delayed a vote on ending a Republican parliamentary maneuver that has bloc

Australian Investor Raises Stake in TexacoAustralian investor Robert Holmes a Court disclose

This town is an agricultural center in a region where sugar beets and cattle have long been mainstay

Withering before opposition from the automobile and oil industries, a plan to mandate use of methano

The hearing started on a tough tone, with Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., labeling the Transportation

The Canadian government will reportedly announce at the end of this week a plan to sell off state-ow

Kerr Steamship Co., a large shipping agent, said Oscar J. Abello, 47, chief operating officer and ex

The Netherlands is in the fifth year of a far-reaching austerity program aimed at adjusting the econ

Southern Co. Services Inc. said it bought 1.4 million tons of steam coal on the spot market for Geor

The U.S. Customs Service has awarded Eaton Corp. a $25 millioncontract to develop a sophisticated co

Evergreen, Dunlop Agree to PenaltyEvergreen Marine Corp. and Dunlop Tire Corp. of Buffalo, N

Delaware officials and environmentalists are praising a federal appeals court ruling that upholds a