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The Supreme Court preserved the insurance company tax advantage that leads many companies to purchas

Florida Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter is proposing a mandatory self- insurance pool for the sta

Opening the nation's largest round of labor negotiations this year, unions representing more than 60

The Australian dollar fell to 69.80 U.S. cents Wednesday, as local importers rushed to sell.

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

Japan to Halve Duty On Chocolate ImportsJapan will cut its import duty on chocolate from the

Earnings Jump At Union PacificUnion Pacific Corp. reported first quarter earnings increased

Osaka Stock Exchange will start trading in stock futures June 9, an exchange official said Wednesday

The nation's two largest futures exchanges say they are studying the possi bility of improper tradin

Providence Energy Corp. announced plans to participate in the preliminary phases of the Champlain Pi

According to documents filed by Sea-Land Corp., retiring Joseph F. Abely Jr. will receive $1,150,000

GENERAL NEWS Unions representing more than 600,000 postal workers told the U.S. Postal Servi

Speaker Rep. Jim Wright, D-Texas, predicted the House will approve a trade bill amendment requiring

China's top trade official has urged the United States to continue liberalizing its technology expor

BASF Corp. announced it is raising the invoice price for purified ethylene oxide by 2 cents a pound

State-operated Indian Railways will soon invite international bids for the latest technology in trac

Evidence of the continuing recovery of the British economy comes from figures published by Trade Ind

Despite a sharp clamp on infrastructure spending generally, China's plans to improve a number of its

One-fourth of the workers are being laid off at the Seattle division of financially troubled Todd Sh

Propeller Club Slates Convention EventsNeil L. Frank, director of the National Hurricane Cen

New orders for durable goods from U.S. manufacturers rose strongly in March, led by a jump in milita

Analysts are asking three questions about what may be a billion-dollar blunder for the heavy truck

Kaneka Texas Hikes Prices for ModifiersKaneka Texas Corp. will increase prices for all its m

Two Silicon Valley companies that had worried because they might face hundreds of layoffs and more t

A group of 18 air traffic controllers and control tower supervisors will begin a series of meetings

Indonesia has no plans to reschedule its $33 billion debt, said J.B. Sumarlin, state minister for na

Hard-pressed Indonesia, suffering from low oil prices, saw its trade surplus more than halved last y

Things don't go better with coke ovens, the Environmental Protection Agency says. The agency

Officials at Eaton Corp. say there's no truth to a rumor circulating in the heavy truck industry tha

A major Taiwan textile company is reportedly eyeing the Carolinas as a venue for a U.S. manufacturin

U.S. importers continue to recount a tale of woe about their shipments from China. For some,

Canada's 18 percent cut in grain prices this year is "another blow," Bruno Friesen of the Alberta Wh

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wednesday denied a bid for a one-mile emergency evac uation p

Across-the- board declines in gasoline prices gave motorists a welcome springbreak during th

BP Shareholders Approve AcquisitionShareholders of the British Petroleum Co. PLC voted to ap

Steel production rose to 1.727 million tons in the week ended April 18, an increase of 1.6 percent f

A doctor who runs a string of suburban allergy clinics has been sued under federal racketeering laws

Longer Jail Terms Urged by GiulianiInsider trading can be deterred if the risk and consequen

Thanks to a recent takeover bid, a quiet corner of the financial world is getting some unaccustomed

When the first of a dozen Soviet-built MiG fighters landed, Al Redick realized he was in for a fight