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The Taiwanese are expected to liberalize rules on U.S. entry into insurance markets at the next roun

GENERAL NEWS After-tax profits of U.S. manufacturers fell to an average of 3.3 percent of sa

The tank truck industry has joined the growing list of unhappy insureds who have formed captive insu

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. sent legislation to Congress to create a variable-rate premium st

The liability insurance crunch in Idaho has until June 30, 1992, to ease measurably or commercial in

One of the first opportunists to take advantage of the shortage of capital in the reinsurance busine

Calif. to Hold Hearings On Liability CrunchThe California Insurance Department will hold ''i

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

The U.S. dollar held steady against most major currencies Monday as the foreign exchange market awai

When the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 57.39 points last Monday and then soared 69.89 point

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed above 2400 for the first time Monday, passing a fifth

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

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

Gencorp Takes Steps To Fight Off SuitorAKRON, Ohio - Gencorp Inc., fighting a $2.2 billion t

Three men were indicted for allegedly selling more than $1 million in sophisticated computer equipme

Pilots Make Offer To Purchase UnitedUnited Airlines pilots have offered to buy the carrier f

The collapse of a highway bridge on the New York State Thruway near Albany is wreaking havoc with tr

Two large upstate New York shippers said the bridge collapse will force rerouting of shipments but w

Truck Part Firms Face Difficulties in EuropeOver the next five to 10 years, survival will be

Gould, Siemens Enter Product AccordROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Gould Inc. announced that it and

Microscope Models Have Added FeaturesA Hong Kong-based microscope manufacturing concern is i

Importers of straw hats are enjoying a boom in the U.S. market that will probably continue for a lon

Waldenbooks Inc. has decided to apply what it learned in books to new ventures in computer software

Importers of old Egyptian handicrafts aren't getting the real thing. With an iron hammer and

Sales of Japanese-built cars in the United States may fall short of their 2.3 million allotment this

Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French consortium that is planning to build a railway tunnel under the English

British civil servants have launched a full-scale labor dispute with air and sea freight as the prim

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

A Conrail worker will get a second chance in his suit alleging that Conrail discharged him in violat

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is moving sea/air cargo landed in Puget Sound ports to Vancouver Internati

A little-noticed company set up to administer a highly classified U.S. government contract played a

Protest demonstrations by environmentalist groups in recent weeks have caused Du Pont to abandon its

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

A conservation group, the American Farmland Trust, says the nation's small farms are more important

Iraqi jets attacked a "large naval target" off the Iranian coast Sunday, scoring an "accurate and ef

Mon., April 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Polish Government To Open Stock MarketSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Poland will open a stock market to

The meeting of the Group of Seven finance ministers in Washington Wednesday and Thursday may set the

An Agriculture Department economist says the peanut program is one example of how mandatory controls

The Soviet Union's livestock inventory appears to have held up well this winter, compared with year-