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Alexander & Alexander Inc. said three insurance companies agreed to back a new insurance facility fo

A group of Japanese banks, led by the Export-Import Bank of Japan, will provide five Japanese tradin

For the Sydney Futures Exchange, 1986 was a year to remember. Signalling the beginning of w

Monday, January 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The pound sterling will fall to $1.45 and yields on 14-year gilt bonds will rise to 10.9 percent by

The government of Singapore expects a boom in high-technology exports to the United States as a resu

After over a month of hesitation, President Corazon C. Aquino has appointed a former management att

The Reagan administration will need help in achieving a fiscal 1988 budget def icit of $107.8 billio

Rescue workers using cranes pulled more bodies out of a crumpled Amtrak train Monday that derailed a

Car sales by the Big Three domestic automakers soared in mid-December to 26.3 percent above December

Japanese construction firms operating in the United States may be danger of an antitrust review.

McDonnell NamesWorshamST. LOUIS - McDonnell Douglas Corp. named James E. Worsham cor

British Company Changes Its NameThe word Shipping has been dropped from the name of a long-

The Kansas City Southern Railroad put itself forward as an alternative to the proposed merger of the

Supermarket workers who struck for nearly two and a half years rather than handle South African frui

Flying Tiger Line Cancels Cargo ContractFlying Tiger Line said it canceled its contract last

Baker Opposes Fee On Oil ImportsJames Baker, U.S. treasury secretary, said he opposes a fee

Hadson Corp. said its subsidiary, Hadson Gas Systems Inc., purchased 100 percent of the common stock

Both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures TradingCommission fare

The U.S. dollar moved higher Monday morning when the West German central bank en tered the market to

Eastern Utilities Buys Citizens Heat & PowerEastern Utilities Associates said it completed t

Splashy TV reporter Geraldo Rivera did not libel a Palm Beach Jai Alai executive by implying that he

A delegation of U.S. and Canadian representatives will head for Europe next month to promote use of

Two bankers predicted that Thailand's economy will grow by at least 5 percent this year, slightly hi

Environmentalists Hit Redwood Logging PlanSCOTIA, Calif. - A company's plan to double its pr

Only two surface transportation proposals in the president's new budget, involving highway funding a

The outlook for Asia's principal trading economies this year is brighter than 12 months ago, but muc

Hotels, airlines and governments throughout the Caribbean are The ornate El San Juan Hotel reopened

India Voices Concern COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - India expressed concern Monday over economic sanct

Property and casualty firms in Canada more than doubled profit in the first nine months of 1986, con

Harper Group, a San Francisco-based transportation concern, and Yamashita- Shinn ihon Steamship Co.

For followers of stock market "indicators," one of the busiest times of the year is at hand.

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

Pennwalt Corp. acquired Pharmasol Corp., a specialized aerosol developer and manufacturer in Easton,

A decision last week to scrap a decade-old, self-imposed ceiling on military spending has generated

Japan's agriculture minister ordered a review of Japan's food control system aimed at lowering price

The National Dairy Board, which is financed by the nation's milk producers, says one of its 1987 pro

Baker Says Fed Policy 'Is Quite Adequate'Treasury Secretary James Baker endorsed the Federal

A strike by French seamen and port personnel in effect since mid-December was called off after the g

The European Community Commission has approved development grants totaling 53.3 million European Cur