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Two top competitors in the medium-duty truck market either will end or extend their alliance with th

Top Stories The insurance market crisis may be behind the problems confronting the McCarran-

The credit market, ignoring the mistakes of history, has repeated them by rallying before a quarterl

The New York Insurance Exchange is coming back to life with investors. Johnson & Higgins Wil

A&A Loses in Quarter, Gains in Suit SettlementAlexander & Alexander Services Inc. said it wi

The chances the U.S. Congress may pass mandatory control legislation for crops next year are conside

Indonesia provided Vietnam with 100,000 tons of rice to help meet a food shortage, President Suhart

Warner-Lambert Co., in scientific presentations to financial analysts here, reviewed its progress in

Heracles Cement Co. of Greece entered the international market to buy 300,000 tons of coal, European

Indian Sugar Imports At 896,000 Metric TonsNEW DELHI, India - Indian sugar imports totaled s

Seventy-five offshore oil workers are being let go by Dolphin A/S of Tananger, Norway. The r

The Chemical Division of Pfizer Inc. appointed Ashland Chemical Co. as its national distributor of f

New Product By MonsantoTo Bow at K'86Monsanto Chemical Co. formally will introduce t

The battle between sugar bulls and bears will continue as both sugar exports and imports are forecas

Plans are being made for a meeting between Arne Oeien, Norwegian oil and energy minister, and minist

Acid rain control legislation is certain to pass in the next session of Congress, said E. Morgan Mas

The probable break-even date for British Coal was put back by a year to fiscal year 1988-89 by the g

New York to Permit Refuse IncineratorALBANY, N.Y. - The state Department of Environmental Co

General Motors' closure of 11 plants will bring increased pressure on Japan to limit auto exports, a

Olin Raises Toluene DI Price Olin Corp. is increasing its price of TDI-80 (toluene diisocyan

An attorney for an export company says an agreement has been reached to extend the shipment of Alask

Boeing Co. said it will begin screening prospective employees for drug use on Feb. 1, drawing concer

Southern California Gas Co. issued a call for spot gas bids from natural gas producers who will lose

Norway's Kvaerner concern and the Havtor Group have taken delivery of the nine gas ships they purcha

A great deal more work is needed before Hong Kong can establish its independent shipping registry on

The Canada Labour Relations Board scheduled hearings in Quebec City today and Tuesday to review comp

GENERAL NEWSCharitable contributions by U.S. firms are likely to drop or register no growth.

Mass screening of women for susceptibility to toxic shock syndrome might theoretically be done with

The Maritime Administration will contract with private companies to handle 70 merchant-type ready re

Judge Throws Out Suit Against Time MagazineNEWARK, N.J. - The reputation of Schiavone Constr

A company named in a $890 million lawsuit for allegedly selling thousands of faulty heart pacemakers

A new trial lawyer-related organization in Georgia was to begin advertising over the weekend in a mo

Two of the nation's most active state insurance commissioners - James P. Corcoran in New York and Jo

NOVEMBER 9-12 - National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, annual meeting - Hono

A new AIDS virus discovered in West Africa last year may be as deadly as the original virus and coul

The initial public stock offering announced by Brown Transport Co. Inc. makes it the largest truckin

The New York foreign exchange market generally expects only limited - perhaps slightly bullish - mov

Aquino's Goals in Japan MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Corazon Aquino is schedul

African and Latin American bankers are asking commercial and central banks in their respective regio

Prime Minister Edward Seaga has submitted a tax reform plan to the Jamaican Parliament calling for a