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Congress has given the Health Care Financing Administration too much to do and not enough money to d

HARTFORD STEAM REPORTSNET, REVENUE INCREASESHARTFORD, Conn. - HSB Group, parent of Hartford

USI INSURANCE SERVICES CORP.John A. Addeo was elected president and chief operating officer

IRAN EASES REGULATIONSTO RESCUE NON-OIL EXPORTSTEHRAN - The Iranian government has taken new

American Ship Management LLC, the U.S. company to which APL Ltd. transferred the rights to $18 milli

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 28, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 233.85 up 0.65

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

Jan. 29, 1998Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 28, 1998Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

South Africa's first black-controlled mining conglomerate likely will be broken up and sold in piece

Thursday Jan. 29, 1998Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Knud Erik Moeller Nielsen, a rising star at A.P. Moller-Maersk who was slated to become chief execut

FOURTH-QUARTER NETUP AT WISCONSIN CENTRALROSEMONT, Ill. - Wisconsin Central Transportation C

For Gerald Schwebel, January 1998 looks a lot like summer of 1994 - just before the bottom fell out

As the Asia crisis slows trade throughout the region, a price war flaring between shipping lines has

The wave of consolidation is continuing in the container-leasing business, with Interpool Ltd. on th

South Korea's Hanjin Shipping Co. is selling a portion of its container fleet to Interpool Ltd., the

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Corp. will pour nearly $2 billion this year into capital improvements

The Russian government came under intense pressure from foreign money markets and foreign investors

ECONOMISTS SEE TRADEFRICTION WITH JAPANESEDAVOS, Switzerland - The Asian financial crisis wi

The Export-Import Bank deferred action at least until July on a proposal to increase its fees to exp

Most of East Asia's crisis-stricken countries will manage an economic rebound this year or next, a l

'It's stupid for them to sit there for two hours waiting to go through the dispatch process.'

Don Newquist announced Thursday that he will resign from the International Trade Commission effectiv

A deal struck in New York to extend South Korea's troublesome short-term debt on reasonably good ter

Production at Mexico's in-bond assembly plants, or maquiladoras, rose 16.3 percent in November 1997

Third Mate Gifford Ordway faced a problem that's endemic to careers at sea. His children wanted to g

Like the Vikings of old, aggressive Scandinavians are now raiding the shipyards of Germany's Baltic

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Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which operates Princess Cruises, ordered two more 109,

FIRST CHICAGO EXPANDINGINTO MIDWESTERN SECTORCHICAGO - First Chicago NBD will offer property

Sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits are on the increase, and companies without a cr

W.R. BERKLEY CORP.Richard A. Sawyer was named chairman and chief executive of the firm's Aca

The brawl is over. And, in essence, everybody wins. That's what analysts are saying about Bethlehem

Amoco Trinidad Oil Co. has made its largest crude oil discovery in 25 years, according to a company

As of Jan. 29, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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