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American International Group said Monday it will buy American Bankers Insurance Group for $2.2 billi

A smaller version of the debate to overhaul the Glass-Steagall banking laws could play out next year

Asian ocean carriers are taking a renewed interest in Southern Italian ports as gateways to the Euro

Shareholders of Western Resources Inc. and Kansas City Power & Light Co. won't be voting after all n

The U.S. dollar climbed back above 130 yen Monday but retreated from its highs on rumors that the Ba

A vicious cycle of economic gloom and sliding share prices is boosting pressure on Japan's policy-ma

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 10 - Dec. 22, 1997 (a graph)* Annua

New York Mercantile Exchange - Dec. 19, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High L

LET IT SNOW: CAR DEALER'SOFFER COVERED BY LLOYD'SOMAHA - Lloyd's of London, in keeping with

The Hong Kong arm of China's primary shipping company appears bent on increasing its exposure in nor

Monday December 22, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

As details of ship deployments by the revamped Grand Alliance of container lines emerge, it is incre

By reiterating their opposition to the sale of Conrail Inc., two shipper groups that represent major

SUPREME COURT TO HEARHARBOR-UPKEEP TAX CASEWASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has scheduled oral

Jamaica's prime minister, re-elected last week for a third consecutive term, will try to get enhance

INDONESIAN EXECS URGEDNOT TO OBSTRUCT ECONOMYJAKARTA, Indonesia - President Suharto Monday u

Four shipwrecked seafarers are stuck in a Texas hotel room, trapped by a international debate over h

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

The Surface Transportation Board ordered Union Pacific Railroad to publish a rate for soda ash shipm

Nearly all of the new manufacturing jobs in the Midwest in the past few years have come at companies

The next Pearl Harbor-style sneak attack may well be aimed at the United States' economic and inform

The Surface Transportation Board refused to issue an emergency order sought by a Nebraska grain ship

Dec. 22, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 29

'It's driving us nuts.'

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,500-$1,600per

For the week ended December 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equal

In an effort to dispel investors' fears, South Korean President-elect Kim Dae-jung revised his pro-l

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Dec. 17, 1997 as supplied by the bunker fuel d

International Petroleum ExchangeDec. 15, 1997 *Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 233.38 off 0.82 wh

COMPANY PERFORMANCEPercentYear Closing ChangeHigh/ Pric

Dec. 22, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

'We both have residue-testing requirements and both sides believe theirs is superior to the other gu

China may have been slow getting its insurance industry started after decades in limbo, but it's now

China Ocean Shipping Co. and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. will link up with a slot-charter agreement i

The Asian financial crisis may be largely over by 1999, the International Monetary Fund suggested in

A years-long dispute between the United States and the European Union over trapping animals for thei

The World Trade Organization, formed to sort out trade conflicts between the world's nations, appare

The Life Insurance Association of Massachusetts has been fined $13,500 for giving illegal gratuities

LLOYD'S LAST '97 AUCTIONSHOWS INCREASE OVER '96LONDON - Lloyd's of London completed its seri