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CULT MEMBERS HAD COVERAGAINST ALIEN ABDUCTIONLONDON - The 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cu

GERLING GLOBALREINSURANCE CO.Stephen F. Patterson was named senior managing director of mark

Transamerica Corp., a giant insurance and financial services firm, has settled a class-action lawsui

The chairman of the House Banking Committee turned to the General Accounting Office for backup in hi

In a marked change of strategy, PartnerRe Ltd. said Monday it is acquiring Societe Anonyme Francaise

P&O WON'T GIVE INON FLORIDA FINESLONDON - Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., which

EXPEDITORS INTERNATIONALOF WASHINGTON INC.Glenn Alger was promoted to executive vice preside

Amerijet International Inc. has added a Boeing 727-200 jet to its all-cargo aircraft fleet, the comp

CONAGRA MANAGERS FINEDFOR MISGRADING SOYBEANSCHICAGO - Two Conagra Inc. managers were fined

Researchers say a new test designed to detect unfit products that are fed to broilers should help co

March 31, 1997This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the

Monday March 31, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The European Union Wednesday will unveil plans to stop airports from overcharging foreign airlines i

Prosecutors said they were preparing to file criminal charges against top officials of a nuclear pla

Bob Ayling, chief executive of British Airways, said he believes U.S. regulatory review of the compa

NRC AGREES TO OVERSEEENERGY'S NUCLEAR FACILITIES WASHINGTON - THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY CO

Responding to the highest soybean prices in almost nine years and the least government involvement i

Indonesia has formed a team of experts to re-examine the region of Borneo where Calgary's Bre-X Mine

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. of Allentown, Pa., is investing $40 million in three new industrial

European airlines are turning to U.S. executives and using U.S. strategies to help them survive a ne

Iraq said Monday that it would increase from April the monthly food rations handed out to Iraqis aft

North Korea on Monday defended its plan to accept nuclear waste from Taiwan, saying the deal would n

RAILBOARD EXTENDS DEADLINEFOR RAIL OPERATION PLANWASHINGTON - The Surface Tr

Charge the Pacific. Press the Suez. Stand firm in the Atlantic.Those are the marching orders

European airlines this week can begin flying freely throughout the continent, opening an era of dere

The music in this Motorola plant, the nation's largest manufacturer of pagers, changes hourly, rangi

The International Chamber of Commerce is taking action against a wave of transit fraud that is costi

Diesel fuel prices have been dropping steadily so far this year, which is good news for truckers and

Caliber System Inc. is cutting loose a chunk of its money-losing Viking Freight subsidiary, slicing

Friday, March 28, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Poles enjoy saying they were the horse on which the communist saddle never quite fit.Now Pol

Canadian barley growers voted by a 62.9 percent majority to reject open-market exporting and stick w

Wednesday's ''tankan'' report on the Japanese economy will set the tone for yen trading against the

United Parcel Service today begins a corporate-wide on-time initiative to fine-tune its worldwide de

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, 1996 - March 28, 1997 (a graph)

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index has slipped to its lowest point this year, but it sti

U.S. manufacturers and importers of high-value goods are increasingly shunning U.S. ports and their

The Russian State Statistics Committee Friday denied media reports that it had manipulated figures t

PANEL'S TOP REPUBLICANSSEEK TRADE-RULES CHANGEWASHINGTON - The top Republicans on the House