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CROP INSURER IS FINEDFOR ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONSWASHINGTON - The second largest crop insurance

Swire Group, one of Hong Kong's oldest and most diversified conglomerates, is shucking its insurance

The number of independent insurance agencies is declining because of consolidations and growing comp

TRAVELERS' PROFIT ROSEFOR QUARTER AND YEARNEW YORK - Travelers Group said its fourth-quarter

EXECUTIVE RISK INC.Roy Vander Putten, the chairman and chief executive of the directors and

A House panel moved to tighten Wyoming's workers compensation law to prevent businesses from other s

Safety at sea over the past couple of years has improved significantly from the early 1990s when the

Airbus Industrie is trying to pull itself together.The consortium's bid to cut its bureaucra

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In the latest twist in the package-delivery wars, Federal Express revealed plans Wednesday to adopt

Like a volcanic crater, the vast pit around the now-stilled digging machines of Ferropolis - the ''c

The United States on Wednesday marked its first success in the push for Asian open skies, landing a

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Wednesday in sometimes frantic trading, hitting a 31-month high of 1.64

Three British executives fired from a Japanese company in London were victims of racial discriminati

Canada and Brazil leveled charges in a diplomatic brawl Wednesday that their respective aircraft man

Karel Van Miert, the European Union's top trust buster, launched a review Wednesday of exclusive dea

Government-operated Casas de Cambio S.A. disclosed plans to dramatically expand its currency exchang

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 26, '96 - Jan. 22, '97 (a graph)* A

The Dominican Republic, the largest U.S. trading partner in the Caribbean, is proposing extensive re

CHINA SEIZED 18 PERCENT MORESMUGGLED GOODS IN '96BEIJING - Chinese customs inspectors seized

Korean trade unionists came under heavy questioning Wednesday from European representatives of the O

A nagging dispute over textiles between the Philippines and the United States appears to be nearing

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien kicked off a three-day official visit to France Wednesday with

''We assume that we're targeted.''

The European Union's 15 trade ministers are set to meet in special session in Geneva on the eve of a

Britain is planning to bring its domestic competition laws more into line with European Union rules.

The superjumbo versions of Boeing Co.'s 747 aircraft may join a long series of planes that were care

JAPAN ASKED TO REVISELIQUOR TAX PLANWASHINGTON - The United States is urging Japan to revise

In a surprise concession, Russian steel negotiators say they are ready to accept a six-month extensi

Airbus Industrie reacted to Boeing's decision to freeze its superjumbo project without surprise.

The European Commission is poised to block a $1.8 billion capital injection for Alitalia unless the

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

SHIPSSTRIKE DELAYS SHIPMENTSOF COLOMBIA COFFEEBOGOTA, Colombia - Coffee shipments we

It was a bull market last week for transport stocks, as strong performance in the air express and oc

Most people in the Asia-Pacific air cargo world were delighted to see the back of 1996, a year that

Officials said this port in southeastern Fujian province expects to add 14 deep-water berths to hand

The Airport Authority of Hong Kong signed an agreement with AMR Airline Services Fueling (Hong Kong)

Taiwan and China resume talks today in Hong Kong on direct shipping across the Taiwan Strait. Nongov