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GERMAN BANK POSTS22% RISE IN PROFITFRANKFURT - Dresdner Bank AG, Germany's second-largest co

200 FEARED DROWNEDIN SHIPWRECK OFF HAITIPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - About 200 people were feared

S&P AFFIRMS OUTLOOKFOR JAPAN P/C SECTORTOKYO - Standard & Poor's affirmed its stable near-te

A suspicious weekend fire that destroyed a northern New Mexico rail trestle minutes before an Amtrak

Here are the names and addresses of eight foreign firms against which U.S. Customs has assessed pena

FOREIGN EXCHANGERESERVES UP IN JAPAN TOKYO - Japan's foreign exchange reserves increased $4.

California's exports surged nearly 19% last year, providing an important boost to the state's econom

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An insurance company must pay for the cleanup of petroleum that leaked from a Danville gas station's

Bangladesh started returning to normal over the weekend following the resignation of Prime Minister

Add Nebraska and Iowa to the list of states whose securities officials are considering investigating

Japan's revised insurance business law came into effect Monday, paving the way for life and nonlife

Policyholders of the state's two largest insurance companies, Allstate and Farmers, are alleging tha

Leucadia National Corp. reported that net income in 1995 increased to $107.5 million, or $1.77 per s

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. said Monday it will acquire U.S. Healthcare in an $8.9 billion deal that w

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A proposed three-for-one stock split has given a boost to the company that runs the Erie Insurance G

The following fuel oil prices are for the week ending Mar. 27, 1996, as supplied by the bunker fuel

The Tennessee Valley Authority has long had an interest in bringing electricity to rural areas and e

Japan's refiners lost their almost exclusive right on Monday to import refined petroleum products in

Farmers are projected to plant more corn this season than in over a decade, the Agriculture Departme

One of the world's biggest container lines said it's experiencing smooth sailing in its trail-blazin

Newfoundland's piece of the action in megaprojects like the Terra Nova oil development could hinge o

Monday Apr. 1, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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SOUTH KOREA TRADE GAPNARROWS TO $304 MILLIONSEOUL - South Korea posted a trade deficit of $3

Members of the textile and apparel trade aren't completely happy with Customs' latest efforts to hel

The United States is preparing to open a trade office in Hanoi, delighting Americans seeking investm

European Union agriculture ministers met Monday to hear Britain's plans for eradicating mad cow dise

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The paper you are reading is 168 years and 228 days old - and as new as today.We have a new

One port's dredging woes can be the key to another port's dreams.Ports in Virginia and Nova

Full-blown battles will be joined this week after opponents of the Union Pacific-Southern Pacific me

Shippers in this country may lose a chance to get better, cheaper overseas transportation if the Uni

Taking advantage of a just-concluded U.S.-Japan air cargo agreement, United Parcel Service is adding

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

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

Friday, March 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar will rise this week on expectations that Japanese life insurance companies, trusts ,

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