Latest news

Major Japanese life insurance companies plan to cut payouts to policyholders in fiscal 1996, startin

Many U.S. ports are enjoying brisk business in steel. Exports are expected to approach last year's t

Profits of U.S. property and casualty insurers rose 85 percent last year as the industry recovered f

Despite the continuation of tougher rules, insurance agents in Malaysia keep expanding.A rep

California voters Tuesday defeated three propositions that had direct or indirect implications for t

State insurance regulators were disappointed in Wednesday's ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court letting

Steel manufacturers are downplaying prospects of a U.S. economic slowdown in 1996, believing that th

In a series of raids on stores and delivery vans, police seized 6,477 fake CD-ROM discs worth at lea

Foreign steel producers can expect a difficult time penetrating the U.S. market this year.A

Switzerland's most wanted fugitive, financier Werner Rey, has been arrested in the Bahamas and will

New York Mercantile Exchange - Mar. 26, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Trade leads supplied by:U.S. Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

MITSUI TO REORGANIZEOPERATIONS AT TWO PORTSTOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K Lines said it will reorganiz

A cruise ship passenger survived a night-time tumble from the deck of a cruise liner Tuesday and swa

They would fill more than 40 freight trains, each a mile long.If they were used, that is.But

China's beleaguered textile sector is rethinking its strategy as rising costs and tougher competitio

Days before the opening of the busy summer season, the United States and France on Tuesday resolved

As talks between the United States and Canada on this season's salmon fishery allocations get under

No one said it was going to be easy. And it isn't. Forging an Americas free-trade agreement by the y

No text.

Independent Pier Co. - one of the oldest stevedoring companies in the Philadelphia port - filed rece

Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., Tuesday reported a fall in pretax profit in 1995, to 320

Russia dispersed two storm clouds over its economic relations with the West, lifting a ban on poultr

PRESIDENT OF EL ALRESIGNS IN PROTESTJERUSALEM - The president of El Al Israel Airlines annou

The Clinton administration will keep the U.S. market open to China despite trade, human rights and o

John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has been dubbed one of the world's worst airports

Airborne Express is implementing postal code routing to 15 of its most-common destination countries.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Mar. 31 '95, - Mar. 26, '96 (a graph)(2)

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

Food stores were slowly restocking shelves as truckers resumed running near to normal Tuesday follow

Six weeks after a management buyout and a month after replacing its top executive, LEP Profit Intern

Tuesday, March 26, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Given the economy's apparent rebound from a weak January performance, the Federal Reserve Board's Op

The Texas Railroad Commission voted Tuesday to officially oppose the proposed merger of Union Pacifi

The risk premium for Latin America is ''overdone'' because it ignores deep and ongoing financial and

Despite warnings from CSX Transportation Inc., a former company executive said he'll continue advisi

SPAIN POSTS SURPLUSIN CURRENT ACCOUNTMADRID - Spain posted a current account surplus

Unemployment in Sweden will average 7.3 percent in 1996 and 6.7 percent in 1997, the Labor Council s

The U.S. dollar remained stuck in narrow trading ranges Tuesday, as the lack of an interest rate cut

Under congressional pressure to improve rail safety regulation, the Federal Railroad Administration