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The Japanese may leave their hearts in San Francisco, but when it comes to heart-shaped chocolates,

American International Group and several other insurance companies lost their court bid Tuesday to d

The attorney general of Texas said he shared the concern of the nation's truck insurers about the sa

Swiss Reinsurance Co. has agreed to purchase one million shares of EnhanceFinancial Services

RELIANCE NATIONAL (New York) - Jeff Dailey has joined the company as senior executive for non-standa

Described by the earliest British settlers as a barren rock, Hong Kong is bereft of many of the natu

The crisis at Bremer Vulkan, Germany's biggest shipbuilder, deepened Tuesday as the European Commiss

Trucking executives in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor area were shocked Monday to receive notices

The long-awaited agreement between Britain and China to go ahead with Hong Kong's Container Terminal

Environmental groups in Wisconsin are moving forward in their attempt to impose new restrictions on

The Agriculture Department has agreed to spend several million dollars a year for up to 140 new heal

Some years ago, public works officials in Aylmer, Quebec, heard that a local contractor had landscap

1448 (Feb. 13, 1996) Previous day - 1449 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Richard H. Jenrette, longtime chairman and chief executive of the Equitable Cos., will retire today

The Port of Calcutta wants to revise its rate system in an effort to increase both revenue and traff

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1996 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Spain's consumer price index for January was up 0.6 percent from December and up 3.9 percent from Ja

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Dairy farmers and berry growers should bounce back from flooding, but nurseries and the shellfish ha

COMPUSERVE REINSTATES SUSPENDED NEWSGROUPSCOLUMBUS, Ohio - CompuServe is reinstating access

Tuesday Feb. 13, 1996 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Indian exports to the United States could jump 30 percent a year with some additional marketing effo

TNT Freightways Corp. Monday changed its name to give it more distance from its former parent, and m

Seven more states approved Cigna Corp.'s planned restructuring of its property/casualty business Mon

New York Mercantile Exchange - Feb. 12, 1996 Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High

OPEC's crude oil output surged in January to 26 million barrels a day, nearly 1.5 million barrels ab

China plans to increase spending on construction of the Three Gorges dam by 3 billion yuan ($361.4 m

Now that Cigna Corp. has been given the green light by Pennsylvania insurance regulators to split of

John Smith may be another casualty of Washington's bickering over the federal budget. His ho

The Japanese agency that oversees food imports into Japan has indicated it is not ready to open that

HAMBURG-SUD FORECASTS NEW BOOST IN BOX CARGOLONDON - Hamburg-Sud, the German shippin

As of Feb. 12, 1996 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Transportation officials in Mexico have asked commerce counterparts to modify the nation's Foreign I

Feb. 12, 1996 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

"When the temperature dips, we don't dip as much."

The European Union's bid to foster free trade in electricity and gas among its 15 member states is c