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Announcing its marketing plans for a large piece of land leased from the Navy earlier this year, the

Todd Shipyards Corp. recorded a $3 million drop in quarterly revenue but posted a net profit of $1.1

4 IMPRISONED FOR DEATHS IN CHINA FERRY ACCIDENTBEIJING - A Chinese court imprisoned

Cigna Corp. said its Cigna International unit has reacquired its former South African operations, wh

Lloyd's of London subsidiary Centrewrite Ltd. has taken over management and administration of its ow

A Los Angeles jury has ordered a Baltimore insurance company to pay $61 million to a construction fi

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the San Francisco-based residential mortgage insurance company, has rece

AON REACHES AGREEMENT ON ACQUISITION OF JFSAon Corp. and Jennifer Fenton Slade Group Ltd. (J

Houston's American General Corp. is testing whether consumers want to buy life insurance through the

The A.M. Best Co. usually rates insurance companies. Now, the Oldwick, N.J., firm has rated Des Moin

The president of the National Association of Independent Insurers used the group's annual meeting la

South Carolina has the fifth-lowest workers compensation rates in the nation, according to a nationa

Transport executives are questioning Europe's commitment to building a multibillion-dollar continent

Microwave Networks Inc. of Houston heard the right signal in 1989. It was coming from overseas.<

The railroad industry has sued to force the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes to bargain on

Customs Commissioner George Weise is a man in a hurry. He wants to re- engineer the 200-year-old U.S

Compulsory insurance coverage for ships operating in U.K. waters is under consideration by the Briti

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Weather-beaten mansions dotting the shore of this town on the Yucatan peninsula hark back to the day

Transit times between Asia and Europe will be cut by up to seven days when Sea-Land Service Inc. and

Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, D-La., has gone as far over the Coast Guard's head as he can in his latest

A leading Canadian steel executive is pushing forward a proposal to partially privatize the St. Lawr

Citing the underutilization of many of its dock and warehouse facilities and the need to generate mo

NEW ZEALAND CARRIER TO TAKE JAPAN CARGOTOKYO - New Zealand's Translink Pacific Shipp

Stevedoring Services of America will expand its business into Vietnam early next year under a joint-

The 11 ship inspection companies that earned a place on the Coast Guard minimum standards approval l

Transportation unions contribute substantially more to Democrats than Republicans and would stand to

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The Norwegian shipping group Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd. AS will buy full control of its liner shipping su

Prime Minister Jean Chretien leaves here today at the head of a high-powered trade mission to Asia t

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.9510/28 108.410/31 108.311

Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

Burlington Air Express is joining the logistics parade. The company announced that it has hi

Kansas City Southern Railway and Norfolk Southern Corp. have confirmed that they will begin a run-th

For the third consecutive day, the Journal of Commerce Industrial Index rose to a new high, hitting

Bank Negara, the Malaysian central bank, will implement a two-tier regulatory system for commercial

The U.S. Federal Reserve entered the foreign-exchange market repeatedly Thursday to buy dollars on b

Britain and China ended years of wrangling Thursday over financing of Hong Kong's proposed HK$158 bi

MK RAIL CORP. (Pittsburgh) - Joseph S. Crawford Jr. was named executive vice president,locomotive op