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Harcourt General Inc. has agreed to sell its insurance business to GE Capital Corp. for $400 million

CANADA P/C FIRMS FIND INVESTMENTS BEST BETTORONTO - Property and casualty insurance

Gov. Christie Whitman signed a bill to pay off $1.3 billion in auto insurance debt with a combinatio

Interagency bickering had made Mexico's opening to private investment in power generation a slow and

US BILL COULD BROADEN DEFENSE EXPORT FUNDINGWASHINGTON - The U.S. Export-Import Bank

While most of their business is in Asia, a growing number of overseas entrepreneurs are setting up o

As of June 30, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Russia has protested strongly to Turkish officials about Ankara's plan to introduce tough new contro

CARRIERS POSTPONE LE HAVRE DECISIONPARIS - A deadline set by major shipowners and tr

Nearly three years after proposing a rule requiring shipowners to prove they have the money to clean

President Clinton will nominate Harold Creel, counsel to the Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee, an

The hiring of a high-profile shipping executive to run the Fritz Cos.' Asia operations signifies the

Shenzhen, a special economic zone just across the border in China's Guangdong province, is planning

The United States may have plenty to offer most of its visitors, but World Cup players weren't ready

ASSOCIATED AIR FREIGHT INC. (New Hyde Park, N.Y.) - Gaylan Harrison was appointed service supervisor

In their fight to save the nation's oldest regulatory agency from the budget- cutting block, officia

Like a tight circle of friends trying to guess what the new big kid on the block might do,the rest o

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe executives trying to drum up support for their proposed merger prob

UAL CORP. MODIFIES RECAPITALIZATION PLANCHICAGO - UAL Corp. announced Thursday that

French taxpayers will be hit with an annual bill of 200 million francs ($36 million) to maintain unp

The Clinton administration targeted China for possible trade sanctions Thursday but gave Japan anoth

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Higher rail rates and shortages of intermodal equipment have forced Hiram Walker & Sons to rely more

A Washington investment group has signed a letter of intent to buy the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad C

The planned merger of Burlington Northern and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway is only the latest

Burlington Northern and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroads will submit a notice of intent to file

Burlington Northern Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corp. announced Thursday that they intendto merge.

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +12.596/24 102.26/27 102.26/28

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

China is adopting a three-pronged strategy to upgrade its civil-aircraft industry, including the bol

The current decline in the dollar against the deutsche mark on foreign exchange markets is not worry

Thursday, June 30, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Group of 7 industrialized nations must come up with a credible dollar- rescue package at next we

The Clinton administration is considering new negotiations on harmonizing standards and freeing inve

Frankfurt-Main International Airport posted a 5.6 percent increase in cargo traffic last year to 1.2

Saying tariffs in a new agreement will supersede anything that comes from an International Trade Com

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit, already cited as a factor in the dollar's falling value, is like

UTU ASKS CN TO FORM SUBSIDIARY TO KEEP LINESTORONTO - A major union is asking CN Nor

The U.S. dollar fell to yet another historical low against the yen Thursday on news U.S. Trade Repre