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In a case with broad implications for uninsured workers, a former escort service employee is suing f

MINOLTA TO MANUFACTURE ITS PRINTERS IN CHINATOKYO - Minolta Camera Co., a major Japa

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA SOUTH KOREA. May 23-27. The Korea Trade Promotion Center is welc

A dispute over a potential $200 million loss in revenue has stalled a proposed amendment to Californ

Tobacco spells trouble for the European Union. Tobacco is a backwater industry in the 12-nat

A long-awaited copyright law took effect in Poland Monday. The legislation, approved by the

It was a tough nut to crack, but U.S. and Indian officials settled a trade dispute threatening one o

POLAND, CREDITOR BANKS INK AGREEMENT ON DEBTWARSAW, Poland - Poland and its Western

If finger-drumming ever becomes an Olympic event, the justices of Russia's highest court might prove

Hong Kong's Swire Pacific signed a letter of intent with a Chinese partner to form a US$15 million j

The president of the Alliance of American Insurers urged the organization of state insurance regulat

The United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted visible trade deficit with countries outside the European U

Insurance damage caused by natural and man-made catastrophes in 1993 worldwide totaled $11.5 billion

Chubb Insurance Group, Munich Reinsurance Group and Geico Corp. retained their "A++" ratings from A.

US INSURERS GET LOOK AT LUCRATIVE CHINA MARTA group of 25 U.S. insurance executives began to

A Colorado woman who was denied a workers compensation claim may pursue a separate civil action stem

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP (Des Moines, Iowa) - David Drury, president of the company, willassume the

The Through Transport Club group (TT Club), a mutual insurer whose transportation operator members p

Asian countries must begin talks on building a regional multimedia network, Hiroshi Ichihara, presid

President Boris Yeltsin signed a package of economic decrees Monday aimed at boosting tax collection

Vietnam's industrial output increased by 12.1 percent in the first four months of 1994 over the same

Russia's space industry has successfully launched its second satellite for a Western commercial cust

Italian industrial sales rose 7.8 percent in January from January 1993, while new orders rose an ann

King Ocean Services plans to operate its containerships at the Fort Lauderdale-area seaport, making

Commercial shipbuilding prospects for the Puget Sound region are bleak, but if yards become more eff

After nearly two decades on the drawing board, a rail relocation project at the Port of Brownsville

A Clinton administration proposal to raise user fees and divert toll revenue for government staffing

Air cargo volume at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport jumped nearly 9 percent in March, one of th

By recently abandoning overnight freighter operations, Air Canada can concentrate on profit centers

The ongoing financial difficulties at USAir have led British Airways to consider writing off its $40

The Consolidated Rail Corp. freight system returned to normal Monday following a federal judge's ord

UNITED, UNIONS AGREE TO MODIFY BUYOUT PACTCHICAGO - United Airlines' parent company

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. (Philadelphia) - Paige E. Kane was named executive director, state and local

Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. recently raised more than $85 million to finance equipmen

Rail safety is re-emerging as an industry issue because last week's fatal accident involving an Amtr

Atlantic Richfield Co. will "transfer" its stake in an oil field in Indonesia to a state-run Chinese

BODY IS FOUND AFTER TRUCK-TRAIN ACCIDENTBELLS, Tenn. - Emergency workers finished tr

The Supreme Court Monday cleared four trucking rate undercharge cases from its agenda, telling circu

JUNE GAS CONTRACTS FALL 5.3 CENTS ON NYMEXNEW YORK - Expiring June contracts for nat

China is still buying oil products from foreign markets, even after the government-imposed ban on ne