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Home Insurance Co. was selected by the state of Florida to provide hull and liability insurance cove

An insurance trade group Friday proposed two types of auto insurance discounts for students.The disc

Burlington Northern Railroad, in a major executive overhaul that will touch the highestlevels of the

The U.S. dollar declined Monday as activity centered on the European currencies amid concern about t

New York Mercantile Exchange Aug. 17, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen High Low

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

Tyco Toys, the nation's fourth-largest toy company, is scheduled to complete and begin using a new W

A slot in the African Development Bank isn't the only membership that's slipping from South Africa's

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As part of its bid to counter the relentless innovation and copycat abilities of software pirates, M

John Larkin Thompson, president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, was paid $709,000 la

The proportion of the world's people who are hungry has fallen by more than half since the 1950s, th

Texas' trucking industry is the latest group to say it's not pleased with the pact reached by the Un

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Japan's economic pump-priming package, expected to be unveiled late this month, will not provide a b

Finland's huge farm subsidies will be the biggest stumbling block to the isolated country's bid to j

Crude oil output from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries edged higher to 24.05 millio

Florida Power & Light Co. will charge customers an extra $2.08 a 1,000 kilowatt hours from October t

Strong demand and low customer inventories have pushed domestic chlorine prices to their highest lev

Leaders of 10 southern African nations signed a treaty Monday creating a development community aimed

There is little evidence in Khe Sanh nowadays of the fighting that raged here between U.S. soldiers

Aug. 17, 1992 Copper Total, 37,378. Gold Total, .1,798,745.Silver Tot

French consumer prices rose a preliminary 0.3 percent in July from June after a definitive 0.1 perce

The parent company of Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. plunged into heavy seas in the first half

Likelihood of a victory by Bill Clinton in November's election has raised fears among the Japanese o

FROM THE UNITED STATES/CANADA BALTIC STATES. Aug. 23-Sept. 4. The first Overseas Private Investmen

Alarmed by growing cases of counterfeiting, China's national bank will issue new editions of the two

Even in the face of debate surrounding theoretical health risks associated with chlorinated drinking

An innovative system introduced by the Kenyan government to lure private currency holdings from abro

The United States needs to reorient its thinking toward economics and trade, reduce the decibel leve

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 14, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

One of the few encouraging economic stories in New Zealand is the growth of a broad spectrum of manu

The U.S. Customs Service is not yet approaching the point where it would use high-tech X-ray scanner

More than 15 containership lines are readying for a bareknuckled shakeout in the trade between the U

Michigan regulators, striking a blow against trucking laws in this heavily regulated state, have rev

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Scientists in West Africa are developing a bio-pesticide to help farmers combat the ravages of insec

September natural gas futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange traded 5.8 cents lower to $1.853 a

BP SIGNS PACT TO SELL PERFORMANCE POLYMERSBritish Petroleum Co. has signed a letter of inten

BANK APPROVES LOAN TO CHINA FOR CROPSThe Asian Development Bank approved a $55 million loan