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A bellwether health-care study predicts painful times ahead for many physicians, patients and hospit

Japanese banks' demand for subordinated loans from life insurance companies will swell if the Nikkei

LLOYD'S ANNOUNCES ANOTHER LOSS REVIEWLloyd's of London Friday announced another review into

President Bush last winter called on Congress to pass a transportation spending bill in 100 days. Co

A Houston-based company said it has launched the first direct air cargo charter servicefrom the Sout

A threatened breakdown in a US$1 billion trade between California's natural gas consumers and Canadi

China's grain output will likely suffer a big drop this year from 1990's record harvest due to wides

Soybeans are used for everything from newspaper ink to cooking oil, but most urban residents would b

HIMONT INCREASES POLYPROPYLENE PRICESWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont Inc., based in Wilmington, is

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

United Parcel Service Canada Ltd., hit by a strike since July 22, was gearing up to resume operation

RADIX GROUP FORMS TWO AUSTRALIAN UNITSLOS ANGELES - Radix Group International Inc. announced

Meet the next prime minister of Japan - a man without clout within his own party, nor strong public

Three environmental and consumer groups have sued the U.S. Trade Representative 's Office for not re

Konstantin Vassilenko's first trip on the capitalist road went nowhere. Acting as the busine

HOUSE DEMOCRATS DEFER ACTION ON GASOLINE TAXHouse Democratic leaders, facing a rebellion amo

Impatient with the pace of international negotiations to end foreign shipbuilding subsidies, the cha

While one insurance rating agency lowered the claims-paying ability of Mutual Life Insurance Co. of

Orient Overseas Container Line and American President Lines Ltd. must overcome some barriers before

Ocean carriers that set rates together on the Pacific hope their efforts to raise prices will get a

The shutdown of the Caribbean branches of the scandal-ridden Bank of Credit and Commerce Internation

Massachusetts plans for a $4 billion highway-tunnel construction project in Boston have avoided one

Warren G. Hackett was named director of marketing at Phoenix. He was director, national accounts for

PLATINUM, SILVER PRICES SINK ON LATEST DATAPlatinum prices sank to their lowest levels in si

US ADDS $15 MILLION TO EGYPT PL-480 PACTWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has

Sharply higher soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade have forced Japanese crushing firms to d

International Petroleum Exchange Aug. 2, 1991Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

Fri., Aug. 2, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

An accident that is blackening the beaches of the pristine Olympic Peninsula is forcing the U.S. and

The recent revelations of deposit fraud at three major Japanese banks show the extent to which "fron

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Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

A shaky spring is turning into a long, hot summer for the U.S. life insurance industry. Stat

A new agency would set insurer solvency standards and for the first time establish federal regulatio

August 2, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-

Aug. 2, 1991 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley

Aug. 7, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premi

Alitalia, long Charlotte's best bet for a second foreign passenger airline, has received approval fo

One year after Iraqi tanks rolled into Kuwait, repercussions from the Persian Gulf crisis continue t