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This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Special agents of the U.S. Customs Service sprang a sting operation Tuesday on two California comput

Faced with a shortage of qualified engineers and the chance to pay lower wages overseas, more U.S. c

Sea-Land Service Inc. said it will double its service to Hawaii later this year, after acquiring tw

A link between the GE Information Services data network and the U.S. Customs Service should make it

House and Senate conferees met Wednesday to consider duty refund legislation for the oil industry, a

As of May 16, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

AIR COURIER CONFERENCE OF AMERICA, 15th annual conference and exhibition, May 20-22. Westin LaPaloma

U.S. insurers interested in doing business in Europe should be monitoring and trying to influence go

Asia has become a riskier region in which to invest this year because of rising inflation and labor

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 0.2 PERCENT IN APRILIncreased prices for services, especially medi

FRENCH DATA SHOW CONSUMER PRICE RISEFrench consumer prices rose 0.4 percent in April, accord

President Bush is widely expected to recommend continued trade benefits for China but to strongly ur

Sixteen insurance brokers suing the dormant New York Insurance Exchange and several NYIE directors w

Novotrade International and Digital Equipment Corp. are but two of several companies that have turne

Life and health insurers will probably be the next target of insurance industry bashing by consumer

NAIC OFFICIAL BLASTS FEDERAL WELFARE RULESIn testimony before a Senate subcommittee this wee

The Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. told South Carolina Insurance Commissioner John G. Richards of its i

Two major storms pushed Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC, one of the largest composite insurers in

Labor Secretary Elizabeth Dole said Wednesday that employees who quit jobs before retirement should

HANDY & HARMAN (New York) - Keith N. Johnson was named vice president of corporate development, a ne

Nearly two-thirds of the nation's toxic industrial waste is produced by 100 corporations and the che

Gbr. Hellmann International GmbH, a 100-year-old German freight forwarder, is moving quickly to posi

Mexico may be one of the fastest-growing markets for U.S. wheat in the coming decade, says a new ana

UNIONS AT UK'S ICI REJECT 9.4 PERCENT PAY OFFERLONDON - Unions representing 25,000 manual wo

Australia's smelters reduced their copper concentrate treatment charges to protect current business

US COCOA GRIND DATA TO BE REVISED TODAYThe Chocolate Manufacturers Association today will re

Profit-taking late Wednesday pushed cocoa and coffee prices off their highs of the day. Prices remai

Senate Agriculture Committee Democrats presented Republicans with a ''consensus plan" that represent

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Government officials say they're moving to boost airline security as recommended by a commission on

Poland has a rocky road ahead as it seeks to make the transition to a market- oriented economy, but

The nature of intra-European air cargo and express shipments will change and volumes will decline wh

The nations of Eastern Europe face rising unemployment, higher prices and lower living standards in

When he learned communist Mongolia might be opening up to foreign capitalists, Norman Bezen, a West

The United States needs a national trade policy that reflects an understanding of global economic tr

The U.S. dollar was mixed again Wednesday, with the unit trading higher against the yen and lower ag

The ailing Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Co. reached tentative agreement with its 14 labor unions

Something's happening in Japan. As if jitters about inflated stock prices, inflated land pri

POLAND, HUNGARY GET $108 MILLION IN EC AIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - Poland and Hungary will receiv