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The United States and the Soviet Union moved closer Thursday to a three-year trade agreement that wo

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd., one of Japan's largest shipping companies, announced plans Thursday for

Fifteen minutes into her freshman year at Salem-Teikyo University earlier this month, Motomi Imasaka

CORROON & BLACK NET FELL IN FIRST QUARTERCorroon & Black Corp. reported net income of $9.13

CORROON & BLACK CORP. (New York) - Frank F. White Jr. was named chief executive officer of the Benef

As many as 100,000 N.C. drivers covered by a liquidated Kinston insurer may lose about $4 million in

Like many other firms, Hartford, Conn.-based Aetna Life & Casualty Co. finds it increasingly difficu

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance will hold hearings today and Friday in Nashville

Norton Co., seeking to elude a hostile $75-a-share bid by Britain's BTR PLC, said Wednesday it has

Shipowners and marine insurers were warned Wednesday that they face a tough time in years to come be

ROYAL SEES RED ON STORM LOSSESRoyal Insurance PLC is anticipating net losses as high as 100

IBP Inc. is scheduled to open its giant pork plant in Waterloo, Iowa, next week, which many industry

Rep. Fred Grandy, R-Iowa, introduced a plan to turn the federal crop insurance program over to priva

In one of the state's largest criminal investigations undertaken by a district attorney, a special g

Du Pont Co. said its first-quarter profit declined 16 percent over a year ago, reflecting expenses f

Too many companies chasing too little business have made for tough times selling insurance in Wester

Environmental concerns have forced pulp and paper mill operators to seek an environmentally safe alt

BFGOODRICH CO. (Akron, Ohio) - David L. Burner was elected senior vice president. Mr. Burner

In February, a 66-year-old Princeton, N.J., inventor was awarded more than $71 million in a patent-i

It's calving season, and U.S. cattle producers are naturally preoccupied with what's happening in th

Relatively high mortgage interest rates held sales of existing homes in March to their February rate

LICHT BOOSTS GLOBAL COFFEE OUTPUT ESTIMATEWest German statistician F.O. Licht has revised it

The International Cocoa Organization Wednesday forecast the 1989-90 world cocoa surplus at 154,000 m

The United States and Japan Wednesday reached agreement in principle on removing Japanese import res

Platinum led a sharp drop in precious metals Wednesday as supplies continued to build against weaken

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In a surprise move, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it had hiked the U.S. sugar im

An amendment that would empower states to ban exports of logs from state lands won overwhelming appr

AT&T FORMS VENTURE FOR DATA NET IN EUROPEMARIETTA, Ga. - AT&T Tridom, a subsidiary of Americ

ASIA-PACIFIC MEMBERS OF GATT PLAN TALKSAsia-Pacific members of the General Agreement on Tari

The National Association of Manufacturers Wednesday roundly endorsed the European Community's moves

The California State World Trade Commission outlined its position on various trade issues in a recen

A world trade center, a maritime museum, two berths for cruise ships and a hotel would be built on S

MC Shipping Inc., an owner of small multipurpose vessels and containerships, had net income of $543,

Some U.S. companies looking to invest in Eastern Europe have found that the road through Austria is

Venezuela will make a proposal this week, during a visit by President Carlos Andres Perez, to help s

An agricultural exporters' lobby group this week told Congress it opposes a Bush administration prop

Long shunned by the diplomatic world as an outcast, little Taiwan nonetheless has built up considera

The Long Island Power Authority announced Wednesday that it is requesting bids from engineering firm

Miners in the small Outback town of Coober Pedy claimed Wednesday to have found the world's biggest