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Legislation to allow individuals to use their life insurance policies for the purpose of providing "

Three international trading companies will attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Braz

A new nine-speed transmission from Rockwell International Corp. is now being produced at nearly all

John Borrego worked around doctors all his life as a hospital laboratory technician, and he long yea

Almost half a million gallons of home heating oil spilled into the Arthur Kill, a waterway between N

The French food group BSN SA announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a 50 percent interest in t

Price-conscious United Parcel Service's decision to begin flying its own planes into the Far East is

As East European countries emerge from decades of Communist rule, Western automakers are eagerly eye

Canadian Finance Minister Michael Wilson Wednesday was elected chairman of the International Monetar

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HOME SALES JUMPED 9.6 PERCENT DURING NOVEMBERSales of new single-family homes in the United

The Brazilian government is unlikely to make a quick decision on when it will reopen frozen concentr

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed sharply higher after another volatile session ruled

Volume in 1989 at the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange reached a record high of 3,777,451 contracts, br

The Massachusetts railroad industry may have been the unintended beneficiary of the state's fiscal c

COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN SCHEPS CHEESE CASEALBANY, N.Y. - The Appellate Division of the Supre

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Communist Party leaders Wednesday opened talks with opposition groups that could lead to the formati

Sea Containers Ltd. Wednesday named Feb. 24 as the date of its long-awaited general meeting, when sh

The pace of price increases for home heating oil abated further Wednesday, with few price changes re

Brent Stienecker and Robert Homan, two Crowley Maritime Corp. execu-tives, were honored by the compa

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

Romania's National Salvation Front announced Wednesday that it had lifted a ban on foreign borrowing

Cast (1983) Ltd. will start a weekly feeder service between north Europe and Scandinavia later this

Deppe Linie GmBH & Co., a West German ocean carrier, has gone to the Federal Maritime Commission wit

The mothballing of Bougainville copper mine, announced last week, is unlikely to deter future invest

The Bush administration is planning a per-ton tax on newly manufactured paper, glass, aluminum and p

Casualty insurers' costs of providing legal defense for their policyholders far outpaced indemnity c

Nicolae Ceausescu is dead. The Berlin Wall has crumbled. Communism is in full retreat in Eastern Eur

Pushed by a surge in product prices, crude oil futures broke $23 a barrel Wednesday. West Te

After sailing through a sea of red ink, recession and reorganization in the 1980s, Japan's shipping

Two containerships idled by the failure of Topgallant Lines Inc. could be back in operation as early

The lumber workers and dockworkers of this coarse blue-collar town feared the worst two years ago wh

The U.S. dollar was mixed against major currencies Wednesday, rising vs. the deutsche mark but falli

KOREAN TRADE SURPLUS FALLS TO $999 MILLIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a customs-

The long-ailing Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. has attracted more attention in bankruptcy proceedings

Efforts to clear and reopen a section of the Monongahela River below Pittsburgh drew the combined re

The U.S. Coast Guard has sued one of its own officers - a former recruitment poster subject - in an

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ORYX ENERGY TO SELL INTERESTS IN 316 FIELDSOryx Energy Co. announced Wednesday it will sell