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FRANCE, GERMANY STRIKE MONETARY UNION DEALSTRASBOURG, France - France and West Germany Thurs

LLoyd's of London has taken further steps to improve market competitiveness by removing internal und

New York is now the only state imposing licensing requirements on reinsurance intermediaries, but th

ICF Kaiser Engineers won a $2 million contract to help Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency comb

State insurance regulators are close to doing to workers compensation coverage what they did to prop

The board of Corroon & Black Corp. Thursday named Richard M. Miller chairman, effective Jan. 1, 1990

Japan's private sector pension fund market, now valued at more than $210 billion, is expected to be

Transcon Inc. has announced plans to acquire ANR Freight System Inc. in a deal that will combine two

The rapid-fire pace of change in Czechoslovakia hasn't deterred a Las Vegas investor from moving ah

International Business Machines Corp. landed its largest single local order and one of the biggest a

A high-level Chinese delegation flies to Switzerland today after a post- crackdown hiatus to resume

The largest harbor-deepening project in Pacific Northwest history will begin in a few weeks under a

NO STATE FUNDS will be forthcoming to assist development of Florida seaports, at least not yet.<

Attempts to defraud unwary buyers with bogus sales of Nigerian oil have shown no signs of abating si

Dec. 6, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Anticipating growth in Vietnam's foreign trade, a shipping agency that is already very active in Chi

The Panamanian chosen by President Bush Tuesday to become acting administrator of the Panama Canal s

COAL COMPANY STARTS CHANNEL DREDGINGConsolidation Coal Sales Co. has started dredging its ac

Dockworkers in Albany, N.Y., are about 97 cents an hour in benefits away from making a contract with

The Port of Long Beach Tuesday broke ground on a 55-acre container terminal for Hanjin Shipping Co.<

1606 (Dec. 6, 1989) Previous day - 1610 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Ports will be entirely automated and deserted, devoid of human workers. Containerships will have dou

Some small Japanese-owned ships might be forced into lay-up as a result of the Bush administration's

George Washington University Medical Center is offering emergency medical consultations via satellit

Dec. 6, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

United Parcel Service Inc. was forced to negotiate its way through the labyrinth of change in Easter

At a hotel in the remote Soviet Far East, closer to Tokyo and Beijing than to Moscow, Jim Frahm prep

FRENCH TRAIN SHATTERS WORLD SPEED RECORDTOURS, France - The newest generation of France's hi

With insurers and their trade groups predicting legal challenges to the latest Proposition 103 regul

The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, one of America's most politically active unions, has com

The importance of making reports on insolvent American Mutual Insurance Co. to lawyers and state reg

Because of its poor soil conditions, Poland will be a sizable market for farm exports, particularly

New Jersey is pretty much of a mess when it comes to auto insurance: the highest rates, on a statewi

BRISTOL-MYERS ACCUSED OF POLLUTION VIOLATIONSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Bristol-Myers Co., one of the n

RJR Nabisco Inc. said Tuesday it completed the sale of its Del Monte tropical fruit business for $87

Signs of slowing U.S. growth could promote a "flight to quality" and help boost precious metal price

ELECTRONIC DATA INKS CONTRACT WITH MILITARYHERNDON, Va. - Electronic Data Corp. Wednesday sa

The state's House of Representatives Wednesday voted in favor of proposed legislation to roll back a

Standard & Poor's Corp. reaffirmed Axa Midi Assurances Group's claims-paying ability rating of AA+.<

This fall's drought could mean lower cattle prices in May and June and higher prices in July and Aug