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CIGNA REPORTS INCREASE IN THIRD-QUARTER NETCigna Corp. reported 1989 third-quarter net incom

LLOYD'S TO COMPENSATE DEFRAUDED MEMBERSLloyd's of London announced Thursday that is to set u

A state-underwritten earthquake insurance program for California has been proposed by three Californ

The French food and financial conglomerate Navigation Mixte received authorization Thursday to incre

A two-year-old trial method of processing health insurance claims is raising the cost of no-fault au

Suedzucker AG of West Germany agreed Thursday to pay nearly $740 million for a Belgian sugar maker i

Despite fears that a large earthquake would cause dozens of uncontrollable chemical accidents, exper

An 18th person has died as a result of a series of explosions at a plastics plant last month, and cr

Eastman Kodak Co. Thursday announced earnings of $329 million, or $1.02 per share, for the quarter e

Optimism is resurfacing in some circles of the U.S. wheat trade that the Soviet Union might soon bid

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Fearful of provoking China into barring it from the mainland's potentially lucrative markets, Japan

While stricter limits on Standard & Poors 500 index futures could cut into trading of the contract o

Acid rain control laws looming on the horizon could severely constrain the capacity of U.S. mining c

The fast-paced, peaceful political advances in East Germany presage similar alterations to the econo

Coal miners in the Vorkuta region of the Soviet Arctic are blocking coal shipments to other Soviet a

Administrators of Brazil's national shipbuilding fund have blocked release of financing for ships be

Officials acknowledge that a weak infrastructure is the main obstacle to future economic growth.

Mobil Corp. says its North Sea affiliate is proceeding with the Beryl gas pipeline project that will

US OFFICIAL PUSHES NEED FOR SERVICES PACTU.S. service industries are overall strong competit

Further evidence of the parlous state of China's coal industry emerged Thursday with a warning that

China renewed its attacks Thursday on allegedly substandard goods supplied by overseas companies, na

The life of a diplomat is not all sweetness and light. Mexican Consul Agustin Barrios Gomez, who wor

RULES OF ORIGIN - WHAT ARE THEY?: Rules of Origin are the laws, regulations and administrative pract

Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc. said Thursday it had raised its posted price for all grades o

Nov. 2, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement is an international accord established under the General Agreement on Ta

Exports in the first half of next year are likely to continue at the slower pace that has prevailed

China plans to construct several nuclear power plants between 1991 and the end of the decade to meet

The Savannah port community is reeling this week following the sudden elimination of 30 jobs at the

A congressional investigating agency says the Coast Guard still has a lot of hazardous waste cleanup

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1651 (Nov. 2, 1989) Previous day - 1647 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

With shippers demanding service guarantees, there'll be more diversity and more reliance on third pa

Japanese aircraft manufacturers covet Boeing Co.'s marketing expertise and will invest hundreds of m

Cocoa merchants in the United States are moving to change the standard contract they use to buy coco

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has undertaken a major restructuring of its port depar

In his first major speech as maritime administrator, Warren Leback offered an early blueprint Thursd

CONRAIL TO ACQUIRE 1,000 AUTO CARRIERSConsolidated Rail Corp. is acquiring 1,000 fully enclo

A sudden bankruptcy filing and a missed deadline have left two of the nation's largest trucking comp