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The Supreme Court, in rejecting a challenge to Iowa's insurance insolvency law this week, bolstered

Insurance regulators increasingly are looking to parent firms for both additional funding and as pos

Midwest grain farmers who survived the farm depression of the mid-1980s and the 1988 drought will ha

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., based in Wilmington, Del., said it is expanding nylon polymers capaci

Contract talks between Boeing Co. and striking machinists resumed Monday but there was little chance

Since its founding in 1980, Taiwan's science-based Hsinchu industrial park has attracted more than 1

When the 19th century newspaper editor Horace Greeley urged his eager young man to "Go West," he pro

Rising incomes, industrialization and a dynamic political climate will create opportunities for U.S.

The United States has thrown down the gauntlet on textile and apparel trade, saying it will consider

The White House and congressional leaders Tuesday agreed to raise the minimum wage to $4.25 an hour

A senior Treasury official sharply criticized the South Korean government Tuesday for artificially d

CARE REPRESENTS CONCORDE IN HOUSTONConcorde Line has named Care Shipping Inc. as its Houston

An official of Venezuela's state oil company disclosed that it is negotiating to acquire Citgo Petro

Precious metal futures prices declined following a stronger U.S. dollar on foreign exchange markets

EXPORT NEWS HELPS BOOST PORK BELLIESPork belly futures settled up the 200-point daily tradin

A whole new series of roadblocks will force California insurance companies to wait three months befo

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Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the federal government will investigate the extent o

GUENTHER TESCH SMILES QUIZZICALLY at reports that some carriers are experiencing a gradual shift of

Insurance buyers have a right to be treated fairly. They have the right to prompt settlement of just

Two producers of high-density polyethylene raised prices 3 cents and 5 cents a pound in response to

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UK MAY NOT ATTEMPT TO BLOCK JAGUAR DEALThe British government Tuesday said it was prepared t

CP Rail hopes to expand markedly in the United States to take advantage of increased north-south fre

FORUM RE GROUP HALTS PROPOSED MERGER PLANHAMILTON, Bermuda - A proposed merger plan between

The country's largest maker of plastic bottles has started the first commercial-scale production of

Europeans have rushed to buy shares in a new Disneyland under construction in France, responding to

Boeing Co. earned $242 million, or $1.05 a share, in the third quarter on revenue of $6.4 billion.

Lockheed Corp. is teaming up with Hong Kong and Chinese partners to create an aircraft maintenance c

Asia Terminals Ltd., one of three containerport operators in Hong Kong, is venturing into Southeast

SEAWAY STUDY TO FOCUS ON WINTER OPERATIONThe U.S. agency that oversees the St. Lawrence Seaw

Shearson Lehman has applied to be one of three licensed foreign brokerage houses in Taipei after the

1641 (Oct. 30, 1989) Previous day - 1636 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

EVEN THE U.S. TRUCKING INDUSTRY is thinking internationally these days. As a precursor to its annual

The Coast Guard is gearing up for some possibly testy commentary on its Great Lakes pilotage study r

COTTON FUTURES HAVE RETREATED from August's contract highs, even though the crop has deteriorated an

EX-IM BANK GIVES NOD FOR EXPORT LOANThe Export-Import Bank of the United States has approved

Initial reactions from the Bush administration indicate that U.S. trade officials are pleased with t

EC, JAPAN PLAN TALKS ON ECONOMICS, TRADEBRUSSELS, Belgium - High-level Japanese-EC consultat

Japan's economy should be deregulated in order to spur free-market competition, a blue-ribbon panel