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Citing the compatibility of the two insurance operations, U.K. investor Sir James Goldsmith announce

The California Insurance Department will seek an estimated $110 million in rollbacks from six more i

Pakistan and Hong Kong have signed a reciprocal agreement with the United States that allows certain

Foreign investment in Portugal is growing rapidly as the European Community prepares for a unified m

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Wednesday, largely in reaction to a sharp plunge in the British pound,

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

The latest U.S. car sales figures show increases from 1988 levels for Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Co

NL Industries Inc., a Houston-based company controlled by Dallas investor Harold Simmons, is prepare

Sherwin-Williams Co. of Cleveland said it reached an agreement to acquire the Chemical Coatings Grou

A plan by Ivory Coast to revitalize the International Cocoa Agreement by persuading Malaysia to join

The tangled web of issues and allegations raised during the 15-week trial of two former members of t

Westronix Inc., a contract manufacturer of electronics, Wednesday said it had agreed to acquire Rose

JAPANESE PREMIER SLATES BOSTON VISITJapanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is scheduled to vi

A Mexican developer of "maquiladora" plants is teaming up with the former chief of Puerto Rico's eco

Our question today, trivia lovers, is trickier than it appears: What is the difference between Stoli

Boston Edison Co. received permission to increase the power of its Pilgrim nuclear plant up to 75 pe

RICKLEFS TO LEAD CONSULTING COMPANYISELIN, N.J. John L. Ricklefs was named managing director

Striking union coal miners gained support Wednesday from AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland on a day of

Crude oil imports reached their highest one-week level since 1979, the American Petroleum Institute'

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. overcame a fall in operating profit to post a 33 percent gain in net ear

CRUISE SHIP TO MAKE FIRST NEW YORK CALLThe Port of New York and New Jersey on Monday will we

The recent dock strike cost Liverpool more than 1 million ($1.5 million), the port's owners reveale

An oil industry trade group criticized a proposal by Florida Gov. Bob Martinez to move tanker shippi

A U.S. appeals court upheld a 1987 Maritime Administration rule that allows certain subsidy-built oi

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Shipping is Britain's third-largest source of invisible overseas earnings after financial services a

A shortage of blue-collar workers at Electric Boat could force the shipbuilder to shift some of its

The importance of Hartsfield International Airport is underscored dramatically by results of the fir

TEXAS GOVERNOR CALLS SPECIAL NOV. 14 SESSIONAUSTIN, Texas - Texas Gov. Bill Clements this we

The Interstate Commerce Commission is attempting to intervene in a truck rate dispute in a Minnesota

Gilbert E. Carmichael, the new head of the Federal Railroad Administration, said his priorities are

South Korean companies are expected to show a weak performance in the second half of 1989, much as t

PAYMENTS DEFICIT WIDENS IN UKThe United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted current account defici

Although Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures have slipped back toward contract lows this week, mark

Imperial Bank, a medium-sized bank based in Los Angeles, is at the forefront of a growing national t

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Calendar year 1988 was the best year since 1970 in the amount of shipping capacity lost in wrecks, f

The New York Mercantile Exchange Board of Governors voted late Tuesday to drop four foreign crude oi

Van Ommeren Ceteco, an international transport and trading conglomerate, said it made a net profit o

Six auto insurance companies were ordered by Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin to return more tha