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TYCO TOYS TO BUY VIEW-MASTER IDEALTyco Toys Inc., the nation's No. 5 toymaker, announced tha

Wheat crop losses in Kansas this year could exceed $800 million, and drought- related economic fallo

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''Port Listen-In" Series, sponsored by ports and the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp., June 7,

A firmer dollar may result in lower metal prices, but crude oil and grains are not likely to be affe

While a higher dollar creates problems for Latin American debtors, the possiblity that it will force

In the wake of complaints from Texas consumer groups, architects of an insurance reform package rema

More than half of the insurance policies sold to supplement Medicare provide inadequate coverage for

A crazy quilt of state insurance regulations poses a tough obstacle for risk retention groups and f

A growing number of companies intend to require their employees to pay a greater share of their heal

Nearly two-thirds of Americans are too fat, and more than a third are at least 10 percent over the r

AIG EXECUTIVE GETS 1 TO 3 YEARS IN PRISONA former executive at American International Group,

State regulation of the emerging private insurance market for long-term care gives the elderly "a fa

A partner in a newly formed Boston law firm specializing in insurance says California consumers' rec

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

U.K. base rates rose 1 percentage point to 14 percent Wednesday following a signal from the Bank of

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday, but dealers said they suspected thedollar's upward

Canada's largest financial institution, Royal Bank of Canada, is cutting down on retail operations i

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

The International Monetary Fund approved new lending guidelines to help allay Third World debt.<

PRICES IN HONG KONG ROSE 9.45 PERCENT IN APRILHong Kong's consumer prices in April rose an a

The first commercial bonded warehouse in China was formally opened this week by Dutch-based Royal Ne

Compaq Computer Corp. has unveiled a new line of desktop computers that are so powerful they will cu

BUSINESSES, UNIVERSITY FORM CONSORTIUMA research consortium to explore high temperature supe

Telephone calls from the United States to China have tripled in volume since the political crisis in

The Maritime Administration has cleared two requests for the foreign resale of vessels originally bu

The huge pro-democracy demonstrations in China have been a revolution via fax machines, desktop comp

Booming business at Singapore's Keppel Corp. shipyards is having a beneficial spillover effect in th

A romantic era of U.S. maritime history ends this year when the last lighthouse tenders are replaced

SENATE PANEL TO DEBATE MARAD, FMC BUDGETSA Senate maritime subcommittee will meet June 1 on

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Japanese companies are using third countries as channels to reduce direct imports from South Africa

Hidden in the U.S. trade deficit statistics is an area of strength that seldom if ever is revealed b

The Army is investigating allegations that Action Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, which recently

The Exxon Valdez captain, Joseph Hazelwood, faces three new charges over the Alaska oil spill two mo

The Soviet Union soon may challenge the West by scrapping up to 100 aging submarines and surface war

Stoomvaart Maatschappij Zeeland (SMZ), the Dutch state-owned ferry company, unveiled a sharply highe

CNW Corp. said Tuesday that its seven nominees were elected to the railroad company's board of direc

The International Trade Commission cleared the way Tuesday for anti-dumping duties on industrial pow

The European Commission agreed on the outline of a plan for a "social charter" that would guarantee