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Wayne E. Hedien, 55, was named chairman and chief executive at Allstate Insurance Group, effective J

EC, US STICK TO GUNS IN AEROSPACE AID ROWThe United States and the European Community Commis

WEST COAST SHIPPERS say eastbound truckload rates have hit rock bottom because of scant volumes.

The United States is considering whether to reopen an unfair trade practices case against the Europe

The Bush administration says it plans to come to the rescue of the African elephant, whose numbers a

The Spanish government is urging the European Commission to speed up work on a European Community ma

The Swiss consumer price index rose by 0.5 percent during April to 114.8 points (1982 - 100) followi

Heavy involvement of Crowley Maritime Corp. in cleanup of the Exxon Valdez oil spill is expected to

Some 550 top Soviet officials and U.S. business executives will meet in McLean, Va., next week to di

GROWTH FORECAST RAISED FOR JAPAN, W. EUROPEEconomic growth in Japan and Western Europe may b

The International Market Index futures and options contracts - the first index on foreign securities

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday, despite some profit-taking. Dealers said the

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

The head of a generic-drug company told Congress Thursday that the Food andDrug Administrati

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade reportedly has agreed to launch an investigation into Jap

May 11, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Department of Commerce district offices around the country are lining up events for World Trade Week

Declaring that the "free-wheeling days of Adam Smith are over in California," state Insurance Commis

The Commerce Department Thursday reported that retail sales rose a modest 0.4 percent in April, post

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The Soviet Union will auction foreign exchange for the first time later this month, the first step o

GE CAPITAL (Stamford, Conn.) - George V. Grune was named a managing director of the corporate financ

A strike by British dockworkers looks unlikely to be possible before May 22 after the High Court pos

Thu., May 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

A.T. Massey Coal Co. is working on a deal to buy out an Austrian steel company's interest in a West

Government officials, truck manufacturers and electronics experts in the European Community are exam

Eighteen Japanese and foreign airlines said Thursday they have applied to Japan's Ministry of Transp

Lloyd's of London is planning to introduce its first formal proficiency requirements for new underwr

Owners of the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, have agreed to pay about $100 million to

The Maritime Administration has approved Lykes Bros. Steamship Co's. request to sell a cargo vessel

Growth in U.S. exports to Hong Kong fell sharply in March from February, while shipments the other w

Top leaders of U.S. administration that took office Jan. 20, 1989, headed by President George Bush a

It was a predawn phone call Steve Peterson had hoped he'd never receive. In the darkness, th

About 100 feet from Horace Bell's house in DeLand, Fla., is a bee-yard with about 1,500 working bee

A dockworkers' strike at the Port of Hull is still in progress despite a court order to end the wild

The Environmental Protection Agency is failing to notify other countries about dangerous pesticides

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

J.P. FISHWICK RETIRES FROM NS BOARDROANOKE, Va. - John P. Fishwick, retired chairman of Norf

Port Kelang, the main shipping center of Malaysia, is planning to start using electronic communicati

SENATE PANEL VOTES IN FAVOR OF FSX DEALThe Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted narrowly