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Insurance companies in California can - between now and Nov. 8 - still raise rates, simply by filin

Fears of Japanese domination have thwarted a plan to establish a private- sector affiliate of the As

Nedlloyd Air Cargo and MSAS Cargo International will either exchange or merge air freight activities

Four congressmen are asking the Bush administration to examine a New York investor group's efforts t

Britain's trucking industry is becoming increasingly concerned that the country's chronic problem of

APPLE PROCESSOR GETS TOUGH ON ALARSELAH, Wash. - Tree Top, the nation's largest apple proces

Shipping lines serving Brazil are responding on an ad hoc basis to the port congestion and sporadic

A contract to train Canadian government officials in the management of shipbuilding and ship repair

DON'T RAISE QUOTAS, EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL URGESABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Egyptian Oil Mi

Federal mediation of the labor dispute between Pittston Coal Group Inc. and striking members of the

PRESIDENT BUSH STOPPED for a couple of hours in Austin, Texas, about 10 days ago to restate his ener

The Bush administration, at the urging of business groups, is expected to recommend wide-reaching ch

The Agency for International Development will host two conferences this month to explain how U.S. co

POLISH LEADER URGES POSITIVE ECONOMY VIEWWARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Mieczyslaw F. Rakow

BIEHL & CO. (Houston) - Ben Solis was named coordinator of sales, traffic and tariffs for Naviera N

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

The Maritime Administration has awarded two contracts for maintenance and repair work on the Golden

Greek dockworkers will cease all work today and Tuesday after 15 days of partial strikes, a Greek ma

The Department of Transportation awarded 16 air charter flights for U.S.-Japan service to eight airl

CSX UNIT NAMES CURRIE VICE PRESIDENTJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Earl J. Currie takes the post of vi

On the last day of March, a tank truck came hurtling down a Middle Township road in Pennsylvania's D

The government should allow certain levels of toxic pollution in the air and drop the current goal o

STANDARD & POOR'S: RULING FAVORS INSURERSStandard & Poor's announced Friday that although th

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought coal for its plants in Widows Creek, Ala., and Kingsto

Despite Republican Party aims to get the government out of agriculture, a bitter debate over subsidi

While British insurance companies active in California are concerned about last week's ruling to uph

The nation's life insurance industry voiced concern that the California Supreme Court generally uphe

The government is discussing terms for a second loan from the Asian Development Bank for work on its

May 5, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Lower oil prices last week put a halt to a rise in The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, b

SODIUM CHLORIDE Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn., said it will increase off-list prices of its Te

To those who cling to the notion that only the largest companies can export successfully, David Radi

Air Express International, the large international air freight forwarder, earned $1.2 million, or 24

INDUSTRIAL ORDERS RISE 3.3 PERCENT IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German indust

ITALIAN ISLAND SUES OVER CIGARETTE'S NAMELOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Italian island of Capri wants

The Argentine government is almost broke and is asking local businessmen for a $500 million loan.

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Despite a strong consumer movement, insurance industry officials and consumer representatives see no

WHAT IT IS: The McKinsey Report, officially titled "Developing a StrategicVision for U.S. Cu

Amax Inc. plans to acquire a coal company in an effort to build its energy business and offset the c