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CAT FUND BILL WINS PA. HOUSE APPROVALHARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania House of Representat

European insurance companies have leaped ahead of their U.S. competitors in the use of global electr

FOREIGN AUTOMAKERS JOIN INCENTIVES WARForeign automakers are joining the incentives war of t

Portugal has told European Community foreign ministers that the negotiating objectives agreed to in

The Bowaters Amendment to the Jones Act permits a waiver of the law's citizenship requirement for a

Sun Microsystems Inc. is only seven years old, but the Mountain View, Calif., computer company burst

The Boeing Co. may not be able to build its jumbo 747-400s fast enough to meet a revised schedule th

The repeal of West Germany's withholding tax on interest income could go into effect as soon as July

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Apr. 25, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Lo

1621 (Apr. 25, 1989) Previous day - 1619 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The nation's property/casualty insurers are paying $1.7 billion more a year in income taxes as a res

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

PPG Industries Inc. would like to expand its lone investment in Mexico beyond the paint factory it o

There are about 30 new Porsches lined up in the parking lot of Bill Cook's dealership in Farmington

Apr. 24, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Makers of a new highway barrier say their sand-filled bins may be better at preventing accidents tha

Maritime Administration statistics show that there were fewer vessels but more carrying capacity in

A cleanup crew has finished scrubbing oil from a 10-mile stretch of Molokai Island's shoreline, but

Mon., Apr. 24, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Market analysts say they still expect a 0.5-point increase in Japan's discount rate, but they are un

Employees who work for a railroad's trucking subsidiary are not rail workers and therefore may not r

LEAKING EXXON BARGE IS CLEANED UP IN LA.BAYOU SORREL, La. - Tanker trucks hauled the last of

Leather '89 opened here Monday by overflowing every available inch of space in a new exhibition cent

Seaports throughout the world will have to modify their facilities to prepare for the coming generat

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The Justice Department is investigating allegations of fraud involving a contractor hired by the Cu

INSURER TRADE GROUPS DROP PLANS TO MERGEThe National Association of Independent Insurers and

Alcohol manufacturers and their insurers will be closely watching a case involving a woman who is su

DIGITAL DYSLEXIA. That's what most corporations suffer from when it comes to exploiting full

Federal Express Corp., new owner of Flying Tiger Line Inc., asked the Department of Transportation t

Ryder System Inc.'s first quarter earnings fell to $26.2 million, or 31 cents a share, from $37.3 mi

U.S. Great Lakes ports say their grain business so far this year is off to a good start and year-end

Shell has completed its purchase of the majority of theSingaporegovernment's petrochemical stake, de

Soybean complex futures showed some improvement over the past two weeks, following late March's shar

The Supreme Court has agreed to judge the constitutionality of the federal program that encourages t

The world's largest producer of silk is working hard to develop synthetics that feel and look as goo

Great Lakes interests were frustrated, while the rest of the maritime industry breathed sighs of rel

The story of a small and once innovative machine tool firm closed down under the weight of a leverag