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Robert H. Walker may have swiped more than $20 million from the insurance company he led before it b

Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., President Bush's nominee for secretary of health and human services, came u

WHAT IT IS: Legislation proposed to require employers to provide a minimum package of health insuran

A Michigan family that pays $1,000 a year for auto insurance could eventually save up to $350 annual

While Georgia legislators are considering a raft of consumer-related bills submitted by the state In

A flock of consumer-related bills submitted by the state insurance commissioner are moving quickly t

NJ FINES 6 INSURERS A TOTAL OF $28,000TRENTON, N.J. - Six insurance companies have been fine

The shake-up in marine hull insurance markets generated by continued competition for business has sp

Lloyd's of London has welcomed a U.S. Treasury report on the tax treatment of Lloyd's members in the

MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Newark, N.J.) - Donald R. Sondergeld was named executive vice pre

Petroleum tankship operations. Course for shoreside personnel. Feb. 27-March 2. World Trade Institut

Protests from foreign shippers of containers continued to pour into the offices of port authorities

The winter sun sets early in this Scandinavian country, with skies darkening by about 3 p.m.

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS OF NEW YORK (Albany, N.Y.) - Paul F. Van Ryn was named executive directo

A West German team has found two coal deposits containing about 93 million tons of coal worth an est

MEXICO TO INCREASE OIL PRICES, CUT EXPORTSMexico plans to raise some crude prices by 10 cent

Brazil's Candiota coal mine recently set a single-day output record to produce supplies needed for t

The Paris Commercial Court has postponed until mid-March a ruling on whether the latest route-swap a

It used to be that "Aloha" was only a pleasant greeting or a fond farewell. Today, particula

PAN AM REGISTERS FOURTH-QUARTER LOSSPan Am Corp. in the fourth quarter lost $51.7 million on

By 5 p.m. on any afternoon, the landing lights of one airplane after another stretch like a shimmeri

Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner has ordered creation of a task force to review competition i

British Airways PLC has decided to wait in line behind Aer Lingus with its application to offer "fif

U.S. and other Western creditor countries may need to forgo loan payments in order to revive the eco

EASTERN FINANCIAL WOES PRESENT BLEAK FUTURENEW YORK - Eastern Air Lines, the embattled Texas

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Britain's largest industrial company, reported record 1988 net pro

Britain's farmers fully support the more pragmatic position emerging from Washington on the question

For the second time in two weeks, the Federal Reserve hiked market interest rates Thursday to counte

THE DOLLAR'S VALUE CAN STAY in its current range for years to come, because American exporters are n

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade isn't dead, but the grim reaper is casting some shadows o

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

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Global Banker: David Novick o

Airborne Freight Corp. says it will decide in the next three months whether to pull almost 10,000 to

Steamship agents will be able to obtain their own standard carrier codes for use when a new bill of

The Mexican government has backed down, at least temporarily, on a new 2 percent asset tax that woul

The chemical industry is inexorably moving toward electronic communications systems as a response to

Leasing rates for ocean cargo containers are on the rise again in Asia, and many in the industry thi

The Port of Oakland plans to abandon its controversial top executive bonus system. Instead,

TEAMSTERS TRIAL DATE POSTPONED TO MARCH 13NEW YORK - The federal government's racketeering t

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