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FRIGID WEATHER COSTS INSURERS $100 MILLIONInsured losses as a result of wind, ice and freezi

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The National Association of Independent Insurers will hold its 1989 personnel workshop on March 12-1

A free computer program that can generate 22 million insults has won the seal of approval of an orga

CAUSTIC SODA LCP Chemicals, Edison, N.J., a division of Hanlin Group, is increasing prices f

NJ CONFIRMS DAGGETT AS ENVIRONMENT CHIEFTRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey state Senate has conf

U.S. coal production will expand 1.5 percent a year to 2000, with the strongest growth occuring in W

An overcrowded ramp area, inadequate loading equipment and lax security measures are cited as major

Hong Kong Islands Line America SA Wednesday laid off about 18 of its sales and marketing employees a

With a powerful assist from their government, U.S. tobacco companies have made major inroads in Asia

The Maritime administration has updated its yearly survey of U.S. shipbuilding and repair facilities

Under a Bush administration ruling, U.S. exporters are expected to win easier access to China's mark

Lord Young, Britain's secretary of state for trade and industry, believes world trade negotiators st

SLOW AUTO SALES DAMPEN SPENDINGNEW YORK - January's lower-than-expected gain in personal spe

Waterfront labor and management officials will resume talks for a new contract covering 36 Atlantic

Mar. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low

Ocean Specialty Tankers Corp., a newly formed Houston-based company, said it agreed in principle to

BRAZIL'S CARAJAS BEGINS SEMIPROCESSED EXPORTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's huge Carajas miner

BellSouth Corp. announced it has reached agreement on assuming full control of Air Call Communicatio

The Bush administration must address certain problems within the next nine months in order to get on

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES (New York) - Jean Anderson, former chief counsel for the International Trade

The Soviet Union and China have raised transport and trade relations to a new high level, according

Quality control is a buzzword today in transportation, as major shippers tell shipping lines to make

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

At least 20 people were killed and more than 200 wounded late Monday in widespread violence and loot

The U.S. dollar traded mostly lower in a technical market Tuesday. Dealers said the dollar w

ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES CO. (Atlanta) - Debbie Rosen was named vice president, business develo

It was just another snapshot for the scrapbook, taken sometime after 1 p.m. on March 22, 1942, from

Georgia Insurance Commissioner Warren D. Evans pledged to launch a "sweeping reorganization" of the

One of nine U.S. Navy ships authorized for construction will bear the name of Connecticut's capitol

The European Community and the United States should be able to reconcile their differences over a ba

The National Food Processors Association questioned the methodology used by the Natural Resources De

The local company with a supposedly final agreement to buy the maker of Singer sewing machines is re

Union Pacific Corp. Creates New UnitBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Union Pacific Corp. has created a new u

Arthur Shebar gave notice to his boss at Sanyo Business Systems Corp. in North Bergen, N.J., that he

Mexico's maquiladora or twin-plant program has been a resounding success, but the nation may be runn

A key to survival in the specialty chemical market, where increasingly complex technologies result i

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The Japanese one-yen coin is about to make a comeback - and just about everyone is outraged about it

LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO. (Hicksville, N.Y.) - Several senior management appointments were announced