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The Maritime Administration has agreed to reconsider a June policy decision allowing foreign-built v

Port of New York tugboat workers who endured a nine-month strike last year are now faced with renewe

Higher volumes of containers filled with Christmas goods from Asia and strong exports on both the At

After nearly 20 years together, Incotrans BV and Compagnie Generale Maritime are going their separat

The New York Mercantile Exchange's plans to place its contracts on an electronic, 24-hour trading ne

U.S. exporters of dried fruit and unshelled walnuts expect to lose most of their sales to the 12 nat

A new system for classifying all goods entering and leaving the United States is causing fewer probl

Imagine a stack of French toast piled halfway to the moon. Or enough sandwiches to circle th

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

Car rental companies have been hard put to come up with the kind of glamourousattention-getting prom

The prime rate is expected to be increased soon, perhaps today, if the U.S. employment data show str

Seattle, San Diego and Minneapolis/St. Paul set the pace for economic growth among the country's lar

New applications for unemployment insurance benefits increased to a seasonally adjusted 319,000 in t

EC CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 4.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERBRUSSELS, Belgium - Inflation on the consumer

The Christmas shopping season proved the best in nearly two years for the nation's largest general r

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH economists' forecasts as a cross-check on your business plans for

Union des Assurances de Paris, the largest French insurer, and Banque Nationale de Paris, will set u

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Linda B. Staniar was named vice president of the public rel

MELVIN BELLI, the San Francisco lawyer representing some of the Pan Am crash victims' survivors, com

Former Florida Insurance Commissioner and Treasurer Bill Gunter was named senior vice president of a

Premium rates for the federal government's flood insurance program likely will remain stable for the

Driven by heavy underwriting losses in automobile insurance, profitability in Canada's property/casu

ROYAL FINANCIAL BUYS MACCABEES LIFE STOCKSOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Maccabees Life Insurance Co. an

College may be good for your health, researchers say, citing data thatcollege-educated Ameri

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Thursday despite double dollar-selling intervention by the West German

Japan's foreign exchange reserves in December totaled a record $97.66 billion, up $515 million from

Bankers Trust New York Corp. has agreed to take a 49 percent stake in French stockbroker Didier Phil

A decision by the Federal Reserve Board to allow U.S. banks to accept foreign currency deposits star

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

AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK (New York) - Ronald Gironta, Shirley Goldlust, Lynne Miller and Donna Nelson

2 US TRADE OFFICIALS TO JOIN LAW FIRMDeputy U.S. Trade Representative Alan Holmer, currently

The U.S. dollar shot up 1 percent against the deutsche mark and Japanese yen Wednesday as the war of

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

When share prices collapsed on the Taipei stock exchange in September, a hopeful core of overseas p

Bullish sentiment about the outlook for 1989 boosted share prices across a wide range in Tokyo and b

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

CHILEAN CENTRAL BANK RESHUFFLING MANAGERSSANTIAGO, Chile - The Chilean central bank is condu

Securities brokerage Security Pacific Hoare Govett announced Wednesday it was getting out of the Bri

Wed., Jan. 4, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Venezuela's surprise decision to suspend principal payments on its $20.3 billion foreign debt is mos