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Americans plan to spend more on Christmas gifts this year than in 1987 as consumer confidence runs h

100 FIRMS SETTLE TOXIC WASTE LAWSUITMore than 100 companies have agreed to pay $66 million t

Insurance companies doing business in California said they were moderately pleased with the state Su

The next few years should determine how many of America's hundreds of property/casualty insurance co

Legislation to eliminate gender-based rating probably will soon be introduced in the Iowa Legislatur

Women who accept a $725 compensation offer for injuries caused by Dalkon Shield birth-control device

A fresh wave of strikes that threatened to plunge Yugoslavia into a new round of labor unrest was te

A federal judge indicated Wednesday he probably will approve a proposed $48 million settlement for 8

We believe the time has come for the (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) to link trade to respe

Jordan has banned imports of olive oil from the Israeli-occupied West Bank in an apparent power stru

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A full-size luxury Ford sedan had the lowest insurance rates, while two flashy sports coupes by Gene

Insurance agents' groups are fulfilling their pledge to take the issue of transfer of insurance powe

HIGH COURT BLOCKS PLESSEY TAKEOVER BIDThe High Court on Thursday temporarily blocked General

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in quiet, but choppy trading. The dollar slid as some big

Security Pacific Trade Finance Inc., a subsidiary of Los-Angeles based Security Pacific National Ban

The subzone aspect of the U.S. free trade zone program, when looked at carefully, behaves like Dr. J

Massachusetts' budget crisis is so severe that Gov. Michael Dukakis has vetoed opening state trade o

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

BARBADOS - $500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank to help in the export of flowers and ot

HARMONIZED SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION - QUOTA CLASS TEXTILES. Customs has established the following proce

Opposition members threatened Thursday to boycott parliament unless Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi

Italy's leading private industrialist urged the adoption of a common currency among the 12 members o

DOLLAR-DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK (White Plains, N.Y.) - Nicholas P. Rizzetta was named executive vice pr

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

MERRILL LYNCH EXPECTS FURTHER DOLLAR DECLINENEW YORK - U.S. interest rates are expected to e

Thurs., Dec. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The might of the Canadian dollar, while a product of foreign confidence in the Canadian economy, is

SENDING SIGNALS can be a big part of economic policy, and President-elect Bush's top economic advise

GERMAN PAYMENTS MOVES INTO SURPLUSFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany has swung into a ba

Corn breeder Richard Pratt came to the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster

FIERCE STORM HEADING FOR BANGLADESH COASTDACCA, Bangladesh - Still picking up the pieces aft

Pepsico Inc. signed contracts allowing it to expand its capacity in the Soviet Union by five or sixf

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A declaration on international trade in services was worked out in Montreal by the assembled trade m

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Chicago transit official Sam Skinner will shortly receive the nod from President-elect Bush to succe

China's anti-inflation drive has not stopped its economic reform program, a top Chinese official sai

The aging profile of the world's tanker fleet could prove a welcome bonanza for ship repair yards, i

Several Caribbean states that have enjoyed preferential access to the European Community are fearing