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A captive insurance company formed by the Illinois State Bar Association has begun issuing professio

Insurance companies shouldn't let prices fall too far for commercial property/casualty insurance, an

American Mutual Insurance Cos. will cease writing personal lines in six states even as it hopes to c

A report from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago suggested that Midwest communities and states shou

Murray Lawrence was re-elected chairman of Lloyd's of London on Wednesday for another year from Jan.

Economic growth in MidAmerica will be keeping pace with the rest of the nation, ending the region's

Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., is reorganizing its international operations, naming David H. Bren

MidAmerica companies are expressing greater interest in investing in China, state trade promotion of

Mid-West Advisory Board, annual meeting, Jan. 18-19, Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee. Primary panels on rai

The 1980s have not been kind to Main Street businesses in rural Kansas. But in the past two

The use of the global swap market to hedge interest rate and currency risks is growing rapidly.<

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

Morgan Grenfell Group PLC's announcement that it will eliminate 450 jobs is part of a continuing dow

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

Leading European chemical companies Wednesday urged the European Community todraw up legisla

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - R. Thomas Decker, executive vice president, was named to head the

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cruised past the New York Stock Exchange in a motorcade Wednesday, b

W. GERMAN STATE TO SELL BANK STAKEFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German state of Hesse s

Wed, Dec. 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Australia's three major private banks are enjoying record profits and solid growth. Westpac

NO DATE SET YET FOR US-SOVIET SUMMITPresident Reagan Wednesday said no date has been set yet

U.S. automakers began December with higher than normal supplies of unsold cars and trucks, and analy

Soviet businessman Anatoly I. Kondrashov is keen for the hoopla surrounding Soviet leader Mikhail Go

Japanese police raided the offices of two domestic companies Wednesday seeking evidence to support g

The Soviet merchant fleet, one of the world's largest, is looking to expand its presence in the U.S.

Any agreement on freer trade in services must include labor-intensive service industries in which th

Trade ministers from the 96 signatories of the General Agreement on Tariff and Trade negotiated unti

New Year's will bring a new system of commodity classification to U.S. Customs, but changes in the o

The U.S. dollar rose sharply on world currency markets Wednesday as Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev

China hopes there will be no more multilateral agreements limiting trade in textiles after the prese

LONDON - BEWARE 1992, UNITED STATES electronic data interchange users. Europe's plans for li

NORFOLK SOUTHERN SEEKS NOD ON WORKERS' PLANNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp.'s newest vo

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Tuesday on a bullish economic forecast from a key economic adviser to

World economic growth is likely to continue as long as the incoming U.S. administration can gain the

Japan should increase its yen-denominated trade to take on a heavier burden in adjusting world trade

The use of currency options by U.S. exporters appears to be exploding, according to a survey by Gree

Tues., Dec. 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

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

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