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Shares in insurance companies have slipped recently due to Proposition 103 in California and the pro

Hissing, high-pressure steam - it heats skyscrapers, cooks vegetables, smooths creases in slacks. An

Through the first 10 months of the year, Petroleum Heat & Power Co., retailer of more home heating o

If you think you're the only one concerned with the rising costs of travel and entertainment, you mi

MEDIATION RESCHEDULED FOR NORTHWEST, UNIONST. PAUL, Minn. - The National Mediation Board has

A group of Soviet shipping executives is scheduled to arrive in the United States today for meeting

Richard Feldman, executive director of the Coalition of Americans to Protect Sports, said his group

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U.S. and Soviet negotiators are expected to sign a two-year grain sale agreement Monday, industry an

Ashland Coal Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire the stock of Coal-Mac Inc., a Kentucky coal p

Air cargo carriers this week capped months of debate and research by launching a program to heighten

The European Community asked the European Court of Justice for an interim ruling forcing Italy to le

OSI Product Integration Conference and Tutorials, Advance Program, Nov. 29- Dec. 2. McLean Hilton, M

Maritime lawyers in Hong Kong, like everyone else here, are looking toward 1997 when Britain has agr

Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Japan's largest steamship line, said it expects a rough economic environment in

David F. White has joined The Journal of Commerce as a maritime writer based in New York. Fo

MET LIFE TO ACQUIRE UNIT OF ALLSTATE GROUPNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

State and local officials, not the federal government, must take the lead in designing and financing

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

Lloyd's of London is attempting to restore some of its competitive edge with a planned reduction in

THIS WEEK: New England: Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, Manchester, N.H.Mid-Atlantic: N

Two former Energy Department officials Tuesday unveiled an ambitious plan of tax incentives and rese

Nov. 22, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

How the food was served at an election watching party here at the Canadian consulate Monday night wa

Guadalajara International Book Fair. Nov. 23-Dec. 4. Guadalajara, Mexico. Fair to focus on improving

From the grain docks at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, to high-technology factories in San Diego,

Robert Peavy, counsel and the de facto administrator of the new Transpacific Discussion Agreement, h

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Monday night election victory brought an almost audible sig

Finland will deliver a second atomic-powered icebreaker to the Soviet Union in the spring of 1989, a

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (Washington) - Catherine A. Dunston was named vice president,

Mexico's president-elect is calling for a bilateral trade agreement with the United States in return

The largest Chinese trade center in the United States will be formally opened Dec. 5 in Tulsa, Okla.

An airline subsidiary that runs a fleet of unregulated passenger vans at Seattle-Tacoma Internationa

qOne of the world's largest nickel refineries goes on the auction block early next year as part of t

AKZO HIKES PRICES OF SOME PEROXIDESAkzo Chemicals Inc. will be increasing list and off-list

The Federal Trade Commission filed an administrative complaint alleging that the formation of Hoechs

Shipping lines operating between Europe and Australia are forming a new consortium. The six

Incumbents on the two House and and Senate committees with jurisdiction over maritime matters fared

The French state utility, Electricite de France, postponed ordering its next nuclear power plant by

* U.S. Approves First Foreign Futures Contract 6A * H. Erich Heinemann - First Crisis for Ge