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Public interest in the U.S. presidential election is rising in Japan, mainlybecause many Jap

Orders to U.S. factories for manufactured goods dropped 1.9 percent in September, reflecting a steep

The U.S. dollar fell broadly Wednesday, hitting a six-month low against the Japanese yen, despite tw

The European Community's ambassador here warned U.S. government officials against excessively critic

American Re-Unsurance Co. relocated its headquaters to Princeton, N.J., from New York. <

MUNICH RE APPOINTS NEW BOARD MEMBERSFRANKFURT, West Germany - Helmut Haeusgen will retire fr

Health insurers should consider paying for some experimental drug therapies that desperately ill pat

Insurers are facing further Congressional scrutiny next year as Congress becomes concerned that insu

A California arbitration panel has ordered six reinsurers to pay the Mission Insurance Co. $92 milli

Come the start of 1989 underwriters at Lloyd's of London, the world's biggest insurance market, will

AETNA REPORTS DROP IN QUARTERLY RESULTSHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. reported

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

SWISS BANK, INSURER SELL STAKE IN UNION REZURICH, Switzerland - Swiss National Insurance Co.

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

FED GOVERNOR CAUTIONS EC ON BANK TREATMENTWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Gov. Robert Heller We

ARGENTINA - $1.25 billion from the World Bank, comprising $400 million for banking reform, $300 mill

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. (New York) - Richard Weingarten was named to manage this investment banking and

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Wed., Nov. 2, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Platinum prices hit a five-month high of $578 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday

Japan's policy-makers are unsure how to react to the recent insistence by the United States that Jap

PERUVIAN COPPER FIRM WARNS OF DELAYSLIMA, Peru - Southern Peru Copper Corp. Wednesday inform

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A U.S. company has teamed up with Chinese contractors to bid for construction of the box culvert par

It took the Drought of the Century, to level a mountain of corn piled up by increasing productivity,

Hard-pressed Yugoslavia is facing up to one of its biggest post-World War II challenges with a serie

Taiwan is taking more aggressive steps to ensure its export-oriented economy continues to have acces

Moscow's decision to relax rules for joint ventures should widen opportunities for U.S.-Soviet trade

CHINESE-SOVIET TRADE IS SURGING THIS YEARChinese-Soviet border trade for 1988 is expected to

JAPANESE TO SHOWCASE WASH. FOOD PRODUCTSOLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state will be represente

A bold effort to start a U.S. company aimed at denting Japan's manufacturing dominance in computer m

China's highest governing body is preparing to tighten further controls on institutional spending as

Facing allegations that he used his port position to solicit legal business and a free ride on the C

The Oakland Port Commission has decided to double-check its newly hired consultant for a possible co

LYKES BROS. STEAMSHIP CO. (New Orleans) - Bernard E. Champion was named vice president, Africa and S

A RECORD CROWD came out to honor the 1988 recipients of the Admiral of the Ocean Seas Award last Fri

A panel of Chinese visitors led by two Chinese maritime judges spent Tuesdayprowling the con

Foreign trade statistics on petrochemicals showed polypropylene leading exports in August, according

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently granted Roy F. Weston Inc. a permit for national u

Jackson (Jack) A. Baker, center, president of Sea-Land Service Inc., last Saturday received the Robe