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The Supreme Court Wednesday tackled the thorny interplay of employees' rights with the federal gover

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

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

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

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

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

Australian-based Ansett Transport Industries has taken over local cargo carrier Transcorp Airways ju

CF INCREASES CAPACITY TO TWO FLORIDA CITIESPALO ALTO, Calif. - CF AirFreight announced incre

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DREDGING WILL CLOSE MISSISSIPPI DURING DAYKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dredging of a rock shelf at Gra

The Port of Oakland said it was slightly ahead of budget projections for the first quarter of fiscal

CATERPILLAR INC. (Peoria, Ill.) This agricultural equipment manufacturer announced three executive

An Ohio pet shop owner outraged at brokers of smuggled and possibly diseased Mexican parrots helped

CHINA SETS IMPORT TAX ON SILK, SILK PRODUCTSChina's official Xinhua news agency reports that

* Buying in Paraguay 4A * Japanese Uneasy on US Overtures on Rice 6A* William Proxmire - Fed

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

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

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

Lithium Corp. of America announced list price increases of 3 percent to 6 percent for several produc

US West Financial Services Inc. will reduce its posture in airplane leasing, the company said.

SUPERCOMPUTERS RECORD FASTEST SPEEDS EVERCHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Several supercomputer programs ha

The plan to reorganize the group of companies clustered around the bankrupt United States Lines Inc.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Indian Commerce Ministry are expected to sign a memora

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A leading Polish shipbuilding executive Wednesday sought to reassure worried Western shipowners that

Insurance brokers might be left footing some of the bills for the world's worst single insurance los

Slow and outdated business practices are to blame for the plight in which several Lloyd's insurance

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

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

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

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

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

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

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Martha Hesse said she will continue to speed deregulat

SUN COMPLETES PURCHASE OF ATLANTIC PETROLEUMSun Co. of Philadelphia said it closed Tuesday o

One week after the controversial seizure of an Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying cocaine from Colom

TRAFFIC AT ROTTERDAM FLAT IN THIRD QUARTERROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Rotterdam, the world's la

Huge losses by American Freight System Inc. and Transcon Lines Inc. prevented the nation's largest t