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A major California insurance company has added more noise to the state's automobile insurance battle

Top manufacturing executives see the overall economy and the export sector slowing from their recent

NATIONAL STARCH INCREASES PRICESBRIDGEWATER, N.J. - National Starch & Chemical Corp.'s Adhes

Ashland Coal reported net income for the fourth quarter ended Sept. 30 of $7.3 million, or 48 cents

U.S. crude oil production declined in September to its lowest level in a decade, while imports conti

PLOTKINS, SEC SETTLE INTEX DISCLOSURE CASE- Two former officials of a computer software comp

Trans-West Express Ltd. has developed a satellite tracking system to monitor temperatures in its ref

U.S. shipbuilders have a two-step plan to get themselves out of their economic doldrums and into the

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CONSOLIDATED REPORTS INCOME OF $32.3 MILLIONMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways In

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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

Citicorp said Tuesday its third quarter earnings fell to $394 million, or $1.13 a share, from $528 m

Shipping industry analysts say they believe Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. will be sold, probably to E

This city's big steelworks and heavy machinery plant, an island of concrete carved out of a pine for

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LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC CO. (Louisville, Ky.) - Robert L. Royer, president and chief executive, to

INDONESIA TO SUPPORT TIN EXPORT PLANJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will support plans to con

South Korea is close to signing a formal agreement to open two trade offices each in China and the S

Uneven sales in the United States among leading Japanese automakers may mean Japan will not end its

For Americans, the year 1992 signifies the 500th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by a

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said Tuesday the fate of the multilateral trade negotiatio

International Design Forum 88. Oct. 19-23. World-reknown designers will be meeting with manufacturer

The world aviation industry has a bright future despite some problems on the horizon, executives at

EDI is too important to be left to the techies, a leading expert warns. When it comes to tur

Brent A. Stienecker, president of the Pacific Division of Crowley Maritime Corp., is pretty happy he

Bath Iron Works will pay only a fraction of a record $4.2 million fine for alleged health and safety

Ford Motor Co. Tuesday announced plans for its largest investment ever in Britain, a 725 million ($

The Federal Reserve reported in its beige book Tuesday that there is continued economic growth in mo

Price-to-earnings ratios of over 50 should not dissuade investors from the Japanese stock market.

A $2 billion harbor and navigation project bill and a package of ocean pollution control measures ha

Prompted by an airborne chemical spill last February, the National Transportation Safety Board Tuesd

Electronic data interchange's time has come. That's what Seiko Time Corp., Mahwah, N.J., bel

The truck was somewhere between Denver and Los Angeles. In the back was a load of temperature-sensit

This harbor faces a dilemma: its ship channels will choke up if new dump sites aren't found for its

If ever there was a modern-day David and Goliath story, it surely is Soviet President Mikhail Gorbac

A Texas gay rights group says it is discriminatory for a life insurance company to require people wh

Many of Silicon Valley's high-technology companies have a dirty little secret: In complying with gov