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Thomas B. Wheeler was named chief executive at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., this life in

Companies in the western suburbs of Chicago have a new organization to assist them in cracking overs

HERCULES GETTING OUT OF COTTON CHEMICALSWILMINGTON, Del. - Hercules Inc. announced that it i

Contrary to claims made by the Deukmejian administration, work-related deaths in the private sector

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday despite an increase in the U.S. prime rate to 10 percent from 9.5

West German Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said Thursday that a further rise in the dollar wou

A sharp upward revision to retail sales in May is a sure sign of consumer momentum and continued str

Japan must keep up its efforts to reduce international economic imbalances, the Organization for Eco

It's not what you eat, it's where. Track repair gangs on the former Louisville & Nashville R

It used to be that shippers looked at air service only as a last resort in times of emergency.

BORG-WARNER HIKES PRICESPARKERSBURG, W.Va. - Borg-Warner Chemicals Inc. is increasing the pr

Dirty needles, blood vials and other infectious hospital waste found this summer on East Coast beach

CF PLANS EXPANSION INTO HEAVY CARGO MARTPALO ALTO, Calif. - CF AirFreight announced plans Th

As New Jersey drivers shouldered three insurance increases this year, lawmakers and the Kean adminis

Thu., Aug. 11, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/11 8/10 Chan

SENATE PANEL APPROVES REAGAN ITC NOMINEESPresident Reagan's nominations of Ronald Cass and D

A major pilots group Wednesday strengthened its drive for a national aviation policy with results fr

TRUCKERS' SOFTWARE CALCULATES MILEAGESKOKIE, Ill. - A mileage calculation program designed f

WELCOME, WAS THE REFRAIN heard aboard the Gazela Philadelphia, with an immediate, I shouldn't be say

An air of uncertainty surrounds today's resumption of contract talks between the Teamsters union and

A good way to measure the economic health of Cameroon is to monitor beer consumption, and right now

The Senate is expected to vote on the textile-footwear import quotas bill the second week in Septemb

Insurance commissioners are urging Congress not to enact revisions of federal racketeering laws that

Japan's overall trade surplus in July climbed to nearly $7.2 billion, including $4.5 billion with t

Tuesday's Court of Appeals ruling against the longshore 50-mile rule opens what appears to be the fi

Union dockworkers might have lost a fight when a U.S. Appeals Court in Washington said Tuesday that

Two of Britain's largest insurance companies, Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC and General Acciden

The underwriting operations of Canada's property/casualty industry recorded a loss of C$178.8 millio

STOCKS, BONDS TUMBLE ON RATE JITTERSNEW YORK - Stock and bond prices fell sharply here and a

Financing daily expenses at Eastern Airlines has become an increasingly painful task, as the planned

Changing existing federal law to extend intercity U.S. air rights to foreign cargo and passenger air

25 PERCENT OF VENTILATING FANS IN NY SUBWAYS FAULTYMore than 25 percent of the giant emergen

A new service offered by Transax/RATES will allow subscribers to the maritime database service to se

A small Iraqi cargo boat is waiting outside the Strait of Hormuz to become the first Iraqi-flagged v

Seattle port commissioners voted Tuesday to end a rule that allowed prime contractors to put off nam

Heavy truck sales cooled slightly in July but the midsummer breather barely stirred a breeze in what

Construction has begun on a $400 million paraxylene plant on the southern coast of Indonesia's main

Lumber exports to Japan are showing signs of picking up again as the high- inventory, high-dollar sl

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association requested the Reagan administration probe Argentina's d