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Fourteen states enacted tort reform legislation in the first half of 1988, according to a pro-tort r

Commercial bankers like to be seen, at the end of the day, as a trusting lot engaged in a simple bus

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, angered by insurance industry contributions opposing a California bal

MANVILLE, AETNA SETTLE INSURANCE DISPUTESManville Corp. reached an agreement with The Aetna

A three-judge appeals panel on Wednesday reversed a $62,000 jury verdict against a company blamed fo

Auto insurance rates will rise an average of $95 a car for nearly half of New Jersey's policyholders

Just when business travelers thought they had the answers to controlling those outrageous telephone

Australian coal exports have been disrupted slightly by a seven-day miners' strike which began Tuesd

NYMEX ADDS CLOUD POINT TO OIL SPECIFICATIONSA cloud point specification of 15 degrees Fahren

The state Board of Public Utilities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a an agreement permitting

COURT SAYS SUNOLIN SUBJECT TO REGULATIONTRENTON, N.J. - An appeals court ruled that a chemic

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak beware, your place in computer history is in danger. Sure, most

The introduction of EDI Central took so long that even GE Information Services' competitors say they

Supplies of key petroleum products followed normal seasonal patterns last week, with gasoline declin

COMPUTER PROGRAM REVOLUTIONARY FOR MATHSANTA CLARA, Calif. - British-born whiz kid Stephen W

Understanding Telecommunications Technologies for Non-Engineers, two-day seminar, July 7-8. Madison

Talk is one thing. Understanding is another. GE Information Services is offering a new softw

Southwest Airlines continues to defy conventional airline industry wisdom, and for a very good reaso

Last month, Belgians began enjoying direct shipments of fresh halibut, king crab and salmon from Ala

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1186.0 (July 7, 1988) Previous day - 1200.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

Out-of-court settlements to survivors of 57 soldiers killed in a 1985 Arrow Air crash have averaged

Airlift International, a near-ghost of airlines past, has filed a reorganization plan that would all

G.D. Searle & Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto Co., completed the purchase of a French pharmaceutical m

FERRO IMPLEMENTS NEW PRICING POLICYBEDFORD, Ohio - The Bedford Chemical division of Ferro Co

Custom and toll processing of minerals, plastics and other materials is forecast to grow 4.5 percent

Scientists Tuesday began inoculating an acre of corn stalks in the first field test of a genetically

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has announced a $50 million expansion project that will triple manufac

BASF HIKES CAPACITY FOR 1,4-BUTANEDIALPARSIPPANY, N.J. - BASF Corp.'s Chemicals division is

The fine chemical spot market seems to have succumbed to the summer heat and taken a siesta.

BFGoodrich Co. signed a letter of intent to sell the majority of the business units in its fabricate

BILL LETS BANKS HANDLE SOME INSURANCE DEALSWASHINGTON - The chairman of the House Banking Co

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Proanagen Corp. of Pittsburgh, Schering-Plough Corp. of Kenilworth, N.J., and Shiseido Co. of Tokyo

Tugboat union President Albert Cornette was charged with criminal mischief and riot Thursday after a

A steel shortage that has squeezed small manufacturers for the last year may be nearing an end, anal

South Korea has pledged to reduce tariff rates on 16 U.S. fish products by 1993, but rejected U.S. d

A new company, the Great Atlantic and Pacific Shipping Corp., has agreed in principle to acquire the

Faster processing of goods, more uniform tariff classification rulings, and an improved inspection s

INCORRECT VESSEL ARRIVALS FOR QUOTA ENTRIES. Effective immediately, the following procedures must b