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Lewis J. Horowitz was appointed chairman and chief executive of this New York Stock Exchange subsidi

Hearings in a fraud case against five former members of Lloyd's of London in connection with the mis

INSURANCE GUARANTY FUNDS are in the news these days. The security funds, which protect polic

Farmers Group Inc.'s major life insurance subsidiary, Farmers New World Life, is a shareholder in Am

Angell Links Increases In Prices to WeatherWASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Governor Wayne Angel

Electricity consumers in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland are threatened by power shortages thi

The House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee is likely to approve a coal slurry pipeline bill th

A spokesman for the U.S. Trade Representative's Office denied that shipping has been removed from th

Statistics compiled on petrochemical trade for the 1988 first quarter by the National Petroleum Refi

Record Japanese purchases of foreign products reduced the country's trade surplus by 4.5 percent in

Nalco Chemical Co. announced that it has sold the assets of the domestic refractories business segme

Has the danger of computer viruses been exaggerated? Absolutely not!, says John McAfee, who, as pres

The cameras and cars and VCRs continue to flood U.S. shores from the tiny island nation half a world

1303.5 (June 3, 1988) Previous day - 1320.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

With fewer than 20,000 locomotives active in the fleets of major U.S. railroads, a vigorous and acti

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index began rising rapidly last week, breaking through its

An auto insurance reform bill is due today from a key Massachusetts Legislature committee, but obser

New Jersey legislative leaders pledged last week to keep their houses in session during the summer u

West Germany is taking a series of steps to open its telecommunications market wider to U.S. and oth

Evergreen Line may withdraw completely from the Caribbean trade, industry sources said. The

Call it Can Wars. Having just rebounded from years of staggering losses, the nation's steel

The outlook for employment and the economy is positive, but inflation will rise in the next several

Even negotiating help from President Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita probably wo

US TO IMPOSE DUTIES ON JAPANESE RUBBERThe International Trade Commission cleared the way for

As polypropylene becomes increasingly scarce, several major producers plan to make hay while the sun

INTERLEAF INC. (Cambridge, Mass.) - David L. Cross was appointed treasurer. He was treasurer at Kenn

Rep. Thomas A. Luken, D-Ohio, chairman of a key House subcommittee, has introduced a comprehensive b

For the week ended May 21 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 110

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

June 3, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

March 1988 - Quantities in 1,000s Export Totals Import TotalsF.A.S.

The dollar will remain stable or trend higher prior to the April trade deficit announcement on June

For the first time this year, the nation's civilian unemployment rate rose last month, the Labor Dep

BUNDESBANK SELLS DOLLARS AT FRANKFURTFRANKFURT, West Germany - The Bundesbank sold $27.6 mil

Sales of domestic cars and light trucks rose 14.8 percent in late May from year-earlier levels at al

The Wine and Spirits Shippers Association is close to signing a service contract with a major ocean

Hercules Inc. will spend more than $250 million over the next five yearsto achieve its environmental

Belgium's Solvay & Cie announced late last week that its U.S. subsidiary, Solvay America Inc., sold

MITSUBISHI TO ASSEMBLE CHIPS AT NC FACILITYDURHAM, N.C. - Mitsubishi Semiconductor America I

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said it expects its Common Fund on Commoditie