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Five maritime unions raised a constitutional issue to support their legal challenge to the Reagan ad

Iranian gunboats attacked a Spanish freighter and a Liberian tanker in the Persian Gulf Monday, and

A backlog of about 500 trucks continued to wait for car ferry service across the English Channel whi

The American Association of Port Authorities supports Senate legislation authorizing $1.1 billion fo

The U.S. dollar declined against the Japanese yen Monday on fears Japanese life insurance companies

More than 1 million color televisions, one of China's hottest consumer items, lie unwatched in wareh

The following prices were supplied by Merrill Lynch, New York. Ranges are in cents per dollar of ori

Sharply higher prices for gold and copper spurred Benguet Corp. of the Philippines into profit for 1

Don't write off trade and protectionism as an election issue quite yet. Like a brush fire re

Prudential Insurance Co. of America reported that operating income before dividends and federal inco

Finance for development has been on the wrong track for most poor debtor countries ever since the in

Prudential goosed my rates 836 percent - it's PRUdiculous! proclaims a 50- foot-wide billboard visib

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The nation's property/casualty insurers reported that operating income for the fourth quarter ending

AMERICAN GENERAL CORP. (Houston) - Joe D. Heusi was named president and chief executive at Maryland

Connecticut employers seeking to buy group health insurance face premiums that have risen 20 percent

CNA Insurance Cos. and Poe & Associates Inc. announced last week a premium reduction plan for dental

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Insurance companies should pay for efforts to detect cancer early in return for slightly higher prem

BATUS Inc. said Monday in a prepared release that it has begun the solicitation of proxies from stoc

Philippines Seeks World Bank LoanMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines will seek a $150 mill

Insurance professionals, who uphold sound rate-making principles in theory, may fail to put them int

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Mon, March 21, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The dynamic economies of Asia are proof that capitalism, not communism, is the road to prosperity, s

Conference to Discuss Suit Against InsurersThe New York attorney general's office is schedul

AUTOMATED MANIFEST SYSTEM. California United Terminals, online with the Customs Automated Manifest S

The Argentine government and the Buenos Aires Grain Futures Exchange have reached agreement on how a

BANK LEUMI TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK (New York) - Mordecai Hacohen was named senior vice president of th

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Agriculture Remains GATT Stumbling BlockCONSTANCE, West Germany - Trade ministers from 27 co

Minnesota is taking steps to greatly expand its trade with China. Former Vice President Walt

Hanes Unit Opens Plant in Puerto RicoGUANICA, Puerto Rico - Hanes Menswear Inc., a subsidiar

Brazil will not change the way it distributes its monthly quota allocated by the International Coffe

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Foreign suppliers of telecommunications equipment are taking a cautious view of Washington's request

Differences in the way countries tax fringe benefits can hurt companies' international competitivene

The United States appeared to toughen its negotiating position on a proposed $27 billion increase in

Investment in plant and equipment by U.S. business is likely to increase about 8.8 percent this year