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

USAA, the insurance company for military officers and dependents, is kicking off a new insurer-led d

The dollar declined broadly Wednesday despite talk of Federal Reserve intervention to support the U.

Soviets Establishing Cooperative BankMOSCOW - The Soviet Union is establishing a cooperative

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange has added futures and options trading on the British pound and the S

Iran has reportedly asked Argentina to end its 45-day-old embargo on grain shipments, after making a

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., flagship of entrepreneur Li Ka-shing, reported that its profit rose 23

Austrians are worried that the uproar over President Kurt Waldheim is bad for exports and may also m

Federal spending averaged nearly $3,433 an American in 1987, about $41 more than the year before, th

Virtually all of the major U.S. railroads, with the exception of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. and

Vatican Radio to Help Produce, Market CDsVatican Radio and an Italian record company agreed

Brazil's Unitron Engenharia Industria e Comercio Ltda. at least temporarily sidestepped a government

Occidental Petroleum Corp. announced Wednesday that effective April 1, its Cities Service Co. subsid

An appeals court upheld federal regulators' refusal to let Columbia Natural Gas Transmission Corp.,

Two major Kentucky coal companies shut down mines during the past week but a third producer disclose

Seattle Panel to Define Port Director DutiesA panel of 19 waterfront and community leaders t

Iraqi warplanes attacked a Cypriot tanker off Iran's coast Wednesday. In another development

The Maritime Administration has released a newly developed automated information system for use by p

Officials Break Ground For US-Europe LinkMcLEAN, Va. - Officials from both sides of the Atla

The effects of the weaker dollar on its civil aircraft sales caused British Aerospace PLC to experie

Two of the nation's largest maritime unions said Wednesday they had completed their merger.

DOT's Burnley, Senator To Address Air PanelIn response to a request from Transportation Secr

Difficult market conditions in the offshore sector left Wilh. Wilhelmsen with another deficit in fis

ALEXANDER & ALEXANDER SERVICES INC. (New York) - Ralph M. Wilson was named vice president, western d

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Roger Singer likely will not allow motorists to delay paying la

The first concrete step in revamping supervision of Hong Kong's battered securities industry comes t

DAIWA SECURITIES AMERICA (New York) - Philip E. Zachary was named executive vice president and chief

The Commercial Court in London ruled that the legal proceedings brought against New York-based Donal

The banana usually isn't considered a passion fruit, but Greeks are generating a remarkable amount o

AVIATION Cargo hold changes under study by FAA. 2BBritish Aerospace posted a loss for 1987.

Six years after President Reagan demanded that space shuttle security be upgraded, the National Aero

Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Mo, threw himself quickly into the trade bill fray Wednesday by declaring t

The nation's railroads have offered their labor unions a proposed settlement on job protection in an

A venerable shipping name, American President Cos., has surfaced as a possible takeover target now t

U.S. carmakers Wednesday accused five Japanese automakers of dumping compact trucks in theU.S. marke

Union Carbide Corp. has reinforced widespread industry projections of potential short-term polyethyl

WHAT DO TRAFFIC MANAGERS THINK of letting 18-year-olds drive those big rigs? I don't like it

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 2.17

Essex Life Insurance Co., the first independent carrier to be certified by the New Jersey Insurance

China Considering Futures MarketsChina is considering opening commodity futures markets, the