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A third bill has been added to the stack of federal legislation that has followed the catastrophic o

In a desert ceremony last December, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of North Yemen turned a tap and tra

Annuities Purchased In Challenger ClaimsThe federal government and Morton Thiokol Inc., boug

The U.S. dollar tumbled to a five-week low against the deutsche mark Monday and was broadly lower ag

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - J. William Hanlon was named vice president and director of rese

The U.S. futures industry is expecting another banner year for trading following the most successful

Just how independent is the Federal Reserve? Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, tried to disp

Senate Banking Panel Sets Hearing on CrashWASHINGTON - The Senate Banking Committee has sche

A Shanghai bank will issue Visa traveler's checks, the first in China to do so, the San Mateo, Calif

Citibank is ranked the highest in foreign exchange capabilities, according to a survey of some 100 F

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

A private investment agency inspired by Ireland's example has helped draw $7.6 million in new U.S. i

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

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

Mon., March 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Xueqian says the United States shouldn't have suspended efforts to relax

Years ago, Tom Kennedy used to drive his truck to the end of the entrance ramp of a highway and swin

Neoax Has Pact to Buy IU International Corp.STAMFORD, Conn. - Neoax Inc. said it reached an

Electronic data interchange is one industry where reading the phone book can be fun. Before

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Sparring between the United Auto Workers and Mack Trucks Inc. continued as the union formally kicked

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The Federal Maritime Commission has agreed on somewhat tighter rules to govern how carrier rate conf

Peter Gruenewald walks through the work area where a solitary worker is painting a ship, the only on

The Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, or PRMSA, outbid Sea-Land Services Inc. in a bankruptcy

The burgeoning middle and upper classes of the Pacific Rim are being targeted by U.S.-based insurers

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the owner of the State Farm Insurance Cos. and the grou

Unisex legislation proposed in West Virginia will force young women in the state to pay nearly 23 pe

Half of the state medical malpractice residual markets could collapse if investment income declines

The formation of an important new force in aviation and North American non- marine insurance broking

American Express Co. and Fireman's Fund Corp. announced Monday an agreement under which Fireman's Fu

Insurance industry computers need to learn to talk to each other before they can communicate with ot

Five major airlines allow flight crews to bypass metal detectors at Los Angeles International Airpor

Pan American World Airways named two new vice presidents. William R. Lange was selected to b

Arco International Plans Move to TexasAtlantic Richfield Co. said Friday that the corporate

Despite loss of one lucrative maintenance contract, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd. reports

A House of Representatives panel has cleared aviation product liability reform legislation but the b

The sudden departure of the Federal Aviation Administration's public relations chief last week signa