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Security Trust Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Southlife Holding Co. here, has sold its Texas ho

After studying the Florida insurance system, a task force has found that rate regulation in Florida

Steel production rose to 1.747 million tons in the week ended Jan. 2, an increase of 3.7 percent fro

The Singapore government is considering Shell Coal International's proposal to buy the government's

The crew of a Maltese-registered freighter that was towed to Seattle after being caught in a fierce

Patients spent nearly the same amount of time in hospitals last year as in 1986, but the cost per st

Wed., Jan. 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

BESIDES EXPERIENCING more growth, what do the people who cause computers to do business with each ot

Most home gardeners look at catalogs in the winter and buy seed just before planting time in the spr

With all the written arguments before it, the Supreme Court must decide whether it will consider the

The blue metal boom rises some 240 feet above the asphalt. It is silent, in contrast to the bustle t

APC Names Dahl ChiefOf FinancesOAKLAND, Calif. - Robert K. Dahl was named senior vic

On the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement: The agreement provides an incentive for imports fro

Some 40 Finns working in coffee fields near Matagalpa, Nicaragua, are among 600 foreign volunteers w

The steam seems to have gone out of South Korea's two free export zones, as they are called, with a

Southern California Gas Co. has curtailed service to 880 interruptible customers and the electric ut

West Coast longshoremen are considering affiliating their fiercely independent union with the AFL-CI

Members of the National Maritime Union have voted overwhelmingly to merge with Marine Engineers Bene

John Rabbe, a 58-year-old corn and soybean farmer who cultivates 1,000 acres of leased land in Trimo

Gas cut off? Electricity on the fritz? Want to fink on your local Communist Party boss? The

The Southern Pacific Transportation Co. reacted coolly to a proposal for imposing a truck reservatio

The Canadian plastics industry is forecasting a strong 1988 business year, as a slightly eclipsed en

A formal construction permit was issued Wednesday for China's first nuclear power plant, at Daya Bay

Demand Record Set At Rochester UtilityROCHESTER, N.Y. - Tuesday's cold weather pushed electr

A Nov. 16 article incorrectly reported that port of Gulfport, Miss., had a 16 percent increase in ca

P.R. Marketing Must Defend TacticsThe Department of Insurance has ordered P.R. Marketing Ins

Economist Mailson Ferreira da Nobrega, who was named Brazil's new finance minister Tuesday, promised

This week's coordinated intervention in exchange markets by major central banks was aimed at correc

President Reagan Wednesday signed into law a bill designed to rescue the financially crippled Farm C

Analysts at the U.S. Department of Agriculture are trying to translate into workable policy last-min

U.S. Deputy Trade Representative Michael Smith Wednesday rejected Japanese requests to lift remainin

The oil slick fouling the upper Ohio River forced Ohio Edison Co. to cut power output in half this w

Transworld Oil has been actively chartering tankers to ship Brent Blend crude since the Christmas ho

January 6, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The crumpled tank that spilled 3.5 million gallons of diesel fuel and fouled two rivers was made of

Negotiations this week between a South Korean delegation and U.S. trade officials failed to produce

The great dollar drop of 1987 pinched foreign airliner builders' profits while lowering the cost of

The Mexican government will import 100,000 tons of corn over the next few months to make up for expe

Nearly one out of five public water systems has been contaminated by chemicals, many of which are to