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The largest U.S. insurance companies are planning to slow diversification and focus on their existin

The insurance industry's loss is the accounting profession's gain. Two years ago, several "T

Dollar's Fall Hits Airbus ConsortiumThe steep fall of the dollar against the major currencie

The Massachusetts Port Authority would discuss with federal officials a proposal to reduce aircraft

It had to be one of the toughest trade-selling jobs in recent memory. A delegation of top ex

Iraq claimed Wednesday its warplanes scored another hit on a tanker in the Persian Gulf. The

Family farm owners are still incorporating their holdings, but at a slower rate than during the 1970

A British-based subsidiary of a U.S. company shipping a consignment of goods to an Italian customer

Environmental legislation and regulations are expected to increase in 1988, according to Fred C. Har

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement again postponed a new surcharge itplans to charge

Vietnam's National Assembly has approved a foreign investment code to try to attract Western capital

AVIATIONDuty Free Shoppers is bracing for battles over Asian airport concession. 1A The ste

WILTON, Conn. - In the face of continuing losses and difficulty integrating its recent acquisition o

Dec. 30 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

Banks Agree to Unload Former USL ShipsA group of banks that owns eight jumbo containerships

For some U.S. companies, business is booming in the Middle East. Literally booming. The Iran

The United States and Mexico announced agreements reducing barriers in steel, beer, wine and distill

Five Manhattan post offices will shut down window (retail) services for the day on Saturday, Jan. 2,

BMW of North America Inc. will spend $15 million to construct an automobile preparation center at th

TOLLAND, Conn. - The combined sales of plastics and elastomers used in the production of flexible tu

Glaxo Holdings PLC, a British pharmaceutical company, says it intends to develop its best-selling ul

Service to Remember Amtrak Crash VictimsA memorial service for the 16 passengers and crewmem

The issue of whether the Navy or the Maritime Administration ultimately will control the national em

A renegotiation of a debt package that originally totaled $75 million should make life considerably

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

The falling value of the U.S. dollar is taking a toll on the country's textile and apparel importers

Japan's struggling shipbuilding companies, presumably with tacit concurrence of the country's Fair T

Executives in the electronic data interchange industry expect to turn talk into money at an increasi

Traditional heavy-hitters among East and Southeast Asian exporters to the United States swung marked

Scientists say they used laser beams to watch chemical molecules the instant they were created, an u

U.S. Playing Card subsidiary Uniroyal Plastics Co. agreed to sell its European thermoplastic sheet o

WASHINGTON - Stock prices, vendor performance and a lower money supply pushed the U.S. leading econo

Morgan Guaranty's innovative proposal to reorganize some of Mexico's foreign debt is getting a cauti

S. Korean Trade Team To Hold Talks in USSEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean delegation led b

American-based Duty Free Shoppers Ltd. is gearing up for action in Asia, trying to defend one lucrat

December 30, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Colombia's oil reserves increased by 300 million barrels to more than 2 billion in 1987, the Mining

Apex Holding Co., believed to be one of the nation's 10 biggest privately held firms, averted an auc

A big question mark hung over the world economy as 1987 ended, with stock markets around the world s

Independents Spared From Tax Year SwitchThe Internal Revenue Services has ruled that indepen