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As Northeast Utilities continued to struggle with a cash flow crisis, its customers were bracing for

ZAIRE REBELS SIGN$1 BILLION MINING DEALLUBUMBASHI, Zaire - Zaire's rebels, in control of the

China's push to electrify its vast area continues to produce typically impressive comparative figure

Two new electricity generating units are being deferred indefinitely after months of tough talking b

Russia's major titanium producer, Avisma, is behind a tariff review now under way in Washington that

GREEK SHIP UNLOADSFOOD AID TO ALBANIADURRES, Albania - The Greek-owned ship Stavros Emmanuel

ONGOINGExport Documentation, Procedures and Letters of Credit. Seminars in May and June spon

PACIFIC MARITIME ASSOCIATIONTimothy Parker, vice president and general manager of Metropolit

After sitting idle for months while technicians repaired their faulty electrical system, Evergreen M

FLORIDA OKS INCREASEFOR CATASTROPHE FUNDTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida homeowners insurance pre

Mostly positive reactions came Wednesday to an insurer's announcement that it would offer life insur

American insurance companies have shifted to civil courts in the battle to stop people they say inte

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush, often accused of siding with insurers, praised

New Jersey is the site of an undesirable cottage industry: staged car accidents.And Passaic

A consumer group says it has its own solution to New Jersey's auto insurance dilemma: Force insurers

The Securities and Exchange Commission has once again weighed in on a legal dispute between Lloyd's

At a time when U.S. trade policy toward China is coming under closer scrutiny, the Clinton administr

China Ocean Shipping Co. has been trying to do two things at once: grow aggressively and keep a low

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is broadening its investigation into possible insider trading

Some major corporations are getting fed up with Federal Express Corp.The carrier, concerned

Wednesday, April 16, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

The Journal of Commerce index of industrial prices declined to 104.7 Wednesday, its lowest level sin

The U.S. dollar fell against the yen and was little changed against the Deutsche mark on Wednesday.<

As the European Union's 15 member governments agreed Wednesday to officially approve an accord with

A group of 440 U.S. companies and business associations launched a new coalition Wednesday to oppose

JAPAN BRUSHES ASIDETRADE BARRIER REPORTTOKYO - Japan Wednesday brushed aside a recent U.S. t

Argentine legislators and the government of President Carlos Saul Menem are protesting this week's d

Asia's developing countries will benefit from the World Trade Organization's new rules for global tr

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 19, 1996 - April 16, 1997 (a graph)

The story headlined ''Clinton urged to alter stance on trade'' that appeared on Page 3A on Tuesday,

''Although there is little evidence of inflation right now, you would have to believe that inflation

It will take weeks for the Clinton administration to hammer out a deal with Congress to give the pre

In a bid to gain a seat at the bargaining table, a working group on smaller economies is urging trad

The Treasury Department, backed by Republican critics of the U.S. Customs Service, denied Wednesday

A list of environmental technologies will soon be allowed to be imported into Mexico free of duties,

SOUTH AFRICA SIGNSMFN TREATY WITH CUBAHAVANA - South African Trade and Industry Minister Ale

OFFERS TO BUY* PORTLAND CEMENT 450. 25,000 metric tons per month for four years c.i.f. Ghana

AMERICAN EAGLEORDERS 12 ATRsPARIS - Aero International said Wednesday that the U.S. airline