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AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO.James E. Shuell was named vice president in domestic insurance comp

California's new earthquake insurance program has sold about 2,000 policies during its first three w

Less than a week before New Year's 1997, and the last thing one is thinking about is the millennium.

Shoreline Mutual (Bermuda) Ltd., the leading provider of certificates of financial responsibility fo

It sometimes seems as if half of Asia is perpetually on the move as industries wax and wane and econ

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Four months after the historic merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads, the compa

Shipping lines that carry U.S. exports to Asia have decided not to implement a freight rate increase

The merging of defense giant McDonnell Douglas Corp. into Boeing Co. should be much less bloody than

They knew it would happen sooner or later.When it did finally occur it was the result of whi

Boeing Co. is still looking for firm launch orders for its proposed new generation of super jumbo wi

Paulo Furtado, the senior customer service manager at Embraer, the former Brazilian state-owned airc

Tuesday, Dec. 24, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday on expectations for continued steady growth and low inflation in the ne

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

Japanese foreign direct investment in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1996, rose 23.5 percent to $5

Congress' leading trade hawk raised the pressure on Beijing again this week by asking for an investi

China vowed on Tuesday to intensify a crackdown on economic disorder in 1997, citing tax evasion, fi

The Jordanian Parliament will shortly discuss a new stock market law that envisages separating the s

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NIKKO SECURITIES TO HELPAFFILIATES WITH BAD LOANSTOKYO-Japan's Nikko Securities said Tuesday

BellSouth Corp. is bidding for a majority stake in Peruvian cellular phone company Tele 2000 in a de

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS:Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utiliz

SHIPSPANAMA CANAL WORKERSSUE COMMISSIONLINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. - Over a dozen

China's main shipowning companies expect to continue strong growth in 1997, aided by robust expansio

San Diego is the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, but oddly enough, ranks 44th in air cargo

TTX Corp. is keeping the lid on capital spending with a $130 million budget that is far below the $5

FIRMS TO DEVELOP OPENOUTCRY TRADING FLOORLONDON - The London International Financial Futures

In a mad rush to make good on a balanced budget deal with Republicans, the Clinton administration wi

U.S. companies and their allies in Congress are gearing up for a confrontation with organized labor

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The oil was overdue.Angolan and Nigerian crude was stuck onboard this very-large crude carri

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Monday, Dec. 23, 1996Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Cuban legislative committees have approved an ''antidote'' to the U.S. law that seeks to punish fore

U.S. negotiators failed to reach a new textile import deal with China, but the deadline for a pact w

The U.S. dollar rose against the Deutsche mark Monday in thin pre-holiday trading on further indicat

President Suharto is threatening business people with public embarrassment if they defy his order to

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