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CONTSHIP CONTAINERLINES INC.The company named four department managers in preparing to becom

Railtrack Group PLC, the recently privatized company that owns and maintain British railroad tracks

Union Pacific Railroad Thursday shook up its operating department, creating four regions and naming

Friday Nov. 22, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The Japanese yen is expected to rise against the U.S. dollar this week as the Bank of Japan issues i

Japan's major commercial banks said Friday that they had returned to the black in the first half of

Alcoholic spirits producers from Europe, the United States and Canada condemned Japan on Friday for

The higher cost of imported oil in October lifted the overall import price level for the third month

Pepsi International Bottlers plans to set up six new bottling plants in Kazakstan and Russia over th

A major North-South confrontation now appears imminent at the first trade ministers summit in Singap

MONY ALABAMA SUITSETTLED FOR $12.5 MILLIONMONTGOMERY, Ala. - About 50 Alabama insurance poli

Federal regulators proposed new rules last week for car air bags to allow them to inflate with less

Golden Eagle Insurance Company suffered a defeat here last week when San Francisco Superior Court Ju

Most U.S. homeowners, including those in urban neighborhoods, don't believe there's an insurance ava

Marine underwriters should stop whining and get on with making money.That was the jarring me

ALLMERICA REVincent S. Potts has joined this reinsurer as a vice president, in its domestic

MOTOROLA AND PHILIPSLATEST TO LEAVE MYANMARNEW YORK - In a reprise of the boycott of South A

Nov. 22, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The state Supreme Court is being asked to reverse a lower court opinion that if allowed to stand cou

Union Pacific Corp. Thursday selected Richard K. Davidson, 54, to become chairman and chief executiv

USF&G Corp. will become the largest surety writer in the world after it acquires Afianzadora Insurge

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CSX Corp. now has a clear head start on rival Norfolk Southern Corp. in the struggle for control of

A strange footnote to the campaign of 1996 lives on as a potential problem for acting U.S. Trade Rep

Nov. 21, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

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Insurgent Norfolk Southern Corp.'s failed courtroom bid to derail the Conrail-CSX merger this week d

Russia will have trouble this year restarting its $10 billion loan deal with the IMF, the economics

''We're right now at the heart of one of the central issues . . . : Who is responsible for what goes

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, owned by Duclos Corp., delivered a fifth pilot boat to the Virginia Pil

For Marsh Co., exporting is nothing new. The manufacturer of ink-jet printers and coding equipment h

Having announced a tentative accord with the United States on textiles, the Philippine government no

There's nothing like being burned with too much capacity in one year to turn an air cargo executive

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 21, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Insurance companies and agents on Thursday blasted new federal rules that allow banks to make broade

Pity the North American Free Trade Agreement. First it was going to cause the sky to fall over the U

Nov. 21, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32

The scrap metal export market, notorious for its volatility, is mired in a down cycle.The pr

Mexico released third-quarter gross domestic product statistics Thursday, reflecting a 7.4 percent j

South Koreans are expected to buy nearly 70 percent more foreign cars this year than last, but auto