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ACE LTD. NET INCOMEDOWN IN THIRD QUARTERHAMILTON, Bermuda - ACE Ltd., which ended its statut

SUMITOMO SUBSIDIARYOPENS IN SINGAPORETOKYO - Sumitomo Chemical Co. said Wednesday it has set

The Massachusetts Insurance Commission has tentatively scheduled a hearing Aug. 26 on a proposal by

A long-awaited court ruling over the fate of the nation's spent nuclear fuel could add the final pus

European Union farm ministers pulled off an ambitious deal Wednesday to increase scarce grain suppli

Tokobank, the 22nd-ranked commercial bank in Russia, has negotiated a 330 million Deutsche mark ($22

The state of Colorado may reconsider its decision to settle a lawsuit it filed against Lloyd's of Lo

EX-IM BANK OF JAPANSIGNS DEAL WITH JAMAICATOKYO - The Export-Import Bank of Japan said it si

Cargo traffic hauled on scheduled international flights in 1995 rose by 8.4 percent, to 12.5 million

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Airborne Express is planning a marathon event of its own for the Olympic Games in Atlanta.It

Momentum appears to be gathering for the much-discussed resumption of at least indirect transport li

A deal that American President Lines struck with three labor unions hinges upon action in Washington

The French government put the state-owned shipping line, Compagnie Generale Maritime, on the block T

In Japan, stories of bureaucratic interference are an everyday tale.In one such case, the Ja

The Colombian government is threatening to terminate its aviation agreement with the United States i

SHIPSHOUSTON SHIP CHANNELREOPENS AFTER COLLISIONHOUSTON - The Houston Ship Channel b

It's turning 40 . . . and having a midlife crisis.The system, created by legislation in 1956

Less than a week after the crash of TWA Flight 800 that killed 230 people, Congress enacted a tough

While negotiators from railroad labor and management wrestled late Tuesday with three contentious co

If depressed freight rates, rising labor costs and uncertain cargo volumes aren't enough to rattle t

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

The U.S. dollar rose Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan prepared the market for a li

Tuesday, July 23, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Atlantic Container Line is returning to the Port of Liverpool today after switching British ports be

Lower oil and agricultural prices in June produced the biggest drop since December 1992 in the Labor

DISNEY TO DISTRIBUTEJAPANESE MOVIESTOKYO - Walt Disney Studios agreed Tuesday to distribute

Henry Janssen and Ravinder Thind were named executive vice presidents of Transax Inc., a wholly owne

The European Commission launched a damage control exercise Tuesday to prevent consumer panic over th

In Chechnya, where thousands have died in a 19-month war, a mystery is unfolding over the reported s

The U.S. interstate highway system got off to a running start when it was approved June 29, 1956, in

''It was like adding water to a full glass.''

The Coast Guard saved five fishermen and their boat Monday about 16 miles south of Nantucket, Mass.<

Searchers combed the Atlantic Tuesday, six days after Trans World Airlines Flight 800 blew apart, an

Jailing pirates of intellectual property may become a trend in Asia, which producers say is the larg

RYDER SYSTEM'S NET FALLSDESPITE REVENUE RISEMIAMI - Ryder System Inc., the trucking and thir

CHIP TALKS TO RESUMEIN VANCOUVER MONDAYTOKYO - Japan and the United States will hold another

Rob Quartel, the self-described rabble-rouser who heads the Jones Act Reform Coalition, figures the

A refrigerated vessel's call at Mexico's sleepy port of Tuxpan was the first in what backers hope wi

California ports for many years enjoyed the benign neglect of the state Legislature, but they were t