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AETNA PAYS EXECUTIVE$4.5 MILLION IN 1995HARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. paid its

The European Parliament gave almost unanimous approval Thursday to a new wide-ranging economic and p

GERMAN TAX PROBEREACHES COMMERZBANKFRANKFURT - German tax investigators are continui

They are advertised as rugged vehicles that can plow through mud, snow and anything else that gets i

Russia has become the 39th member of the Council of Europe, promising to safeguard democracy and hum

An economist who held a top Bush administration post said he is telling international corporate clie

One of the nation's most senior and outspoken port officials has declared war on the main U.S. shipp

Portland, Maine, has a new piece of waterfront paperwork: a docking master's license. It was created

Leaders and senior representatives from Asia and Europe have several topics to discuss at the Queen

Iowa farmers are getting a chance to buy two new types of crop insurance that for the first time wou

The American College has announced the creation of the Charles J. Zimmerman Endowed Chair in Life In

The board of Life Re Corp. increased its annual dividend by 43 percent to 40 cents a share from 28 c

With a new budget year looming, the Insurance Department has cut its Liquidation Bureau's 1996 budge

Japan is seeking a ''diplomatic'' solution to increase membership in the Asia European forum, amid a

A hearing involving the California Department of Corporations against Lloyd's of London was canceled

The direction of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum could be influenced by the European Uni

Thousands of police and security guards, 200 Mercedes Benz cars, a budget of $6 million, national ho

Fifteen years ago Watsonville, Calif., was dubbed ''the frozen vegetable capital of the world.''

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It's a safe bet that House transportation leader Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., is not going to accept his

Less than three months after President Clinton ordered a speedup in export licensing, industry offic

For the first time in more than two decades, a railroad union has endorsed a major merger prior to i

Thursday, Feb. 29, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Cathay Pacific Airways is extending its Hong Kong-Toronto freighter service to Chicago and New York

The European Union Wednesday proposed a carrot-and-stick approach to prevent trade conflicts eruptin

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

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on buying by major commercial banks.Corporations showed less i

Beijing said it regretted a U.S. decision to hold up $10 billion in loans to China over alleged arms

Trucking should continue to dominate the freight industry for the next decade, even as other modes o

The United States and Germany signed an agreement to open their aviation markets to one another Thur

After a long history of contentious relations, railroads and labor are finally beginning to mesh mor

A freeze on foreign investment in Cuba and dampened foreign investor interest in the United States w

FRUEHAUF LOOKS TO SELLNONCORE BUSINESESSINDIANAPOLIS - Fruehauf Trailer Corp. Thursday repor

Getting cargo to West Africa is one thing. Getting cargo into the area's remotest regions is quite a

Kevin Shields is attacking one of the trickiest trades in the business.Mr. Shields just star

When President Jiang Zemin announced radical reductions in tariffs in November, grand visions of exp

Translation costs for foreign shipowners calling at French ports could tumble with the collapse of o

The financial crisis buffeting Germany's largest shipbuilder, Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG, is reopening

It was the most telling proof yet of the new power balance between Europe and Asia: the emergence tw

The House Thursday voted overwhelmingly to end six decades of federal government intrusion into farm