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Political instability continues to tarnish Slovakia's image, but public and private-sector officials

The chairman of American International Group Wednesday condemned Cigna Corp.' s proposed restructuri

The thousands of property/casualty companies in the insurance universe will shrink to a strong group

MET LIFE SETTLES DISPUTE WITH SALES MANAGERSTAMPA, Fla. - Metropolitan Life Insuranc

Required safety levels for roll-on, roll-off passenger ferries will be allowed to vary in different

Three years after the Baltic Exchange's historic premises in the heart of the city of London were bl

GULF, EAST DOCKWORKERS BEGIN CONTRACT TALKSNEW YORK - Official negotiations over the

Transportation Research Forum. Nov. 30. New York Chapter. Arthur E. Imperatore, president of New Yor

One way to ease the growing air traffic pressure at airports near major cities around the world woul

For the week ended Nov. 18, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

A surge in air traffic over the next two decades will create a huge burden on the world's airports t

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - David J. Fleckenstein was named vice president of pla

NEW RULE ELIMINATES AIR CARGO TARIFF FILINGWASHINGTON - U.S. and foreign air carrier

Federal lawmakers have agreed to provide $46 million in fiscal 1996 funding for new vessel operating

BC Rail may get into the coal-mining and -exporting business with two partners. The railway'

The pilots union staging a job action against Federal Express Corp. turned up the heat on the countr

The sudden retirement announcement by Gerald Grinstein, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. chairman,

China Ocean Shipping Co.'s aggressive pricing policy on frozen beef and poultry exports to Asia has

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A bipartisan trio of key senators is working to draft legislation by January that would partially de

The United States has softened one of its key conditions for approving China's entry into the World

The Clinton administration is reportedly considering steps to punish French oil giant Total SA for i

Banana baron Carl Linder and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole have acted to block public hearings on

Wednesday, Nov. 29, 1995 (Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 2 '94 - Nov. 29, '95 (a graph) (2)D

BankAmerica Corp. said it received approval from the South African Reserve Bank to open a representa

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

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday on speculation that the Bundesbank may cut interest rates at

France's gross domestic product expanded by a preliminary 0.2 percent in the third quarter following

China wants overseas money and expertise to develop its automotive sector, but it's going about it c

"The international reaction to the collapse of the Mexican peso last year was vastly exaggerated. An

Bundesbank net currency reserves rose by 800 million Deutsche marks to DM107.3 billion in the week e

Mexico has launched an initiative to reduce government paperwork and permits as a boost to business

U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories rose by 1.9 million barrels during the week ended Nov. 24, comp

Cairn Energy PLC of Britain is making its first move into China's offshore oil sector with a deal to

Wednesday Nov. 29, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

GAZ DE FRANCE HOPES TO ALLY WITH GAZPROMPARIS - The French state-owned energy concer

Executives of Royal Dutch/Shell said Wednesday they would ignore calls to cancel a liquefied natural

Russia and De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. may be edging toward a new diamond deal, but industry an

British Gas and Argentine oil company YPF signed an agreement to make a joint study of the hydrocarb