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GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COS. (Cincinnati) - Sally J. Field was named division president in the comp

A 6,000-member statewide coalition of employers who are seeking workers compensation reform, believe

The insurance industry, backed by new Pennsylvania laws, hopes to catch the crooks who commit insura

Workers for New Hampshire's smallest businesses got a New Year's gift last week: the end of "job loc

The day before Japan's prime minister arrives for a meeting with President Clinton, U.S. officials w

Japan pledged Monday to extend trade insurance worth $300 million over the next two years to Pakista

Complying with the year-old Customs Modernization Act can be headache. Trying it without the right c

South Korea's gross national product for October-December 1994 is estimated to have risen about 9 pe

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Several Chinese cities have reversed ambitious economic reforms byreintroducing coupons to e

The U.S. dollar, which got caught in the cross-fire amid the European currency turmoil at the beginn

The Federal Communications Commission is considering possible action against Canadian companies in r

North Atlantic shipping lines are asking the Federal Maritime Commission to immediately end its five

Friday, Jan. 6, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

The record-breaking harvest is over, and the barge companies that transported it are showing new sig

The decision by Taiwan's government to permit some direct shipping with China will have only slight

Nearly half the supertankers scrapped in 1994 were broken up in Pakistani yards. Whereas Chi

Severe box congestion at the Port of Bombay and adjacent facilities at Jawaharlal Nehru are developi

SPILL-RESPONSE VESSEL DAMAGES VALDEZ DOCKVALDEZ, Alaska - An empty 460-foot barge ra

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Dec. 30, '93 - Dec. 9, '94 (a graph) (2)

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, a leading indicator of inflation, pushed to a new hi

Officials and business people Friday welcomed a plan to allow direct shipping with China for the fir

For the week ended Dec. 31, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The United States Friday sought to puncture reports that China had taken significant steps to combat

A federal appeals court ruling on what constitutes the maximum hours of service limit has left some

China is pushing subways and light-rail systems as the best solution to a problem it did not face un

Corp. said it will provide door-to-door document and package delivery service to the Gaza Strip and

Border controls in at least seven of the European Union's 15 member states will endMarch 26.

In a glittering ceremony in the Great Hall of the People, China awarded medals Friday to the crew of

BEN RICH, 69, DESIGNER OF WAR PLANES, DIESVENTURA, Calif. - Ben R. Rich, a nationall

Marathon talks aimed at preserving U.S.-Canadian rail service through Maine continued into the early

Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo will shortly send to his Congress a proposed constitutional amendm

Mexico's plans to boost exports through a weaker peso may fall short of expectations, experts said,

Northwest Airlines is buying Delta Air Lines' Detroit-London route. London will be Northwest

Norway's industrial production rose 1.5 percent in November from October, Norway's Statistical Burea

Delta Air Lines Inc., in a bid to lower fuel costs, said it will do away with inflatable rafts on fl

RailAmerica Inc., a holding company that operates four regional and short- line freight railroads, s

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

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