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Liability insurance is costing more and covering less, according to an insurance law researcher.

Omnibus legislation that changes how victims are paid damages in personal injury cases was signed la

Opponents of Gov. George Deukmejian's plan to abolish Cal-OSHA won a tactical victory in federal cou

World Bank President Barber Conable pledged full support Thursday to proposals from Treasury Secreta

House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., who had earlier opposed the secondary marke

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Hard as it may be to re-establish the competitiveness of U.S. goods in world markets, it will be eve

Economists disagreed sharply over the merits of Treasury Secretary James Baker's proposal that the p

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Japanese government bond prices rallied sharply early Wednesday afternoon and then fell back just as

New England Association of Rail Shippers, seminar and conference, Oct. 1-2, The Mount Washington Hot

The U.S. market for flame retardant chemicals is projected to reach 586 million pounds in 1991, valu

The number of working oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States slipped by seven last week to 1

Crude oil imports soared last week by a million barrels a day, the delayed effect of overproduction

U.S. exporters increasingly are turning to forfaiting as a means of financing trade, according to AB

Arlington Glass Co., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was convicted by a Putnam County jury recently of felony co

Shaw Industries Inc. announced an agreement in principle for the purchase of WestPoint Pepperell's c

Scientists at EPA's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in Las Vegas, in cooperation with Fl

The government-appointed receiver of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. has given 27-day notice to auction

A California firm has been awarded a $26.3 million Navy contract to begin construction on an aircraf

Kaiser Health Plan has agreed to a settlement of the first class action law suit in the nation to ch

Canadian policy on regional subsidies emerged Wednesday as a major sticking point in bilateral discu

Credit Guarantees For S. Korea SwitchedThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has switched $10 m

While states, cities and development agencies are seeing the dark side of protectionism and trade te

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found only minimal safety violations at a New Jersey nuclear p

Public Service Co. of Colorado will soon try to restart its idle Fort St. Vrain nuclear plant, but e

The National Transportation Safety Board, in a report on the 1986 derailment and fire in Miamisburg,

Major revamping of sales forces and refocusing of marketing efforts have enabled railroads to surviv

Shippers urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to limit proposed increases in trucking industry f

It's time to put the technology of high-speed racing cars to work in the everyday business of haulin

Fleets and engineers are trying to figure out where to put all the dials, gauges, switches, controls

The Senate Banking Committee accepted amendments by its chairman to soften some of the provisions of

A New York Supreme Court judge Wednesday heard a motion by the New York Insurance Exchange Security

Higher stock prices and fewer weekly initial claims for unemployment benefits helped to push the U.S

The production of plastics resins increased during July to 4.10 billion pounds, up 9.6 percent from

Researchers say they may have found a non-toxic treatment for a type of pneumonia that has become th

The House again has acted favorably on legislation to establish a National Oceans Policy Commission

Electric utilities weren't alone in increasing their use of fuel oil last year. Industrial a

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III proposed a new fund to help cushion heavily indebted developin

Dart Line said Wednesday it is resigning from the westbound rate-setting conference on the North Atl