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More employers find their workers compensation risks insured in the assigned risk, or involuntary, m

Fun with science was never like this. With only a few hours remaining to enter the great Sup

Norway cut its foreign trade deficit for the first half of 1987 by more than 50 percent compared to

The Fuji Bank Ltd. established a subsidiary in London, Fuji Leasing (UK) Ltd., which will specialize

The United States has no monopoly on textile restrictions. Its protectionist moves should not be all

A tentative contract for earth-moving equipment that Caterpillar Inc. has with the Taiwanese may be

Argentina's trade surplus continues to slide, and some bankers worry over how the country will get t

Unemployment insurance has traditionally been beyond the bounds of private insurers. But Morgard Ass

Safety Groups Seek More Seat Belt UseA group of leading safety-concerned organizations say t

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis is due to file legislation next week aimed at providing basic hea

The Labor Department is ordering a 90 percent reduction in on-the-job exposure to benzene, saying th

AIR CARGO Canadian Airlines International is pushing for European cargo business. 5BAVIATION

Measures to protect the targets of lawsuits from paying more than their share of damages have cleare

A special tax break for U.S. mainland firms with operations in Puerto Rico supports more than one-th

An insurance executive says Massachusetts Attorney General James Shannon's recommendation for a 4 pe

The Florida insurance commissioner has urged Gov. Bob Martinez to add medical malpractice and the di

Supercomputer Expert Leaves Cray ResearchCray Research Inc. announced the departure of desig

A Connecticut textile worker who loses a hand while on the job could receive a settlement of about $

San Jose added the most high-technology jobs of any metropolitan area from the end of 1980 throug

In the world of telescopes, Carl Zeiss of Oberkochen, West Germany, sets the standards by which high

Chicago Railroad Files Under Chapter 11WATERLOO, Iowa - The Chicago, Central and Pacific Rai

Guardian Royal Exchange, one of Britain's big general lines insurers, reported first half 1987 preta

A new effort is under way to improve efficiency in U.S. ports through better labor-management relati

The U.S. dollar continued to fall sharply Wednesday despite a second consecutive day of apparent joi

Little England is growing restive. Richie Haynes, the finance minister of Barbados, has resi

Moneyed people in Third World countries stashed away as much as $300 billion in the United States an

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

The leader of the International Longshoremen's Association said that if ocean carriers don't offer a

The Sonoma Valley winery Clos Du Bois reported it has been selected by British Airways to supply the

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Brazil can achieve economic stability and growth by converting its loans into bonds, according to Ru

President Eric Arturo Delvalle said recent political upheavals have hurt Panama's international bank

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Finance Minister Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira will meet Tuesday in Washington with U.S. Treasury Secr

9 Venezuelan Banks Lose Currency LicensesCARACAS - Nine local banks were temporarily suspend

Wed., Sept. 2, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Pizza lovers may debate the merits of mushrooms vs. peppers, but they can agree that U.S.-designed p

California-grown rice is becoming a very attractive commodity to Japanese tourists these days.

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