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The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The top priority for New York State's utilities during the 1987 session of the state legislature is

Chinese Maize Imports Expected to IncreaseChina's 1986-87 maize imports are expected to rise

Bigger is getting to be not always better in the property and casualty business. The loss of

Legislation that could lead to mandatory acreage set-asides for major farm commodities was reintrodu

Lloyd's Underwriter Refuses to Pay ClaimsA leading Lloyd's of London marine insurance syndic

The Insurance Exchange of the Americas is tottering amid an investigation of possible fraud and mism

The Professional Insurance Mass-Marketing Association annual meeting will be held Feb. 8-11. Laguna

Nearly three out of 10 Americans held an unfavorable opinion of the auto and home insurance industry

A panel of the state Court of Appeal is weighing arguments in an unprecedented clergy malpractice su

Elkraft Amba, a major buyer of coal for utility consumption in Denmark, is playing down the signific

American General Profits FlatAmerican General Corp. reported fairly flat fourth quarter oper

Oil prices fell in Europe, despite a smooth start to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countri

February 6, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

A new hydrocracking unit for New Zealand Refining Co.'s Marsden Point plant has begun operation, Ray

Shell-California Production Inc. is moving its headquarters from Bakersfield to Houston, but company

Postings for spot natural gas sold on the Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. generally rose in February,

Mexico Appoints Pemex DirectorFrancisco Jose Rojas Gutierrez, a close associate of President

China Plans More Rules For Foreign InvestmentThe government is working out detailed rules fo

GENERAL NEWS The January employment report, one of the first major readings of the economy t

Eli Lilly's Profit Slipped in QuarterEli Lilly & Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $

China has replaced Britain as the third-largest foreign investor in Hong Kong's manufacturing indust

A worker at the San Onofre nuclear power plant was exposed to a small amount of radiation and a plan

Fiberglass Sales ForecastTo Grow 2.5 percentSales of fiberglass composites will grow

Gum Arabic Imports Up, Mart Tight Imports of gum arabic gradually are beginning to pick up,

The Long Island Lighting Co. should sever its ties with Lyn Nofziger, an ex- presidential aide who i

The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that both Belgian and Israeli industrial ph

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Soviet Union last April produced no urgent reason

Cuomo Leads Opposition To NRC Reactor PlanALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Mario Cuomo called on

Transcon Reports Loss for QuarterEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Transcon Inc. reported its loss narrow

General Motors Expects Increase in Truck SalesTwo new full-size General Motors Corp. pickup

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. said it signed supplemental agreements with Union Pacific Railroad a

TRUCKING INDUSTRY DEREGULATION legislation may be ready for congressional consideration within two w

World Food Council experts say Asia's spectacular success in growing food offers hope for the people

The U.S. bobsled team in the 1988 winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, will receive a financial boos

An index that projects future economic conditions for the world's nine major industrial countries co

A Swiss company that performs import and export inspections for several Latin American and Caribbean

Labor leaders and opposition groups reacted bitterly to the government's decision to lift price cont

The layoffs of at least 30,000 miners in recent months are creating serious problems in Bolivia, lab

Cars may be smaller and construction may have slowed, but demand for steel is not plunging the way t