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The property/casualty industry was asked to provide more "quality control" to improve the credibilit

Having spent most of the last two weeks changing as much local currency as possible into U.S. dollar

The Chicago Board of Trade traded more than 100 million futures contracts in 1986, setting new excha

Industrial uses of corn increased from 7 percent of the crop in 1975 to 13 percent in 1985.

A West Coast charter operator offering short trips on the Concorde has postponed more than half the

Managers at the log-exporting port of Grays Harbor, after slicing $36 million from the expected cost

The Bahamian tanker Galerie was hit by missiles from an Iraqi warplane Jan. 2. The 66,113-gr

President Reagan proposed a 12 percent increase in spending on aviation programs in fiscal 1988, but

About 2,200 containers of cargo have been unloaded from the three United States Lines ships arrested

A flatbed trailer truck rolled through this hamlet carrying an 85-foot-long cylinder with the words

Certified Air Freight, which has operated People Express Airlines' cargo service for the past two ye

During a break in OPEC's latest meeting, the oil ministers of traditional enemies Saudi Arabia and I

Emery Chemicals announced a major expansion and updating of its solvent separa tion facilities at it

Scriba would appear to be a typical rural U.S. town. It is mostly residential with a dozen or so sma

President Reagan proposed an 8 percent cut in overall spending for the Agriculture Department in the

Plans to build an extension of Gabon's chief port at Owendo are being revived, albeit in a scaled-do

IRS Urged to Focus On Land ConservationAs the Internal Revenue Service writes all the techni

The government of Singapore expects a boom in high-technology exports to the United States as a resu

GREETINGS: Soviet officials began their remarks to U.S. executives at the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and E

San Joaquin Valley wine grape growers may benefit from a 200 percent levy on selected European Comm

Instead of looking outside the state for new employers, a Seattle area economic council wants to exp

U.S.-China trade will enjoy a moderate expansion this year, the National Council for U.S.-China Trad

Chinese graduate student Xu Shiku is an expert in debt financing. He wears a Western-style tweed jac

The Perkin Medal for 1987 will be awarded to J. Paul Hogan and Robert L. Banks of Phillips Petroleum

Siemens, Telecom Plus Set Share Purchase PactBOCA RATON, Fla. - Siemens Information Systems

A decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to force up the world price of oil b

NEW YORK - A relative buying flurry in the insurance industry was reported at the close of last year

State Farm Requests Auto Rate Hike in Pa.HARRISBURG, Pa. - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insu

The South and East Africa/U.S.A. Conference announced thaT effective Jan. 1, 1987, member lines will

Olsen Sells 2 Vessels, Lays Off 70 EmployeesOSLO, Norway - Seventy employees aboard the Fred

In addition to watching the usual numbers that are grist for their forecasting mill, credit market a

Cessna Aircraft Co.'s Caravan I has been approved by the U.S. Postal Service as the first single-eng

Economic Reports WASHINGTON - The government will release consumer installment credit figure

A federal courtroom may be the next forum for new Interstate CommerceCommission rules for de

Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. President Dean Thornton was wrong when he predicted a year ago that i

Truck drivers will never become fully productive until manufacturers design rigs that are more comfo

The Savile Row tailors Gieves and Hawkes, offering a few men's suits at 1911 prices, disappointed so

U.S. coal exports moving through New Orleans area terminals in 1986 will be up between 26 percent an

Siemens, Telecom Plus Set Share Purchase PactBOCA RATON, Fla. - Siemens Information Systems

A survey of more than 3,300 Chinese indicates most of them favor economic reforms which they hope wi