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A group of businessmen and attorneys is pushing for legislation that would require legal costs in la

Companies proposing to change commercial insurance rates by more than 10 percent a year first must o

Metropolitan Reinsurance Co. received a $25 million early birthday presentfrom its parent.

Thursday, Dec. 4, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Deutsche Bank's plan to take a 98.3 percent stake in Milan-based Banca d'America e d'Italia, the Ita

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

Strategic expansion and diversification in acetylene chemicals continues at BASF Corp., according to

South Africa Transfers Reserves Out of USSouth Africa recently transferred $5 billion worth

Monsanto Chemical Co. said construction will begin within several months on a 50-million-pound expan

Thousands of farmers fed up with slumping markets for traditional crops packed conference rooms here

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

Technical problems which have dogged London's securities markets the past few weeks have failed to d

Japanese insurance companies are not likely to simply liquidate large-scale securities and currency

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

The stock market continued on Thursday the laborious process of digesting its big gains of Tuesday,

Baxter Travenol Laboratories announced that it will eliminate an estimated 5,000 positions over the

N.H. Delegation Opposes Smaller Planning ZoneCONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's four-member con

Bonneville Pacific Corp. signed a joint venture agreement with Western States Cogeneration to develo

The U.S. dollar moved sharply higher Thursday in response to a large European order to buy dollars a

Eastman Chemicals Division of Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans to expand production of distilled mo

Purchases of U.S. anthracite by the South Korean government are expected to reach about 800,000 metr

North Korea defended its construction plans for a dam north of the demilitarized zone, saying South

A serious supply-demand mismatch is developing in the Indian coal industry. If the situation

Oyster Creek nuclear power plant officials have postponed putting the generating station back on lin

Coal consumption by Indonesia's power plants will hit 5 million tons by 1990 and 8 million in 1995,

A major synthetic glycerine plant modernization by Dow Chemical Co. nearing completion in Freeport,

Olin Hikes Caustic Soda,Chlorine PricesOlin Corp. increased its off-list prices of c

Staff at the San Onofre nuclear plant are investigating two incidents of equipment tampering at the

Pfizer Inc. announced that on Nov. 30, 1986, it entered into a merger agreement with Angiomedics Inc

The damaged Three Mile Island Unit 2 nuclear reactor will be put in storage indefinitely after a $1

The departure of United States Lines from the North Atlantic will provide only a temporary respite f

Resins ProducersSpecializeSTAMFORD, Conn. - Major producers of engineering resins, s

The Society of Port Engineers New York. Dinner meeting in conjunction with the Institute of Marine E

The Jacksonville Port Authority has pared down its $104 million wish list to a $25 million capital e

Sterling Drug Inc. acquired substantially all of the prescription pharmaceutical line of products fr

The Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense finally is in business. After 18 months of del

Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb., sees little chance of any massive infusion of government funds to revive

Australian National Line has added a containership, the Australian Advance, that has as much capacit

Two of Greece's main business groups have warned the Socialist government that this country's export

After an absence of nearly 30 years, trans-Hudson ferry service has been revived between this river