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Utilities and others defending a multibillion-dollar suit over defaulted nuclear power plant bonds i

About 500 people have died this year in China in serious building accidents attributed to poor manag

Some of the nation's top life and health insurers are becoming farmers by default. As govern

Southern Co. Services Inc., is back in the market to buy coal for Georgia Power Co. After an

Ford Motor Co. hopes late vehicle deliveries and lack of coordination between rail and truck carrier

ScanCarriers Offers Service Through BostonScanCarriers is offering service to New Zealand an

Algoma Central Railway, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, recently received a checkfrom the U.S. Tr

The formal launching of a Canadian Insurance Exchange has been further delayed due to an insufficien

Commercial insurance companies have even more restrictions to follow in using an already controversi

American Reliance Group Inc. and its largest shareholder said they sued two investors Friday after r

Buckeye Management Co., general partner of Buckeye Partners LP declared a quarterly partnership dist

The workday aboard the USS Fox begins 15 minutes past midnight, when the fourth meal of the day end

Whip-like winds and waves kept the supertanker Bridgeton from loading up with 1.8 million gallons of

The Justice Department considered bringing conspiracy charges against military officials and contrac

The Japanese government, maintaining its austere financial policies, called for reductions in the fi

Diamond Crystal Salt Co. has signed a letter of intent to sell the company'ssalt division to

Voltage reductions may result from a severe shortage of electric energy being forecast for the New E

Nippon Cargo Plans Service to SingaporeNippon Cargo Airlines plans to start service to Singa

Railroad Reform Talks Near a Critical StageTalks aimed at forging a compromise on railroad r

Two trucking industry rate bureaus are planning fall price hikes and several others may take similar

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

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. said it moved Friday to block a tentative labor contract between

AVIATION The faithful flew in Friday, a 48-hour swarm of aviation addicts returning to their

Italy has received no request from the United States for help in U.S. efforts to remove mines in the

Yugoslav newspapers announced price rises for a series of essential consumer goods and services amid

A group led by an Exxon Corp. unit has begun offshore seismic testing for oil in a 39,000 square kil

Dow Chemical U.S.A. has notified customers of a $25 a ton increase in the off-list price of caustic

Borden, Japanese Firm In Joint Resin VentureCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Borden Inc. has signed a joint

Creditcard Keys Co. of Phoenix has signed CIMCO of Costa Mesa, Calif., to manufacture an estimated $

Jenway Ltd., a British company, has developed a wall-mounted thermometer designed to operate in pote

Fri., July 31, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The following sources in Brazil may be of interest both to smaller banks lacking international infra

Predicting that international oil prices will rise to $27 a barrel by 1990 and keep on rising, the C

A plan to truck solid waste from a northern New Jersey County to landfills in western Pennsylvania c

969.5 (July 30) Previous day - 965.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

The Senate Finance Committee cleared the way for full Senate action on a textile-footwear import quo

Until the Brazilian central bank announces new, broader rules, financial institutions have the only

A House of Representatives panel has approved a $13.2 billion foreign aid package for fiscal 1988, s

Executives expect moderate growth for Conrail during the second half of 1987 although automotive shi

Manville Corp. on Thursday announced that it has received bankruptcy court approval to arrange $220