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State insurance regulators slapped a quarter-million-dollar fine on Executive Life Insurance Co. of

The government's second-consecutive deficit budget aims to boost business by holding down costs.

West Germany's seasonally adjusted industrial output was 3 percent lower in January than a month be

A new program will allow City University of New York faculty and students to use the South Street Se

Delta Steamship Lines contends it is not liable for a payment of more than $4 million to the longsho

A pier-head jumper is a crewmember who joins his ship at the last minute - if not literally leaping

Strong gains by auto, high-technology and oil issues enabled the stock market to break out of its re

Wed., March 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

It will take time to wean agriculture off many of the governmental subsidies and controls that have

An electronic meter-reading system may be the answer to problems of estimated bills now under attack

Orders to U.S. factories plunged 4 percent in January, the biggest decline in almost seven years, th

Record Taiwan Budget Proposed to CabinetTAIPEI, Taiwan - The National Security Council recom

The battle for control of San Miguel Corp., the largest industrial corporation in the Philippines, e

Record Taiwan Budget Proposed to CabinetTAIPEI, Taiwan - The National Security Council recom

DEVELOPMENT IS WOMEN'S WORK. Like women's work, it is never done," World Bank President Barber Conab

GENERAL NEWS The U.S. electronics industry announced plans to develop a non-profit corporati

Postal Service Weighs Express Collect ServiceCollect-on-delivery mail service could speed up

The airline industry will witness the end of the shakeout phase and see the emer gence of seven mega

The chairman of the House Aviation Subcommittee has taken aim at the controversial computer reservat

Air cargo agents who once enjoyed the predictability afforded their industry by government regulatio

Mexico Held Dumping Some Flowers in USThe Commerce Department made a final determina

The Federal Maritime Commission disclosed that licenses of eight ocean freight forwarders were recen

Abandoned Freighter Being Towed to HarborFALMOUTH, England - A tug towed an abandoned Danish

Analysts have mixed opinions on the expected degree of producer participation in the recently announ

A graphic accompanying a report on British Airways in the Feb. 26 edition of the Journal of Commerce

Oil prices surged by 75 cents a barrel in heavy European trading Wednesday, as the market detected a

French Buy Saudi Oil At Official OPEC PriceFrench oil companies Elf Aquitaine and Total CFP

Akzo Chemie to Hike Trigonox A-W70 PriceAkzo Chemie America, Noury Chemicals announced it is

The Long Island Lighting Co. is not worried by a suit Suffolk County filed seeking $8.7 billion in d

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige deplored Japan's apparent reluctance to buy U.S. supercomputers,

Air cargo statistics for November show strong growth in domestic tonnage with a 26.1 percent increas

A class-action lawsuit (87-ch-02033) was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Divisio

The Dutch government is expected to carry out its threat to stop subsidies of surplus dockers after

The search for the Hanjin Incheon is officially called off, but shippers remain puzzled about how a

Syndicates in the troubled Insurance Exchange of the Americas in Miami might not resume underwriting

A potent lobbying effort on behalf of the elderly, led by Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., is pushing the

The Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee remains without a chairman. Sen. John Breaux, D-La.,

Japan Awards Victims Of US Military CrashThe Yokohama District Court ordered the Japanese go

A New Jersey congressman has called for the Legislature to investigate why the state doesn't use a m

A large percentage of Japanese investment capital has moved into the domestic stock and bond markets