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Blue Cross and Blue Shield, the largest health insurance carrier among federal employees, will offer

A $55 million defamation lawsuit has been filed against the state by a firm that offers to store cu

Korean Air Orders Three Boeing 747sKorean Air, the privately-owned flag carrier of the Repub

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Ecuador and several other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting C

Egypt Increases Prices For First Half of MonthEgypt increased crude oil prices by $1.70 to $

Member's Death Poses New York PSC PuzzleALBANY, N.Y. - The death of state Public Service Com

Trading in the tanker market was slow following Mondays U.S. market holiday, brokers said. However,

The reports on the dry cargo and tanker market published on this page replace the ship fixture break

The death toll in the Soviet Union's second major maritime disaster of 1986 reached at least 79 peop

Nearly 600,000 pounds of illegally caught salmon from Taiwan was seized, and lawsuits may be filed i

Ford do Brasil's move to invest $100 million to launch a mid-range three- volume model in Brazil by

Proposed U.S. tax reforms probably would spur the automobile, retailing and service industries but d

Cool Carrier's Board FiresStaff DirectorSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Swedish ship line Co

U.S. marine insurers recorded their first overall underwriting profit in five years last year.

About the only times this small rural community on the approach to Mount Hood made national news was

The huge U.S. budget deficit and Japan's massive external assets will probably keep expanding for ye

Austria's Voest Alpine Reduces Staff 25 percentLINZ, Austria - Managers of the Voest Alpine

The Port Everglades Authority approved a stevedoring franchise for Coordinated Caribbean Transport -

Overseas Containers Ltd., Britain's largest container shipping line, is in good financial shape and

L'Air Liquide SA and Big Three Industries Inc. announced that the Federal Trade Commission requested

Rates for Panamax grain cargoes from the U.S. Gulf to Japan for September continued to rise with rep

Investors with patience and a willingness to accept risk should consider buying stock in American Pr

France's Mediterranean port of Sete is seeking to diversify its activities to make up for the recent

Approval of two joint ventures were the key positive results of talks in the Philippines among econo

Sixty-five U.S. firms will take part in a major 10-day international agriculture-related trade show

International Business Machines Corp. introduced an enhanced version of its XT personal computer tha

The U.S. dollar edged cautiously upward in quiet trading Tuesday on news of a 0.5 percent gain in Ju

The net operating revenues for the nation's freight railroads fell 43.4 percent to $524 million in t

Coast Guard officials are investigating the collision early last Friday of a 641-foot Liberian-regis

Norway is close to announcing plans to slow oil output, but will go ahead with them only if oil mini

GENERAL NEWSTax reform probably will spur automotive, retailing and service industries but d

The issue of cargo preference for U.S.-flag ships hauling military shipments still divides the Navy

Manila Airport Secure WASHINGTON - Manila International Airport's security measures received

France's leading banks are making a big, albeit belated, push into the aircraft leasing business.

Singapore's International Monetary Exchange today begins the first trading in Japanese stock futures

Helen Brady said she would have been thrown through the windshield that prom night when a van hurtle

Representatives of seven Midwestern states gathered here recently to start playing an earnest game o

US-Japanese Frictions Expected to ContinueThe huge U.S. budget deficit and Japan's massive e

Jamaica deliberately has built up arrears in payments with the International Monetary Fund as part o