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A Massachusetts Insurance Department official has recommended a 23.6 percent retroactive medical mal

The president of the Air Transport Association ran into heavy criticism from House Aviation Subcommi

The U.S. dollar plunged sharply against all key foreign currencies Thursday after Commerce Departmen

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

One day after Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new offering of a library of reference works on a single

Having muscled its way into the industrial big leagues, it seems inevitable" that Japan will pull ou

The defense industry is one of the few parts of the U.S. economy that still dominates the world, but

Royal Dutch Shell said net income declined in the fourth quarter to 752 million from 863 million i

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 174,902 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

UK's Grain Exports Surged in Second HalfTotal U.K. grain exports for the period July 1 to De

Pacific Southwest Airlines says the type of engine that failed during a jetliner's recent flight had

A senior Reagan administration official warned that the Japanese are still not opening their markets

The Coast Guard will begin employing a new data bank containing information on vessel boardings and

The federal dairy herd buy-out program is working and meeting budget limits, Rep. Charles Stenholm ,

GENERAL NEWS The current economic recovery is long but fragile, and we are skating on thin i

The hard facts of life are that New York continues to be the most expensive city in the United State

A PepsiCo Inc. official called on the U.S. government to react favorably to Soviet efforts to promot

A British company offers an in-circuit emulator that is a powerful design tool for microprocessor-sy

Canada will stick to its decision not to reduce quality standards for canned tuna, despite pressure

British Telecom Licenses TekelecCALABASAS, Calif. - Tekelec signed a license agreement with

The Federal Reserve Board's vice chairman said he is confident of achieving the necessary conditions

Stocks rose further into record territory Thursday ahead of a key report today on the nation's emplo

Jamaica's stock exchange is experiencing unprecedented rates of growth and a pace of activity, which

Lawmakers and agricultural industry representatives urged tougher action against trade practices by

Shares in the Wellcome Foundation Drug Co. climbed 10 percent Thursday, a day after the British gove

Itel Corp. of Chicago has transferred its holdings in XTRA Corp., the container and equipment leasin

Merced Irrigation District officials thought they had devised a foolproof ''Buy-American" program, b

Salomon Inc. named Gerald Rosenfeld executive vice president and chieffinancial officer.

American International Group, a major property/casualty underwriter, reported $296.5 million, or $1.

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey will appeal a state court ruling in favor of three automobile insu

Alexander & Alexander Wins Higher RatingMoody's Investors Service Inc. said it raised the co

State-owned Vancouver Port Corp. is seeking the advice of a volunteer committee representing labor,

Fewer Work Days Lost to Strikes in UKThe number of working days lost because of industrial d

An article in the March 4 edition of The Journal of Commerce inaccurately reported a statement by Sp

A Brazilian maritime workers strike that tied up domestic and international shipping in the country'

A gold futures contract based on the Australian Associated Stock Exchanges' gold index and priced in

The severing of a 500,000-volt transmission line has forced Public Service Electric & Gas Co. to red

A company vying to build a revolutionary, $30 million bagged-goods loading system in Houston has fil

Labor Problems Result In Loss for WestarVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Westar Mining Ltd., of

Ogden Corp. said its subsidiary, Ogden Environmental Services, received approval from the U.S. Envir