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Gov. George Deukmejian's insurance commissioner says the state will require insurance firms to justi

WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY. A few weeks ago, we ran a two- part piece about the pro

The growing use of outpatient services and clinics is causing a plunge in hospital use by Americans,

US Crime Rate Fell To Record Low in '86A record low number of crimes was committed in the Un

OCTOBER 14 - Free Trade and International Insurance, symposium - Wall Street Club, New York

Senate Ratifies Treaty With Iceland on CargoThe Senate swiftly ratified a cargo sharing trea

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley drew a $10,000 contribution from the California Trial Lawyers in his c

The 16,789-deadweight-ton Indian-flag motor vessel State of Gujarat, collided with the 2,948-dwt. Sp

Legislation authorizing a long list of channel dredging projects and new locks and dams along the in

In its first major probe of alleged illegal rate-making activities under the 1984 Shipping Act, the

Grain traffic at Thunder Bay, Canada's biggest cereals port, resumed late Thurs day afternoon after

A California shippers group is suing the Korea Shipping Corp. for $1 million in damages, alleging br

President Raul Alfonsin of Argentina rounded on labor leaders for declaring another strike, their se

Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige is hoping for a negotiated settlement of the U.S. lumber produce

The stage is being carefully set here for a clash of two of the titans of the international communic

The Marine Index Bureau, a nationwide agency that for 40 years has served as depository of illness a

GENERAL NEWSSuperfund will likely determine if Congress will adjourn for the year next week

Japanese officials involved with the multimillion-dollar Chubu International Airport planned for con

SO THERE. For every fearful assertion that inflation might soon be a problem, the experts have an an

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 160,339 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

Toyota's US UnitNames VPGEORGETOWN, Ky. - Toyota Motor Manufacturing U.S.A. Inc. app

The European Community made formal to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade its complaint again

The nation's major retailers posted modest sales gains for September compared with a year ago.

General Motors Corp. said it will drop prices on two of its 1987 Cadillac models and hold prices at

Commodity shipping along parts of the Upper and Lower Mississippi and Illinois rivers and in the St.

Sales of new electronic truck engines could soar if leading fleets bury the hatchet with manufacture

Controversial Rice Deal WASHINGTON - White House efforts to dole out campaign help to Republ

Several U.S. companies, perhaps five or 10, soon may agree with the Soviet Union to participate in j

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. has two months to solve the competitive problems that resulted in th

Superfund legislation will probably be the final hurdle facing Congress as it strives to adjourn nex

The world's economies and bulk shipping markets will improve substantially and sustain the gains, mo

Top Stories Taiwan is still riding the crest of a wave of high economic growth, but many off

The Port of Houston Authority notified controversial non-union stevedore Hank Milam that his company

Last weekend the Netherlands put the final brick in a wall designed to keep a large chunk of the cou

The development of a synthetic hormone that boosts a cow's annual milk output by as much as 28 perce

The U.S. agricultural counselor said it was "highly significant" that U.S.S.R. reports repeatedly sa

The harvest of sugar beets in the U.S.S.R. may be running ahead of schedule in the west and north-ce

The world demand for oilmeals has not kept up with demand for vegetable oils, Oil World, the weekly

Suez Canal transit tolls for 1987 will be increased for small cargo vessels but will be reduced for

Despite a series of closed-door staff meetings, U.S. House and Senate conferees are finding trouble