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A man allegedly killed his 5-year-old daughter with an overdose of medicine and suffocated his lover

I.C.H. Corp., a Louisville, Ky.-based insurance holding company, said it is acquiring 9.9 percent of

One burglar's skull was smashed with an ax handle. An electrified booby trap killed a thief leaving

Dillingham Ship Repair unilaterally put a new work contract into effect this week, triggering a prot

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will lobby for greater market access to the European Comm

Swissair Picks Atlanta For New US GatewaySwissair has chosen Atlanta, the second largest air

The future of People Express Corp. remained uncertain following the government's tentative approval

Alaska Air Group Inc. reported third quarter net income increased to $17.9 million, or $1.43 a share

"Renault is feeling better, thank you," says Jose Dedeurwaerder, world sales director of the French

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

West Germans Order Cray Computer SystemCray Research Inc. said a West German government-fund

The Tennessee Valley Authority entered the market to buy high-sulfur coal on a one-year contract for

Foreign businessmen in China welcome the country's new investment code, but criticize its failure to

TECO Energy Inc. reported third quarter net income and revenue were essentially flat compared with t

The 7,426-deadweight-ton Panamanian vehicle carrier Bright Ace was successfully refloated Wednesday.

Officials of the Nakasone administration soon will agree in principle with Washington's demands that

Bills with a range of provisions affecting the trucking and railroad industries are caught up in the

Air Cargo Association, monthly meeting. Oct. 16, Viscount Hotel at JFK International Airport. Speak

While Cornell is internationally renowned for its Nobel Prize laureates and famed authors, New York'

Bucking German business tradition, Hesse state is using public funds to help finance young entrepre

The two-year-old Commission on the Merchant Marine and Defense still has a staff but no commissioner

READ ALL ABOUT IT! ILA UNDERCUTS TEAMSTERS! Yep, that's the way things appear to have worked out in

Henkel of America agreed to acquire the Parker Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Ford Motor Co., for an

Wednesday, October 15, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Watching an Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meeting unfold is a little like waiting ou

Emery Cuts GlycerinePricesEmery Chemicals announced a 5-cent-a-pound roll-back on al

Indonesia and Japan signed an agreement for a $7.5 million project to explore for coal in Central Su

The structure and operations of the ailing Farm Credit System - the nation's largest farm lender - w

The stock market moved sharply higher in the last hour of trading Wednesday, surging ahead in heavy

Corporate bankruptcy cases linked to the sharply appreciating yen continued to increase in September

Auto insurance rates can vary as much as 300 percent in California, depending on where the driver li

Several hundred Haitians, who have been in Cuba since their ferry was hijacked two months ago, were

IML Air Courier, a London-based unit of British & Commonwealth Holdings PLC, is planning to use its

The little red caboose is going the way of the little red schoolhouse. And if railroad manag

The following are the results of Wednesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge fre

The House and the Senate are expected to vote today or Friday on the Reagan administration's plan to

Developing countries hurt by drought, the drop in oil prices or soaring foreign debt are falling far

The City Council of Portsmouth, Va., denied rezoning for a controversial coal unloading facility tha

Even though Japan is slowly turning off its torrent of exports in favor of a new economy based on do

Floodwaters that left at least 150 people homeless have receded enough to let workers start restorin