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The hijacking of a Pan American World Airways jumbo jet last week in Karachi, Pakistan, came at a ti

Rail Union Authorizes Strike for Sept. 13A union representing Long Island Rail Road track wo

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

Edward Seaga, prime minister of Jamaica, concluded a round of meetings with international banking an

CAPITAL CHATTER: A bitter fight is brewing between United Parcel Service and Federal Express and sho

The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad took over operations of a 900-mile line that the Chicago

For the week ended Aug. 23, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Fierce price competition will hurt Burlington Air Express' third quarter results, according to Paul

Britain's service industries contributed a record 6.1 billion to the country's gross overseas earni

For the stock market, the 1986 tax bill is indeed a landmark event, since it brings an end to the ti

Security Pacific Corp. agreed to sell 40 billion yen ($260 million) of 8.50 percent Eurobonds, of wh

Secondary trading of Argentine debt paper has turned cautious in recent weeks, following increases e

The negative trend in corporate rating changes may ease over the next few quarters, according to a s

Electronics Equipment Seized in Alleged ScamAuthorities investigating alleged serial-number

The Soviet Union's interest in developing an arctic sea route to link Vancouver with northern Europe

There are several ways for Congress to reduce the federal budget deficit for fiscal 1987 by $9.4 bil

Aquino Plans US Visit MANILA, Philippines - Corazon Aquino, president of the Philippines, wi

Richard Thalheimer says he's never outgrown the desire to have more toys. Neither have his c

Arthur Dunkel, director-general of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, says he's 99.99 perce

Jamaica's garment exports to the United States surged in value and volume in the first half of 1986,

Gov. George Deukmejian signed a bill that capped a decades-old battle by changing the state tax on m

Pink clapping rabbits and squawking robots joined the clamor at the Tokyo Toy Fair last week, but th

Pink clapping rabbits and squawking robots joined the clamor at the Tokyo Toy Fair last week, but th

US Likely to Oppose Chile World Bank LoanPresident Reagan's top Latin American affairs offic

Foreign investors may soon realize the potential of a huge, growing domestic market in India, its mi

Two California companies and a Korean citizen who is an officer of both were named as defendants in

There is little chance that debtor nations will adopt a suggestion by the Philip pines to pay their

Brazil and more than 95 percent of its international bank creditors have signed an agreement for th

There is little chance that debtor nations will adopt a suggestion by the Philip pines to pay their

INSURANCE CONTINENTAL CORP. (New York) - Richard N. Maiocco joined the Marine Office of Amer

The net capital drain on Latin America may slow somewhat this year from the record 1985 outflow, Int

China expects its trade with the world to increase 40 percent in the next five years, hitting an ann

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Rates for Panamax ships from the U.S. Gulf to Japan climbed to $12.50 with Japanese charterers fixin

New business was slow to emerge on the tanker market, brokers said. In the Persian Gulf, Tot

The 9,899-gross-ton Cypriot-flag vessel Silver Sea was reported to be ablaze about seven miles north

The government of Taiwan tentatively agreed to allow U.S. insurers into its market. The agre

Trend Change From Change From ChangeJuly 1986 Prior Month Year Ago 1977-1985Overall

MoneyCenter, the electronic financial information service developed by Knight-Ridder Financial Infor

The U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York did not intervene in the foreign exchange