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FREIGHTLINER RECALLING TRACTORS TO FIX DEFECTPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. is recallin

While U.S. and Soviet arms negotiators work to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in Europe, the

Peru's new economy minister said he would shun any shock measures to revive the country's battered e

Kraft Inc. has spent $500,000 to install onboard monitoring computers in its food services division

Gasoline, distillate fuel and crude oil inventories increased in the week ended May 12, the American

SENATE COMMITTEE OKS GAS DECONTROL BILLThe Senate Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday ap

Japanese steel companies are warning their metallurgical coal suppliers that competition and changin

Federal engineers have opened investigations into reports of safety defects in potentially 4 million

Two measures to create California state units that would represent consumers in upcoming insurance r

Two lawmakers have introduced legislation to formally extend the Interstate Commerce Commission's ju

Leading international banks, persisting with a controversial idea that the U.S. Treasury has flatly

Talks to extend the U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement again should begin ''relatively soon," pos

Coffee prices are heading lower, analysts said, as sentiment grows that International Coffee Organiz

Kansas City is often called "the heart of America" because several major railroad lines and highways

Capt. Pat Coffman settled his 220-pound frame into the cockpit, placed his unlit El Producto cigar s

GASOLINE PRICES LIKELY TO RESULT IN CPI RISEHigher gasoline prices probably pushed the U.S.

A deal that would have allowed the cruise ship S.S. Monterey to continue operating in the trade amon

COASTAL BARGE GETS OK TO USE SHIP IN ALASKACoastal Barge Corp. gained Maritime Administratio

Foreign exchange dealers here doubt that U.S. monetary authorities really want to stop the U.S. doll

Boeing Co. is close to a revised production schedule for the new 747-400 jumbo jet but will negotiat

BAKES SAYS EASTERN MAKING PROGRESSWASHINGTON - Strike-bound Eastern Airlines is making progr

Negotiations aimed at increasing air passenger and cargo service between the United States and Japan

The House passed the $1.16 trillion budget resolution Wednesday and sent the measure to the Senate,

The third annual Conrail stockholders meeting completed its scheduled business in just 10 minutes We

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

U.S. dairy industry and congressional officials have been pressuring the Department of Agriculture t

The small gulf state of Qatar is shifting from a reliance on oil production to a natural gas-based e

SENATE VOTE MAY FORCE NEW TALKS ON FSXThe State Department said new restrictions imposed by

The Journal of Commerce publishes the MidAmerica Report every Thursday and MidAmerica news throughou

GREENBERG TAKES CHAIRMAN'S SEATAT AIGMaurice R. "Hank" Greenberg took on the additio

A federal jury Wednesday rejected a woman's claims she was injured by an intrauterine copper contrac

U.S. oil imports increased substantially in April, filling a gap left by declining domestic producti

Women hold the key to economic development and slower population growth but many are trapped by cult

Massachusetts plans to use undercover agents, aerial surveillance and search warrants in a pollution

Cargill Ltd. and the province of Saskatchewan will jointly build a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing

SOVIETS SEEK US HELP TO ANALYZE RUBLEWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union has asked the United Stat

The Quebec government announced new taxes on businesses in a budget tailored to win votes for the Li

COMPLAINT DISMISSED ON BRAZILIAN WHEELSWASHINGTON - The International Trade Commission in ef

The U.S. dollar rallied Wednesday on a slim U.S. trade gap for March, but stalled when it encountere

PCs AND SATELLITES. Those are the hot issues at the Distribution/Computer Expo in Chicago th