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A wave of panic selling swept through the dry cargo freight futures market Thursday, sending prices

A fire Wednesday gutted a Soviet passenger liner carrying Communist Youth League members on a visit

In the May 18 story (page 5B) on air cargo volumes at major airports, the volumes listed for 10 indi

Colorado voters in Adams County approved a plan to let the City of Denver annex land for a new $3 bi

American Airlines Inc. accused British Airways PLC in the London High Court Wednesday of acting unla

Officials in China say plans to replace aging aircraft are being accelerated, with discussions alrea

Global Freight Cargo Shows 12 percent ExpansionInternational freight shipments expanded 12 p

Do you know where your computer software has been? If not, you may have reason to worry abou

In 1986, Canadian truckers undertook a pilot EDI project under the auspices of the EDI Council of Ca

Do you know where your mail is? Neither does the U.S. Postal service - some of the time. Tha

After months of apparent foot-dragging, the government has agreed to join the private sector in a fu

Tymnet Introduces Software InterfaceANAHEIM, Calif.- Tymnet, McDonnell Douglas' network syst

The United States, with 52 companies confirmed, will have the largest participation after Greece at

The U.S. dollar was mixed in a narrow range Wednesday with dealers citing no clear direction for the

Shippers will have an easier time at India's principal ports with implementation of a single window

For the first time in a decade, the segment of world business ambitious to sell goods and services t

The westernization of the Soviet Union's banking system took another step forward Wednesday when Bar

The International Air Transport Association and Eurocontrol, the European air control organization,

The first in a new generation of ships aimed at putting the Australian maritime industry on a more e

Four men were arrested today in a failed scheme to embezzle $70 million from the nation's 10th-large

Wed., May 18, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

As the Rhode Island Joint Underwriting Association seeks a 50.8 percent increase in medical malpract

Product Bill Amended; Tampering AddressedThe House Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday a

An aging baby boom population will face significant costs for long-term health care in the first dec

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Boston) - Joel V. Kamer was named senior vice president and

State Attorney General John Van de Kamp singled out the insurance industry Monday as a major reason

Health-care representatives have cautioned doctors against overreacting to a Supreme Court ruling in

One of the state attorneys general bringing antitrust charges against the insurance industry wants C

A steel industry leader hinted Wednesday that the industry would take strong legal action if steel i

When a Tennessee mule trader started shipping planeloads of mules to the Afghan rebels last year, ha

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.49

A ban on imports of strategic metals from South Africa would cost the U.S. economy at least $1.85 bi

Jamaica, the world's third-largest bauxite producer, has captured China as a new buyer for alumina.<

Japan and West Germany have replaced the United States as South Africa's top trading partners, accor

American analysts of the Soviet Union caution that, despite the major strides taken at previous summ

The European Community and Comecon, the Soviet-led trading bloc, are edging toward agreement on dipl

The Bank of Japan is not confident that the smaller U.S. merchandise trade deficit for March signals

Housing construction edged up 0.5 percent in April, the third monthly gain in a row after a sharp sl

A 3M economist says Midwestern exports will remain strong into next year, so that factories must scu

AVIATION Aircraft builders show little interest in the proposed hypersonic jet transport; th