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Continental Corp., a New York-based insurance holding company, increased its property/casualty stake

Wealthy Lloyd's of London members are waiting for details on the British government's plan announced

The Federal Centers for Disease Control hopes that anonymous tests for AIDS antibodies - to be admin

Westmoreland Reduces Va. Mine Work ForceWestmoreland Coal Co., Philadelphia, said it laid of

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Several years ago, Spartus Corp. started planning to reduce imports of components and shift the manu

Production of plastics resins increased 9.7 percent in 1987, reaching 55.8 billion pounds, according

U.S. shipbuilders are looking to the next administration in the hope that it will help reverse the s

The first strategic planning seminar ever offered by the American Association of Port Authorities ge

Safeway Stores Inc. agreed to pay $995,000 in penalties to the Commerce Department to settle charges

The U.K.'s action last week to allow the pound sterling to rise against the deutsche mark is consist

The U.S. dollar edged higher Tuesday, while the pound sterling extended its rally on a bullish U.K.

Disruption and confusion could result from the Interstate CommerceCommission's proposed chan

1590.0 (Mar. 15, 1988) Previous day - 1583.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The city has taken a first step toward suing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for $4 m

State Farm Seeking 7 percent Car Rate Hike in Pa.HARRISBURG, Pa. - The State Farm Mutual Aut

Internal documents indicate that G.D. Searle & Co. may have misled doctors and a federal regulatory

Despite prospects for an economic boom the next few years, the Northern industrial states face a cre

An article in Tuesday's paper reported that Evergreen Line might be subject to a $65 million fine in

Iraqis Attack Tanker Off Kharg IslandMANAMA, Bahrain - Iraqi warplanes attacked a supertanke

Northern States Power Co. is off to a roaring start with its $1 billion Sherco 3 coal-fired generati

Kentucky's coal owners could be paying $48 million annually in new taxes after the state Supreme Cou

Ex-Japanese Official Sentenced for BriberyThe Tokyo District Court Tuesday sentenced Nobuyuk

3M Opens Korean Hub For Automotive SectorST. PAUL, Minn. - Minnesota Mining and Manufacturin

The government's new trade-and-aid program to help U.S. farmers by sending emissaries to foreign cou

Hong Kong's clothing manufacturers will have to make greater use of computers and machines if they w

An ultimatum to sign new contracts or be fired was sent to 2,300 striking seamen in Dover on Monday

Shamir Lists Objections To Shultz Peace PlanIsraeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir registered

An article in this column Jan. 26, 1988, incorrectly listed Alltransport Inc., New York City, as an

The Treasury Department shifted gears Tuesday and refrained from endorsing new taxes on life insuran

JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Boston) - William L. Boyan was named chief financial officer

Polish Papal Coins To Sell at $8,800 EachWARSAW, Poland - Poland, in an attempt to cash in o

Digital Equipment Corp.'s newest line of computers should continue the company's process of chipping

Northern Air Freight Inc.'s fourth quarter net income increased to $287,595, or 16 cents a share, fr

Venezuela is still vulnerable to oil-price swings, but it has come up with a policy that helps assu

One of the United States' major computer companies, Digital Equipment Corp., has become the first su

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it found four samples of U.S. pork with illegal sulfamethazi

The announcement of the first human tests with a vaccine against Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,

The European Community will not drop its ban on the sale of beef produced with hormonal implants, co

CIRCLE EXPRESS INC. (Indianapolis) Merle E. Bright was elected president and chief operating officer