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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 233.92 off 0.69

As of Nov. 4, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

Right now it's just a bunch of weeds in the marshy back lands of Staten Island, N.Y., with its odoro

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Still taking flak from congressmen and tanker owners, the Coast Guard says it is more confident than

The Baltic Freight Index is a daily indicator of world bulk shipping freight rate levels.

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission fired back at the National Industrial Transportation

A group headed by New Jersey members of Congress will propose legislation eliminating federal ethano

Announcing its marketing plans for a large piece of land leased from the Navy earlier this year, the

Todd Shipyards Corp. recorded a $3 million drop in quarterly revenue but posted a net profit of $1.1

4 IMPRISONED FOR DEATHS IN CHINA FERRY ACCIDENTBEIJING - A Chinese court imprisoned

Cigna Corp. said its Cigna International unit has reacquired its former South African operations, wh

Lloyd's of London subsidiary Centrewrite Ltd. has taken over management and administration of its ow

A Los Angeles jury has ordered a Baltimore insurance company to pay $61 million to a construction fi

PMI Mortgage Insurance Co., the San Francisco-based residential mortgage insurance company, has rece

AON REACHES AGREEMENT ON ACQUISITION OF JFSAon Corp. and Jennifer Fenton Slade Group Ltd. (J

Houston's American General Corp. is testing whether consumers want to buy life insurance through the

The A.M. Best Co. usually rates insurance companies. Now, the Oldwick, N.J., firm has rated Des Moin

The president of the National Association of Independent Insurers used the group's annual meeting la

South Carolina has the fifth-lowest workers compensation rates in the nation, according to a nationa

Transport executives are questioning Europe's commitment to building a multibillion-dollar continent

Microwave Networks Inc. of Houston heard the right signal in 1989. It was coming from overseas.<

The railroad industry has sued to force the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes to bargain on

Customs Commissioner George Weise is a man in a hurry. He wants to re- engineer the 200-year-old U.S

Compulsory insurance coverage for ships operating in U.K. waters is under consideration by the Briti

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Weather-beaten mansions dotting the shore of this town on the Yucatan peninsula hark back to the day

Transit times between Asia and Europe will be cut by up to seven days when Sea-Land Service Inc. and

Rep. W.J. "Billy" Tauzin, D-La., has gone as far over the Coast Guard's head as he can in his latest

A leading Canadian steel executive is pushing forward a proposal to partially privatize the St. Lawr

Citing the underutilization of many of its dock and warehouse facilities and the need to generate mo

NEW ZEALAND CARRIER TO TAKE JAPAN CARGOTOKYO - New Zealand's Translink Pacific Shipp

Stevedoring Services of America will expand its business into Vietnam early next year under a joint-

The 11 ship inspection companies that earned a place on the Coast Guard minimum standards approval l

Transportation unions contribute substantially more to Democrats than Republicans and would stand to

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The Norwegian shipping group Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd. AS will buy full control of its liner shipping su

Prime Minister Jean Chretien leaves here today at the head of a high-powered trade mission to Asia t

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.9510/28 108.410/31 108.311

Thursday, Nov. 3, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada