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Monday Oct. 24, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

Natural-gas prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange turned sharply higher Monday, with the expiri

Nigeria's Ugborodo community has threatened to disrupt Chevron's 300,000- barrel-a-day Escravos crud

Moody's Investors Service said that the reserve resources of property- casualty insurers are at risk

MARSH & MCLENNAN POSTS RISE IN NET, SALESMarsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. reported net income for

Continuing its steady expansion of hotel properties, Host Marriott Corp. said Monday it agreed to bu

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) raised interest rates on Monday for the second time in less than

A Mexican subsidiary of the Liberty Mutual Group has started selling in Mexico software packages tha

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,100-$1,150per ton lots &

Utah employers will be taking less money from their wallets next year for injured workers' insurance

Growing domestic investment activity is helping to strengthen Germany's economic recovery, the Feder

As of Oct. 24, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Oct. 24, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

SOFT-WHEAT PRODUCTION SEEN DROPPING IN ITALYItalian soft-wheat production is expected to dec

A survey by New York's Neighborhood Housing Services, a nonprofit, community- based group committed

Schnitzer Steel Industries is acquiring a scrap-recycling company, Manufacturing Management Inc., fo

Australian cattle numbers on feed are expected to decline 6 percent between the end of September and

A potentially nasty row between Mexico and Chile has been skirted after Mexican commerce officials l

Scientists have developed a new breed of "super rice" that they claim can produce 25 percent more gr

Vietnam expects higher world prices for coffee and a 10,000-ton increase in bean production to help

Harvesting of the Cote d'Ivoire's 1994-95 cocoa crop has been disturbed by rain, which has spoiled t

The Norwegian shipping group Leif Hoegh & Co. A/S downgraded its full-year profit forecast because o

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 231.63 off 2.28 wh

Estimates for third-quarter real U.S. gross domestic product growth have been increased to an annual

1866 (Oct. 24, 1994) Previous day - 1855 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Oct. 24, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

The following is the list of bunker prices obtained during the course of week ending Oct. 21, 1994.

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The South Carolina State Ports Authority had one of its best quarters everfrom July to Septe

The parent company of Matson Navigation said the carrier's new Pacific Coast Shuttle service has att

The index of freight rates for large bulk carriers hit a new high Monday as demand for bulk commodit

Southeast Texas was putting the worst of last week's flooding behind it Monday as the waters receded

Five months after its final hearing on the incident, the National Transportation Safety Board has qu

TYPHOON TERESA CAUSES SEVERAL SHIPS TO GROUNDLONDON - Typhoon Teresa, which ravaged

Contship Containerlines Ltd. is adding a third ship to its service between the Mediterranean and the

Trans-Atlantic Agreement carriers have cut refrigerated-cargo rates to Russia by over 15 percent in

INDIAN PORT WORKERS THREATEN TO STRIKELONDON - The labor unions of all ports in Indi

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COURT: DISABILITIES ACT APPLIES TO HEALTH PLANSCompanies providing health insurance plans fo