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The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 242.38 up 0.29 wh

CHUBB TAKES 100 PERCENT STAKEIN MEXICAN COMPANYWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. and various of its

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Companies in the industrialized nations will continue to show strong growth in sales and profits in

As of Jan. 8, 1997Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

Jan. 8, 1997Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

Jan. 8, 1997Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

New York Mercantile Exchange - Jan. 8, 1997Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

A disabled oil tanker was guided by three escort vessels into port at the Valdez marine terminal of

THAI AIRWAYS TO STUDYLEASING 21 PLANESBANGKOK - Thai Airways International will consider a r

Conrail Inc., CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. tangle today in a Philadelphia court, where U.S.

CALIFORNIA FOOD SHOWSTOP $33 MILLION IN SALESSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Agricultural exporters who

Jan. 8, 1997RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

Canadian gold giant Placer Dome Inc. on Tuesday agreed to a deal with Papua New Guinean miner Highla

The state Bureau of Employment is suing six more coal company owners as part of an effort to recoup

UK'S ENTERPRISE OILQUITS CAMBODIAN SITEPHNOM PENH, Cambodia - British oil exploration firm E

The U.S. Helms-Burton law frustrated plans to complete construction of the island's first nuclear po

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ARGONAUT ANNOUNCESDROP IN NET INCOMEArgonaut Group Inc. has announced consolidated net incom

A federal judge here had a simple message for importers upset over a federal harbor fee: Call your c

The cavalry is on the way for U.S. investors in Lloyd's of London in need of help with paying their

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Boeing Co. is still uncertain about the world market's need for a superjumbo passenger jet but is fl

At a White House retreat this weekend, President Clinton and his cabinet are expected to agree to se

FLIGHT 800 PLANE TOO OLD,VICTIMS' RELATIVES SAYPHILADELPHIA - Survivors of a couple killed i

Day oh!Da-ay-ay oh!Daylight come.And bananas are going to Gulfport, Miss.Gul

Japanese government workers teamed up with local volunteers Wednesday to begin cleaning up 60 miles

The controversy over the huge Busang gold deposit involving two Canadian mining companies will have

U.S. cotton exports to the crucial Asian market have slowed considerably in what should be the busie

Making good on last year's promise, the American Council of Life Insurance has filed suit against th

GM SHIFTING ATTENTION,PRODUCTION OVERSEASDETROIT - Fewer automaking jobs could be on the hor

California's leading homeowner insurer State Farm is drawing criticism for creating a separate compa

1510 (Jan. 8, 1997) Previous day - 1511The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 8, 1997 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 8, 1997No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 34.

Importers and exporters have long resented the harbor maintenance tax, but at this point only export

The U.S. dollar rose sharply Wednesday on reports that Russian President Boris Yeltsin canceled enga

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, Jan. 12, '96 - Jan. 8, '97 (a graph)* An

A special committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Developmentwill meet soon to di

Expanding on its aggressive push into Latin America, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange is adding non-J