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Marsh & McLennan Cos. appointed Philip L. Wroughton vice chairman, a position that has been vacant s

As of Aug. 3, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

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

ZURICH-AMERICAN INSURANCE GROUP (Schaumburg, Ill.) - Bryan S. Reid III will lead the casualty depart

RAINS EXTINGUISH FIRE AT PORGERA MINEPORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Heavy rains ha

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

The 8,197-deadweight-ton freighter Johanna Schulte was being towed by a tug Wednesday after drifting

An environmentally correct solution to the Port of Oakland's longstanding dredging problem is off th

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +15.567/28 104.67/29 104.78/1

U.S. inventories of gasoline fell 4.4 million barrels during the week ended July 29 compared with th

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on a 17-4 vote, Wednesday approved the Clinton ad

Shares of American Cyanamid Co. were lower Wednesday after soaring in late off-exchange electronic t

Aug. 3, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

"Ship, Sea and Sky: The Marine Art of James Edward Buttersworth." Through Sept. 5. New York. Exhibit

A unit of Bankers Trust was selected Wednesday to privatize the state shipping line Navieras de Puer

In a major policy change, the Immigration and Naturalization Service said that until further notice,

Still smarting from the Senate's rejection of a controversial proposal to fundamentallyalter U.S. co

The past five months have seen many policy changes in China's oil industry, but one strong theme rem

Led by a sharp rise in rail earnings, Canadian Pacific Ltd. reported second- quarter net profit of C

China's economic reforms are yielding better results, but the economic struggle continues, the count

The Federal Trade Commission permitted the Sun Co.'s purchase of the neighboring Chevron Philadelphi

Vice President Al Gore's message of free market reform to the new president of Ukraine has fallen on

Wednesday Aug. 3, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

OPEC stuck close to its production quota in July, but this was due more to the oil workers' strike i

Officials at Uganda's Ministry of Finance say a new tax on coffee is being implemented despite prote

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 233.16 off 0.53 w

Seventy-two new ships have been added to the Indian merchant fleet over the last three years, the gr

Jurors deciding the Exxon Valdez case won't have their deliberations interrupted with information on

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

New Zealand Rail Ltd., a formerly state-run company, doubled net earnings in its first year of priva

The Miami freight forwarding and customs brokerage group, the Flagship Cos., has been acquired by Ra

6 KILLED, 156 INJURED IN CUBAN TRAIN CRASHHAVANA - Two trains collided in Havana on

Raids on two groups netted equipment alleged to be involved in counterfeiting computer programs, a U

Remaining partners of Liberty Pipeline Co. have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to po

Rep. Jack Brooks on Tuesday finally got his bill that would repeal insurance industry antitrust exem

Major Lloyd's of London insurer Sturge Holdings PLC has announced the appointment of David Poole as

Russian officials have asked the head of the troubled MMM investment fund to a meeting todayin a bid

Asia's trading houses are poised for a surge this year in sugar purchases by China, brokers in Hong

A U.N. report has pegged total 1993-94 (July-June) maize production in Kenya at 1.62 million tons, d

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