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NYMEX CRUDE FUTURES RISE TO $17.24 A BARRELNEW YORK - New York Mercantile Exchange c

Monday May 2, 1994 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

In the brave, newly competitive world of public utilities, some utilities will be more competitive t

Venezuelan oil authorities are planning to allow substantially more foreign investment in developing

STUDY: AIDS PATIENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM DRUGSYDNEY, Australia - High doses of the drug

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 225.04 up 1.89 whi

While Teamsters officials began the battle Monday for ratification of a new National Master Freight

May 2, 1994 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

China is ready to import large amounts of copper later this month or in early June despite the curre

Saudi Arabia Monday invited foreign and national firms to submit bids for a $1.7 billion phosphate m

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

It used to take thousands of well-paid Kennecott workers to produce copperfrom the depths of

Roche Holding Ltd. will acquire U.S. health-care services giant Syntex Corp. in a deal valued at $5.

Nov. 1993 to Jan. 1994 Total: $1.4 billionExports same period: $2.3 million.Japan

Dealing a sharp blow to the hopes of those opposed to Customs' New Jersey inspection centralization

Tuntex Group plans to build its T$150-billion (US$1.89 billion) petrochemical complex in two stages,

U.S. companies have been advised to reconsider making loans to their Russian subsidiaries or partner

As of May 2, 1994 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup

1414 (Apr. 29, 1994) Previous day - 1397 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

American President Cos. is being sued by a group of shareholders who claim company officers conceale

Monday, May 2, 1994 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

A combination of events, both here and abroad, has led to a shortage of domestically produced steel

This city could lose its No. 1 boat builder, Bertram Yacht Inc. Gruppo Varasi, the Italian c

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

(1) DAILY INDEX Annual Smoothed percent +8.004/26 98.64/27 98.64/28

Apr. 29, 1994 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Lee Raymond, Exxon Corp. chairman, said last week that Alaska's Prince William Sound area, which was

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

U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor said Monday the United States has made progress in talks wit

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index reached a new high for 1994 at 99.3 Monday, surpassin

Seven bodies were recovered from the sea near the Kenyan Port of Mombasa on Monday, bringing the dea

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) provided further details about its securing of 80 percent

A maritime agreement signed here by the governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States is mainl

South Korea's economists, hailing faster-than-expected economic recovery, have revised up their earl

"K" LINE (AMERICA) INC. (Murray Hill, N.J.) - John P. Meade was named vice president, law.A former U

The United States and Chile agree on the goal of negotiating a free-trade deal but have not decided

A Sudanese cargo ship, loaded with sugar and other food supplies, arrived Monday at a port in southe

It took a long time, but demand has finally caught up with supply in the U.S. steel industry. As a r

Industry has expressed disappointment at the White House announcement over the weekend delaying for

The U.S. dollar weakened sharply against the deutsche mark Monday, extending last week's slide again