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State Farm Group saw a combined net loss of $1.20 billion in 1992 thanks to a huge drop in net incom

Rail carriers, claiming they would be subsidizing the competition, have asked the Department of Tran

On Oct. 24, 1980, the American merchant vessel SS Poet sailed from Philadelphia bound for Egypt with

Mar. 17, 1993 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Wednesday Mar. 17, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represen

The House overwhelmingly approved legislation providing re-employment rights to merchant seamen who

RUSSIA TO USE CREDIT TO FUND IMPORT BOOSTMOSCOW - The Russian government has passed

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 209.39 off 0.80 which compares

Allied Signal Inc. and Knorr-Bremse AG of Munich, Germany, this week formed a joint venture to marke

The use of natural gas to fuel independent power projects carries with it a set of specific credit r

Wednesday, March 17, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The U.S. dollar rose slightly in quiet trading Wednesday, as the market awaited the Bundesbank Counc

Taiwan is considering anti-dumping tariffs on imports of hot-rolled steelfrom South Korea an

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WORLD SUGAR SURPLUS ESTIMATE REVISED DOWNLONDON - In its third forecast, the Interna

As of Mar. 17, 1993 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Minorco SA, the Luxembourg-based mining and finance company, Wednesday reported a slight rise in ear

The government of Cyprus has labeled as baseless U.S. charges that a Cypriot shipping company violat

East Asiatic Co. A/S, the large Danish industrial group that operates liner shipping services betwee

SEA-LAND SERVICE INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Jack A. Drobnick was appointed vice president of quality at t

1459 (Mar. 17, 1993) Previous day - 1450 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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International Petroleum Exchange Mar. 17, 1993Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Plans to build a big new electrical power plant using Indiana coal could go back on the shelf if a u

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The blizzard that buried the East Coast over the weekend is still sending ripples through the air ca

U.K. provisional, seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 0.2 percent in February from January, the Ce

German chemical firm Hoechst AG said Wednesday that explosions at its main plant in Frankfurt this w

Insurance interests are trying to put together a coalition of business and consumer organizations to

MASS. UTILITIES WARNED ON HEALTH-CARE COSTSMassachusetts regulators are telling utilities ac

Angered at persistent complaints from frustrated South Dade homeowners, Insurance Commissioner Tom G

Foreign-flag cruise ship lines are muting their opposition this year to likely congressional legisla

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Vickerman-Zachary-Miller, an Oakland, Calif.-based planning, architecture and engineering company th

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

Denmark, Europe's largest shipbuilding country, has called a meeting of European Community industry

In a ruling that could eliminate import duties on a range of medical devices, the U.S. Court of Inte

U.K. analysts took heart Wednesday from a 0.2 percent rise in February retail sales from January and