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NOR'EASTER DAMAGE SET AT $650 MILLIONNEW YORK - The Nor'easter that blew from West V

Dec. 22, 1992 Copper Total, 89,414. Gold Total, .1,511,244.Silver Tot

Falling property prices in France have sparked the Socialist government to give the ailing property

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Standard & Poor's Insurance Ratings Service affirmed its "AA" claims-paying ability rating of Dowa F

Travelers Insurance Co. will use agent commission cutbacks and the "natural attrition" of policyhold

Japan's beef imports next year are likely to surpass this year's projected record high of more than

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Dec. 22, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

NEWMONT MINING CORP. (Denver) - Gary E. Farmar was elected vice president and controller of the meta

Coffee prices rose Tuesday afternoon following a brief encounter with profit- taking while cocoa, re

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,150-$1,250per ton lots &

Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Dec. 22, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

1378 (Dec. 22, 1992) Previous day - 1375 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A crucial war of nerves is being played out over this holiday season. Hundreds of millions o

Competitive pressure from Sea-Land Service Inc. in the Hawaiian trade is prompting Matson Navigation

Dec. 22, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Norwegian shipowners are expected to spend around $30 billion on new ships over the coming decade. T

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has won a contract from Chevron USA to engineer and construct a multim

ITW HI-CONE IMPROVES 6-PACK DRINK CARRIERSSoft drink bottlers across the country are beginni

China's chemical sector is looking for $10 billion in overseas capital by the end of the decade to s

RUSSIA FURTHER BEHIND ON US FARM PAYMENTSWASHINGTON - Russia has still not caught up

As of Dec. 22, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained

Japan's demand for aluminum products in 1993 is likely to rise 2 percent to 3 percent from 1992, sup

Major furniture manufacturers are hoping to cut costs and earn accolades from an increasingly enviro

Comet Rice Jamaica, a subsidiary of Comet Rice, of Houston, Texas, is closing a rice farm it recentl

A leading producer of lead has forecast higher average prices for 1993 but tempered the outlook beca

As of Dec. 21, 1992 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Lloyd's of London underwriters are opposing a Federal Maritime Commission proposal to rely on rating

MARITRANS EARNS SAFETY RATINGMaritrans GP Inc., a petroleum transportation company, has rece

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgExp

AMAZON LINES INC. (Miami) - Alvaro Dos Santos was appointed owner's representative for the line, wit

Pier IX Terminal Co. will lay off roughly 20 employees over the next several weeks because of slowin

An incoming president of a maritime trade association in Southern California usually could count on

After two years of surging traffic and strong rates for carriers plying the U.S.-South American trad

Funds are arriving to help defray the cost of a bone marrow transplant for the leukemia-stricken dau

Not since the Great Depression of the 1930s, when dreamers, dropouts and drifters were hopping on fr

Federal investigators have questioned the validity of General Motors Corp.'s safety tests on its 197

North Dakota elevator operators are waiting this season for railcars, according to some elevator man

North Dakota's eight major airports have the capacity to be regional airport cargo hubs, according t