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As of Sept. 24, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

Buyers in Japan and South Korea say they will propose premiums in a range of $1 to $3 a metric ton i

An Insurance Brief on Page 11A on Thursday, Sept. 24, "Geico Corp. Revises Andrew Loss Estimate," sh

Lawmakers voted Wednesday to make miners pay an annual fee for staking claims on public lands in the

Can a human gene that everyone has be owned and patented? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Offi

A new complex approved by the government this week should mean increased production of petrochemical

The floods that devastated Pakistan's northern region two weeks ago are estimated to have caused up

Robert F. Williams made civilization run, from behind a wall or under a floor, where water runs from

As of Sept. 23, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 23, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen H

After five years of wrangling and wrestling, the Port of Oakland this week finally began deepening i

Sept. 23, 1992 JAPANFinancial FuturesPrecious MetalsTokyo Commodity

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.'s first converted oceangoing barge sailed for West Africa last week on its

Sept. 23, 1992 Copper Total, 45,393. Gold Total, .1,806,003.Silver Total, .27

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago9/23 9/22 Change % Change: 8/28

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Tuesday at 201.60 off 0.46 which compares

HECLA WINS PERMITS FOR MINE IN IDAHOHecla Mining Co. Thursday announced it has received the

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Sept. 23, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

An Indonesian search team found no sign of 29 missing crewmen Wednesday when it finally boarded an o

World sugar production will outstrip consumption for the second consecutive year, British-based trad

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,300per ton lots &

Sept. 23, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represen

The European Commission will prepare new regulations for multimodal transport in order to work out d

A potentially divisive issue at the Chicago Board of Trade over whether the compensation of top exec

The House has passed legislation phasing out popular "cruises to nowhere" on foreign vessels that of

French state-owned airline Air France has made what it calls an "important strategic alliance" with

The Department of Transportation has awarded intermodal planning grants totaling$3 million to Alaska

An Agriculture Department decision due by the end of the month could swing corn production by 1 bill

Texas Association for Competitive Transportation, annual fall meeting, Sept. 29-30. Plaza San Antoni

Neither regulatory setbacks nor patent battles nor gloom of the nation's economy have kept America's

TECNIMONT TO BUILD NEW MOSCOW PLANTItaly's Tecnimont, the plant engineering subsidiary of It

The European Community is inspired by the deregulation of U.S. aviation, but doesn't want to repeat

BRITISH AEROSPACE PLANS TO CLOSE UK FACTORYLONDON - British Aerospace will eliminate

The market's reaction to progress made Tuesday at the International Coffee Organization talks in Lon

RUSSIAN OILSEED OUTPUT EXPECTED TO INCREASEHAMBURG, Germany - Russian oilseed production thi

Facing increased competition from U.S. carriers, Varig Brazilian Airlines has centralized its North

British Aerospace PLC and Taiwan Aerospace Corp. signed a joint venture agreement Wednesday for the

The United States said Wednesday that coffee-producing countries must bear the responsibility for en

Pharmaceutical makers face increasing difficulty winning timely federal approval to sell new product

William Agee, chairman and chief executive of Morrison Knudsen Corp., called for more even-handed tr