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It's the little things you take for granted that you miss the most after a hurricane. Running water.

The nation's two leading associations representing independent insurance agents appear to be heading

Pan Am's legacy is being erased from the Manhattan skyline and replaced with that of America's secon

Many small businesses leveled by Hurricane Andrew will be lost forever - even though their property

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Credit rating agencies are reviewing their assessments of California port bonds in response to a new

Several aircraft never before seen in the West, some of them classified top secret by the Russian ai

The U.S. Customs Service and a coalition of business groups are urging the Senate Finance Committee

A Peru government privatization committee has extended for 60 days the privatization schedule for th

Two wide-ranging, duty-free import programs are in danger of being temporarily disrupted. En

Organized labor, weakened by massive job losses in manufacturing, battered further by recessionary c

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

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

For the week ended Aug. 29, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Southeast Asia beef demand is set to surge in coming years as the region's economies continue to sho

Rail contracts with shippers, once a hotly debated issue, no longer will have to be filed with the I

Iran, which has already embarked on a project to raise raw sugar output, should be able to become se

The threat of frost and a delayed small grains harvest could make for a challenging sugar beet crop

S. AFRICA'S SASOL STARTS TO BUILD OLEFIN PLANTJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Sasol Ltd. has st

Callaway Chemical Co. is making $1.2 million in improvements at its Columbus operations. The renovat

5 CONTRACTS APPROVED TO TRADE BY COMPUTERThe Chicago Board of Trade last Thursday approved f

Prices for Japan open-specification naphtha on Thursday moved into contango for the three nearby mon

Rexene Corp. and Ube Industries Ltd. have begun production of amorphous polyalphaolefin at a 20,000-

As of Sept. 3, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

SmithKline Beecham PLC said that it was discontinuing several drug-research programs in the United K

Gene Giacumbo says he won't march behind the huge Anheuser-Busch Clydesdale horses in the Teamsters

Faced with the ghosts of past corruption and entrenched attitudes on the part of employers, governme

The Interstate Commerce Commission, adopting a new tack in trying to regain control of the issue of

A Bill Clinton victory in November and the prospect of a new Railway Labor Act are occupying the dre

A Hong Kong group has submitted the highest bid for the Queen Mary, offering to buy the tourist attr

1059 (Sept. 3, 1992) Previous day - 1064 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 3, 1992Prev. Life of Contr. OpenOpen Hi

Texaco Inc. is setting its sights beyond Big Oil's usual precincts and targeting alternative energy

International Petroleum Exchange Sept. 3, 1992Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 2, 1992CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Sept. 3, 1992Residual Fuel Oil - (Dollars Per Metr

Sept. 3, 1992 U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Sept. 3, 1992 RESELLER Rack_Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid-