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KEMPER CORP.'S NET FELL IN FIRST QUARTERLONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. reported a d

A Seattle cargo-handling company has purchased Ryan-Walsh Inc., a 127-year- old stevedoring company

Japanese construction orders in March were up 3.2 percent from a year earlier at 3.148 trillion yen

When the dust settles from a last-minute scramble that by next month will yield some 500 contracts b

Cuba is contracting out its seamen to foreign shipping and fishing companies to help its hard curren

Lower costs, better productivity and "social peace" on the waterfront are contributing to strong tra

The Atlantic has become the dumping ground for poor-quality bulkships that have been driven from the

PORT OF HOUSTON TO GET LYKES' BOX OPERATIONHOUSTON - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will

Uncomfortably aware of heavily polluted cities in nearby nations, Vietnam has taken a significant st

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American President Lines and Matson Navigation Co. are forming a partnership on the Pacific, the com

Citing accidents in which truck wheels came off, causing two fatalities, Ontario is stepping up insp

Although Japanese trade officials have come to accept that the United States is prepared to move for

Paccar Inc., the Bellevue, Wash., truck manufacturer, while currently treading cautiously through th

U.S. firms manufacturing and assembling in Mexico's border region must soon choose between two types

CF MOTOR FREIGHT (Menlo Park, Calif.) - Thomas G. Deitrick and Barry J. Jacobs were promoted to nati

CHINA ALLOWS KOREAN AIR TO USE ITS AIRSPACESEOUL, South Korea - China has opened its airspac

Russia will need about 400 modern passenger planes by the year 2000 to replace outdated aircraft, bu

The slowing U.S. economy is making the rousing first-quarter financial performance by major U.S. rai

Air Jamaica has withdrawn an offer to sell a 10 percent stake to American Airlines, fearing the "agg

Bulgaria, criticized by Western countries over copyright abuse, said Thursday it planned to crack do

Pie chart: U.S. made to U.S. buyers 461U.S. imports 382U.S. export

As of Apr. 27, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Swiss chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Sandoz reported that sales during the first three mont

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

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2333 (Apr. 27, 1995) Previous day - 2320 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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

BLUE STAR (NORTH AMERICA) LTD. - Philip Pawley was named owner's representative for Blue Star Line i

Newport News Shipbuilding's operating profit fell to the lowest level in more than five years during

When is an offshore drilling rig not just a drilling rig? When it's considered a vessel, subject to

Apr. 27, 1995 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low Vol. C

Precious Shipping Public Co. will take delivery of eight new ships of about 18,000 deadweight metric

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China has revived grain ration coupons in 29 big cities to ensure supplies for the poor, but the ret

U.S. companies plan to sink billions of dollars in brick-and-mortarinvestments in Argentina

Sharp cuts in, and possibly outright dismantling of, the federal agency overseeing Canada's leading

China's gross domestic product, adjusted for seasonal factors, grew 10.0 percent in the first quarte

China's move this month to grant greater autonomy to its central bank is a step in the right directi