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KEMPER INSURANCE COS.Kemper Environmental, the environmental underwriting unit of Kemper Ins

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will launch a corporate advertising campaign during the Super

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P&O Australia Ports Pty. could become the largest private operator on India's western coast if it ba

Human rights activists and exiles are concerned about an international initiative to advance democra

The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

Skyway Freight Systems Inc., the information technology and logistics firm, said it set up a separat

The revenue management department of Canadian National Railway Co. has received ISO 9002 certificati

'International electronic commerce is going to take off in 1999. Importers will insist on it.'

Jan. 28, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 20

International Petroleum ExchangeJan. 27, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Jan. 28, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

President Clinton has proposed spending $100 million next year for new state-driven efforts to reple

A longtime criminal who admitted killing a man so he could marry his wife and collect part of his li

Steel imports dropped considerably in December compared with the previous month, but that hasn't eas

In the first of what are expected to be numerous personnel moves, Customs Commissioner Raymond Kelly

The U.S. grain industry hopes its recent donation of 15 metric tons of sorghum poultry feed to Cuba

835 (Jan. 28, 1999) Previous day - 843The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Tim Fischer has welcomed comments by a top-level

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsOct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May June

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

Mediterranean Shipping Co. will become a global, east-west carrier in May when it enters the high-vo

Each year, Europe's 3,000 customs offices generate a blizzard of 90 million pieces of paper to perfo

Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, appearing before the Senate Finance Committee Thursday, called for th

The railroads' latest effort to recapture perishables traffic lost over the years to truckswill be m

The rumors were right.Yellow Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings statement shows the holding com

Demand for coal will remain strong this year, pushing past the record high of 1998, the National Min

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FUTURES - Jan. 27, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Jan. 26, 1999All life-of-co

Everything from ''peaches to pinot noir'' depends on enactment early this year of legislation cleari

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China aims to achieve an increase in its exports ''by some margin'' in 1999, Zhang Xiang, vice minis

U.S. producers aren't the only ones facing harder times in selling coal abroad. China exported 32 mi

Penn-America Group Inc. reported net earnings for the fourth quarter decreased 39.5 percent to $2 mi

Israeli telecommunications company TTI has won a $6 million tender to supply the South African natio

Jan. 28, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High

Steel trade negotiators for the United States and Russia met secretly in Paris this week, according

The Parliament of Azerbaijan approved an amendment to the country's Labor Code forbidding foreign co

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAYTorrance Wylie, a well-connected Ottawa lobbyist, was appointed sen

Hong Kong says it will introduce additional measures to make its shipping register more competitive