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TRUCKERS IN TALKS TO END NEW ORLEANS WALKOUTA group of independent container haulers continu

A.M. Best Co. released Monday the 1992 Best's Ratings for 137 insurance companies, including seven l

Newport Beach-based Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. was recommended to Los Angeles Superior Court

All but two of the 15 former Soviet republics were cleared Monday for membership in both the Interna

The containerization of military equipment received its first full-scale test during the unprecedent

A handful of "inland ports" have been set up by port authorities around the country, mainly as marke

Freight rates for large tankers have soared over the past few weeks, fueled by sudden increased dema

Monday, April 27, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Yield spreads between U.S. and European government bonds will converge further in the months ahead,

There's a struggle going on in downtown Warsaw, a little battle over a square block of land.

Safeway Inc., a grocery store chain based here, has settled a dispute with its northern California t

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 206.76 off0.85 which com

Corn shortages are creating tensions in many African producing countries. But Zambia, which relies h

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago4/27 4/24 Change % Change: 4/3

Apr. 27, 1992 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

In a rare cooperative venture, American, Japanese and Chinese companies are joining forces to create

French dockers called off their national strike Monday after nearly paralyzing the country's ports f

Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Brown has asked a state court to liquidate Liberty Underwriters

California's powerful weekend earthquake injured 94 people, caused nearly $50 million in damage and

A California Superior Court judge denied Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.'s motion to dismiss a suit brou

Peruvian companies have transferred about US$200 million (206 million new sols) out of the country s

Erich Honecker slept here. So did French Communist Party boss Georges Marchais. Small wonder

France appears to be in the home stretch of a two-year effort to overhaul its law for dock labor, a

Containerization, which received its baptism by fire during the crisis in the Persian Gulf, is assum

Quality is a new priority at U.S. railroads, and it is more than a ploy. There has been a gr

The International Intermodal Expo, the industry's annual coming-out party, begins here this afternoo

In response to increasing Japanese pressures, the South Korean government promised it will liberaliz

Russia's radical economic reform program is in danger of being derailed by a soaring budget deficit,

Southern Pacific Lines announced a reorganization Monday that will replace the railroad's regionally

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

The Commodity Exchange Inc. said last week it will introduce platinum and palladium futures and opti

Iran's national airline, Iran Air, signed an agreement Monday with the France-based Airbus Industrie

U.S. pension fund managers are among the most bullish investors in Mexico and other progressive Lati

Mexico will put a "huge" state-owned fertilizer company on the auction block in the next few weeks,

Despite some high-profile bilateral disputes, U.S. and Canadian officials contend that the 1988 U.S.

Apr. 27, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

Coffee prices spiraled down, with most contracts traded on the New York Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchan

Crowley Maritime Corp.'s addition of a third weekly sailing between Jacksonville and Puerto Rico is

A recovering U.S. market and continued strong regional business fueled a 25 percent jump in containe

W.R. Grace & Co., the large specialty chemicals company, Monday reported net income of $5.0 million