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Norman Levine
Overseas Shipholding
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COMMENT
Dec 14, 2011
Largely a bulk carrier under a US flag giving them the right to ship from one US port to another US port. Commodity market has been in oversupply which has hurt them. At some point it will be okay.
$9.290
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