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The rally in dry bulk shipping is gathering pace six months after the market turned around. Accelera

U.S. textile and apparel producers are likely to continue shifting their Caribbean operations to Mex

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway has won a contract to carry Overnite Transportation Co. shi

The Allstate Corp. reported net income for the 1999 fourth quarter at $425 million, compared with $7

American International Group Inc. reported its net income for 1999 increased to $5.06 billion from $

China's insurance regulator has ordered three insurance companies to split their life and nonlife bu

Several hundred truckers staged a peaceful protest Thursday morning at the marine terminal complex i

Machinery orders in Japan jumped 16.1 percent in December, far above market expectations, raising ho

The next round of World Trade Organization talks could be put off until 2001 due to the U.S. electio

Money laundering is increasing and the world's criminals are opting for Asia's traditional undergrou

South Korea's top economic policy makers pledged to spearhead intensified reform this year, a move a

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

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The Surface Transportation Board, eight months after the division of Conrail was completed, has init

The AFL-CIO has pledged $500,000 to help the Teamsters union escalate a 3-month-old strike against O

The nation's railroads, encouraged by the strong economy and facing higher fuel and labor costs, are

The Massachusetts Port Authority, seeking to boost the state's trade with Asia, is forging new links

Deutsche Bahn AG, Germany's national railroad, may have found a way to quiet its critics in the frei

Landair Corp. earned $224,000 in the fourth quarter, compared to $933,000 in the 1998 fourth quarter

What once was a market for personal insurance only, the Internet has now been discovered by insurers

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Quotesmith.comJAY ANGOFF was named vice president of strategic planning. He was insurance co

PartnerRe Ltd. reported a net loss of $10.3 million in the fourth quarter, compared with net income

Supervision of financial institutions within South America's Mercosur customs union lags behind glob

Emery Worldwide has opened its first wholly owned operation in Poland.Besides the head offic

The Japanese air cargo market will begin to recover this year, but the westbound trade from North Am

The Bank of England on Thursday increased British borrowing costs for the fourth time in six months

A U.S. appeals court upheld Bacardi & Co.'s right to use Cuba's world-famous rum label, Havana Club,

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Malaysian Airline System Bhd. and Northwest Airlines Corp. moved closer to a full partnership this w

Hub Group Inc. reported fourth-quarter net income of $3.1 million, 18 percent more than the $2.6 mil

Amerijet International Inc. opened a cargo hub on the Caribbean island of Grenada.The hub, w

Paul Tellier, chief executive of Canadian National Railway Co., said the company would provide servi

CSX Corp., after delaying its fourth-quarter financial report last month because of accounting diffi

Kaye Group Inc. has launched Kinsurancecenter.com, an interactive Web site where businesses can appl

China's reinsurance market is gearing up for competition as the government moves to approve new rein

In a sign that a trans-Atlantic beef dispute may be heating up again, Washington is considering whet

Alexander Lugovets, director of Russia's maritime administration, has warned Washington against rush

Three more men were found guilty of drug charges Tuesday stemming from federal sting operations that

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