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

Feb. 10, 2000Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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

FEB. 9, 2000 RESELLER RACKUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEADREGULAR

Nickel prices leapt 2 percent to their highest levels since September 1995 on Wednesday as major Fre

'The contract today really is a blank sheet of paper.'

The rules for filing export paperwork electronically are changing rapidly. And exporters are changin

using joc chemical pricesMonday: Botanicals-Spices, Balsams-Gums, Waxes, Naval Stores.<

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Linda J. Morgan announced that STB General Counsel Henri F. Ru

Because of a data keypunch error, the price of red oak in the JOC-ECRI Industrial Materials Price In

FEB. 8, 2000U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

Fulghum Industries Inc. reduced its workers' compensation claims costs by a whopping 98 percent in o

Feb. 8, 2000PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEFeb. 1295.0

St. Paul Cos.'s new Web site, stpaul.com, features a ''coverage calculator,'' which takes company in

Truckers in the Port of New York and New Jersey plan a peaceful demonstration for 8 a.m. Thursday to

Supply chain management techniques developed in the West are finding their way into to India.

Expeditors International of Washington Inc. reported record fourth-quarter earnings of $18.6 million

The following tradeleads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The tradeleads are

The article about TNT International Express headlined ''Company brings 'human' touch to customer ser

Two shippers, one a California perishables exporter and the other a North Carolina importer, have de

Feb. 9, 2000CURRENT: 1276 PREVIOUS DAY: 1269 DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *2000 High: 89.8

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