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A California attorneys association has accused workers compensation insurers of hyping rate increase

MetLife will buy the Group Workplace Benefits Division of the Business Men's Assurance Co., a subsid

Plans are being drafted to convert an air base in a fast-growing industrial area of southern Luzon I

Federal Express is ending its daily trans-Atlantic flights to Scotland's Prestwick Airport following

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

China's largest property/casualty insurer, People's Insurance Co. of China, reported its biggest pro

China hopes foreign investment will cover up to half the projected $7 billion cost of building a pip

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Mediterranean Shipping Co. has added a port call at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on its weekly North Atlant

South Korea's shipbuilding sector is set to expand on demand so strong that its yards overtook Japan

Singapore's NOL Group has appointed Donald G. Liedtke, a senior executive from Packard Bell NEC, a p

Singapore is joining a European Union initiative to improve standards of maritime safety through an

Lykes Lines is launching a new feeder service linking the Pacific coasts of Mexico, Central America

Jan. 31, 2000Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The United States defended a controversial law that lets Washington impose sanctions against countri

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

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

IBM Corp. has established a $500 million global business-to-business E-commerce fund, according to a

Jan. 28, 2000PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEJan. 1375.0

Robert Clements was honored as the 1999 Insurance Leader of the Year at a dinner last week.H

The U.S. Department of Transportation has set Feb. 29 as the deadline for exhibits from U.S. air car

The Asian economic crisis is already a thing of the past as far as the air cargo business is concern

The Customs Service, starved of funds to upgrade its aging computer infrastructure, will terminate a

Amtrak on Monday opened its new Acela high-speed rail service connecting Boston, New York and Washin

United Parcel Service on Monday reported record results for the fourth quarter, highlighted by gains

German motor carriers, which traditionally have avoided the kind of disruptive strikes and blockades

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Pacer International, the North American freight transportation and logistics provider, said Gary Gol

Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utilization within four weeks from Ja

JAN. 31, 2000This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

CGU, Britain's largest composite insurer, has entered the Internet auction business with a web site

Lufthansa CargoAndreas Otto, 37, who had held the top marketing and sales job at Rhenus AG &

Nine airlines and seven freight forwarders have agreed to participate in a pilot program for online

China Ocean Shipping Co. and Taiwan's Yangming Marine Transport Corp. will split their direct all-wa

A new rail service at Malaysia's main seaport is expected to reduce congestion while increasing volu

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Fourth-quarter profit at Crawford & Co. jumped 73 percent to $10.7 million from $6.1 million a year

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