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Three Taiwanese life and property insurance firms have filed applications with the Minstry of Financ

China tried to reassure foreign investors over new regulations on encryption technology that could r

Delphic Shipping of Athens appointed Shipowners Assurance Management Ltd., as collecting agents for

The euro steadied around 98.5 U.S. cents Friday, after dropping decisively below parity with the dol

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. posted fourth-quarter net income of $5.6 million, down from $10.9

How complicated was the Maersk Sealand merger? So complicated that CSX Corp. is still figuring the a

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'If this can help take care of the 'bad apple' importers and restore confidence in the system, we're

The U.S. refusal to implement the cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade

Japanese industrial production fell 1.4 percent in December from November, the Ministry of Internati

Cigarette maker Japan Tobacco Inc. plans to cut its work force but declined comment on a published r

President Clinton set out a limited trade agenda for his final year in office, urging Congress in hi

U.S. citrus growers moved a step closer to cracking China's potentially lucrative market after a Chi

Most domestic business insurance stops at the water's edge, so insuring goods carried by performers

Indonesia's main seaport has started direct links to the Philippines, Hong Kong and South Korea, usi

Net income for the St. Paul Companies was $834.4 million in 1999, compared with $89.3 million in 199

Britain and the United States are on a collision course for an aviation war following the collapse o

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European maritime administrations signed an agreement to set up a central shipping safety database a

Shipper and carrier groups have agreed to try to settle conflicts over U.S. domestic shipping policy

The global economy has grown strongly but so has debate over who has benefited and who has lost in t

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

For the three weeks ended Jan. 22, 2000, vs. the similar 1999 periodCARS CARSP

FreightWise Inc., an e-commerce division of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., has teamed up with M

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

Pakistan's state-owned shipping line is likely to buy one or two oil tankers by June, a senior offic

Celarix Inc.Stephen D'Angelo was appointed as vice president, global sales, at Celarix, whic

Whenever labor problems heat up at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, employers remind longsho

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

Key world oil producers are inclined to keep production cuts in place when their accord expires in M

Combined Logistics International Ltd. announced it has completed its previously announced merger wit

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *2000 High: 89.8 2

Jan. 28, 2000CURRENT: 1347 PREVIOUS DAY: 1350 DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May

Railroad executives have talked for years about rate increases but usually finish each year with low

Australia's $2.15 billion-a-year thermal coal export industry has braced itself for bad news after a

Despite a slump in forest-products shipments, the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, posted a 3 perc

Industry organizations welcomed the government's decision to sell its 51 percent equity in state-own

The international leather industry will be able to use an Internet-based trading exchange, as Leathe