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Allstate Corp.LOUIS G. LOWER II, chairman and chief executive of Allstate Life and Savings,

Though the financial service reform act gives new freedom to chief executives of financial companies

Allstate Corp. plans to close its Japanese auto insurance operation.The company said it beli

The Surface Transportation Board approved the merger of RailAmerica Inc. and RailTex Inc. effective

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EXE Technologies Inc., the logistics software company specializing in warehouse management systems,

Air Express International, which recently agreed to be acquired by Germany's Deutsche Post, has acqu

Aircraft parts distributor AAR Corp. and SITA, an air transport information technology cooperative,

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European backers of a plan to improve customs efficiency at borders through an agreement at the Worl

An appeals court in Arizona has ruled employers must pay for an injured worker's travel expenses inc

Maritime interests have scored an important victory in the battle over dredging in New York harbor,

The insatiable demand of U.S. consumers for imported goods is creating logistical headaches for port

Despite the collapse of last month's World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, the United States i

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

Richard R. Wadsworth Jr., senior vice president finance and chief financial officer of Kitty Hawk In

Panalpina said its customers can now track their shipments anywhere and at any time by using a mobil

Atlas Air Inc. said it signed its first contract with a Chinese carrier by placing a full aircraft w

Insurance executives say cargo insurance rates are on the way up, but corporate risk managers seem u

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It's the first month of the new millennium. What better time to hector my readers with a list of thi

As bar codes evolve from printed labels to three-dimen- sional chips embedded in products, the stand

XL Capital Ltd.'s Brockbank Insurance Services unit plans to take over Markel Insurance Co.'s Kentuc

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Pakistan's Port of Muhammad Bin Qasim said it hopes to allow night navigation this month.The

Higher education is the country's fifth-largest service-sector export, according to the U.S. Departm

An official of the government-controlled Central Reinsurance Corp. has said the company plans to go

'May 1 is a dumb date.'

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PXRe Group Ltd.JEFFREY L. RADKE has joined the company as executive vice president. He will

In 1995, a clothing importer called Fabil Manufacturing Co. sued U.S. Customs to obtain duty refunds

An importer contacts his supplier in Spain and asks the company to produce coffee mugs to meet the s

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Japan Airlines said it will implement a fuel surcharge of 10 cents a kilogram on shipments from the

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *2000 High: 89.1

Still struggling to clean up from violent storms that killed 90 people and an oil spill that has cov

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