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Leading manufacturers in Asia express confidence about their preparations for the Year 2000 computer

U.S. investment fund Newbridge Capital signed a final contract to buy Korea First Bank last week, be

Shippers and carriers using the Port of Tuticorin should experience improved efficiency and lower co

Hong Kong and Singapore, the world's two largest container ports, are taking extraordinary precautio

Timothy M. Harvey was appointed president and chief operating officer at SynQuest Inc., the logistic

Dec. 22, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

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Dec. 21, 1999PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEDec. --

Munich Re has bought 20 percent of Orel-G Holding, a general insurance company based in Sofia, for $

U.S. biotechnology giant Monsanto Co. admitted on Wednesday that caterers at its British headquarter

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Union Pacific Railroad and General Motors Corp. said they have signed a five-year contract extension

The portability that makes laptop computers so convenient for people on the go also makes them prime

Germany's Tachyion will buy 110 million shares of Polish insurer Polisa. Neither party said what the

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Federal Express Corp. said it expects to move about 4.5 million packages during its busiest day this

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 95.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998 H

'We're being very careful on systems integration.'

H.L. Albritton Transportation Management Inc.THERESA M. LEWIS was appointed director of pric

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

Wing Bridge Shipping Co. will add Mobile next month to its biweekly, fixed-day service on a combinat

Aramex International Ltd., an international express and freight forwarding company specializing in t

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Mexico's decision to privatize the express courier unit of the Mexican postal service has sparked in

DuPont Photomasks Inc. Wednesday said it had signed a definitive agreement to buy a joint-venture se

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A group of leading airlines and air freight forwarders has apparently rejected the idea of using a s

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Hong Kong's main air cargo handler, concerned about potential Y2K computer disruptions, is asking cu

The United States will retain its global lead in electronic commerce well into the next decade, acco

Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was cast as the Santa Claus of German politics on Wednesday when commen

A giant oil slick threatening France's west coast might hit the tiny Ile d'Yeu and Noirmoutier islan

U.S. Customs has delayed a planned expansion of a program that allows pre-import processing of visas

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

Freightquote.com, an Internet-based freight transportation company, announced it has raised an unspe

Shipping Corp. of India and Mitsui OSK Lines will participate in a joint-venture shipping company to

Dec. 21, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

St. Paul Cos. plans to buy MMI Cos. for $200 million and the assumption of about $120 million in de

CP Ships will acquire the 50 percent stake held by its joint-venture partner, Transportacion Maritim