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A new Web site (http://www.internationalinsurance.org) from the Insurance Information Institute offe

American International Group has received a license to operate a general insurance company in Sri La

With Christmas day just around the corner, Mexican passenger and cargo airline Transportes Aereos Ej

Bank of America has established a team of 40 business development associates to focus exclusively on

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

CSX Corp. said it expects fourth-quarter earnings to come in at approximately 18 to 24 cents a share

Britain on Tuesday followed the example of the United States by writing off all its Third World debt

Promising to make Deutsche Bahn AG a profitable and more efficient railroad, business executive Hart

BALtrans Ltd. said on Friday it is paying HK$4.27 million (US$550,000) to lift its stake in Hong Kon

Dec. 20, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

Skandia, Sweden's largest insurer, said last week it had shelved plans to sell off its Danish subsid

American International Group Inc. of New York bought a 70 percent equity interest in PT Asuransi Jiw

Santa Claus came early to California this year.Polar Air Cargo, a Long Beach-based freighter

DEC. 20, 1999 RESELLER RACKUNLEADED MID- PREMIUM-UNLEAD PREMIUM-UNLEAD REGUL

The Philippine government will not renew its contract with Societe Generale de Surveillance which ex

Mitsui & Co., Sanwa Bank, Sakura Bank and Hitachi Ltd. have formed a strategic alliance that will le

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The air cargo business as it exists today will soon be completely different, according to Wilhelm Al

Forget about just-in-time when an aircraft is grounded due to a defective part. The airline that own

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

Florida's chronic problems with workers compensation insurance are threatening to flare up again aft

Importers will be owed refunds of duty payments made since late June, now that President Clinton has

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

Now that the Maersk Sealand merger is official, the carrier is moving quickly - but not too quickly.

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

Strong growth in shipments as the year draws to an end is powering Hong Kong's dominant air freight

The Port of Tacoma, at Hyundai Merchant Marine's request, will expand its container terminal and int

Dec. 20, 1999CURRENT: 1225 PREVIOUS DAY: 1234 DOLLARS/DESCRIPTION

Dec. 17, 1999PREV.CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEDec. 1255.0 --

St. Paul Cos.PETER LEPPARDE was named chief executive of St. Paul Insurance Australia, a new

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

Canadian National Railway and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. began the process of forming the la

Ken Choi relies on an old Korean proverb to help him resist the temptation to cut rates to fill his

A U.S. exporters' group criticized a Commerce Department announcement that it would relax trade sanc

A number of U.S. and other foreign companies are vying for stakes in South Korea's newly consolidate

Dec. 17, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

Southeast Asian companies, in another bid to wrest business away from Singapore, are planning to ext

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (''K'' Line) has placed orders to build eight 5,500-TEU container ships.<

Argentine Infrastructure Minister Nicolas Gallo called for a ''Marshall Plan'' to overhaul transport

Dec. 20, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e