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Nike Inc. has spent nearly $100 million getting its computers ready for 2000 and it wants its insura

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The Association of American Railroads has reached an agreement with an organization representing key

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Work-related musculoskeletal disorders cost employers $15 billion to $20 billion in workers compensa

Panama has announced the members of an international advisory group that aims to safeguard the futur

'For an agency to survive in Washington, it has to have political clout. Career guys don't have poli

Shippers and customers should get better service between China and Taiwan in the wake of a deal to t

Bangladesh's exporters have again expressed concern at the recurrence of congestion at the country's

Intercontainer-Interfrigo, a pan-European intermodal operator owned by European railroads, wants to

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

China will limit securities investments of insurance companies to 5 percent of their total assets, a

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

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Aer Lingus, Ireland's government-owned national airline, hopes to raise as much as $775 million from

Major freight railroads as well as Amtrak said they will temporarily halt operations just before mid

Dec. 14, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

The European Intermodal Association, a Brussels-based trade group for intermodal operators, points o

Larger container vessels will be able to call the Port of Hamburg after an extensive dredging projec

Dec. 15, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The transportation services and shipbuilding sector had the highest cost of risk among 31 U.S. indus

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

Shippers who have been paying $175 to move a 20-foot container by truck from one coast of Panama to

A Greek ship line and two crewmembers were sentenced in federal court for speeding away from an oil

Scandinavian Airlines System said Wednesday that it plans to phase out its long-distance fleet of Bo

A $215 million port complex that would include a container terminal with two 925-foot berths is bein

Singapore, in a bid to ensure smooth handling of goods at the New Year and on several dates thereaft

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The California Supreme Court ruled that employees can sue their employers, but not non-supervisory c

Panama City is a chaotic, congested city in a beautiful setting. The country has been a democracy fo

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

For further information:These trade leads are supplied by WTCA On-Line, a service of the Wor

The Financial Services Coordinating Council is launching a project to educate federal and state poli

Importers, brokers and others who deal with the U.S. Customs Service on a daily basis are going to c

American International Group Inc., already highly diversified in financial services, has permission

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A joint venture between Singapore's PSA Corp. and South Korean conglomerate Samsung Corp. will inves

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For our final column of the year, and indeed the millennium, we have chosen to pass up the opportuni