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

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.Hugh Martin was named senior vice president of Hartfor

China, at a critical juncture in its long quest to join the World Trade Organization, took a modest

Importers are often penalized or prosecuted for undervaluing shipments and paying less than what the

California ports, exercising pricing power envied by their counterparts on the East and Gulf coasts,

Giant containerships able to carry more than 7,000 TEUs will tighten their grip on the global market

U.S. law enforcement and Customs officials have broken up what they allege was an international drug

Rivals to Canada Post Corp. and Purolator Courier Ltd., which dominate Canada's air-courier business

The North American Free Trade Agreement's environmental watchdog has provided grant money for market

A new California law allowing lawsuits over slow payment of insurance claims has united various warr

Penalties have been increased substantially for employers that violate the new workplace health and

'Maritime services were carved out of services talks in the past, and the ambition now is to put the

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

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots $1,500-$1,600 per ton lots & in warehouse

Dowling College has announced it will offer a 14-month executive MBA course in conjunction with IBM

Arthur AndersenROBERT VAN VLEET joined the accounting firm's International Trade and Customs

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

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Oct. 12, 1999This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at U.S. coal terminals and the e

Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction group Kvaerner ASA said Wednesday that it will cut 3,00

China's entry into the World Trade Organization is increasingly unlikely in 1999, but a delay may be

The World Trade Organization, promoted as an institution that would lift Americans' living standards

China Shipping Group will begin its previously announced trans-Pacific service on Nov. 18, but the s

'The days of the traditional forwarder grow shorter each day.'

India's new coalition government was sworn in Wednesday after its election victory, but the military

Political bickering between the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and local New Jersey governm

A piece of cargo so big it took two vessels working in tandem to unload it was recently handled at t

Express package companies based in India will raise their prices after the government increased dies

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With the last of the scheduled free-trade negotiating rounds between Mexico and the European Union c

Japan, the European Union and Korea are at odds with the United States and other nations over agricu

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HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. plans to buy Centris Group Inc. for $171 million cash. HCC will also ass

ACE USA has sold the renewal rights to its Commercial Insurance Services business to Wausau Commerci

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Michel Camdessus said Wednesday that Pakistan will rec

The Iranian government has decided to open its mining and metal industries, the most important in th

A segment of the U.S. steel industry will launch a new anti-dumping case against Japanese exports of

i2 Technologies Inc., which sells supply chain planning software, saw revenue and profit rise sharpl

As of Sept. 30, 1999Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docu

Oct. 13, 1999CURRENT: 1324 PREVIOUS DAY: 1308 The Baltic International Freight Futures M