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First American Financial Corp. will buy Five Star Holdings Inc. of Irvine, Calif. Terms were not dis

With a little over a month before the World Trade Organization launches a new round of global trade

'There is no space problem to speak of this year.'

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Europe/Med. | Africa/Mid East | India/Far East/Aus. |Americas/Carib. Europe/Mediterranean

A business group wants Congress to repeal a law that it says would tie up border traffic by requirin

FastShip Atlantic Inc. said it ordered $35 million worth of gears for the super-fast container ships

Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have adopted a national contingency p

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

Norfolk Southern Corp. has opened a European office in Brussels to market rail freight services, inc

Denis Coderre, the owner of a trucking company in Quebec, is an angry man.Five weeks ago, th

Joey Carnes was appointed president for BAX Global's U.S. and Canada divisions.Carnes will o

Though the Ocean Shipping Reform Act allows confidential shipper-carrier contracts, most shippers do

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Oct. 7, 1999CURRENT: 1280 PREVIOUS DAY: 1271 The Baltic International Freight Futures Ma

When Austrian Airlines announced last month that it would join the Star Alliance next summer, the on

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

France has eased its hard-line stance against cross-border rail competition, boosting the European U

Borrowing from its recruiting slogan, the Army wants to give third-party logistics providers a chanc

India plans to enforce rules that require foreign-flag vessels operating in the domestic trade to ob

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Aspect Development Inc., a supply chain planning software company, says it expects some 1,000 execut

Oct. 6, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEOct. 1375.0

Insurance companies will pay $2.1 billion for claims resulting from seven natural disasters in the t

U.S. Customs has updated its list of overseas apparel factories the agency suspects of illegally shi

Shippers in Southeast Asia are pressing for international action on a code of conduct governing line

Only table.

As shippers, railroads and Washington policy-makers try to pinpoint the financial impact of increasi

Skeptics doubt it will happen. Its backers swear it will revolutionize the U.S.-Mexico border.

United Parcel Service, the world's largest package-delivery company, said Thursday it will stop ship

Employers' health-care costs are being increased by consolidation in the health industry, rising dru

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Fe

Circle International said the Salt Lake Organizing Committee for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 ch

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Oct. 6, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

General Reinsurance Corp. has published a guide on detecting and stopping fraud in auto, property, h

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

National Association of Professional Insurance AgentsSTEPHEN E. WATKINS JR. was elected pres

INSpire Insurance Solutions has announced an alliance agreement with KPMG.INSpire deli

The Customs Service plans in late October to begin using gamma-ray imaging technology to inspect tra