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China's economy is suffering some painful strains, but officials insist they won't take the extreme

It's 6:30 a.m. and Frank Wolf is probably stuck in traffic.Most weekday mornings he's sittin

Despite adverse market conditions, French container carrier CMA-CGM (Compagnie Maritime d'Affretemen

The new European hub that Federal Express Corp. opened in Paris this week will mean faster delivery

Emprise Management Consulting, listed on Frankfurt's Neuer Market, said it has taken a 100 percent s

The Jamaican government, responding to strong lobbying by local farmers, said it will impose an addi

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United Parcel Service on Sunday will add a third round-the-world flight to its schedule.The

Sept. 29, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSESept. 1217.0

The People's Republic of China is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding after the victory

U.S. transportation companies are lagging behind in the race to vanquish outdated technology and bus

India's Ministry of Finance has liberalized import-export rules for express companies.The we

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

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Hong Kong's bid to boost its ship registry by cutting red tape and slashing fees appears to be succe

Eurotunnel PLC expects to have a proposal for a second Anglo-French transportation link ready by yea

California employers needn't worry about rising workers' compensation insurance costs.Gov. G

Donegal Group Inc. plans to cut expenses by $6.1 million in 2000.The reduction includes elim

Though major insurance claims in the shipping industry have declined over the past decade, costs hav

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Freight forwarder and logistics group Fritz Companies Inc. announced net income of $6.0 million for

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

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

China will further open its insurance market to the world, an official said, but gave no details or

Aegon NV plans to donate $1 million to form an insurance educational fund at Qinghua University in B

Science Applications International Corp., betting that business-to-businesselectronic commerce is th

'We've got to do something to change the standard (under which) Customs can change a ruling they've

The top priority for U.S. ports is finding a way to make their voice heard in Washington, said J. Ro

When California Analytical Instruments Inc. decided to sell its engine emission monitors in China, i

It should be business as usual for U.S. importers of textiles and apparel when the Portuguese territ

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Singapore's PSA Corp. will develop, operate and manage the container business at Portugal's Port of

China Shipping Group, virtually unknown in the United States until recently, is determined to join t

More than 40 years after Malcom McLean's Ideal X sailed from the Port of New York with the first con

Foreign direct investment rose by 39 percent last year to $644 billion, according to the United Nati

The United States is ''shocked'' by a flood of durum wheat being imported from Canada and is surveyi

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have decided that services incidental to manuf

Thailand is speeding back toward economic health after more than two years of slump, figures from th

Farm ministers from the developed world's most powerful nations are being thrust into the role of tr

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