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'The railroads already are crunched. Equipment is tight and the peak hasn't hit yet.'

In less than a month, General American Life Insurance of St. Louis went from a fully solvent company

For Alejandra Arroyo, traffic coordinator at office furniture company Herman Miller Mexico, it's the

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

South Korea, in keeping with its deregulation agenda, is easing the rules governing port constructio

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

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

Swiss Federal Railways posted a first-half profit for the first time in nine years.The railr

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's proposed regionalization program for European Union exports is

U.S. steel industry representatives maintained that the steel import crisis facing the United States

Capt. Robin E. Riley will retire as president of Safmarine Inc. in North America effective Dec. 31 a

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

Aug. 26, 1999PREV. CLOSE HIGH LOW VOL. CLOSEAug. 1046.0

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. has formed Frontier Re, a division of Frontier Insurance Co.Te

French planning firm Aeroports de Paris said it favors Tizacuya as the site for a new multibillion-d

Spot price inflation rate smoothed, annualized *1999 High: 94.2 1999 Low: 86.7 1998

Ireland's growing information technology skills shortage could last until 2005, a threat to the coun

CCAL Canada has acquired two multipurpose ships with roll-on, roll-off ramps for its Canada-South Af

Win Thurber believes the death of the shipping agency is greatly exaggerated.The chief execu

For the three weeks ended Aug. 21, 1999, vs. the similar 1998 periodCARS CARSPERC

Aug. 26, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

U.S. life and health insurers' net income for the first quarter of 1999 rose 22 percent, to $6.8 bil

Hewlett-Packard Co. has formed a partnership with Delphi Information Systems Inc. to build an Intern

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

The Journal of Commerce welcomes announcements of personnel changes, upcoming events, deaths and oth

Alliance Shippers Inc. said its information systems are fully Y2K compliant.The announcement

Emery Worldwide is expanding its Gold Priority Express service to connect Singapore to major points

Dutch postal and express firm TNT Post Group has identified India as one of several high-growth mark

Aug. 25, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

AOL Europe shook up the European Internet scene again on Thursday, announcing it would offer unlimit

With more than 80 percent of West Coast longshoremen voting to approve a new three-year contract, sh

British Telecommunications bought Yellow Book USA for $665 million on Thursday and said the e-commer

Aug. 26, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 26.

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

South Korea's Samsung Group, recently praised by President Kim Dae-jung, unveiled a massive investme

Singapore-based feeder operators have withdrawn their congestion surcharge of $100 per 20-foot equiv

A pattern is emerging.Any proposed Ocean Shipping Reform Act rule change that leading shippe

NEW YORK LIFEGary M. O'Neill was elected a vice president. O'Neill serves in New York Life's

Indonesia's central bank said on Thursday its investigation of a controversial banking deal had foun

Viking Freight Inc. has announced that shippers can now place orders for freight pickup through its