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Russia's health ministry issued its first license to import genetically modified food to Monsanto Co

The number of people in China using the Internet has doubled since the end of last year to four mill

The EU Commission carried out dawn raids this week at the headquarters of Belgium's largest brewer,

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While Lynn Fritz says he still calls the shots at Fritz Cos., he's delegated more responsibility for

When a shipment of liquid soap arrived at the U.S. border from the Mexican interior in a rail tank c

Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said Thursday that the Indian economy will achieve 7 percent growth

XL Capital Ltd.CLIVE R. TOBIN will succeed Robert J. Cooney as president and chief executive

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

Hamburg's main stevedore unveiled a ''compact system'' design for its new container terminal this we

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The insurance industry and consumer advocates are debating the merits of tort reform in the aftermat

The Panama Canal Commission, after more than a year of negotiating, has resolved a labor dispute wit

Just two years after entering Europe, an American logistics firm has emerged as market leader with t

P&O Nedlloyd said it is raising freight rates on westbound trans-Atlantic shipments moving on its no

Portugal's national railroad and the country's rail track infrastructure agency are locked in a pric

Pakistan's Port of Karachi has announced a surcharge of 1,000 rupees ($22) per 20-foot equivalent un

The United States has moved up in the global competitiveness stakes to be ranked second in 1999, up

Landstar System Inc. posted second-quarter net income of $10.8 million, or $1.05 a share, on revenue

The Military Sealift Command relied heavily on foreign-flag shipping to support the NATO campaign on

The Alaskan Port of Dutch Harbor-Unalaska topped the nation in fish volume last year.Commerc

Canadian Underwriter Group Publisher Jan Lowther became the first Canadian, first woman and first me

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A rebound in Thailand's shipping and freight industry could signal a recovery for the country's expo

Indonesia's finance minister, Bambang Subianto, urged the public Thursday not to jump to conclusions

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

Vantage Tracking Solutions, a unit of Orbcomm Global, said that J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is

The U.S. Maritime Administration is auctioning off two Navy oilers that were left uncompleted amid a

The Americas/Pacific group of carriers, four lines that operate on the west coasts of North and Sout

Valley National Bancorp has acquired Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co.'s Totowa, N.J., operation

A move by Britain's largest underwriter to take over an ailing Taiwan life firm appears to be fallin

The world trading community hailed the openness of the U.S. economy, enhanced by the pursuit of libe

Brazil's antitrust authority put on hold for at least four months a proposed merger of two leading b

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container units (TEUs)Apr. MayJune July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov.

The new head of DHL Worldwide Express' U.S. operations says the internationally focused express comp

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The government is proposing a rule change that would tighten U.S.-flag shipping requirements for sma

July 15, 1999CURRENT: 988 PREVIOUS DAY: 985 The Baltic International Freight Futures M

July is strong. August will be really strong. There is nothing telling us there will be a slowdown.'

Norfolk Southern Corp. and CSX Transportation Inc. reported modest progress in their efforts to retu