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A study has found that enacting tort reform in many states since the mid-1980s has not lowered rates

In a bid to fight joblessness, the lower house of the Japanese parliament approved a $4.3 billion su

World Bank President James Wolfensohn said Thursday that he did not expect Argentina's economic prob

World Trade Organization ambassadors will meet today amid prospects that they will agree to end the

The U.S. International Trade Commission found that uranium imports from Kazakstan are not injuring o

Canadian National Railway Co. on Wednesday announced that it upgraded its Web site to give shippers

July 13, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

AXAROBERT E. SALOMONE was named senior vice president, claims, AXA Global Risks U.S., a unit

Russian insurers expect President Boris Yeltsin to veto legislation setting limits on foreign underw

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Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. has formed a wholesale brokerage subsidiary, Market Place Resources

Dockworkers and stevedoring staff at Bangladesh's Port of Chittagong, after a two-year struggle, hav

Circle International won a global transportation, customs brokerage and logistics management contrac

If you're in the market for bulk vessels, reach no further than the mouse of your computer.S

Is the ''Scream Robe Costume'' a piece of apparel or a toy? The U.S. Court of International Trade is

Brazil's government is considering how to approve a plan by Ford Motor Co. to build a $1.3 billion c

A senior U.S. official on Wednesday urged resumption of talks on increasing airline services between

Interest in integrating employee benefit programs is widespread and cuts across employer size and in

The Customs Service in recent months has sharply increased demands for back duties from importers wh

Ports, shippers and other industries supporting a $4.9 billion channel-deepening and water projects

The parent company of Germany's Hamburg-Sud expects a continued slump in container shipping this yea

The European Union is hoping to convince the United States to opt for compensation, rather than sanc

Legislation to permit third-party suits has been approved by the California Senate.SB 1237,

Longshoremen have slowed cargo movements at West Coast ports to such a degree that terminal operator

Vietnam's government is using Japanese aid to expand the northern Port of Haiphong's annual capacity

Norfolk Southern Corp.'s troubles related to the integration of Conrail Inc. assets are taking a lar

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

July 14, 1999NO. 4/ NO. 6/ NO. 6/ 1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 21.

July 14, 1999CURRENT: 985 PREVIOUS DAY: 984 The Baltic International Freight Futures M

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The survival of Glasgow's ailing Govan shipyard looked assured on Wednesday, at least in the short-t

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CSX Corp. Wednesday announced that Ronald J. Conway is taking over as president of CSX Transportatio

AEI Corp., Danbury, Conn., says it has formed a logistics company in Shanghai to capitalize on the a

For nearly a decade, Europe's leading shipper organization has been embroiled in disputes with trans

U.S. Customs is moving to expand nationwide a trial program that allows advance processing of visas

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

Columbia Coastal Transport LLC has started a feeder barge service that provides connections with lin