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The next year will present many technological challenges for air forwarders and carriers.The

Neiman Marcus has selected Circle International to provide a package of global logistics services in

Friday April 30, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

ootwear distributors and retailers are waging a fierce battle to increase their share of a market

The continual erosion of world prices and heavy robusta stocks in Vietnam have further slowed sales

April 30, 1999No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 2

China has established a system to gauge the efficiency of domestic companies involved in foreign tra

The insurance commissioner in California has threatened to suspend the licenses of more than 100 Eur

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsJan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug.

Sea Star Line LLC plans to begin on Friday a two-ship cargo service between the U.S. mainland and Pu

&O Nedlloyd is aiming to double its global container traffic over the next five years through a mix

The finish line is more than five years off for negotiations to create a Free Trade Area of the Amer

U.S. Customs last week released its proposed regulations governing how customs brokers should conduc

In the story ''London marine insurers again under water'' (April 30, Page 6A), the combined ratio fi

1091 (April 30, 1999) Previous day _1057The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The British economy seems to have escaped recession by the skin of its teeth, chalking up growth of

Russia has no chance of making its foreign debt payments over the next decade, even if it receives m

The International Longshoremen's Association joined forces with the Boy Scouts of America in New Yor

April 30,1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from supplier

Germany's motor carriers, who were hit recently with a fuel-tax increase, are heading toward another

While Federal Express, Northwest Airlines and United Airlines battle it out for increased aviation r

A long-running access dispute over 317 miles of rail line in North Carolina could be on the road to

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 189.57 up 0.98

FUTURES - April 29, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - April 28, 1999 All life-of-contract hig

'The quick-release issue is the No. 1 issue for U.S. businesses.'

Vietnam may be added to the list of country beneficiaries under Japan's $30 billion Miyazawa package

hina's near miss at joining the World Trade Organization may be a blessing in disguise for companies

Importers and exporters are the main bene- ficiaries of a group of major channel-deepening projec

scar Fonseca has been selling computer parts in Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica for 16 years.

ootwear distributors, like other shippers, have stepped into a new era. The Ocean Shipping Reform

Japanese steel producers say they're optimistic that the U.S. government will overturn a Commerce De

very year, Neal Wisner spends a week at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va., teaching agents, state and

Believing the time has come for the financial services supermarket, Travelers Insurance Co. has emba

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, June 2, 1998 - Apr. 30, 1999 (a graph)*

China is offering to open the door, but just a crack, to its coveted insurance market following year

Two of Switzerland's major players in the air freight and logistics business said on Thursday they a

As of April 29, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 189.57 up 0.98

ZURICH U.S.Thomas H. Hite was named executive vice president and will lead Zurich U.S.'s cor

It's hard to say when the cargo security products industry was born. Perhaps when the padlock was sl