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Brazil's coffee industry is plagued by organized bandits who hijack trucks, plunder the valuable bea

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he JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulation

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A tugboat company agreed this week to pay $600,000 to settle charges stemming from an accident that

It's often a one-page letter that arrives in the mail, but responding is rarely the quick and simple

Bouyed by double-digit growth in the region last year, DHL Worldwide Express embarked on a $180 mill

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The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

The Vietnamese partner in an auto assembly joint venture involving Japanese and South Korean interes

In a survey of 82 farmers and ranchers, 26 said they had to drop their health insurance to make ends

When Russian women take off their winter wraps this year to expose their skin to the sun, they wo

Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were named joint winner

'They don't put bare hands on bumpers or leave anything exposed, like belt buckles, when they open o

The Commerce Department has been investigating possible export violations in at least two more Depar

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The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in London and New York, include the f

International Petroleum ExchangeApril 7, 1999 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

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t's being talked up as the hottest strategy in risk management - identify the risks affecting a comp

Political friction kept the United States and China from agreeing last week on terms for China's ent

Russian steelmakers, still smarting from what they term a lockout from the American market, are accu

Malaysia's central bank has exempted foreign investors in the country's new exchange for high-tech c

Hong Kong banks cut their prime lending rates by a quarter point Friday in a widely anticipated move

Friday April 9, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

Fleming Jacobs, one of only six partners in the privately-held A.P. Moller group, is leaving the com

A package of measures aimed at making intermodal transportation more attractive in Europe has run in

The following trade leads appear exclusively in print in The Journal of Commerce. The leads are curr

April 8, 1999Baltic International Freight Futures Market PREV.CLOSE HIG

The Brazilian National Association of Electronic Goods Manufacturers, Eletros, asked Finance Ministe

A single order for a dozen giants is heartening South Korean shipyards, but overall business isn't a

Global yarn production in the final quarter of 1998 fell by 2.1 percent, largely fueled by the 9.4 p

Gucci's fate will probably be decided in court after the Italian fashion house spurned two condition

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

Due to operational snags, Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Evergreen Marine Corp. withdrew their feder

April 8, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

his month marks the 14th year since the property/casualty insurance industry shifted gears into the

uane E. Knapp advises senior exe- cutives worldwide about an under- appreciated corporate expos