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'We'll have to start firing people here.'

For nations that deal with Hong Kong - and the United States is its main foreign trading partner - t

Leading container shipping lines and a top shipper organization fear that an Internet pileup will ma

The 126-year-old Port of Mumbai, buffeted by a steady dip in traffic, has finally realized that it

The United States is now barring Yugoslav ships from U.S. ports and territorial waters to further is

The government of Senegal has agreed a bill on the privatization of Sodefitex (Societe de Developmen

European consumers, banana importers and exporters of luxury goods are waiting expectantly for the E

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

The new savior in China's energy mix could be renewable power sources - sources that are cleaner and

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 6, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

Just as waging war poses great logistical challenges, aiding hundreds of thousands of refugees from

The 11 percent freight capacity increase created by the new generation of rail hopper cars forces al

Cargo traffic at the world's airports in 1998 increased by a 1.1 percent over 1997 to reach 58.2 mil

Samuel Shapiro & Co., based in Baltimore, opened a branch here, bringing to 10 the freight forwarder

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department approved a 5.26 percent rate reduction for workers compensatio

In the story titled, ''Net income rose in 1998; reinsurance premiums drop,'' which appeared on Page

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April 7, 1999Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

The Customs Service issued new rules Tuesday to prevent car theft by tightening paperwork requiremen

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

Trade and investment in Venezuela will not pick up until the nation's constitution is rewritten, for

April 5, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

NATURAL GAS CLEARINGHOUSENatural Gas Clearinghouse - Posted prices for April 1999 (see Note

New York Mercantile Exchange - April 5, 1999Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

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

The ex-chief executive of Frederick's of Hollywood filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against her

The World Bank's private insurance arm has struck a deal with the Japanese government to provide wid

Japan's Fuji Bank Ltd. and leading trucking company Nippon Express Co. will start home deliveries of

The Middle East got a new container complex and transshipment point with the soft opening of Aden Co

Having set an ambitious target for foreign direct investment this year, South Korea is taking steps

President Clinton and China's Premier Zhu Rongji could finalize an agreement on China's eventual adm

North Korea this week appeared to blame a South Korean vessel for a high-seas collision last week th

The Teamsters union has filed a national unfair labor practices charge against Overnite Transportati

Air cargo companies, struggling with limited space at Mexico's northern industrial airport in Monter

Greenbrier Cos. on Tuesday said net income increased 19 percent, to $5.2 million, or 36 cents a shar

Private property owners and commercial shellfish growers were stunned by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling

as of April 6, 1999Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su