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A last-minute flurry of talks between Chinese and U.S. officials on Beijing's bid to join the World

Hong Kong, in another bid to lure shipowners, will further cut the costs of using its shipping regis

A new $12 million distribution center in Fontana, Calif., that boasts two cranes and five rail spurs

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Kansas is poised to follow the Iowa method of demutualization by making a small but controversial ch

The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America received a federal charter from the Office of Thrift Supe

U.S. steelmakers, continuing to tighten the screws on steel imports, persuaded the International Tra

Monday April 5, 1999Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

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

Jamaican Prime Minister Percival Patterson has accused President Clinton of reneging on a promise to

DELTA AIR LINES named William D. Kline as vice president and chief learning officer. Mr. Kline, who

rowth in air cargo, which has outstrip- ped the strong gains in air pas- senger travel this decad

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The Commerce Department has quietly eased restrictions on exports to one of India's major manufactur

U.S. importers say they have as much to lose as European exporters do in the increasingly ugly trans

Syntra, a software company specializing in export regulation compliance, said its Global Logistics S

ueling bills before the Texas legislature could determine whether a plan to merge two Texas ports mo

The government Monday eased investment rules for foreign firms,allowing them to increase investments

891 (April 1, 1999) Previous day - 902The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lon

n the biggest conversion ever undertaken of passenger jets into freighters, Boeing Co. this week is

ir cargo rates from the United States to Australia and New Zealand have come under pressure due to l

One of China's newest and most aggressive maritime carriers is extending routes within Asia.

Smaller ports rimming the Texas Gulf Coast have opened several facilities recently and more will com

An independent truckers' organization has sued Ohio and three other states to get fuel-tax rebates f

Representatives of Russian rail users, meeting in Moscow, strongly criticized the government's tarif

An article on Paramount Export Co. that appeared on Page 31 of the Top 100 Exporters & Importers spe

American Safety Insurance Group has formed American Safety Financial Corp., a financial services uni

Russian consumers haven't lost their appetite for the America's most important export - Noshki Busha

*April 1, 1999U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

FUTURES - April 1, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 31, 1999All life-of-contrac

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 191.27 off 0.56

Kazakstan said it would stop defending its currency, the tenge, and allow it to float against the U.

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Qantas Airways has added e-mail to the range of electronic options available to cargo customers wish

United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts didn't take the top job in the wellspring of organized l

Nearly a decade after the Berlin Wall's fall, an agreement has finally been signed to privatize a fo

eaker business in the Far East, destructive weather in Central America, Brazil's currency devaluatio

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expanding its quarantine in six states to prevent the spread o

il gushers flowed through Texas ports last year as cheap prices fueled demand and pushed sales of pe

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