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Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway is testing a system of space reservations and capacity manage

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hile we're certain that a discussion of the prevailing issues and concerns in the German tax structu

A viral epidemic caused by sick pigs broke out in two of Malaysia's 13 states and is threatening to

European companies said China has tightened restrictions on foreign exchange transactions, adversely

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo

COMMERCIAL QUANTITYALUMINUM INGOTS_ $1,500-$1,600 per ton lo

NORTH AMERICAAFIA-AGRO de las Americas. March 23-25. Jalisco, Mexico. A major exhibition for

t may be weeks or even months before the impact of the mid-March resignation of the entire European

Associated Industries Insurance Co. received licenses to write workers compensation insurance in Ala

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

'It is hitting a particularly vulnerable part of Scotland that is particularlygeographically

UPS Worldwide Logistics, coming off a year in which it doubled its European sales, has opened a 78,5

Mar. 23, 1999RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlead Pr

The Clinton administration has proposed a waiver to domestic shipbuilding requirements, in a bid to

APL Ltd. has received a stiff blow from a federal appeals court, which reversed a lower court ruling

Munich Re, the world's largest reinsurer, has purchased Northern Marine Underwriters for about 2 mil

NYMAGIC INC.Vincent T. Papa was named chief executive.He fills a position that has been vaca

The Department of Agriculture is looking ''very actively'' at the issue of providing government fund

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ost fellow Ohio dwellers agree that mid-February is a nice time to visit Miami. In fact, many of

Second-year findings from a continuing study of workers' health and productivity show employers are

Prompted by protests from women activists, the General Insurance Corp. dropped its policy of offerin

A bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Vietnam, which could be sealed this year,

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, May 22, 1998 - Mar. 23, 1999 (a graph)*

Federal Express Corp., moving to tighten its integration with the Internet, tapped Intershop Communi

Trucking company Consolidated Freightways is expanding its air and ocean forwarding business with th

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 190.45 up 2.33 whi

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

Yellow Freight System Inc. plans to reduce transit times and improve service under its new EXCELerat

In an effort to keep U.S. goods flowing south despite Brazil's economic crisis, the Export-Import Ba

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

The Port of Houston, bursting at the seams, seeks to create a regional port that would bring all of

FUTURES - Mar. 19, 1999 OPEN INTEREST AND SALES - Mar. 18, 1999All life-of-con

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''The economy is good. People are buying.''

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

The World Bank has withdrawn funding for Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, because the city authorities fa