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With negotiations for a new three-year contract set to begin in four months, West Coast waterfront e

British truck drivers Sunday rejected as unworkable a government plan to fine them if illegal immigr

Syntra, a supply-chain software company specializing in cross-border trade law compliance, is workin

The Illinois Central Railroad promoted Edward G. Kammerer to vice president of marketing and sales,

Five senior officers have shifted management responsibilities in a shake-up of Burlington Northern a

Weakness in container and bulk shipping doomed The Journal of Commerce Stock Index to a 1.65 percent

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Allstate International Inc. of Northbrook, Ill., and the Delhi-based Dabur Group, signed a memorandu

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Imagine what would happen if new Teamsters President-elect James P. ''Jimmy'' Hoffa actually lives u

The Trans Atlantic Conference Agreement has asked a European court to reverse a September ruling by

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

The U.S. Customs Service and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration have teamed up for a

Sun Microsystems recently honored USCO Logistics with its Outstanding Service Award at Sun's 1998 Su

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'We take a different view of culture' than does the United States.

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With the convening of the 106th Congress less than a month away, officials at the Independent Insura

Some 500 angry Lloyd's executives failed in their bid to overturn amendments to rules governing the

Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh said Monday he would continue closed-door strategic talks with the Un

A team from the Asian Development Bank has arrived in Pakistan to discuss project loans worth more t

Fresh from his historic victory, Venezuelan President-elect Hugo Chavez has a second triumph.

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The Navy's Military Sealift Command has awarded a $41.2 million contract to Sealift Inc., Oyster Bay

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Dennis H. Chookaszian, chairman and chief executive of CNA Financial Corp., will become chairman of

Until recently, a small group of kunas, one of Panama's indigenous peoples, earned a living by selli

'You don't want to change your fiscal budget every time that oil moves. I thinkVenezuela and

Key movements in 20-foot ocean container unitsAug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.

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With interest in a hemisphere-wide free-trade agreement receding, negotiators representing 34 countr

Aerospace giant Boeing Co. may have been able to solve its production problems. Now it has to figure

Airborne Express and the Teamsters have agreed on a five-year contract that provides improved wages

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking comment from the port industry and other interested parti

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Faced with the lowest hog prices in 27 years, Manitoba's producers have called for the implementatio

Council of InsuranceAgents and BrokersStanley D. Loar has been named chairman of the new ext