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Brazil's Finance Minister Pedro Malan said Friday that Brazil's gross domestic product growth rate i

Halterm Ltd., the terminal operator at the Port of Halifax, is acquiring two post-Panamax cranes to

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

An federal appeals court decision this month might have seemed trivial to some: The court ruled that

William J. McCarthy, former president of the Teamsters union, died Thursday at an Arlington, Mass.,

The European Commission has adopted a series of proposals that will extend European Union work-hour

While Kvaerner ASA works at rebuilding the Philadelphia Naval Yard, its other big American project i

A court on Friday sentenced Huang Shugang to 19 years in prison for diverting an airliner to Taiwan

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The short-term outlook for financial guaranty insurers is stable, says Moody's Investors Service.

Within 10 years, the end of the agency system ''as we know it'' will occur, predicted a communicatio

Nov. 20, 1998Baltic international Freight Futures Market Prev.Close High Low

Hong Kong is cutting charges for ship registration and simplifying survey procedures in an effort to

The Japanese government has ended a year-long investigation of Microsoft Corp.'s alleged anti-compet

China has granted P&O Nedlloyd a logistics operating license, paving the way for the carrier to open

The U.S. Customs Service and business groups in the Colombian port city of Cartagena agreed Friday t

The problems facing Kvaerner ASA in London's financial district haven't washed up on the banks of th

The Federal Maritime Commission will meet Tuesday to discuss some of the regulations the agency must

Plans for aligning the route systems of Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines are proceeding d

International Petroleum ExchangeNovember 19, 1998 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Panama Canal users face further delays next year as the 84-year-old waterway undergoes more repair a

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

British truckers are threatening to go into exile in continental Europe in a dramatic bid to escape

A Massachusetts lawmaker said he may file new legislation to halt public investment in companies doi

Railroad workers in six European Union countries plan to walk off the job today to protest plans to

A church group harshly critical of Talisman Energy Inc. and its Sudan oil project has urged Canada's

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The JOC calendar is a detailed listing of upcoming events in transportation and logistics, regulatio

The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months.The Journal of Commerce

Like the famous definition of pornography, Customs may not be able to define ''reasonable care'' bu

TradeCard, an electronic system that can complete an international transaction in a matter of minute

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., the second-largest U.S. life insurer, will pay $25 million to settl

'Japan is just digging itself a deeper and deeper hole. Sooner or later, this blows up on them.'

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wIn his first appearance before the nation's largest group of textile and apparel importers, Customs

Penske Truck Leasing has entered into an agreement to buy the assets of Young Nationalease Inc., a t