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As companies continue to expand globally, the main challenge for risk managers is maintaining a cons

The millennium bug harbors catastrophic implications for trade and transport and for the U.S. econom

The anxiety associated with returning to work after suffering from a mental illness is such that nea

Zurich Group has signed a letter of intent to acquire the industrial and marine business of Swedish

On the surface, the towboat pilots strike that started April 3 on inland waterways seems all but ove

Relief from state taxes sought for months by Massachusetts-based insurance companies took a major st

SHIPSCANAL EASES DRAFTLIMIT BY 12 INCHESPANAMA CITY - Panama Canal officials said We

Great Lakes carriers are winning strong support from Congress in their battle against the Clinton ad

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One year after the experiment began, shipping lines plying directly between China and Taiwan have ha

Circle one. There are 20, 200 or 2,000 reported underwater navigational hazards that the federal gov

Having sold its recently acquired shipping arm, a transport conglomerate patched together by the son

1,007 (April 29, 1998) Previous day - 1,008The Baltic International Freight Futures Market i

April 29, 1998Baltic International Freight Futures Market Prev.Close Hig

Productivity at the Port of Seattle has returned to its previous levels after slipping considerably

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker Rate Schedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Sched

MAYMaritime Law Association of the United States. May 1. New York. Annual spring dinner. Con

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French truckers may stage a pay strike this summer to disrupt the World Cup, a union official said.<

Freight forwarder Kuehne & Nagel AG has added air-express service to its portfolio by forming a part

Railroads, coming under blistering criticism for their rate and service policies, are beginning to s

In a battle that has grown heated and nasty, United Parcel Service and United Airlines are sparring

Union Pacific Railroad offered an upbeat assessment of its progress in removing widespread congestio

In the final triumph of the most successful negotiating season in years, container shipping lines th

'I was shocked when I saw the numbers.'

NY LIFE GETS TO KEEP$32 MILLION TAX 'DEPOSIT'WASHINGTON - The federal government lost a Supr

A global trade committee is gathering in Geneva this week to discuss the thorny issue of rules of or

General Insurance Corp., India's sole state-owned non-life insurer, is considering merger of its fou

The demand for insurance data collection has shifted from regulators and statistical agents to busin

OLD REPUBLICINSURANCE GROUPBruce M. Horack was elected senior vice president, claims at the

Insurance giant American International Group got a thumbs down, and the whole insurance industry far

The public greatly underestimates the costs of personal auto and homeowners insurance claims, while

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Many types of industrial zones and parks are clamoring for investors, all of them offering important

When U.S. and Israeli businessmen meet in Washington and Santa Clara, Calif., next month for two t

U.S. executives who have complained about access to South Korean markets or other frustrations in do

Israel, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of its creation as a modern nation- state Thursday, ha

By now, everyone knows that if a company is on the Internet's World Wide Web, it is involved with in

IBBERSON INTERNATIONAL INC.Mark Geitzenauer was named president of this overseas arm of Minn