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From City Hall to the trendy stores and boutiques downtown, this city's movers and shakers are wondering whether the summit meeting of the World Trade Organization this week is going to be one big, bad headache. With huge protests tomorrow expected to be rowdy and rumors of violence growing louder, politicians and business leaders fear that the city's image -- which has been burnished in recent years as a hip, happening place for software-writing, latte-sipping young professionals -- will become synonymous with riots and tear gas. (11.26.99) From the San Francisco Chronicle.
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JAMAICA, New York, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Janel World Trade, Ltd. JLWT, a full-service global provider of integrated logistics services, today announced the strategic acquisition of the Order Logistics brand and software technologies, customer relationships and related assets. The acquisition includes the web-based supply chain technology solution Solve (IT)2, which enables customers to collaborate in the planning, execution, management and tracking of shipments, financial settlement, procurement and quality control activities on a worldwide basis.
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It's too early to know how China's voyage into world trade will affect area farmers, but industry leaders say the possibilities are huge for new competition and the opening of new markets. Tod Kimmelshue of Northern California Farm Credit is very optimistic about what China can mean for the California almond industry. California produces 90 percent of the world's almonds. This year, prices were below the cost for many growers to produce the nuts. (11.29.99) From the Chico Enterprise Record.
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