Commentary

ho says American schoolkids are the only ones who have a less-than-comprehensive understanding of wh

here isn't much disagreement, thankfully, over how to approach the Internet security crisis. The dif

This is a flawed statistic, but it's jarring nevertheless: Of the eight largest U.S. airlines, the o

Buried in the new Clinton administration budget is an additional $21 million for enforcing trade agr

What is the likely outcome from the hearing on ocean carrier antitrust immunity that Rep. Henry Hyde

In Davos, Switzerland, and other venues, Americans have been lecturing the Europeans and Japanese ab

t's beginning to hit people: The e-commerce revolution that's sweeping the press and the public cons

The Japan Fair Trade Commission is expected to render a decision shortly that could have far-reachin

ive them credit for boundless optimism, if nothing else.An investor group plans to rent the

orget for a moment the difficulties of business communications when two or more languages are involv

At first I thought there was something wrong with my computer.I was sitting the other day in

Question: What if the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Group of Seven industrial-

ven as small knots of protestors made a nuisance of themselves outside the United Nations trade conf

Last November, Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth Wykle outlined the transportation challenge ahe

What are the fundamental forces guiding business? Can capitalism co-exist with humanism? What is lea

While the French seem keen to benefit from Britain's mistakes in handling its mad-cow disease crisis

Railroad stock prices and market capitalization are in a depression not seen since the days before d

The arrival of the new millennium has brought a focus at the United Nations Security Council back on

he United Nations Conference on Trade and Development had billed its quadrennial summit meeting this

ranted, the word came from just a couple of shippers instead of a detailed national poll. And yes, i

If music is your life - if you can't live without tunes ricocheting off your eardrums - then you hav

Steady shifts in the sources of money for research and development raise a host of troubling questio

The bushwhackers who hit the Internet's top commercial sites served notice that, despite widespread

The latest economic news is in, and it's heartening. American worker productivity shot up at a spect

he United States and the European Union are heading in opposite directions on an important issue in

he ABC game show ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire'' excels at building tension in its viewers - and,

Bulk mailers are in full outcry over a European Court of Justice ruling that seems to stamp out a lu

In at least one area, the U.S. economic expansion has left a trail of destruction in its wake: On it

The Clinton administration must be positively blushing over the back-to-back huzzahs from some of it

A couple of occurrences this week have turned my thoughts back to the basics.As we all keep

Whose mother hasn't said it? You know, ''Wear clean underwear. You never know when you might be in a

he hearing promised by Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill., into a key component of ocean shipping reform is sti

Kirk Bailey, a computer specialist whose job includes protecting medical records, issued a challenge

After a seemingly endless, 13-year struggle, China appears poised to join the World Trade Organizati

The names Jackie Robinson, Sidney Poitier and Thurgood Marshall jump to mind as examples of black Am

ruck driver unrest at seaports is reaching a boiling point, and if the problem isn't addressed soon,

New year, old problems.Navy Seals boarded a Russian tanker smuggling Iraqi oil out of the Pe

o much for the Mideast peace process. Since talks between Israel and Syria stalled last month, fight

The shabby-looking peasant approached the businessman in the lobby of a south China hotel, clutching

Recent changes in Turkey's approach to its closed border with Armenia may result in Russia losing it