Commentary

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

Last year marked the most difficult one for Mercosur, the Southern Common Market, since the economic

ust when it seemed Japan would finally crest the hill and get its economy growing again, it has roll

he man may have been forgotten over the passing years, but his name and, more importantly, his signi

There are many things that I love about the Internet, but there's one particular thing I love so muc

Margaret Thatcher may no longer be in power, but her spirit has taken over in many a country.

The latest interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve followed the announcement of several close

The Internet was supposed to usher in an era of frictionless commerce, one in which technology linke

Save me! Save me!You can almost hear the cries of ''Save me! Save me!'' from competing railr

The strong-franc policy, which involved linking the French currency to the German mark over recent p

Just over 50 years ago, the people of Africa began a journey to cast off the shackles of colonial ru

ife is complicated in the Connecticut-sized British province of Northern Ireland. It has been for mo

Drum roll, please: It's finally here. The long-delayed Windows 2000 hits store shelves Feb. 17.<

he $1.8 trillion budget proposal that was unveiled this week was pure President Clinton, both overal

The House of Representatives jabbed another goad into China - needlessly so - by passing a bill that

The European Union is trying to force the Russian government to make a difficult commercial and poli

In the intellectual battle between state control of resources and free markets, some people argue th

There are new frictions looming just over the horizon in relations between the United States and Jap

Back in the glory days of the Roman Empire, the operative Italian transport slogan was: ''All roads

t first glance, nothing would seem to connect VodafoneAirTouch's $190 billion takeover of Mannesmann

The facts about millionaires, it turns out, don't exactly gibe with what Mom and Dad told you when y

Generation X thinks time is worth more than money.That's the key conclusion of a nationwide

There's something very ironic about this industry of ours.From the shipping-line point of vi

When I first saw the article on a speech to Wall Street investors given by CSX's chairman, John Snow

The report that the government of Saudi Arabia may consider opening up its health-insurance market i

The U.S. Capitol is a dangerous place and not just because, as the old saying has it, no man's life

ill it take a major trade disaster in America for Washington to face up to its responsibility for a

Last November, Washington and Beijing concluded a bilateral agreement to pave the way for China's me

From pariah to prince in just a few months, Joerg Haider has leaped on to the international stage an

On a day in which the breadth of the horizon off Key West, Fla., is painted the hue of a robin egg,

I read with interest your Jan. 14 article (''Importers protest Customs ruling,'' Page 3) regarding C

he U.S. government has sent a clear, simple message to China about its proposal to slap stiff contro

ecessity is the mother of adaption as well as invention.Reuters reports that a business-serv