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ANOTHER REMARKABLE REHAB FOR MILOSEVIC?

Holger Jensen | Jun 24, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The only man rich enough to rebuild Kosovo single-handed is Microsoft's Bill Gates.Forbes ma

THE FED MAY REGRET A RATE HIKE

Leon Korobow | Jun 24, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Solid and sustained economic growth has taken root across the United States, with indexes of wholesa

WHO'S THE EXPORTER?

JOC Staff | Jun 24, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
It's back - and it's unlikely to go away.The U.S. export community expects to find out next

AIR CARGO ANNIVERSARY

JOC Staff | Jun 24, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Fifty-one years ago this week, on June 24, 1948, Soviet forces cut off all ground travel in and out

THE NEVER-ENDING STORY OF CROSS-TOWNS

Moving Right Along - Theorore Prince | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Remember the saying ''the more things change, the more they remain the same?''Even after con
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THAT SOUND FROM THE LION'S MOUTH IS A BRAY

Europe View - John Helmer | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The only thing more stupid in politics than a stalking horse is a stalking ass. The proof is in the

ALONE AND UNHAPPY

JOC Staff | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
As usual, the Swiss are feeling alone these days. But in a departure from their long tradition of pr

EX-IM BANK'S JET FIGHT

JOC Staff | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The U.S. Export-Import Bank is involved in an ugly showdown with the Philippines over control of tha

A TAXING PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION

Net Watch - Alan Abrams | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
When it comes to setting tax rates there are basically two ways to do it. In one you figure out how

EMPLOYERS SCRAMBLE IN A TIGHT JOB MARKET

Mary Deibel | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
In today's tight job market, Chuck Stevens is willing to hire workers with a past if they prove they

LETTERS

JOC Staff | Jun 23, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Intermodal Expo'scurrent plightwas predictableAs a person who, in the past, has work

TRADE TALKS: SET THE AGENDA, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC

William M. Daley | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The new round of World Trade Organization negotiations will begin in Seattle Nov. 30, and the time h

EPA PUTTING POLITICS AHEAD OF THE FACTS

Bonner R. Cohen | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
They're leaking, they're suing, they're going public with their complaints, and some are even gettin

WRONG-WAY SOLDIER

JOC Staff | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
It's an excuse you wouldn't want to hear - or give.A Scottish military policeman was separat

KHOMEINI'S FOLLOWERS THWART IRAN'S PROGRESS

Michael Barron | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the revolutionary leader o

DEADLOCK AT THE WTO

JOC Staff | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Is the new round of world-trade negotiations doomed to fizzle on the launching pad, wilting into irr

FULL-MOTION PRESENTATIONS _ AT A PRICE

TECH TALK - Michael Berman | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Creating full-motion multimedia presentations has become as easy as drag and drop thanks to Adobe So

OVERRATING INTERNATIONAL LOAN RISK

Gary N. Kleiman | Jun 22, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
After resolving a last-minute dispute over treatment of mortgages, the advanced industrial nations'

FEDERAL BUREAUCRATS MAKE POOR CO-PILOTS

Ryan H. Sager | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The federal government wants to put the ''U.S.'' back in US Airways - and every other airline as wel

POST-CONRAIL PATIENCE APPROACHES THE LIMIT

SIGNALS - Rip Watson | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Now that we have reached the three-week mark in the Conrail transition, there are several early conc

THE REAL CRISIS IN EUROPE HAS NEVER GONE AWAY

Europe View - Bruce Barnard | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
No sooner does one European crisis end than a new one takes its place.The biggest crisis in

THE WORLD IS WATCHING INDONESIA'S NEXT STEPS

Curt Smith | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The dawning of a new era follows Indonesia's first free election in over 40 years. The overarching q

A STORY WORTH TELLING: OIL SPILL RECORD IMPROVING

JOC Staff | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Sometimes the old adage ''No news is good news'' translates into ''Good news is no news.'' A recent

SHOP TILL YOU DROP

JOC Staff | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
British retailers are shaking in their boots now that U.S. mass-retailing giant Wal-Mart has announc

STICK, CARROT OR RICE?

JOC Staff | Jun 21, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
A police station in Thailand has forgone both the carrot and the stick in its effort to get motorist

NOTHING LIKE US-CHINA TRADE FOR IRONY

Trade Scene - Richard Lawrence | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Once more, Congress, in its annual ritual, is debating whether to extend for yet another year ''norm

GRANDFATHERING RULE WAS ONE OF COMMON SENSE

JOC Staff | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Michael Replogle, the author of ''Paving over a good decision'' (opinion article, May 28, Page 4A) w

CHANGES BEGIN TO UNFOLD IN THE MONTREAL TRADE

SLOT WATCH - Paul Richardson is publisher of PR News Service, | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
It's all beginning to unfold on the Atlantic right now - well, mainly on the Montreal run. It's happ

NORTH KOREA ALWAYS HAS ONE MORE GOAL

Edward Neilan | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
Like a long-running soap opera or a low-budget samurai movie series, the plot of North Korea's negot

LOGISTICS SCHOOL DAYS

JOC Staff | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
More and more logistics people are going back to school these days in a trend that's good for them,

FRANKENSTEIN FOOD FROM THE FAMILY FARM

John Freivalds | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
It used to be that agriculture and its products were given a free ride in American public opinion. T

AIRLINE PROMISES

JOC Staff | Jun 20, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The U.S. airline industry appears to have headed off, for the moment, an effort in Congress to shack

FACING THE DEBT-RELIEF CHALLENGE TOGETHER

George Carey | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
More than 1.3 billion people in our world today live in extreme poverty. Nearly 1.4 billion lack acc

A SHIP'S "SQUAT' INVOLVES DRAFTS, NOT TOTAL WEIGHT

JOC Staff | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
The statement in your editorial of May 24 (''A matter of definition,'' Page 4A) that everyone makes

ANY POINT FOR A COMPASS ANYMORE?

Robin Mckie | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
They are repainting the runways of Britain. Last month, it was Edinburgh. Next, it may be Southampto

NOW'S NOT THE TIME

JOC Staff | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
he United States has sound reasons to be concerned with China's container shipping policies. But bec

NO GETTING AWAY FROM IT

JOC Staff | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
No doubt about it, Vice President Al Gore has a rough challenge as he seeks the presidency in distan

RAIL CUSTOMERS WANT WHAT THE LAW PROMISED

Ward Uggerud | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
A captive rail customer is one that relies upon a single railroad for freight transportation. A capt

FINALLY, A NATIONAL WAR AGAINST CARGO CRIME

Editor's Notebook - Peter Tirschwell | Jun 17, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
For years it was an issue that lurked in the shadows of the logistics world. It was seldom spoken ab

ONE-TWO STEEL PUNCH

JOC Staff | Jun 16, 1999, 8:00 PM EDT
No one can accuse the American steel industry of passivity - at least not when it comes to getting A
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