Commentary

Americans know money doesn't grow on trees. But with specific financial matters, their grasp isn't a

When federal regulators focus on yesterday's issues instead of tomorrow's, the results can be costly

Nation needs trade planand adjustment strategyFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's Dall

On May 1 - Saturday - the international container-shipping industry will set sail for a new world wh

he overriding message to President Clinton from Congress this week was clear, even if its specifics

I've been having a little bit of trouble sleeping lately. I keep thinking about those two gun-wieldi

The Beltway is a 64-mile metaphor that encircles Washington, D.C.Politicians who couldn't be

According to Peter Drucker, the basic task of any company is to create a customer. Sounds obvious -

Just 30 years after Charles de Gaulle quit politics after losing a referendum, Gaullism has collapse

new international survey tabs Singapore as the most depressed of seven major Asian countries and

he International Monetary Fund's new contagion credit line sounds good in theory. It would make IMF

What Indonesia needs from the United States and the rest of the West is more carrot and less stick.<

At 12:01 a.m. Saturday the Ocean Shipping Reform Act takes effect, opening a new age of ocean shippi

The Kosovo muddle has again inspired pundits to accuse Democrats in the United States of knowing onl

I'm sitting here talking to my computer. No, I'm not suffering from a lack of companionship and ther

The old locks and dams that take millions of tons of freight and farm products up and down the Missi

After dropping by 33 percent last year, to an average of $12.71 a barrel for Brent crude, oil prices

It appears that irrational exuberance in many of Asia's financial markets has returned.Time

A tenth-of-a-cent marginis still cost-effectiveI do not like to take issue with my friend Wa

he international trade and investment sector is watching Venezuela closely these days, for highly

ew York's state government is doing a superb job in setting examples - but not the kind of which t

In Europe, rail freight service is like the weather: Everyone talks about it but no one does much

As the world's financial luminaries gather in Washington this week for the International Monetary Fu

Many Americans, by now, take the Internet for granted. Use of the World Wide Web has grown exponenti

The quest for perfection is an American obsession.On one level this is understandable. Afflu

nd you thought the British were hopelessly ob- sessed with the jewel- and medal-festooned royal f

Europe invented the concept of absolute national sovereignty. Now, in momentous actions at both ends

Sometimes news events don't develop quite the way everyone thinks they will.Take, for exampl

I like to imagine business schools as being full of practical people pursuing tangible goals, occupy

Warfare was once the ultimate no-man's land between tribes or nations that wished to destroy each ot

The exchange went like this:She was driving up Newbury Street in Boston, searching for a par

In December, the United States and 32 other countries ended four days of arms-control meetings in Vi

After 50 years of preaching the benefits of global trade, the United States is in the throes of a pr

Never name your ship ''May Day.''Anything with the word ''fire'' in it is not too advisable,

The failure of the United States and China to come to terms on the latter's accession to the World T

A bill that's important to the nation's trade prospects is moving through Congress with uncommon and

It was hard to know whether to smile or scowl last week when the European Union said it wants to ban

The Scots celebrate St. Andrew's Day with Burns, booze and bagpipes. Irish pubs are packed on St. Pa

Don't you sometimes get sick of the same-old same-old?The idea of doing something momentous

Leaders of the nations of NATO gather in Washington today to open what was planned as a golden-anniv