Commentary

Trans-Pacific container lines don't look forward to this time of year. It's no easy task to try and

Investors fear Russia. Let me count the ways.Leadership is weak. Boris Yeltsin is largely an

In a current commercial for a luxury car, a research subject tethered to probes in a laboratory is e

The British government's decision to begin extradition hearings against former Chilean dictator Augu

usiness and political leaders in New York and New Jersey should brace themselves for a sharp economi

Last week, my Sunday newspaper arrived, as usual, at the front door. As I removed the paper from its

Amartya Sen is more than just a Nobel prize winner. As master of Trinity College in England, possibl

It is common for outsiders to disagree on China's long-term growth prospects and the current health

Europe and the United States are ''the only games in town.'' So says U.S. Trade Representative Charl

You wonder if it's the water in Seattle.People there are up to something again.The lambs of

orty years ago this week - on Dec. 10, 1958, to be exact - the United States had its first domestic

Roughly four million Germans are out of work. The unemployment rate has remained stubbornly high for

Our forecasts are diametrically opposed to what most strategists and financial commentators are sayi

The focus at this week's White House Conference on Social Security was on how to ''save'' the Social

Always ahead of the curve in anticipating change, historian-author-consultant Daniel Yergin is alrea

he outgoing head of the U.S. Council for International Business offered some pointed words of warnin

MOSCOW - For some bullies, it's usually not enough to get their way. The really pathological charact

Thank you for publishing the Reuters article titled ''Colombia orders emergency rule to prop up bank

I have to give the folks at Federal Express credit for one thing - they sure know how to use the Int

During a period in the mid-1980s, triple-witching hours - the triple congruence of stock option, ind

nyone who doubts the technological sophistication of modern American society - and how fragile som

Formation of a Western Hemisphere free-trade area is high on the agenda of U.S. trade policy. But th

Quebec's election late last month gives international investors a chance to look at Canada once agai

ow can the world avoid another hedge fund disaster that could threaten to topple the global financia

In a recent op-ed article (''Human factor key to rail mergers,'' Nov. 13, Page 6A), Ken Peifer, vice

The ''psychological contract'' is a regular topic of conversation in the human resources departments

he politicking has ended, the cheers are dying down and a number of grimly real challenges are now s

Las Vegas has mini-embassies in three countries. Orlando, Fla., boasts its own foreign policy. Denve

It is the ultimate act of political irony that a cashiered army officer who attempted to topple a de

The meager results of the summit meeting in Malaysia of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat

Siting, designing or operating a port today - a port that will meet the key objectives of facilitati

To aspire (according to Noah Webster): To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly. T

For at least three decades, European policymakers, shippers and transportation executives have been

The latest oil price decline is another negative shock to fragile investor confidence in Latin Ameri

In the legend of the Flying Dutchman, a haunted ship - turned away by every port - is doomed to wand

The deregulatory experiences of the air, trucking and rail industries over the past two decades were

The pressure is on. Become Year 2000 compliant or risk a cataclysmic failure of the systems on which

Recent gyrations in the stock market remind us that Americans are, if not obsessed by money, then at

The only thing more persistent than progress is pessimism that further progress is impossible.

Switzerland nearly outlawed biotechnology in food production over the summer. Was this an isolated i