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Who could blame U.S. investors for being a little cautious when it comes to investing in overseas st

AIR CARGO BENEFITSFROM INNOVATIONMark Lyon's most recent Data Link column, ''Cargo 2000: For

By unanimous ballot, the arbiters of the nation's accounting rules have voted to issue a final stand

Good news for Britain - well, sort of. The European Commission, the executive arm of the 15-nation E

As a business strategy, airline alliances are as logical a step in aviation deregulation as you can

To many in the environmental community, ''industry'' is synonymous with ''polluter.'' In fact, this

The U.S. chemical industry owns the trademark ''Responsible Care.'' It took out the trademark on tho

The peak import season is upon us. Actually, ''peak season'' is a misnomer, given the relatively ful

It is the most fundamental thing. It's how we distinguish one person from the next, one object from

Federal officials are deciding what to do with the first unified budget surplus since 1969. This sur

Jesse Helms has finally found an international agreement he can live with. The chairman of theSenate

Is the European Union's long chapter of banana inanity about to end? Not if you consider the thrust

Agriculture is in trouble, which is why farmers across America talk of a ''conspiracy toeliminate fa

One of the least discussed consequences of the introduction of the euro as the standard currency of

Over the past few months, on the New York highway between Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport in Queens,

Police in five European countries last month arrested more than 80 suspected Islamic militants in a

Throughout most of the 1990s, Korean carmakers have been drag-racing each other up a steep growth cu

ANTI-DUMPING CRITICISMOVERLOOKS FACTSI am writing in response to the review on June 5 of my

Rarely have regulators had an easier choice. When the Surface Transportation Board met this week to

We're approaching the 40th anniversary of the world's last big famine. It occurred in China between

Asenior Chinese official on Tuesday sent a reassuring sign to traders around the world: China, said

Uncle Sam's doghouse is filling up. First, India earned a place there for its nuclear tests. Now Pak

CHINA DOESN'T CONTROLHONG KONG PAPERIn his May 29 column (''Hong Kong's media watchdog,'' Op

Thirty years ago, as the first containerized cargo ships began arriving at European ports, Europe's

In what is unquestionably the most bizarre event to unfold on a Los Angeles freeway, or any highway,

The last bit of shocking news from India - before it foolishly exploded five nuclear weapons three w

A few years ago, we took a close look at the Internal Revenue Service's management systems. Our conc

Forget drug dealing. The latest - and safest - way to make money illegally is to steal expensive car

Only three years ago, as Mexico descended into a severe recession sparked by its December 1994 peso

Anatoly Chubais, the architect of Russian privatization who has just been given chairmanship of the

For the moment, the Russian economy appears to have stabilized, but the causes of the crisis have ha

America's roaring economy has corporate executives grinning from ear to ear, but tight labor markets

To most executives, Los Angeles International Airport is where you drive to catch a plane. Or consig

BETTER WAYS TOEMPOWER WORKERSJoanne Ciulla's comments on employee ''empowerment'' (''A bette

If anyone is wondering how much faith Chile puts in President Clinton's ability to get free-trade au

For decades Conrail has had a stranglehold over rail freight access to major cities throughout the N

While the world is transfixed by the underground tests in India and Pakistan, another nuclear risk l

After months of unrelenting trouble, a battered Indonesia finally got some good news: Government off

President Clinton has been asking Congress all year to pony up an additional $18 billion for the Int

When the U.S. Congress approved the entry of Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary into NATO, it ac