Commentary

Passenger ships today have a boatload full of technology that makes it unlikely they will ever star

World Wildlife Fund President Kathryn Fuller argued in this newspaper (''Green Trade Wanted'' April

Each warm evening this spring, Jordan Street has witnessed the elaborate mating rituals of the well-

The states of California and Texas - which enroll a fifth of the nation's students - are in the proc

President Clinton warned a group of evangelical Christian leaders Monday that the steady rise in U.S

The U.N. Commission on Human Rights dealt the United States a stinging diplomatic rebuff last week b

Driven by Asia's financial crisis, our trade deficit will expand significantly this year, perhaps by

The United States and Japan face immediate challenges with major implications for the global economy

Indonesia has taken another step to turn its beleaguered economy around by announcing changes to its

The world watched in horror recently as nearly 100 ethnic Albanians, many of them civilians, were ki

Gilbert F. Amelio is my hero.During his 17-month tenure as head of Apple Computer Inc., the

The European Union is poised to launch a single currency, but it hasn't yet forged a proper single m

The first impression of many visitors to Britain is the stretch of badly clogged highway between air

President Clinton is critical of those in Congress in favor of scrapping the federal income tax and

The recent findings of a World Trade Organization dispute settlement panel involving a U.S. law on s

Some time this year, Congress will take up the treaty on climate change negotiated in Kyoto in late

The Kyoto treaty to reduce global warming faces stiff opposition in the U.S. Senate, fueled by labor

The Reagan-era philosophy included a strictly interpreted Constitution and a market-driven society p

For years, experts looked upon East Asia as a model for Latin America's economic problems - and righ

It was an unusual challenge and one fraught with conflict: Draw a blueprint for building new citizen

Will he or won't he? The World Trade Organization, for- merly the General Agreement on Tariffs an

Russia's wily President Boris Yeltsin showed anew his ability to gain and hold power through coups,

POLAND OIL SECTOR OPENSTO FOREIGN INVESTMENTWARSAW - Poland's Cabinet Economic Commi

After years of standing on the shore, executives of Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's 60-year-old oil mo

When the second most powerful official in American government writes a book, it is wise to read it.

The financial services industry is riding a wave of excitement over the announced mergers of Citicor

The Summit of the Americas last weekend in Santiago, Chile, marks the start of seven years of free-t

When Russian President Boris Yeltsin's candidate for prime minister, Sergei Kirienko, first met U.S.

If there were a single test of the effectiveness of the World Bank since James Wolfensohn became pre

The blessings of the global food market are many: summer squash in winter and winter squash in summe

China's announced ban on the door-to-door sales strategies used by Amway, Mary Kay and Avon is ridic

The azaleas are in bloom in South Korea as residents enjoy the warm spring sunshine. With the terms

Two former Soviet republics had elections recently, but they promise neither political stability nor

Press reports and the speculation of several prominent economists suggest that competition from Chin

Sitcom writers would have a field day with the comedic potential of a ''Honeymooners''-ish municipal

The United States is the world's most competitive economy, followed by Singapore, Hong Kong and the

If there was a financial equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize for the world's best-performing economy, t

Not much more than 12 months ago, the hype over $10 cigars was thicker than smoke in a political bac

Europe's leaders have a lot to be thankful for when they gather in Brussels early next month for th

Technological change and market integration, induced by trade and investment liberalization, have de