Commentary

Every administration in Washington uses the publicity apparatus of executive agencies to promote the

There are points to laud in George Cashman's opinion article (''Port truck drivers: a David and Goli

The jury is out on Vladimir Putin, the president-elect of Russia. Will he be a reformer, seeking to

he Supreme Court took a rational tack to a rail-safety issue last week, preserving a uniform nationa

s they marked a half-millennium since the coming of the Europeans, Brazilian leaders this week also

he European Union is inching along toward removing one of the major irritants in its trade with the

An initially reassuring contrast to the doomsday-like message demonstrators sought to convey at last

Ungainly but interesting, pelicans are noteworthy for their rubbery throat pouches, which expand lik

Weird stuff is going on here in Washington. But you knew that. To be accurate: Even weirder stuff.

The long-running ''will they, won't they'' saga of the Grand Alliance and Americana Ships joining up

ut the total in terms of percentage, and it sounds modestly positive: Road fatalities declined 1.9 p

Say your company offers a new perk: a car-washing service, or a free manicure at your desk. Chances

Despite the appearance in the past few years of English-language online news services in nearly ever

A wave of protesters attempting to disrupt the annual meetings of the World Bank and the Internation

It's still two weeks before Vladimir Putin is formally inaugurated as president of Russia, but he's

ONLY TRUE COMPETITIONWILL HELP THE RAILROADSAND THEIR CUSTOMERSAfter reading Lawrenc

You have to respect someone who takes it upon himself to stand up for a cause, even one you don't ne

Greg Mastel's latest attempt to sell pure protectionism as thoughtful-sounding economics (''It only

The recent signals emitted by the Japanese economy have been mixed, and confusing to the untrained e

As experts and news sources have repeatedly observed in recent weeks, the software patent dilemma co

The issue of service has long plagued the transportation industry. By now, it is practically impossi

hrow the rascals out is exactly what South Korea's voters did when they went to the polls last week

obert Mugabe marked the 20th anniversary of Zimbabwe's independence this week with a speech that lef

Time magazine is publishing a special Earth Day issue, with Ford Motor Co. the exclusive sponsor, em

The timing could not have been better. Everybody, but everybody, from the global financial community

The Clinton administration is quietly debating whether to drop a longstanding U.S. policy of hostili

I'm in the midst of a dilemma. Is is better to have used a notebook computer as a desktop replacemen

The Journal of Commerce editorial ''Dump the dumping law'' (April 11, Page 5) was so inaccurate and

One aspect of the railroad industry's proclivity to merge is that it seems to be based on the belief

n the end, the anti-globalization protestors got to make a stir, the International Monetary Fund and

-commerce is coming to the aid of expatriate Britons' yearnings for their culinary curiosities.<

he two Europes are finding out just how difficult it is to become one.The collapse of commun

America's non-ratification of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development shipbuilding

China has taken another important step toward becoming the world's largest food importer, eliminatin

Over the past several months, I have spent much of my time traveling in Europe on a development proj

Back in the old economy, before the roller-coaster Nasdaq stock market ride and the emergence of the

ho says local politicians in the United States are the only ones who like to play international trad

As Vladimir Putin prepares to officially become Russia's second president at an inauguration ceremon

I feel that globalization - not the pejorative term used to bring attention to the outsourcing of Am

I have just returned to London from St. Louis, the American hub for many new developments in biotech