Commentary

The encouraging news is that Russia seems to be stabilizing economically, politically and socially.

Eleven European nations in 1999 created a common currency zone known as the European Economic and Mo

Over the past several months, more than half my time has been spent traveling on business assignment

At a time of historically low agricultural commodity prices, commerce in at least one crop is lookin

The brutal Russian conquest of the Chechen capital of Grozny has immeasurably increased the strategi

The disparity between the impressive incomes earned by universities when they license their logos fo

Cyber-wizard Bill Gates' purchase of a stake in an American shipyard, Newport News Shipbuilding, bas

The Transportation Research Board is hosting a conference today focusing on the state of readiness f

he political-campaign wave has rolled on, and the rhetorical shot and shell is already flying in oth

Following weekend parleys focusing on $30-plus per barrel international oil charges, U.S. Energy Sec

I have just one word for Bill Gates: Settle.This week, Microsoft and the government gave the

Question: What comes in a blue and white box with a can of Raid? Answer: Windows 2000.Or at

The United States was founded in part on the premise that an important role of the federal governmen

This letter is in response to ''NVOCCs adjusting to OSRA changes: Little interest seen in Hyde heari

Union Pacific, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Canadian Pacific make no secret that they don't want Burlin

he Erika was no Exxon Valdez, but it could have a bigger impact on world shipping than the infamous

here are, as the purveyors of time-worn adages tell us, two sides to every coin. And some things ill

President Clinton's biggest battle with Congress in this, his final year in office, will be over tra

A century ago, when Vienna flourished as the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, immigrants f

The U.S. government must often feel that it is damned if it engages economically with the rest of th

here isn't much disagreement, thankfully, over how to approach the Internet security crisis. The dif

We live in an environment of mergers and acquisitions. That's the case not only in shipping, but als

While others in Asia talk e-commerce and globalization, Singapore is ''walking the walk.'' Its leade

MINNEAPOLIS- ST. PAUL STAR TRIBUNE:It has become one of Washington's least productive ritual

ho says American schoolkids are the only ones who have a less-than-comprehensive understanding of wh

What is the likely outcome from the hearing on ocean carrier antitrust immunity that Rep. Henry Hyde

t's beginning to hit people: The e-commerce revolution that's sweeping the press and the public cons

ive them credit for boundless optimism, if nothing else.An investor group plans to rent the

Buried in the new Clinton administration budget is an additional $21 million for enforcing trade agr

This is a flawed statistic, but it's jarring nevertheless: Of the eight largest U.S. airlines, the o

In Davos, Switzerland, and other venues, Americans have been lecturing the Europeans and Japanese ab

The Japan Fair Trade Commission is expected to render a decision shortly that could have far-reachin

ven as small knots of protestors made a nuisance of themselves outside the United Nations trade conf

At first I thought there was something wrong with my computer.I was sitting the other day in

orget for a moment the difficulties of business communications when two or more languages are involv

Last November, Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth Wykle outlined the transportation challenge ahe

Question: What if the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Group of Seven industrial-

What are the fundamental forces guiding business? Can capitalism co-exist with humanism? What is lea

While the French seem keen to benefit from Britain's mistakes in handling its mad-cow disease crisis

ranted, the word came from just a couple of shippers instead of a detailed national poll. And yes, i