Commentary

Last year marked the most difficult one for Mercosur, the Southern Common Market, since the economic

ust when it seemed Japan would finally crest the hill and get its economy growing again, it has roll

he man may have been forgotten over the passing years, but his name and, more importantly, his signi

There are many things that I love about the Internet, but there's one particular thing I love so muc

Margaret Thatcher may no longer be in power, but her spirit has taken over in many a country.

The latest interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve followed the announcement of several close

The Internet was supposed to usher in an era of frictionless commerce, one in which technology linke

Save me! Save me!You can almost hear the cries of ''Save me! Save me!'' from competing railr

The strong-franc policy, which involved linking the French currency to the German mark over recent p

Just over 50 years ago, the people of Africa began a journey to cast off the shackles of colonial ru

ife is complicated in the Connecticut-sized British province of Northern Ireland. It has been for mo

Drum roll, please: It's finally here. The long-delayed Windows 2000 hits store shelves Feb. 17.<

he $1.8 trillion budget proposal that was unveiled this week was pure President Clinton, both overal

The House of Representatives jabbed another goad into China - needlessly so - by passing a bill that

The European Union is trying to force the Russian government to make a difficult commercial and poli

In the intellectual battle between state control of resources and free markets, some people argue th

There are new frictions looming just over the horizon in relations between the United States and Jap

Back in the glory days of the Roman Empire, the operative Italian transport slogan was: ''All roads

t first glance, nothing would seem to connect VodafoneAirTouch's $190 billion takeover of Mannesmann

The facts about millionaires, it turns out, don't exactly gibe with what Mom and Dad told you when y

Generation X thinks time is worth more than money.That's the key conclusion of a nationwide

There's something very ironic about this industry of ours.From the shipping-line point of vi

When I first saw the article on a speech to Wall Street investors given by CSX's chairman, John Snow

The report that the government of Saudi Arabia may consider opening up its health-insurance market i

The U.S. Capitol is a dangerous place and not just because, as the old saying has it, no man's life

ill it take a major trade disaster in America for Washington to face up to its responsibility for a

Last November, Washington and Beijing concluded a bilateral agreement to pave the way for China's me

From pariah to prince in just a few months, Joerg Haider has leaped on to the international stage an

On a day in which the breadth of the horizon off Key West, Fla., is painted the hue of a robin egg,

I read with interest your Jan. 14 article (''Importers protest Customs ruling,'' Page 3) regarding C

he U.S. government has sent a clear, simple message to China about its proposal to slap stiff contro

ecessity is the mother of adaption as well as invention.Reuters reports that a business-serv

Sam Banks was his usual ebullient self on the morning of the last day of his 29-year career at the U

So, have you been wondering what this open-source, free-software thing is all about, but thinking yo

Many investors and observers were scurrying in search of a safety blanket last month after Time Warn

Is it possible the First World will give China a virtual monopoly in agricultural biotechnology, des

olls aren't the only part of the motor-transportation experience that high technology is changing.

aio Koch-Weser, the German candidate for the leadership of the International Monetary Fund, deserves

Yesterday was Groundhog Day, when Punxsutawney Phil enjoyed his traditional five minutes of fame. I

''Anyone can become a hero'' was the refrain to a popular Russian song called ''March of the Happy-G