Commentary

There's a reason why Europe is called the Old Country. While the rest of the developed world has lon

Some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms have ventured into the remote reaches of the South Paci

The Senate voted 57-42 Monday not to limit debate on a bill that would have imposed import quotas on

NYK Line has released its annual survey of the world container fleet, a concise but detailed report

The only man rich enough to rebuild Kosovo single-handed is Microsoft's Bill Gates.Forbes ma

Solid and sustained economic growth has taken root across the United States, with indexes of wholesa

It's back - and it's unlikely to go away.The U.S. export community expects to find out next

Fifty-one years ago this week, on June 24, 1948, Soviet forces cut off all ground travel in and out

Remember the saying ''the more things change, the more they remain the same?''Even after con

The only thing more stupid in politics than a stalking horse is a stalking ass. The proof is in the

As usual, the Swiss are feeling alone these days. But in a departure from their long tradition of pr

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is involved in an ugly showdown with the Philippines over control of tha

When it comes to setting tax rates there are basically two ways to do it. In one you figure out how

In today's tight job market, Chuck Stevens is willing to hire workers with a past if they prove they

Intermodal Expo'scurrent plightwas predictableAs a person who, in the past, has work

The new round of World Trade Organization negotiations will begin in Seattle Nov. 30, and the time h

They're leaking, they're suing, they're going public with their complaints, and some are even gettin

It's an excuse you wouldn't want to hear - or give.A Scottish military policeman was separat

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the revolutionary leader o

Is the new round of world-trade negotiations doomed to fizzle on the launching pad, wilting into irr

Creating full-motion multimedia presentations has become as easy as drag and drop thanks to Adobe So

After resolving a last-minute dispute over treatment of mortgages, the advanced industrial nations'

The federal government wants to put the ''U.S.'' back in US Airways - and every other airline as wel

Now that we have reached the three-week mark in the Conrail transition, there are several early conc

No sooner does one European crisis end than a new one takes its place.The biggest crisis in

The dawning of a new era follows Indonesia's first free election in over 40 years. The overarching q

Sometimes the old adage ''No news is good news'' translates into ''Good news is no news.'' A recent

British retailers are shaking in their boots now that U.S. mass-retailing giant Wal-Mart has announc

A police station in Thailand has forgone both the carrot and the stick in its effort to get motorist

Once more, Congress, in its annual ritual, is debating whether to extend for yet another year ''norm

Michael Replogle, the author of ''Paving over a good decision'' (opinion article, May 28, Page 4A) w

It's all beginning to unfold on the Atlantic right now - well, mainly on the Montreal run. It's happ

Like a long-running soap opera or a low-budget samurai movie series, the plot of North Korea's negot

More and more logistics people are going back to school these days in a trend that's good for them,

It used to be that agriculture and its products were given a free ride in American public opinion. T

The U.S. airline industry appears to have headed off, for the moment, an effort in Congress to shack

More than 1.3 billion people in our world today live in extreme poverty. Nearly 1.4 billion lack acc

The statement in your editorial of May 24 (''A matter of definition,'' Page 4A) that everyone makes

They are repainting the runways of Britain. Last month, it was Edinburgh. Next, it may be Southampto

he United States has sound reasons to be concerned with China's container shipping policies. But bec