Commentary

Redlining - the deliberate denial of insurance to a specific area or persons for reasons other than

Records, it seems, just aren't what they used to be.Arbin Timilsina, a Nepalese schoolboy, a

Recent Kurdish separatist bombings in Istanbul and Ankara are part of a trend that could have a more

After the downsizing, rightsizing, takeovers and layoffs of the 1980s and 1990s, companies looking t

It was really a quaint time. Back in those near-forgotten, primitive days before there was a compute

he authorization of NATO air strikes against Serbia inspires conflicting emotions.Prominent

he most dramatic evidence yet of the new era being ushered in by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of

A recent newspaper article reported on the railroad industry's environmental practices and the conta

William Tecumseh Sherman once wrote his wife: ''Vox populi, vox humbug.''A Gallup poll condu

The brochure for the International Intermodal Expo recently crossed my desk. The presentation was st

Citing the worsening crisis in Kosovo, Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov abruptly canceled his

''Repeat after me . . . ''Les Brown pauses before continuing:''Anything worth doing is worth

Perhaps no one is more pleased to see the Dow Jones average dancing around the 10,000-point barrier

Central-bank publications are hardly best sellers. However, the first issue of the European Central

The Asian financial crisis, which began innocently in July 1997 with the devaluation of the Thai bah

t's official: James P. Hoffa was sworn into office this week as president of the Teamsters.

The recent modest recovery in the price of crude petroleum has touched off worries on the part of so

ime and again, the Clinton administration has argued that no changes are needed to safeguard sen

Those who are regular readers of my diatribes know that if I'm told I can get something for nothing,

We all know the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was not a total deregulation of the ocean transportation s

The leaders of the European Union must look beyond the headlines when their summit starts tomorrow i

Latin America is feeling good about its future this year and in the decade ahead. Russia is pessimis

A few years ago, I was invited to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to speak about As

It's just as well Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov will appear for his meetings in Washington

No doubt there are nuts and demons out there planning evil things.But it should be noted tha

With nearly 50 percent of the world in recession by some estimates, critical questions continue to h

Memo to the Brothers Grimm, with carbon copy to Mother Goose: Where are you when Berlin and Brussels

In another example of ''Do as I say, not as I do,'' Congress's concern for occupational safety and h

Rita M. Rodriguez, an Export-Import Bank director for more than 16 years, has just vacated her offic

he award of the first contract for deepening New York Harbor's key container ship channel, the Kill

trip away all the rhetoric and the question facing Congress and the Clinton administration is simple

In anticipation of the visit of China's Premier Zhu Rongji to the United States in April, a flurry o

Picture an ''L.'' At the top of the letter is my accountant's office building; at the short end is t

The weather finally broke. Jack Sparks came to town. A guy in a kayak paddled out on the Hudson Rive

Commerce Secretary William Daley's upcoming business-development mission to South Korea sends a clea

With the sad exception of the former Yugoslavia, Europeans have not fought each other on the battlef

China's bid to join the World Trade Organization has heated up once more after two years of on-again

Two points in particular came across loud and clear in Federal Maritime Commissioner John Moran's

Vice President Al Gore may be lampooned as a conformist stiff, but the fact is, he's running a campa

Even as Mexico's chief executive, Ernesto Zedillo, strives to shape a mechanism for selecting a winn