Commentary

Excitement surged as the Dow Jones industrial average topped 9,000 Monday for the first time since m

Instead of expending its energy battling the United States over bananas and its central bankers over

Ireland, a country with a past of poverty and emigration, is booming thanks to foreign investment an

You know the line, ''I gave at the office?'' Well, it's usually true, but the giving is not necessar

The conflict over weapons inspections in Iraq may obscure a broader problem for President Clinton as

Lower Manhattan was blanketed by a blizzard of the modern-day equivalent of ticker tape - shredded c

Last month the government of Brazil announced a $23.5 billion reform plan based on tax increases and

The U.S. Maritime Law Association is making a major mistake in proposing to update archaic limits of

Marching out of the castle that looms above this capital city, a gray column of Slovak soldiers head

This year's summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation club, which will be expanded to 21 natio

A potentially promising effort to craft a national marine transportation vision for the 21st century

It was Sunday afternoon and a deadline was looming. I needed to confirm a quotation for a newspaper

Designing ships is a doodler's jackpot where form follows function.There are some who would

Many observers and policy-makers wonder how much lower U.S. interest rates can go without triggering

The U.S. steel industry is once again playing the leading role on the U.S. trade-policy stage. So fa

Congress has given the orthodox medical establishment $50 million to sort out the claims, mysteries

Whatever ingredients President Bill Clinton and his advisor on Russia, Deputy Secretary of State Str

Over much of the world, farm prices are down and farmers are hurting.In America, Congress ha

Robert L. Sexton (''Political science at EPA,'' Oct. 30, Page 4A) embraces a recent court ruling by

As if the ubiquitous hamburger outlets and the omnipresent advertising weren't enough, McDonald's Co

The Federal Reserve faces a close call when it meets Tuesday to decide whether to lower interest rat

I will admit that I tend to extract huge statements about society from small signs and symbols. But

In the alphabet soup of Southeast Asian regional politics and economics, it is important to be aware

Most news coverage of mergers and acquisitions in the rail industry focuses on the challenge two car

White House press release, Sept. 29, 1998 - The President today announced his intent to nominate Alb

Computer screens in Tokyo dealing rooms went blank at one stage last week. Like many of their human

Vacations usually mean a week at the beach. This year, Tom and I decided to really get away.

The West's exasperation with Russia is showing.Two senior Clinton administration officials d

Alvin Toffler described future shock, in the book of the same name, as ''the shattering stress and d

The American Association of Exporters and Importers agrees with Michael Lane's assertion (''Blame, b

Critics of global capitalism have seized on the economic turmoil in East Asia and Russia and the thr

That Republicans were surprised at the results of last week's elections says a lot about why the ele

Let's extend a round of heartfelt thanks to the finance ministries and central banks of Britain, Fra

Britain is the No. 1 destination for foreign investors in Europe, particularly investors from the Un

I wish to compliment you on the perceptive writing by Adrienne Braumiller in her opinion article (''

Dramatist William Congreve once declared, in an often-misquoted line, that music has charms to sooth

U.S. economic growth is ramping down, yet the equity and bond markets are taking opposing views of t

As inflation and unemployment soar, the currency collapses and rioting breaks out in Harare, Zimbabw

I remember vividly the first time I saw Newt Gingrich in person. It was astonishing.Here was

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will present his government's program to the Bundestag today in