Commentary

An Alabama local of the United Steelworkers of America recently demanded that Gov. Fob James close t

Chances are you've seen Norman Dacey's book, ''How to Avoid Probate!,'' which for years has helped A

As a story on Page 1 notes, President Clinton just signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 into

Seaports are every bit as much a part of this country's international trade infrastructure as its ne

Stock market confidence has been badly shaken by a series of political and economic upheavals now be

The United States finds itself behind the eight-ball in Northeast Asia as President Bill Clinton pre

The age of electronics has greatly affected the maritime industry. Improvements in electronic naviga

Anyway you count it, Washington is entering a period of budget surpluses.This year, for the

Since Russia defaulted on its debt two months ago Saturday, the U.S. economy has remained fundamenta

Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, recently issued some ''astonishing facts'' abou

''Real, inflation-adjusted earnings . . . were 3.1 percent lower last year than in 1989 for workers

Women the world over share a surprising unity of opinion about their most important life challenges

Russian beggars work on the principle that the more abject your plea, the bigger your reward. It's a

Its back against the wall, Japan at last stands ready to adopt a plan to rescue its floundering bank

Contrary to popular opinion in America, the repression at Tiananmen Square was not the death knell t

The drayage, or local trucking, company, is a critical link in the intermodal service chain. When co

Well, I have to admit that I had long thought this millennium-bug thing was a bit overblown, but now

More debate on anti-dumping laws has been set off by the U.S. steel industry's recent announcement t

Now that Fernando Henrique Cardoso has won re-election for a second term as president of Brazil, eve

The latest political fight in domestic space politics is about a trivial issue: failure of the bankr

The European Union's path to a single market has always been bumpy, and nowhere more so than in pull

Back in the 1980s, labor relations at Northwest Airlines Corp. were so shabby that observers took to

The trend toward small and home offices is growing into a significant market and Pitney Bowes has de

The South Korean economy is caught in a vicious downward spiral of declining spending and collapsing

The orders arrived by telex, and crews on more than a dozen Coast Guard cutters cursed the day they

A significant anniversary went almost unnoticed earlier this month.On Oct. 4, 1958, the Brit

Trade and transportation today are sophisticated, modern activities with equipment to match. Mega-sh

Economic analysis in the past two years has consistently underestimated the speed and depth of the g

''It is the kind of problem that could erupt, and the world, having paid no attention, suddenly says

Various farm and commodity organizations claim that fair-trade farm groups are actually against trad

If you think American policy-making tends to be adversarial, over-lawyered and dominated by vocifero

In our modern era, science has been enlisted in an effort to explain everything.Recently, at

What are we to make of Christopher Columbus? Do we owe him recriminations or thanks? Is he a horrifi

As if supply chain challenges weren't stiff enough, impatient American retailers are starting the Ch

Government experts met in Paris earlier this year under the auspices of the United Nations Education

Blame computers. For a few hundred dollars and a little time with a nerd of a salesman, we can all e

In reference to The Journal of Commerce report of Oct. 7 headlined ''NOL says it's seeking line to c

Which 10 Americans have exerted the greatest influence and impact on Asia in the 20th Century? Under

It's tempting to compare a Surface Transportation Board with one member to a professional wrestling

Autocratic. Anti-democratic. Secretive. Unfair. Those are charges hurled by consumer advocate Ralph