Commentary

To the expectant nose, it is the most chameleon of foods.Is it apple pie, or yams, or perhap

Among all the emerging markets that have taken a hammering over the past month or two, South Africa

Although some employers would like to suggest otherwise, worker productivity has been the singular f

Producing a column has always seemed a lot like spending time with an old friend or a new acquaintan

What momentous event occurred two years ago today?If you say it was the day Union Pacific to

As the equity markets continue to flounder worldwide, rattling Wall Street in the process, it is all

New York state and city officials gathered this week at what was for them an unusual location: an ag

Our country prides itself on maintaining a global competitive edge in many areas. But we are failing

Steamship agency is as old as shipping - and as subject to evolution.Traditionally, shipping

In June, an arbitral panel established by the World Trade Organization ruled against an Australian r

The recent fluctuations in the stock market have given new energy to opponents of Social Security pr

The median age that adult Americans consider ''old'' is 72. That hasn't changed since the early 1980

Twenty years ago, the World Bank's view of railroads in developing countries came to parallel the pe

The European monetary system crisis of 1992-93, the Mexican meltdown and Tequila hangover of 1994-95

Shortly before Labor Day, West Coast waterfront employers received the chilling news that cargo-hand

Four eights may not mean much to Westerners, but they have a mystical significance to Burmese.

Coming up at bat in the national opinion pastime is the kinder, gentler Internal Revenue Service.

I had another encounter today with the math problem. Not my math problem, that is, but the problem t

President Bill Clinton went to Russia last week, a country whose economy is still crippled by massiv

Something is rotten in the U.S. tomato market, and it isn't the tomatoes. The smell is coming from t

As with all legislation, the devil will be in the details when it comes to judging the merits of th

Europe's single currency, the euro, will have a difficult birth, but it certainly won't be still-bor

The stock market decline, which began abruptly in mid-July, is blamed on fears that Asian economic r

As American relations with post-Communist Russia enter a new and more turbulent phase, a new biograp

Plummeting U.S. exports to Asia will slash corporate profit, depress the stock market and dampen eco

You'll note some changes on these pages.Leo Abruzzese's name leaves the masthead after more

Greg Mastel's Aug. 31 opinion article, ''Dumping: Fact and fiction'' (Page 4A), reflects the continu

Here are the top 10 non-reasons for a stock market panic:10) Mr. Clinton's presidency is thr

In what seems at first glance a gratuitous bow to political correctness, the U.S. Department of Tran

Hsiu-Lien Annette Lu has ambitious plans for Taoyuan, where she has served as county magistrate for

Strange things happened at General Motors this summer. Huge swatches of its highly paid, coddled, un

When President Clinton spoke in Moscow of not going back to the past, he forgot to say what past he

Japan's worst nightmare is that a trigger-happy President Clinton, in a deadly variation on the ''Wa

Some of the same investors who thought we were living in a world of never-ending growth are now pani

What unions do - organize, negotiate, strike, engage in political action - is generally familiar; bu

For rail labor, Labor Day 1998 is the best of times and the worst of times. The 180,000 members of m

Venezuela had its own problems before contagion came to its doorstep.In recent years, Presid

Much has been made of the fact that the Republicans are considering holding their next national conv

The failure of the International Monetary Fund's latest bailout of Russia should finally put to rest

As professional football teams conclude their pre-season camps and prepare for the regular season, f