Commentary

When historians talk about ''High Counters'' and ''Low Counters,'' the subject isn't kitchen design.

Only a few hours after financial disaster rocked Wall Street Monday, Americans were clamoring to get

The Fed may be preparing to adopt exactly the wrong policy in response to falling stock prices, rece

Dozens of heads of state and government converged on the South African city of Durban this week for

It looked like countless other bills that arrive in the mail. It was computer-generated, printed on

In the spectrum of reasons for official acts in Washington, veteran observers know that a very small

How things change. Two years ago, U.S. gold miners were experiencing steady growth, rising profit an

The Hong Kong government has bought stocks massively to prevent a wholesale collapse in the financia

It's the credo of the corporate world: To get ahead, you've got to plan. Enter the army of strategic

It is now five years since I visited Russia. Then, as now, the international value of the ruble was

Is the world headed for recession?Look at the evidence, and it's difficult to draw any other

With bomb-blackened Berlin collapsing around him in 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the dark

Vice President Al Gore has not yet presented the Senate with the global-warming treaty he negotiated

The sharp drop in the U.S. stock market and other stock markets around the world is being worsened b

Marsh & McLennan's announcement of its intention to purchase Britain's Sedgwick Group PLC (''March &

America's Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, one of four critical regulatory units at the Food an

President Clinton is scheduled to meet with Russian leaders in Moscow today - assuming he can figure

Germany, Europe's largest economy, is at a political crossroads. Later this month, Germans will deci

It's pretty hard to ignore the fact that almost all the Islamic peoples of the Middle East fervently

Although it has been easy to miss in a summer dominated by news of heat waves and scandals, laissez

President Clinton's upcoming trip to Russia sends a signal to the world that a strong relationship w

Yes, all of us are sick and tired of the Clinton-Lewinsky-Starr story - very sick, sad and angry.

Looking at the Parthenon for the first time is like stepping into a metaphysical world of artistic p

In his article predicting the imminent demise of the Hong Kong dollar, (''Hong Kong dollar: RIP?'' O

Recent volatility in the financial markets suggests that Asia has yet to move past the turmoil of th

It's fair to say there has never been anything like the summit set for this week in Moscow. If Bill

As if Japan doesn't have enough to worry about, here's something else: Most publicly traded Japanese

The term ''protectionism'' traditionally has been used to describe government measures that shield d

One of the severance packages doled out in the fallout over the BankAmerica Corp.-NationsBank Corp.

Was there life before Post-it notes? Probably. But it wasn't nearly so rich with sticky reminders, c

Dredging the nation's seaports is essential to the free flow of international shipping. But for near

A new wake-up call has gone out to U.S. heavy industries, particularly steel. The message is succinc

So much for the oft-repeated claim that nothing of importance happens during August in global financ

I am a second generation longshoreman, and my family has worked in the maritime industry for more th

For reviewers and pundits who have commented on Steven Spielberg's remarkable film, ''Saving Private

Russia moved a step closer to the abyss this week when it unveiled its long-awaited debt restructuri

The big mystery in the capital is why people in the rest of the country aren't outraged about Presid

Recent public discord in U.S.-Japan relations has been confined largely to fiscal and monetary polic

In labor disputes, unions usually enjoy underdog status. That role is worth something in the contest

Trade relations between the United States and Europe have always had a certain edginess to them. Eve