Commentary

Last week the U.N. General Assembly promised a fresh assault in the war on drugs with a coordinated

Anti-China sentiment has rarely been stronger in Congress, but even the latest political skirmishing

The United States came to the rescue of the Japanese yen Wednesday, intervening in currency markets

The International Monetary Fund's involvement and financial obligations have heightened dramatically

Are we saving the tropical forests with eco-tourism, eco-harvested fruits and eco-friendly logging?

Another rail service crisis may be developing in the United States. Expectations of a record harvest

Recently, relationships between railroads and their customers have been subjected to considerable sc

Reports linking 1996 Democratic Party campaign fund-raising to the launching of U.S. commercial sate

When automated teller machines first appeared 30 years ago, banks told us these machines would provi

A casual look at any of the daily papers is likely to drive even the most die-hard fans of the banki

Never has Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, had so little to worry about. The state o

Is it time for the world's big powers, led by the United States, to rescue the yen?As Japan'

CLARIFYING ISSA'SRATE RESPONSIBILITIESThe members of the Inland Shipping Service Association

''Pay for play'' is an expression etched into American political practice. What it means is that gov

For almost 20 years, the first tenet of political punditry has been that Ronald Reagan's tax cuts ne

In his recent testimony before Congress, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan acknowledged that the U.S. econ

The European Union has the best chance in years to launch a final assault on the monopolies, rigid l

Africa is making news again, most of it bad.The tiny West African nation of Guinea Bissau is

As shifts in the global economy focus attention on East Asia, one of the most widely repeated foreca

The irony was delicious. ''Chainsaw'' Al Dunlap, the chief executive famous for slashing jobs by the

Greece is finally getting serious about Europe.Greece joined the (then) European Community b

Will the world's rich nations bail out Russia? That question has been coursing through financial m

The news for Japan keeps getting worse. The government reported national output shrank 1.3 percent b

Picture this: You're channel surfing and flip onto cable television's Black Entertainment Network. A

Nothing captures the world's attention like the World Cup, by far the biggest sporting event on the

As Congress careens toward its summer recess, and with the election only a few months away, the post

Imagine a group of suits, sitting around a table in the early 1980s, hammering out their concept of

Vice President Al Gore wants the United States to adopt some combination of energy rationing and new

Trinett Foote is many things - nurse, artist, entrepreneur, international businesswoman - and cancer

Enough. Turn it off before the addiction to the space station drains more billions from NASA and wre

Who could blame U.S. investors for being a little cautious when it comes to investing in overseas st

''Foreign news'' is being rediscovered by the American press.For most of the world's editors

The Chinese have a proverb that says, ''The man who has a thousand fingers pointing at him will die,

AIR CARGO BENEFITSFROM INNOVATIONMark Lyon's most recent Data Link column, ''Cargo 2000: For

By unanimous ballot, the arbiters of the nation's accounting rules have voted to issue a final stand

Good news for Britain - well, sort of. The European Commission, the executive arm of the 15-nation E

As a business strategy, airline alliances are as logical a step in aviation deregulation as you can

The peak import season is upon us. Actually, ''peak season'' is a misnomer, given the relatively ful

The U.S. chemical industry owns the trademark ''Responsible Care.'' It took out the trademark on tho

To many in the environmental community, ''industry'' is synonymous with ''polluter.'' In fact, this