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As you're reading this, it is likely that a Union Pacific freight train is rolling through the spect

The visit by China's Jiang Zemin brought great expectations for stronger economic cooperation betwee

The federal budget deficit, which has helped to define American politics for more than 20 years, is

When Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo says the United States should compensate his country for the

Pity poor Benazir Bhutto. Pity poor Pakistan.Some say the country is a product of the Bhutto

The U.S. Supreme Court decision this week opening the door for manufacturers to fix prices sounds li

BELARUS MAKINGGRADUAL PROGRESSYour Friday, Oct. 10, 1997, report on Page 3A headlined ''U.S.

There's a lot of talk these days about intermodalism - one could be forgiven for thinking it's a new

Historically, modes of transportation were relatively unconnected and largely served domestic needs,

Never do business with your family is an adage Indonesian President Suharto should have followed yea

Every time you fill up at a gas pump, unwrap some prepackaged food, or wear clothes made from synthe

The European Commission and the European Monetary Institute, the forerunner of the European Central

The Clinton administration Tuesday won an important skirmish in its battle for expanded trade negoti

The new world depends not only on how we bridge our differences in opening markets, but how we build

Transportation is something most people don't think about until things go wrong. Over the past three

Earlier this year, a computer with a name defeated a reigning chess champion in a symbolic victory t

What supports one out of every five U.S. manufacturing jobs and one out of every three acres planted

A dramatic combination of developments in the past decade has contributed to rapid growth in the Isr

As Congress begins debate over the highway funding bill (known by its acronym Istea, pronounced ''ic

It's becoming a French tradition. As soon as retailers stock up for Christmas, the truckers go on st

The visit of Chinese President Jiang Zemin was just what Washington, a city gripped by political sca

John J. Fialka, in his book, ''War by Other Means,'' relates the story of Francis Cabot Lowell, whos

When Joe Liemandt decided to drop out of Stanford University, he had more than his father's wrath to

Whether Worldcom Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers is successful or not in consummating his $30 bill

China's President Jiang Zemin went out of his way to meet with members of the Chinese-American commu

Ireland's problem used to be that it had too many people for too few jobs. New figures from the Cent

The European Union is expected to make a last-ditch effort today to overturn a July World Trade Orga

Is the nation ready for El Nino? Michael Duve wants to know.''Acapulco wiped out,'' he frett

Europe's inward investment agencies are waging civil war.In the past, the bidding for foreig

The future of the World Trade Organization may depend on a case that is expected to be resolved in t

The approaching vote in Congress on fast-track trade authority isn't about an obscure congressional

A computer-industry executive was reflecting on the delayed introduction of Microsoft's Windows 95 o

With the possible exceptions of baby boomers and professional athletes, there is nothing in American

Earlier this year, President Clinton announced his support for a bold Africa trade initiative which

Farmers from Canada, the United States and Mexico have come up with a good, though by no means uniqu

The Federal Railroad Administration is again turning up the heat under the Union Pacific Railroad, s

NS' SAFETY REPUTATIONIS WORSE THAN ITS RECORDJames McClellan, vice president of strategic pl

As China's President Jiang Zemin wraps up his U.S. trip, one thing is clear. There were no dramatic

President Clinton's sudden change of heart on the Internal Revenue Service overhaul bill must strike

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