Commentary

The resignation of George Marlin after two years as executive director of the Port Authority of New

Who knows what Conrail's future may be, but its past is memorialized.Five years following th

Something important is being lost in all the fuss over Michael Ovitz, who left Walt Disney Co. after

The image of huge trains-in-the-sky crisscrossing the continents with hundreds of passengers on boar

For more than a decade, a handful of industrious trial lawyers have pocketed millions of dollars in

Robert Torricelli, the new Democratic senator from New Jersey, won praise from liberals last year fo

Where reform efforts fail, the market sometimes succeeds, as independent insurance agents are disc

INSURANCE AGENTSDEFEND MERGER MOVESI think it is necessary to address some assertions in you

Welfare reform, which Bill Clinton supported, then ignored, then vetoed, then signed, willtake effec

Early this month, thousands of tiny Siberian native birds successfully made their annual journey fro

The nation's passion for gambling may be dimming. The New Orleans casino is bankrupt. Riverboat reve

The outcome of a current debate in Brussels over the future of the European Union's law on takeovers

In Hong Kong, the sweating has started.For more than a year, Hong Kong's boosters have argue

It's late January and tax forms are showing up in mailboxes like evil omens. But just when queasines

If the business media are right, corporate executives have found a new punching bag - consultants.

Curt Flood, who died this week, was a good outfielder who compiled a .293 batting average during a 1

To members of the American business community in Latin America and the Caribbean, the appointment of

NEW JERSEY'S COSTLYAUTO INSURANCEIt should come as no surprise to New Jersey's drivers that

The European Union has been among the most vocal supporters of post-apartheid South Africa. But its

On the rate front, bad news for carriers is usually good news for shippers.Carrier executive

For all President Clinton's inaugural rhetoric about making the United States ''the world's indispen

The view that President Clinton witnessed Monday as he delivered his second inaugural address was as

As you begin your deliberations on the 1998 budget, one issue you will have to grapple withis the gr

An unknown but growing number of exporters and importers are cheating the government of billions eac

After a two-year bout with recession, things are looking up for Mexico's economy. But a variety of r

SEOUL MET ITS PLEDGETO HELP KOREA'S WORKERSYour Jan. 15 editorial, ''Clouds over South Korea

The occasion of President Clinton's second inauguration prompted me to page through a great book I h

Conrail shareholders voted last week to reject a measure that was crucial to the railroad's planned

Bosses usually get a bad rap for being insensitive, boorish or downright cruel.So it's time

The United States has won an important victory at the World Trade Organization. In a draft decision,

Politicians often overlook the extent to which technology affects the strength of nations.Ea

On Jan. 1, the ticket tax that financed our nation's air traffic control system expired.Until Congre

Great Britain and the European Union are at each other's throats again. This time, the fight concern

The United States has achieved an important breakthrough in its effort to cut the inflated rates for

Britain and the European Commission are once again at loggerheads - this time over the planned allia

MARINE OPERATORS AREMAKING SAFETY A HABITThe Bright Field's accident in New Orleans is a cas

Like so many of his fellow New Yorkers, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is not exactly a shrinking violet.

The insanity in the downsized, ultra-competitive corporate world seems to have reached a new high.

Many investors remember the days when the Japanese were on course to buy every last piece of prime r

It is an odd feeling for us graying parents: Your adult kids lecture you patiently, as to a backward