Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is a dark time for management. Our best thinkers are now witch doctors dealing in voodoo hoodoo

Whenever China's leaders want to argue that democracy is unsuitable for their country, they cite ''C

Traditionally, the arrival of a new year brings with it a sense of optimism and a commitment to fres

Our water and air are cleaner now than in 1971, when the first Earth Day raised America's consciousn

CUSTOMS EXPORT SYSTEMIS SMOKE AND MIRRORSYour Jan. 8 article on West Coast concerns about th

The Japanese stock market's gyrations - it dropped 11 percent in a single week - should be of more t

Mexico defied the critics this week by repaying the last of its U.S. rescue loans - ahead of schedu

The imperial presidency is generally associated with Richard Nixon - recall the comic-opera quality

When I see the term ''dream job'' in employment ads, I immediately get suspicious. My first thought

A TOUGH CUSTOMERGETS HER COMEUPPANCEI am writing to voice my displeasure with the Dec. 11 fr

No matter how you slice the legal baloney in the Paula Jones case, we're facing a Bill Clinton secon

Alexander Lebed, Russia's pugnacious former presidential aide, may be changing his stripes. Mr. Lebe

The end of the Cold War brought euphoria to the United States. The collapse of the Berlin Wall symbo

The business community has had enough. It's losing, it believes, billions of dollars of business bec

Paul Ehrlich may have done more to ruin modern farming's reputation than anybody else in the world.<

Class warfare has broken out on the American waterfront - not between ocean shipping companies and t

The future of Social Security - more precisely, how the United States will finance the future care o

NY-NJ PORT WILL REMAINA COMMERCIAL HUBYour editorial on the Port of New York and New Jersey

After seven tiresome years and $5 million, the Federal Highway Administration has finally delivered