Commentary

The 17th annual International Intermodal Expo took place last month in Atlanta. Some may have consid

You have to give Larry Ellison credit - this guy is a true believer.Ellison, the chairman, a

es, times change, and so does the value of money. But the figures are jarring nonetheless.A

he next crisis in the financial sector will likely show up first in the payments system.Miss

E-mail is wonderful for columnists. Readers who wouldn't take the time to send a letter don't hesita

I knew it - someone out there loves me! Or so I thought, looking at my e-mail last week. Imagine my

new twist on an old product - personalized postage stamps - has generated a deluge of inquiries at C

hat's in a name? That question is about to take on major importance in the next big trans-Atlantic t

A free trip to watch pit crews at an auto racetrack in Charlotte, N.C., sounded like a great junket

DETROIT NEWS:Time Warner Inc. angered millions of viewers by yanking ABC from its cable line

Once the arcane territory of lawyers and trade negotiators, the notion of intellectual-property righ

Europe's insurance sector shows every sign of leading the way toward the globalized industry of the

In the pantheon of finance, few gods rank higher than Alan Greenspan. Worshipped by Americans from W

One of the hidden problems of globalization is learning some language skills before you go negotiate

he ball in Northern Ireland's tortured political game has been tossed back to the Protestant side wi

he House of Representatives' solid endorsement of the African and Caribbean trade package last week

Apparently working on the theorem that it's almost never too late for a forecast, the Commerce Depar

Do you ever get the impression we're heading for an abrupt jolt? Another of those ''come down to ear

The Irish Republic is, according to a recent survey, the world's 15th-least-corrupt country. Such a

s it enters its second year of operation, is the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 working? How much

he Love Bug, the computer virus that raced its destructive way around the globe last week, is one mo

Will a Cuban boy's reunion with his father in America ultimately lead to better relations between th

The slight uptick in April consumer prices coupled with a modest increase in the latest employment c

Preparing for the exciting world of online transportation auctions? While you're at it, put a health

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, antitrust was widely seen as an antiquated topic, but things have

nyone who ever struggled to learn celestial navigation has a special appreciation for the Global Pos

At various points in the 1970s and 1980s, oil-producing nations restricted output and thereby increa

he biggest potential criticism of the new initiatives the Clinton administration announced this week

Resurgent nationalism by Japan's youth, a feeling that military dependence on the United States cann

Monday marked the first birthday of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998, which took effect May 1,

Ask a Swiss clockmaker whether a wooden cuckoo can tell the time, and he will say you are mad. Andre

t's the kind of error that ranks up there with the top fears of every business - a routine, nuts-and

he Federal Reserve is now confronted with rising inflation, not merely the threat of inflation. Cost

Tax Freedom Day is today, May 3. That's when we stop working for the government and start working fo

The head of the armed forces in Zimbabwe is a director of a private company dealing in the mining an

Congress will vote later this year, pursuant to section 125 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, on

As if America's railroads need another reminder that they are not dot-com companies, the prestigious

The ability to create compact disks has pretty much become standard with today's computers, but I'm

aybe China is being defensive because the subject clearly touches on Beijing's continuing problems m

early a decade after the Soviet Union collapsed from the weight and unworkability of its communist s