Commentary

As the railroad industry steams toward end of year, most companies have concentrated almost exclusiv

Nobody at Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. or Canadian National Railway Inc. expected the firestor

hey're not going to get high marks for preparedness, but the Chinese deserve credit for the caution

learly taking aim at Russia's rampage in Chechnya, the United States has shot itself in the trading

The turmoil surrounding the recent World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle highlights the perils

n balance, the parliamentary elections in Russia this week produced a positive result that offers in

Many have expressed concern about the impact on Hong Kong's legal system of the interpretation of th

While I'm convinced that the new century and the new millennium do not begin until Jan. 1, 2001, the

As temperatures dip below freezing and you're tempted to complain, consider the job that Liliana Lab

I eagerly opened the box, my heart beating faster as I cut through the miles of packaging tape in an

There's opportunity in adversity. So the explanation now shaping up for NASA's twin Mars debacles is

With a big tummy that jiggles like the Christmas-tale ''bowl full of jelly,'' former German Chancell

Can Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse save Hong Kong?A majority of people here seem to think so, ac

Americans love the outdoors.They love it so much that GOP pollsters Frank Luntz and Bob Cast

When a senior executive visiting Moscow saw a long line outside McDonald's, he was horrified - until

he job was to pick the Car of the Century. The jury consisted of 133 automotive journalists from aro

While a growing number of Americans will escape the rough-and-tumble mall scene through online shopp

astern Europe's truck drivers are giving their Western counterparts a run for their money.In

The Seattle summit failed because the World Trade Organization and the U.S. trade representative did

The rush to build new ships is definitely on again.Like some department store's pre-holiday

The call came to speak at a client's conference about a major corporate change program. I prepared f

The draft law proposed to replace the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act of 1936 is said to be a ''careful

A growing fiscal deficit and a ballooning public-sector debt overshadow China's economic prospects f

enezuelans swept away the old order in their country last week, overwhelmingly endorsing a new const

6,400-TEU container vessel is a lot of different things to shipping people: an asset that must be ma

Followers of the Jones Act, that much-maligned and passionately defended law that reserves America's

In the wake of the breakdown of the World Trade Organization summit in Seattle, there has been a see

When most people think of the Coast Guard, they think of a maritime force that operates near the sho

t's curious that President Clinton, without explanation, dodged the ceremonies this week marking the

The Federal Reserve is reviewing its practice of advising the market, following a meeting of the Fed

Thank you for printing the article ''Remembering World War II mariners'' by Messrs. Goldman and Horo

The real-estate industry has long had an impersonal relationship with transportation executives. We

As year-end approaches, many companies are awarding bonuses and mulling over next year's compensatio

In American business, what's in a name can mean as much as what's on the shelf.Coca-Cola. Mo

A combination of democracy, new market-oriented development models and trade integration has certain

I started noticing it Tuesday morning. That's when I was just starting to panic that New York City's

Since the mid-1980s, one of Sam Banks' key jobs has been to deliver tough messages from the U.S. Cus

aving seen hopes of a new round of comprehensive world-trade negotiations disappear in the clouds of

I read with interest the letter written by William J. Tucker, president of Tucker Co. (''OSRA, unspu

MILWAUKEEJOURNAL SENTINEL:China has violated human rights, tried to steal the military secre