Commentary

FastShip is no vessel built solely of dreams. This is one that will work - well, so we're told.<

The United States is experiencing a stock market bubble, that will burst. That is the only conclusio

It sounds like common sense: If you can learn to manage your time better, you will feel more in cont

The mixup between miles and kilometers that caused the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter last month w

It may be true that, as the old saw goes, freight doesn't vote. But, as a new report by the General

The Journal of Commerce did a good job of reporting the basic facts on the recent applications to th

The scenario was bleak: The International Maritime Organization had just issued a regulation in an e

An employee of an import-export company in Egypt gets top marks for loyalty, if nothing else.

When I first heard that my Internet Service Provider had been bought up by another ISP, I was worrie

The People's Republic of China turns 50 Friday.Although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is

The Federal Open Market Committee needs to collect more evidence of a serious inflation threat befor

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, it's interesting to note some

Steve Koch is still shaking his head. A few weeks ago, the burly truck driver received a $60 ticket

''All politics is local.'' - The late Thomas P. ''Tip'' O'Neil, Speaker, U.S. House of Representativ

There is a new sheriff in town and its name is e-commerce - just ''EC'' to its friends. First promul

I have recently read your interesting article on illicit trade, ''Customs targets Colombian money la

What's blue, yellow, white, silver and red all over? Nope, not a newspaper. Its the new Helio ($199

When JetBlue Airlines makes its debut this winter, its passengers may be reaching for buckets of pop

With the winds of competition rattling their windows, managers of the world's post offices met in Be

Gary Quick, head of a high-tech firm based in Columbus, Ohio, isn't satisfied motivating his employe

The failure of railroads to coordinate their networks is nothing new. Back in the 19th Century, pass

A bill to provide $8 billion in aid to farmers is stalled in Congress largely because of a dispute o

Its blue currents have inspired waltzes, stirred poets to profound reflections, and connected the ol

Efforts to structure broad-based ocean carrier alliances serving multiple trade lanes may prove easi

Coming back to Japan after spending the summer in San Francisco and Washington is, in some ways, lik

When Hewlett-Packard recently appointed Carleton ''Carly'' Fiorina as president and chief executive,

Prosperity is changing an ancient land. Today a traveler can enter a small-town pub in Ireland, orde

Let's not call it Mission Impossible. But you could call it Mission Looking Increasingly Complex if

The missing ingredient in discussions of ''sustainable economic growth'' is the ability of market ec

Shocking news! Medicare is being ripped off to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars by the ve

Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater will host a three-day conference with transportation minis

Port executives from around the Western Hemisphere are in New York this week for the annual meeting

Governments and businesses around the world are trying to prepare themselves for possible problems w

Localization - the growing economic and political power of cities, provinces, and other subnational

I'm tired of seeing ''sports heroes'' arrested for drug use or indicted for spouse abuse. I'm disgus

Shippers are taking a massive hit on cargo theft, and there seems to be no solution in sight to a pr

The Clinton administration and China appear set to proceed with negotiations aimed at finally bringi

One of the issues that has cropped up in the aftermath of the Maersk/Sea-Land combination is the que

From biblical times to the latest Washington hearings on corruption in Russia, people have been aski

Remember push?A few years back, push was the hottest thing in electronic commerce. Electroni