Commentary

In 1961, President Kennedy declared that the United States would put a man on the moon before the en

If not now, when? The U.S. government is expected to post a record $99 billion surplus in the fiscal

The Japanese yen has been rising against the U.S. dollar and the euro - and, for now at least, nothi

The collision between the Norwegian Dream and the Ever Decent in the English Channel on Oct. 23 coul

The business news in Richmond, Va., lately has been dominated by stories about takeovers of local co

New accounting rules are likely to stimulate even more mergers and acquisitions at a time when such

Whenever I hear the name Turtle Beach, I always associate it with top-of-the-line sound technology f

Michael Eskew's opinion piece ''Color today's winning business model green'' (Sept. 9, Page 8). clea

Railroads have a truly weighty issue to work through as an industry - whether small railroads can or

Isaac Asimov's science fiction classic ''Nightfall,'' first published in 1941, is a cautionary lesso

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has called on Russian President Boris Yeltsin to keep the figh

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has been forging ahead with a long-needed house cleaning in his co

The new round of trade negotiations scheduled to be launched in Seattle on Nov. 30 should include a

Several recent studies have concluded that as many as 90 percent of mergers and acquisitions are sho

The Asian financial crisis has provided a wake-up call for China. The lesson of that crisis has been

Remember the Global Alliance - that powerhouse of potential combining two Asian carriers, Orient Ove

First it was the dollar that shamed the euro. Now it's the yen that is eclipsing the new European cu

It is a mistake to compare Patrick Buchanan's potential third-party candidacy for the presidency to

Last week's shootings at the Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth serve as a reminder that nothing

The six-month leadership vacuum in the European Union was filled last week after the European Parlia

The U.S. dollar has fallen 15 percent against the Japanese yen since early July, hitting a 3 1/2-ye

There was a time when most of the foods I enjoyed were bad for me. My physician warned me to stay aw

As the new Jewish year gets under way, the Middle East peace process appears once more to be back on

The Clinton administration deserves to be commended for its wise, albeit long overdue, decision to e

Bombs aimed at killing innocent civilians are not new in Russia, whether dropped from the air, or de

The idea of getting the main economies on both sides of the Pacific together regularly in an informa

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, a chorus of foreign governments, foreign companies, and their law

Had President Lott rather than Lincoln led the Union, the North would have surrendered before the Co

With each passing day, reasons mount for a growing sense of despair over China's future. The list is

One of the most important tasks facing the nation's elementary and secondary students is preparing f

Three recent articles appear to contain potentially misleading views regarding the insurance doctrin

Negotiations scheduled to begin Monday in Washington could well determine whether U.S.-China maritim

Lost in the debate over the Justice Department's lawsuit against Microsoft and its impact on Microso

Can you remember the good old days? Don McLean's ''American Pie'' was on top of the charts. The ''Go

The air cargo industry may be in for the type of revolutionary change that comes along once in a gen

A time bomb is ticking in the Pacific Northwest, and if it goes off, the effects will be felt at por

Now that Congress is back in session, one of its first items of business is a relief package for Ame

A couple of weeks ago, I attended an international trade, logistics and transportation conference in

Several weeks ago, there was a strange mix of news stories about truckers. At almost the same time a

The comments expressed by some air cargo executives in ''Airlines Question value of online cargo dat