Commentary

Some people are quick to get annoyed when anyone telephones them by mistake. Some get understandably

Ronald Babula, in his lengthy Aug. 17 letter (''Data reject notion of mercantilistic Japan rate poli

Even though it is a small and landlocked Alpine country, Switzerland has become the home base for a

On Oct. 1, Hapag-Lloyd will undergo the most radical transformation of its business in nearly 30 ye

For years, companies focused on cost-cutting to improve profitability. To achieve those same results

As collective bargaining and the National Labor Relations Act have diminished in importance in labor

This has been a difficult summer for the Taipei-Beijing-Washington triangle.The Belgrade emb

Our best public holidays are meant as times of celebration and reflection. We're supposed to enjoy o

The latest formal efforts to put the stalled peace process in Northern Ireland back in motion are sc

The Clinton administration just received a sharp reminder from a new quarter that the nation's curre

The Japanese yen has risen more than 12 percent against the dollar in the last three months, and the

James A. Dorn (''Expand trade relations between US and China,'' Aug. 17, Page 7) trotted out the sam

Earlier this year, President Clinton announced moves to enhance support of the Cuban people and prom

Monday is Labor Day. While the holiday has come to signify the end of summer and the return to schoo

It sounded pretty bad at the time. Somebody had made up a phony Bloomberg News Service Web page repo

Florida's tomato growers are giving new definition to ''vine ripe.'' In an effort to get tomatoes to

The writer of the opinion article headlined ''Buying a car without price information'' (Aug. 31, Pag

Russia's foreign minister, Igor Ivanov, angrily laid much of the blame in a major money-laundering s

Tim Sansbury's Aug. 9 article headlined ''AAPA chief hails dredging breakthrough'' (Page 3) discusse

Some numbers just hit you in the face. The U.S. labor force is projected to keep growing, reaching 1

The infamous Y2K is only a few months away. Is your PC ready?I've been playing with some pro

he U.S. Postal Service has no intention of issuing stamps that feature everybody's all-time favorite

What did people do before modern technology came along?Reuters reports that staff workers at

A group of top corporate executives has displayed unusual political courage by calling for an overha

The United States has sanctions affecting 70 countries, including China, to punish their ''misbehavi

Recent labor restiveness among intermodal truckers dramatizes how many ways truckers can get the sho

A funny thing happened on the way to privatization of Britain's 20,000-mile rail network.Bri

Cynthia Trudell says she has seen first-hand that company loyalty is a three-way street - for employ

Many traffic managers buy liner shipping services in much the same way you and I would purchase a ca

he United States and the European Union will soon resume talks on an issue with wide implications fo

Every U.S. farmer should stake out a place in line for the additional farm subsidies that could be h

Across the waters from the beaches of the English coastal town of Margate last Tuesday morning, the

Rep. Phil Crane, R-Ill., and colleagues asked for it, and they got it - from business, the AFL-CIO,

Women have been breaking precedents and making headlines recently - but the headlines themselves say

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott bridles whenever anyone mentions the ''ancient ethnic

What started as a simple security problem the other day at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport en

Beneath the sandy, red soil where northern desert melts into southern greenery rests the potential f

The outlook for Venezuela, its trading partners and its people looks increasingly grim. Internationa

For about four years now in transportation circles, there has been ongoing interest in the concept o

The United States, despite much rhetoric, still seems more concerned with negotiating new trade agre