Commentary

Although he is pictured in the American media as a moderate, Tony Blair, the prime minister of Great

Next week in San Francisco the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) will hold its annual m

I'll never understand folks from California. Maybe it's something in the water, or overexposure to t

The planned dismantling of the heavily indebted Daewoo Group is the most encouraging sign to date th

It didn't take away from his intentions, but a verbal misstep by President Clinton in his tribute to

The National Association of Manufacturers opposes the Clinton administration's proposed blacklisting

I recently worked with an entrepreneur whose business has grown from a two-person company to one tha

I don't claim to be an authority on cameras or digital photography, and I wouldn't know a megapixel

The Unicef survey of infant and maternal fatality rates in Iraq will return the issues of U.N. sanct

The Internet as a phenomenon is less than 10 years old, but it has already transformed the world. E-

Sometimes - all too many times - what seems like a simple answer to a difficult problem isn't an ans

A funny thing is happening as more and more companies are taking their logistics and outsourcing it

European governments, notoriously averse to adopting a uniform tax regime, are gradually making an e

Ancient mariners regarded the Rock of Gibraltar as one of the legendary Pillars of Hercules - the la

Now that Congress has agreed to extend normal trade relations (NTR) with Beijing for another year, t

Accustomed to operating out of public attention, the passenger-ferry industry is suddenly on multipl

Three recent opinion articles (''The dollar and the trade deficit,'' Feb. 22, Page 5A; ''Call a halt

Pressure is building in Congress to enact legislation regarding digital signatures, an Internet tech

They're not going to win any awards for good taste, but you have to give them credit for enterprise.

In the 1990s globalization has become a buzzword. Few would disagree that the new order of global tr

So we've done China Shipping Group, and we've drained the potential of the Maersk/Sea-Land acquisiti

Customs has issued new guidelines that should reduce the duration of the audits it performs on impor

This will be a busy week, if you're a trade-balance wonk. On Thursday, the Commerce Department will

It's a classic tale of the sea, young love and a poor choice of delivery systems.In 1957, Pi

Perhaps surprisingly, more than half of Americans with Internet capability have made a purchase over

As a young girl in Cuba I used to dream about eating an orange. You might find that to be a strange

I contacted George Hayashi this week to sound him out about what, if anything, has changed in the li

Since the beginning of the Asian crisis, markets and Asia watchers have kept a close eye on China. T

One economic barrier after another is being dismantled as the world's national and regional markets

Some 30 hours after departing Tokyo, where I am a foreign correspondent, I was sitting in the 12th r

If you think August means kicking back at the beach, maybe you haven't checked your e-mail.T

Give the California Prune Board an A+ for creativity.The board, in an attempt to get high-sc

The market is beginning to make inroads on more than three decades of angst and soap opera over the

The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that the bald eagle, our nation's symbol, is

There is an island nation not far from the United States. On that island, each person is guaranteed

As toddlers, my children loved a Barney video in which an imaginary storm tossed Barney and a group

The rulers of Russia have decided to run for election by raising the price of bread, home electricit

None of us will ever know what was going through Mark Barton's mind when he decided to open fire and

From the better-late-than-never department comes word that Congress has finally approved the Water R

No one disputes that Congress has some heavy-duty issues on its plate: emergency aid for farmers, th