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Add the sleepy Portuguese enclave of Macau to the list of places in Asia where North Korea is causin

In setting aside new air-quality standards issued by the Environmental Protection Agency in 1997, a

SUCCESSFUL CORPORATIONSVIEW THEIR ROLE BROADLYWhat can be more practical than teaching busin

ncreasing numbers of Americans are using their income-tax returns to send an unmistakable message

he Senate has approved S.900, the Financial Services Modernization Act. Last year, the House approve

ilicon Valley has Germany in an ever-tighter grip - or at least the German language, according to t

Although scientific evidence keeps accumulating that human activity is slowly heating the planet, a

The Asian ''tigers'' seem to be on the way back. After suffering devastating economic and financial

At Earth's end, beyond the mountains in the Land of the Thunder Dragon, one of the world's smallest

In June, the Federal Communications Commission will stop accepting comments on a proposal to allow t

Picture this: A colleague tosses you a floppy disk containing six months of research on a project th

Finance, as we know, has become an ultra high-technology business.Gone are the days when peo

ritain is getting anxious to send foot soldiers into Serbia. Its foreign minister is working to drum

The Cold War space race between the United States and Russia is over, but a new race is under way -

While Western Europe is riveted by the humanitarian, military and political disaster that is the Bal

A positive potential solution to the Kosovo problem is getting too little attention. Separation won'

Along with undeniable benefits, technology also brings unavoidable changes. One area of life it stro

Piloting a 200-foot-long barge tugging 40,000 tons of cargo along the Ohio River can be a daunting t

ust how low are wages in China? So low that one mainland Chinese says he wants extra time in jail i

he euro appears to have pulled out of its nosedive on the foreign exchange markets, but a renewed se

Organ transplantation is a medical triumph that's woefully tangled up in cultural and political rest

For some people, it's shoes; for others, computer gadgets; for others still, it's fancy cooking gear

In a recent speech in Chicago, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan dwelled heavily on fundamenta

A series of corruption allegations in Lebanon has focused attention on an important issue for busine

Not long ago, at a luncheon meeting of North American businessmen in Moscow, the question was asked:

Rocks pelting the American embassy in Beijing. Headlines blaring allegations of Chinese nuclear espi

The industry's shipments last year were the second highest in more than 20 years; production was dow

roposed House legislation that substantially improves trucking productivity and safety is a watershe

quick look at several statistics sums up the economic story of the 1990s. U.S. gross domestic pr

Some are calling it an issue of national ''aidentitii'' (identity), others a failure of bureaucratic

Sea-Land Service Inc. and Maersk Line knew they were wading into tricky political waters when they t

For several years now, I have been getting a monthly newsletter from the Austrian Cultural Institute

earied resignation seems to be the reaction of the ordinary Russian to the latest developments in

President Clinton, at a news conference with visiting Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi this mont

he U.S. economy has entered an era of productivity gains largely related to information technology.

It has been suggested that the way to add vessels to the domestic fleet is alaw change to open a win

We fixed things when we did it with the post office and even some prisons. Now, after the incomprehe

My entry into the transportation business was an unplanned one. I was taking a class in capital plan

Despite all the threats, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami is forging ahead in his determination to

Well, as much as I think they're being unfair, I can understand the motivations behind the folks who