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he international trade and investment sector is watching Venezuela closely these days, for highly

ew York's state government is doing a superb job in setting examples - but not the kind of which t

In Europe, rail freight service is like the weather: Everyone talks about it but no one does much

As the world's financial luminaries gather in Washington this week for the International Monetary Fu

Many Americans, by now, take the Internet for granted. Use of the World Wide Web has grown exponenti

The quest for perfection is an American obsession.On one level this is understandable. Afflu

nd you thought the British were hopelessly ob- sessed with the jewel- and medal-festooned royal f

Europe invented the concept of absolute national sovereignty. Now, in momentous actions at both ends

Sometimes news events don't develop quite the way everyone thinks they will.Take, for exampl

I like to imagine business schools as being full of practical people pursuing tangible goals, occupy

Warfare was once the ultimate no-man's land between tribes or nations that wished to destroy each ot

The exchange went like this:She was driving up Newbury Street in Boston, searching for a par

In December, the United States and 32 other countries ended four days of arms-control meetings in Vi

After 50 years of preaching the benefits of global trade, the United States is in the throes of a pr

Never name your ship ''May Day.''Anything with the word ''fire'' in it is not too advisable,

The failure of the United States and China to come to terms on the latter's accession to the World T

A bill that's important to the nation's trade prospects is moving through Congress with uncommon and

It was hard to know whether to smile or scowl last week when the European Union said it wants to ban

The Scots celebrate St. Andrew's Day with Burns, booze and bagpipes. Irish pubs are packed on St. Pa

Don't you sometimes get sick of the same-old same-old?The idea of doing something momentous

Leaders of the nations of NATO gather in Washington today to open what was planned as a golden-anniv

New York Gov. George Pataki may not realize that the Port of New York and New Jersey, the No. 1 seap

Americans are spending billions of dollars every year to remove asbestos from homes, schools and off

Ever since western Canadian natural gas was first piped to homes and businesses in eastern Canada an

Now is when attention in the ocean logistics industry begins turning inexorably to the West Coast wa

Beyond all doubt, the sensational capture of Abdullah Ocalan, leader of the Kurdish Workers Party an

Today's celebration of Earth Day may again miss a key to environmental improvement.Consider

Aside from the relentless pursuit of concessions, does the United States have a trade policy toward

Exhaustive discussion of a new financial architecture based on better and possibly bigger Internatio

If you had taken a stroll along the Brooklyn, N.Y., waterfront any time in the last couple of decade

As the intermodal leaders gather in Atlanta this week, some would have in mind the anniversary in th

The unemployment rate is at a historic low and American companies are desperate for talent. What to

Daredevils are having a rough time in the Big Apple lately.A judge let Alex Kappfjell, a Nor

A California jury in January awarded $120.5 million to Teresa Goodrich, who lost her husband because

When the president of the World Bank, James Wolfensohn, called in former Russian Prime Minister Vict

''You're a writer?'' somebody says to me. ''You must have a good memory.''''For what I need

Gamers and PC addicts, such as myself, expect only two things from their computers: awesome graphics

The U.S. stock market keeps bouncing right along, even as pessimists nervously wait for the bubble t

For the past 30 years Atlanta's prosperity has been the envy of many cities. But its traffic problem

ealth, friends, staying active and handling stress well are key factors in making it past age 100 -