Commentary

Antonio Aguilar is considered the prototypical citrus worker - young, lithe, agile and capable of ha

he modern world isn't the only thing that's shrinking. Wallenius Lines and Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA, tw

Recent Kurdish separatist bombings in Istanbul and Ankara are part of a trend that could have a more

''Common tariffs and common pricing are going to be a thing of the past very shortly. The future is

Even if the banana dispute between the United States and the European Union is quickly settled it ha

The developed world is moving inexorably toward the internationalization of airlines. The United Sta

After the downsizing, rightsizing, takeovers and layoffs of the 1980s and 1990s, companies looking t

The independent counsel statute, which brought us Judge Lawrence Walsh to persecute Reagan administr

Redlining - the deliberate denial of insurance to a specific area or persons for reasons other than

Records, it seems, just aren't what they used to be.Arbin Timilsina, a Nepalese schoolboy, a

Citing the worsening crisis in Kosovo, Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov abruptly canceled his

William Tecumseh Sherman once wrote his wife: ''Vox populi, vox humbug.''A Gallup poll condu

The brochure for the International Intermodal Expo recently crossed my desk. The presentation was st

''Repeat after me . . . ''Les Brown pauses before continuing:''Anything worth doing is worth

A recent newspaper article reported on the railroad industry's environmental practices and the conta

he most dramatic evidence yet of the new era being ushered in by the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of

It was really a quaint time. Back in those near-forgotten, primitive days before there was a compute

he authorization of NATO air strikes against Serbia inspires conflicting emotions.Prominent

We all know the Ocean Shipping Reform Act was not a total deregulation of the ocean transportation s

Central-bank publications are hardly best sellers. However, the first issue of the European Central

Perhaps no one is more pleased to see the Dow Jones average dancing around the 10,000-point barrier

The Asian financial crisis, which began innocently in July 1997 with the devaluation of the Thai bah

The recent modest recovery in the price of crude petroleum has touched off worries on the part of so

ime and again, the Clinton administration has argued that no changes are needed to safeguard sen

t's official: James P. Hoffa was sworn into office this week as president of the Teamsters.

Those who are regular readers of my diatribes know that if I'm told I can get something for nothing,

A few years ago, I was invited to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to speak about As

It's just as well Russian Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov will appear for his meetings in Washington

No doubt there are nuts and demons out there planning evil things.But it should be noted tha

With nearly 50 percent of the world in recession by some estimates, critical questions continue to h

Memo to the Brothers Grimm, with carbon copy to Mother Goose: Where are you when Berlin and Brussels

Latin America is feeling good about its future this year and in the decade ahead. Russia is pessimis

In another example of ''Do as I say, not as I do,'' Congress's concern for occupational safety and h

The leaders of the European Union must look beyond the headlines when their summit starts tomorrow i

In anticipation of the visit of China's Premier Zhu Rongji to the United States in April, a flurry o

Picture an ''L.'' At the top of the letter is my accountant's office building; at the short end is t

Rita M. Rodriguez, an Export-Import Bank director for more than 16 years, has just vacated her offic

The weather finally broke. Jack Sparks came to town. A guy in a kayak paddled out on the Hudson Rive

Commerce Secretary William Daley's upcoming business-development mission to South Korea sends a clea

With the sad exception of the former Yugoslavia, Europeans have not fought each other on the battlef