Commentary

The new year holds substantial promise for multiple positive developments in the rail industry from

Here are some handy tips for the new year: Stay away from Jerusalem. Be nice to your bank manager. S

Japan's leaders have announced yet another new and bigger fiscal stimulus package to pull that natio

The American Shipbuilding Association, which represents the six largest shipbuilders in the United S

Once upon a time, the brash royals and the wealthy elite of central Europe used to gather at ritzy s

he European Union is starting the New Year off with a bang, launching a common currency in 11 member

ou don't have to be a philosopher to make an in sightful statement. Nor do you have to be a student

You won't hear much about it in the mainstream press or in normal conversation among us economic mor

President Clinton is scheduled to submit to Congress early this month a plan that will address the r

Contrary to some doomsayers, the economic turmoil that struck many parts of the world in 1998 did no

For three years, the U.S. Postal Service has been a front-runner in a daring government experiment:

he latest Surface Transportation Board decisions, delivered in a pre-holiday flurry, give shippers c

Why care about the trade row between the United States and the European Union over bananas?P

Benoni W. Urey is mild-mannered, as careful in his choice of words as he is in keeping his eyes focu

The U.S. Congress breaks for recess in late December. Psychiatrists flock to the coast during the mo

The British rock 'n' roll group the Who used to end concerts with their song ''Won't Get Fooled Agai

The hotel business has been bustling this year and achieved record revenue for the past four years.

The secret of China's ''economic miracle'' has now been revealed. Speaking from the Great Hall of th

ineteen ninety-eight was a tumultuous year in international commerce and transportation, a time of c

telephone trend that was just an annoyance a few years back has increased exponentially: the prolife

U.S. agriculture prices have reached lows not seen in 10, 20 or even 30 years, while the costs of li

As 1998 draws to a close, the world remains very much with us even if domestic affairs (in other wor

I wonder if the folks at Six Flags are looking longingly right now at the way they do things in the

Richard Branson made seven balloonist teams very happy when he ditched in the Pacific Ocean on Chris

The U.S. economy, and the global economy as well, are operating in an environment of nearly stable p

The ongoing saga of North Korea's missile program, the detonation of Indian and Pakistani nuclear de

The great accomplishment of health-care politics at century's end is a system in which the federal g

Just what does it take for a business to be considered socially responsible? After wrestling with th

Fanfare please! After consulting with my spiritual guide and a swami, here are my predictions for th

n analysis by a research center at New York Univ- ersity should go far in laying to rest an allurin

Europe's richest and poorest nations share a common problem. It's called the European Union.

If you've filled a prescription recently, you may have had a nasty surprise. Antibiotics or a tube o

Very few, if any, small business owners go running to the federal government for help when a competi

proposed grain sale to Iran has revived interest in legislation that failed to make headway in the

On Dec. 1, The Journal of Commerce carried an opinion article (''Jones Act reflects fundamentals of

ex, lies and baseball beat out the economy as the top news stories of 1998, according to a poll of A

Christmas Day, in addition to everything else, also marked the birth of the greatest intellect in hu

The best way to keep the Social Security system solvent despite the baby-boomer generation's coming

The question was simple enough, and so was my answer. As the anniversary of my mother's death approa

he United States and the European Union, the world's biggest trading partners, are bowing out of 199