Commentary

nyone who doubts the technological sophistication of modern American society - and how fragile som

During a period in the mid-1980s, triple-witching hours - the triple congruence of stock option, ind

I have to give the folks at Federal Express credit for one thing - they sure know how to use the Int

ow can the world avoid another hedge fund disaster that could threaten to topple the global financia

Quebec's election late last month gives international investors a chance to look at Canada once agai

The ''psychological contract'' is a regular topic of conversation in the human resources departments

In a recent op-ed article (''Human factor key to rail mergers,'' Nov. 13, Page 6A), Ken Peifer, vice

Las Vegas has mini-embassies in three countries. Orlando, Fla., boasts its own foreign policy. Denve

he politicking has ended, the cheers are dying down and a number of grimly real challenges are now s

Siting, designing or operating a port today - a port that will meet the key objectives of facilitati

The meager results of the summit meeting in Malaysia of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperat

To aspire (according to Noah Webster): To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly. T

It is the ultimate act of political irony that a cashiered army officer who attempted to topple a de

The deregulatory experiences of the air, trucking and rail industries over the past two decades were

The only thing more persistent than progress is pessimism that further progress is impossible.

The pressure is on. Become Year 2000 compliant or risk a cataclysmic failure of the systems on which

Recent gyrations in the stock market remind us that Americans are, if not obsessed by money, then at

In the legend of the Flying Dutchman, a haunted ship - turned away by every port - is doomed to wand

The latest oil price decline is another negative shock to fragile investor confidence in Latin Ameri

For at least three decades, European policymakers, shippers and transportation executives have been

ake two shaky governments, a history of religious conflict and a territorial dispute lasting 50 year

Switzerland nearly outlawed biotechnology in food production over the summer. Was this an isolated i

Joseph L. Lucente knows that the good old days are right now.That is why Mr. Lucente is help

If Americans can turn away from the Bill and Ken show for a few moments, they might want to briefly

America's favorite Christmas toymaker, the People's Republic of China, is getting back to basics, do

The Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 has led to a flurry of activity with respect to non-vessel-ope

''No dishes in the sink.''That was the rule in my mother's house when I was growing up.The r

ontrary to what your mother told you, looks count - at least in court, a Brandeis University psychol

Perhaps I'm alone in having fond associations with elevator entrapments.Just how alone becam

The reasons the U.S. Supreme Court elects to hear some cases are apparent: Issues of national import

Few things come without a price tag, and shipping deregulation does not appear to be one of them.

est Coast longshoremen and waterfront employrs gavethe nation's international trade and transportati

The crash of Swissair Flight 111 this fall should remind us how fragile and uncertain the law is tha

Michel Camdessus, managing director of the International Monetary Fund is like a lot of President Cl

How does a $397 billion drop in the economy sound? How about paying an additional 50 cents for a gal

George Santayana once observed that ''fanaticism consists in redoubling your efforts when you have f

What do you want people to say about you when you're gone?''That bum owed me 50 bucks.'' Or,

Corporate reorganizations are beneficial to a nation's economy when they result in improved efficien

In the Taipei mayoral election that will take place Saturday between the incumbent, Chen Shui-bian,

Chile's foreign minister is in London trying to persuade the British to release Gen. Augusto Pinoche