Commentary

As you tuck into your first slice of turkey this Thanksgiving, spare a thought for the supermarket w

President Clinton hopes that foreign policy will save his presidency from the ignominy of impeachmen

With much of the world gripped by financial contagion, and the U.S. economy showing signs of an immi

How many electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb? That's the question I asked myself afte

Somehow, the usual tools of economic policy have failed to stimulate the Japanese economy, which has

Incoming House Speaker Bob Livingston has announced that the first House bill to be introduced in th

A state decision to terminate a clean-air highway pro gram offers a broader lesson about efforts to

A man of wisdom and vision, who happens to be my boss, was driving with his wife down Interstate 95

Christopher Lingle's vituperative attack on antitrust lawyers (''Unintended antitrust consequences,'

Time is running out for shippers who want to start the ball rolling toward legislative change in the

The top executive of one of the world's leading airlines, which has been awash in red ink for six ye

The pro-trade camp in the United States is in such disarray that it invites comparisons to the Repub

Opportunity rarely presents itself as it does now for Bill Clinton.Democrats have gained pow

Developing countries have essentially thrown cold water on proposals that they implement voluntary c

This is not a work of fiction, but it could be.A 76-foot motor yacht is newly constructed fo

With as many as one in four of their inhabitants rendered homeless by Hurricane Mitch, Honduras and

Last Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I - or the Great Wa

Ted Prince's Oct. 29 ''Moving Right Along'' column (''Petulant ports,'' Page 7A) advocated the need

On Nov. 8, a nationalist-leftist coalition hammered together by the Democratic Revolutionary Party (

Malcom McLean was celebrating his 85th birthday and couldn't attend the maritime industry's Admi ra

It is one of the little-known rules of politics, and not just in Russia, that tall politicians surro

Every once and a while, you will see a newspaper story saying China is making great strides forward

There's plenty of fodder for those who would criticize Vice President Al Gore for his breathtakingly

The normally mild-mannered governor of the Italian central bank, Antonio Fazio of the Banca d'Italia

Mention the words ''oil change,'' and you are likely to get little reaction. Most people would undou

This column has been filed from Singapore, where I am half-way through a 17-day tour of Southeast As

Excitement surged as the Dow Jones industrial average topped 9,000 Monday for the first time since m

Once the dust settles in the fight for control of the House leadership, members of Congress are goin

Instead of expending its energy battling the United States over bananas and its central bankers over

I've been good! I've kept my opinions to myself, not letting my emotions get the best of me. But eno

Analysts who follow economic statistics are making much of the fact that third-quarter corporate pro

Last month the government of Brazil announced a $23.5 billion reform plan based on tax increases and

The U.S. Maritime Law Association is making a major mistake in proposing to update archaic limits of

Marching out of the castle that looms above this capital city, a gray column of Slovak soldiers head

Lower Manhattan was blanketed by a blizzard of the modern-day equivalent of ticker tape - shredded c

You know the line, ''I gave at the office?'' Well, it's usually true, but the giving is not necessar

Ireland, a country with a past of poverty and emigration, is booming thanks to foreign investment an

The conflict over weapons inspections in Iraq may obscure a broader problem for President Clinton as

The U.S. steel industry is once again playing the leading role on the U.S. trade-policy stage. So fa

Designing ships is a doodler's jackpot where form follows function.There are some who would