Commentary

Through simple trial and error, companies have learned they make more profit with retail prices like

A few years back we posed 20 questions about railroading. It's time to repeat that exercise, with a

The significant trade imbalance affecting international transportation companies has been reported a

During this election season, beware of people who would squelch talk of Social Security reform with

Three weeks after the fiscal year began, Congress finally finished work on the nation's finances. Sc

Woodrow Wilson once celebrated economic sanctions as America's secret weapon, ''a peaceful, silent,

The Federal Open Market Committee's panicky quarter-point cuts in the federal funds rate target clea

Microsoft Corp. appears to be real nervous these days about appearing to be Big Brother. Just the ot

Thanks go to Peter Tirschwell for his article (''Multiyard shipbuilding plan far from dead: backer,'

Is it any wonder a growing number of Americans hold their national government in low esteem?

Many of Haiti's 8 million people are hungry again.Though the most recent cause is Hurricane

Political winds were blowing especially hard in Oslo this year as Nobel Prizes were presented in two

The 300-plus attendees at the recent WESCCON '98 - the Western Cargo Conference organized by the Pac

Worried about paying for the kids' visits to the doctor? Counting on two months' maternity leave? Co

Are ethics in the American workplace crumbling? Maybe, maybe not.Nearly 50 percent of all em

The people with Sharp minds are at it again. This time they've asked me to look at their SE-300 Mobi

The current political and economic crises in Russia punctuate the failings of the so-called ''reform

Employers in a skill-short economy can be so hard-pressed to fill openings that they rush to hire, t

Eastern Europe is in a bittersweet mood as it prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary next year o

Politics is never pretty, but just before elections it is undeniably at its worst, with the last two

Canada got its long-coveted seat on the U.N. Security Council recently, joining the Bigs after more

One of the most important developments in U.S. export controls is taking shape within the U.S. Censu

In ''The Prisoner,'' the cult-classic television series of the 1960s, a former British secret servic

The contrast between the responses of the United States and Europe to the growing threat of a worldw

Gerhard Schroeder's ascension to the German chancellorship later this month will mark a major turnin

Reviewing the Southeast Asian crisis a year or so later, there is little doubt that it has been deva

Chances are you've seen Norman Dacey's book, ''How to Avoid Probate!,'' which for years has helped A

An Alabama local of the United Steelworkers of America recently demanded that Gov. Fob James close t

Be you a businessman, a statesmen or a queen, you will rise to legendary stature the day a small, ba

On any given day, we pick up the newspaper and shake our heads.It may be a new get-up of Den

Customs is sitting on a powder keg. The U.S. agency charged with guarding the nation's borders again

Stock market confidence has been badly shaken by a series of political and economic upheavals now be

Seaports are every bit as much a part of this country's international trade infrastructure as its ne

As a story on Page 1 notes, President Clinton just signed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998 into

Kofi Annan, secretary general of the United Nations, recently issued some ''astonishing facts'' abou

The United States finds itself behind the eight-ball in Northeast Asia as President Bill Clinton pre

Anyway you count it, Washington is entering a period of budget surpluses.This year, for the

Since Russia defaulted on its debt two months ago Saturday, the U.S. economy has remained fundamenta

The age of electronics has greatly affected the maritime industry. Improvements in electronic naviga

''Real, inflation-adjusted earnings . . . were 3.1 percent lower last year than in 1989 for workers