Commentary

nyone who ever struggled to learn celestial navigation has a special appreciation for the Global Pos

At various points in the 1970s and 1980s, oil-producing nations restricted output and thereby increa

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, antitrust was widely seen as an antiquated topic, but things have

he biggest potential criticism of the new initiatives the Clinton administration announced this week

Preparing for the exciting world of online transportation auctions? While you're at it, put a health

Resurgent nationalism by Japan's youth, a feeling that military dependence on the United States cann

Monday marked the first birthday of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 1998, which took effect May 1,

Ask a Swiss clockmaker whether a wooden cuckoo can tell the time, and he will say you are mad. Andre

t's the kind of error that ranks up there with the top fears of every business - a routine, nuts-and

he Federal Reserve is now confronted with rising inflation, not merely the threat of inflation. Cost

Congress will vote later this year, pursuant to section 125 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, on

The ability to create compact disks has pretty much become standard with today's computers, but I'm

aybe China is being defensive because the subject clearly touches on Beijing's continuing problems m

early a decade after the Soviet Union collapsed from the weight and unworkability of its communist s

Tax Freedom Day is today, May 3. That's when we stop working for the government and start working fo

The head of the armed forces in Zimbabwe is a director of a private company dealing in the mining an

As if America's railroads need another reminder that they are not dot-com companies, the prestigious

In the 1980s, the one fictional character that media panjandrums used to embody the values and spiri

Do you remember the predictions of a paperless office? Well, it didn't happen.According to A

Is the People's Republic of China a rising colossus that intends to bully its neighbors and dominate

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH:It was no surprise that House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt remai

he sudden collapse of the joint venture between KLM and Alitalia last Friday may have made good busi

Another week and another all-time low for the euro.Only this time it was worse because Europ

hile economists keep a worried eye out for inflation, harried parents know it's already hitting them

Memo to risk managers and insurance buyers: Brace yourself if you're going to the Risk and Insurance

George W. Bush crossed into Mexico last week to dedicate the World Trade Bridge, the fourth span con

A high-tech German bicycle rental company opens for business in Munich this month. Its name: Call A

t has almost all the elements of a key scene in a bad situation comedy: a car stuck in the mud, a he

In case you missed it, a cynical ploy to cash in on Americans' environmental urges disappeared with

It's not automatic to think of the Internet as evolving, because it still seems new. It wasn't long

Remember China Shipping Group? The big guys from Shanghai who have visions of reaching the top-five

urope is facing a jobs crisis and it has nothing to do with unemployment.Even as it grapples

Two recent hit movies, ''Erin Brockovich'' and ''Boiler Room,'' delve into the seamy side of the bus

The April 25 article regarding the declaration of freight amounts on Customs entries (''Importers re

hat's in a last name? Free air travel, thanks to spirited airline sparring - if the last name is Rya

The issues of granting China membership in the World Trade Organization and selling arms to Taiwan p

Can the Russians build a new global empire out of aluminum? Is the new president of Russia intent on

backlash is brewing - or perhaps being brewed is a more precise description - to the pervasive trend

nflation forecasting is critical to the Federal Reserve's ability to set a proper monetary policy. B

Leonard L. Fleisig's recent opinion piece (''The industry needs to see the FMC as neutral,'' April 1