Commentary

As the debate heats up on China's membership in the World Trade Organization, it is already clear th

The transfer of sovereign authority over Hong Kong from Great Britain to the People's Republic of Ch

Once upon a time, back in the 1960s, I set forth as a lifelong rail buff to save the American passen

Did attitudes come full circle in the 20th century? It seems so. In the United States and Western Eu

This is a make-or-break, all-or-nothing year for Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi.He has

1999 was traumatic to several segments of our industry. This year looks to be no different.L

Grandpa, what was the Internet?Oh, that was long ago, in the last century. It was something

igh-tech consultants weren't the only ones to benefit from the Y2K bug, it turns out. In at least on

he International Monetary Fund's biggest borrowers rank high in the corruption index published by Tr

Sometimes I think it's just time to go to the videotape:Y2K ''is a relatively straightforwar

''No profit grows where is no pleasure taken,'' writes the oldest, and yet newest, business consulta

When President Clinton announced the Partnership for Economic Growth and Opportunity in Africa in 19

For decades the United States has carried the standard of promoting democracy, market liberalization

The reaction of many in the railroad industry and on Wall Street to last week's order by the Surface

It is not possible to take a short lunch break while reading The Journal of Commerce anymore. Every

hipping lines calling at California ports must now comply with costly regulations designed to preven

History books will record that the last important international event of the second millennium was a

or most of the past year, readers and television viewers heard a great deal - perhaps a great deal t

Wouldn't it be nice to start out the new millennium secure in the knowledge we had turned our backs

The 100 years that just ended were widely regarded as the American century, as the United States ros

For the hundreds of thousands of emigrants who left a poverty-stricken, near-bankrupt nation behind

Who may be liable if an equipment failure of the chassis in a tractor-trailer rig causes an accident

U.S. diplomat William Perry has a policy of ''cautious realism'' regarding North Korea. South Korean

t's axiomatic that time mellows memories and softens hard edges. Unfortunately, so do economic diffi

When Silicon Valley's 3Com Corp. received the 6 millionth U.S. patent on Dec. 7, the company celebra

Writing this particular column ranks among one of the most eerie journalistic experiences of my life

The U.S. economy is entering the new millennium under a full head of steam, thanks to rapid expansio

The sea in its grandness floods eternal and changeless across the bare, empty tracts of the open oce

Can you guess the year in which these terms started to appear in print: gray market, upskill, softno

he New England Journal of Medicine last week provided what looked like bright news at the right time

merica enters the new millennium with high hopes bordering on jubilation.U.S. consumer confi

Which of the recent, major trends in transportation will survive the new century?We can no l

Whenever I look at a Web site of one of these new online logistics hubs and auction sites for buying

There has been no period of human history in which the evolution of humanity has proceeded with stri

Executives in Mexico's Energy Ministry have long resented the shadow cast over their agency by two s

So bad is the tragedy caused by torrential rains and flooding in Venezuela that officials are unable

Y2K-related problems are expected in the Middle East and are likely to feed popular suspicion about

Nobody asked, but here's how I would present the proposed Canadian National Railway Inc. combination

Talk about the market developing answers to needs: Reuters reports that Germans gathered at a swap m

The hottest item to hit the personal computer world during 1999 has to be home networking. Think of