Commentary

It's back - and it's unlikely to go away.The U.S. export community expects to find out next

The only man rich enough to rebuild Kosovo single-handed is Microsoft's Bill Gates.Forbes ma

Some of Wall Street's most prestigious firms have ventured into the remote reaches of the South Paci

The Senate voted 57-42 Monday not to limit debate on a bill that would have imposed import quotas on

Remember the saying ''the more things change, the more they remain the same?''Even after con

The only thing more stupid in politics than a stalking horse is a stalking ass. The proof is in the

In today's tight job market, Chuck Stevens is willing to hire workers with a past if they prove they

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is involved in an ugly showdown with the Philippines over control of tha

When it comes to setting tax rates there are basically two ways to do it. In one you figure out how

Intermodal Expo'scurrent plightwas predictableAs a person who, in the past, has work

As usual, the Swiss are feeling alone these days. But in a departure from their long tradition of pr

It's an excuse you wouldn't want to hear - or give.A Scottish military policeman was separat

They're leaking, they're suing, they're going public with their complaints, and some are even gettin

The new round of World Trade Organization negotiations will begin in Seattle Nov. 30, and the time h

Creating full-motion multimedia presentations has become as easy as drag and drop thanks to Adobe So

After resolving a last-minute dispute over treatment of mortgages, the advanced industrial nations'

Is the new round of world-trade negotiations doomed to fizzle on the launching pad, wilting into irr

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Ayatollah Khomeini, the revolutionary leader o

British retailers are shaking in their boots now that U.S. mass-retailing giant Wal-Mart has announc

The federal government wants to put the ''U.S.'' back in US Airways - and every other airline as wel

The dawning of a new era follows Indonesia's first free election in over 40 years. The overarching q

Now that we have reached the three-week mark in the Conrail transition, there are several early conc

Sometimes the old adage ''No news is good news'' translates into ''Good news is no news.'' A recent

A police station in Thailand has forgone both the carrot and the stick in its effort to get motorist

No sooner does one European crisis end than a new one takes its place.The biggest crisis in

Michael Replogle, the author of ''Paving over a good decision'' (opinion article, May 28, Page 4A) w

Like a long-running soap opera or a low-budget samurai movie series, the plot of North Korea's negot

It used to be that agriculture and its products were given a free ride in American public opinion. T

The U.S. airline industry appears to have headed off, for the moment, an effort in Congress to shack

It's all beginning to unfold on the Atlantic right now - well, mainly on the Montreal run. It's happ

More and more logistics people are going back to school these days in a trend that's good for them,

Once more, Congress, in its annual ritual, is debating whether to extend for yet another year ''norm

They are repainting the runways of Britain. Last month, it was Edinburgh. Next, it may be Southampto

No doubt about it, Vice President Al Gore has a rough challenge as he seeks the presidency in distan

For years it was an issue that lurked in the shadows of the logistics world. It was seldom spoken ab

The statement in your editorial of May 24 (''A matter of definition,'' Page 4A) that everyone makes

he United States has sound reasons to be concerned with China's container shipping policies. But bec

A captive rail customer is one that relies upon a single railroad for freight transportation. A capt

More than 1.3 billion people in our world today live in extreme poverty. Nearly 1.4 billion lack acc

No one can accuse the American steel industry of passivity - at least not when it comes to getting A