Commentary

Lenin once wrote that foreign investment was a distinctive feature of the final stage of capitalism.

Here's a theory you might find fascinating, stupid, off-the-wall or maybe all of the above:T

More than 60 million Americans belong to HMOs, and about two-thirds of them chose this form of cover

Twice a year, the picturesque, serene city of Cannes, France, is taken over by a horde of 25,000 tel

Scary headlines in South Korea have underlined the importance of on-again, off-again peace talks bet

Like the United States, the United Nations has demonstrated that it too has a double standard in cen

Is French President Jacques Chirac taking too much of a risk by calling an election a year early?

Three years ago, Norway rejected membership in the European Union. Today, this small Nordic country

State lotteries that promise more dollars for education actually short-change residents. Proceeds fr

Picture the nation's state insurance commissioners gathered for a conference in Orlando, Fla.

In the mid-1980s, city-watchers wrote off Houston as a one-industry town gone bust. Oil prices were

The first Earth Day, conceived by Gaylord Nelson, then a U.S. senator, was held in 1970 as a ''symbo

Rarely has so much been said about so little.News media have been awash in reports about tal

OECD SHIPBUILDING PACTIS FULL OF LOOPHOLESYOUR MARCH 31 EDITORIAL, ''U.S. SHIPBUILDING CHUTZ

Half a world away from India, Central and Eastern Europe are exhibiting the symptoms of the same pro

Family connections never hurt a young person starting out, and so it is with the son of Commerce Sec

Having been a bank regulator for 10 years, I need to be reminded that the world operates just fine w

For the past decade, Chile has led the way in economic growth in South America. The nation consisten

''I was sitting next to this guy on a plane,'' said Mike Diaz, the head of DSR Senator Line's U.S. o

As India prepares to mark 50 years of its independence this summer, it has much to celebrate and nea

Earlier this month, Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belorussian President Alexander Lukashenka s

The tax burden in America is at an all-time high. We are taxed if we work, double-taxed if we save a

Almost four decades after the debut of nuclear power in the United States, the utility industry stil

The arguing over the North American Free Trade Agreement that characterized its inception has contin

By this time of the year, the U.S. government will add approx-imately $700 million to the na

Israel is rapidly emerging as a world-class economic and technological player. Though small (at 5 mi

The first ship in 50 years to carry freight directly from China to Taiwan may sail soon under an agr

With an economic recovery in Germany anticipated and a projected hefty increase in foreign demand, w

If I could have just one wish for Earth Day this April 22, it would be for Congress to set the EPA f

When bankers talk about free trade, they usually begin with a litany of obscure statistics and facts

The impending sale of Oakland, Calif.-based APL to Neptune Orient Lines of Singapore is putting a sp

It's time to talk turkey about pork. As the debate over this year's reauthorization of America's cor

President Dwight Eisenhower may have thought the interstate highway system was the greatest thing si

As Congress begins its work on the federal budget, one item sure to receive intense scrutiny is fore

Bash the economists and save the environment, environmental activists proclaim.The February

WHY THE JONES ACTIs Good For AmericaI Am Writing in response to a John Binetti's March 19 op

The administration and the textile industry have agreed on a voluntary code setting minimum workplac

Sukhoi Log (which is Russian for ''Dry Gulch''), located in the hills of the Irkutsk region of south

President Clinton loves to crow about the drop in the federal deficit since he came to Washington. '

Twice in the 1980s, federal appeals courts threw out ''must carry'' rules crafted by the Federal Com