Commentary

What will replace downsizing? Will it be innovation, growth, knowledge or some other magic word that

A legal abuse is threatening research and development and technology licensing by many companies, ye

Washington's revolving door took another swift turn this week with the announced departure of two

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. '

The TWA 800 crash, still lacking a definitive cause, reminds every past and potential international

As millions of taxpayers struggle with the last-minute chore of completing their tax returns by toda

The ongoing uproar about foreign nationals buying influence in the U.S. elections has caused public

The millions of American taxpayers who wait until the last minute to get right with the government m

And then there was one - big U.S.-owned container shipping line, that is. Neptune Orient Lines' prop

Felled by a Serbian assassin on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand their to the Austro-Hungaria

Say yes to drugs. That is the governing inclination on both sides of the Atlantic. We might as well

Earlier this month the shareholders of MCI - a successful upstart telephone company - approved a $23

Trade ministers from Western Hemisphere nations who will meet in Brazil next month to consider launc

The U.S. Supreme Court had an opportunity earlier this month to strike down a law requiring cable co

Why is the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a small, profitable government-owned business wi

As welcome as last week's announcement was that CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. had agreed on a

More than 1,000 Albanians have been killed or wounded since that country's rebellion against its dic

European trade unions are launching a series of mass marches beginning April 14 to protest high unem

The U.S. Navy is maneuvering to sink a whole herd of cows.Aye, aye, sir. Right full udder.

For the typical homeowner, electricity is a monopoly service: One either pays the power company or c

Reuters, the worldwide information conglomerate, sponsored a forum at New York City's Baruch College

An interim ruling last month by a World Trade Organization dispute panel, calling on the European Un

As attention turns toward expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement to include Chile and oth

Alfredo del Mazo, the movie-star handsome candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party

After seven lean years, North Korea desperately needs food and development aid. So desperately, in f

The latest draft treaty texts for the European Union being prepared in advance of this summer's summ

It's coming.Barely a year after Congress cleared the way for competition in local telephone

The looming April 15 deadline is focusing attention on the complexities of the federal income tax. S

Japan's accident-prone nuclear power program has sustained another embarrassing setback. Officials a

AUSTRIA'S RIGHT-WING PARTYTARGETS AN INSIDERS' SYSTEMIn his March 25 opinion article, ''Aust

Acting in the name of consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission has blocked the merger of tw

The deadline for European Monetary Union set by the Maastricht Treaty is approaching. It begins on J

Going to court is a fine way to resolve disputes, provided you think you're going to get an answer.

Believe it or not, you have a friend at the Internal Revenue Service. Lots of them, in fact. They wo

Like other places in this land, Washington is aflower, dazzling in its array of floral hues and form

While global warming may not be real, that hasn't slowed the Clinton administration's zeal to sign a

The debate over ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention - one of this century's most importa

Haiti had an election last weekend, but there is no joy on the Caribbean island that was ''liberated

In a major policy speech following his re-election last fall, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Ja