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Professional pessimists have been having a ball since last year's disastrous grain harvest, proclaim

There he goes again.In Wednesday's presidential debate in San Diego, President Clinton repea

For 15 years, the unemployment rate in Europe has averaged 2 percentage points more than the average

As China's deficit with the United States threatens to pass that of Japan, trade between the two cou

Last July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu advised a group of journalists in Washington ho

Just a few weeks after President Clinton declared an end to the era of big government, he affixed hi

This presidential race is proving to be a fertile source of late-night campaign humor - if you're no

NEC is suing Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor and his agency, claiming they have prejudged the inves

We've lived here a little over two years but my wife and I still look at each other and say, ''only

In the important debate on the future of U.S. foreign policy after the Cold War, the very institutio

Merger mania continues to grip the railroad industry. Less than two months after the alliance of We

''I'm sick and tired of politicians just beating up on the IRS,'' Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., said

From its hilltop overlooking Budapest, the grim Citadella - a prison and stronghold built by Austria

A 15 percent, across-the-board tax cut is the centerpiece of Bob Dole's quixotic quest for the White

More than nine out of 10 Americans - 92 percent - say companies should seek out ways to be good corp

Austria shocked its European partners over the weekend, giving the far-right Freedom Party nearly 28

The U.S. and Mexican governments tentatively agreed last week to limit competition in North America

Now that the United States is in the middle of another presidential election marathon, intelligent A

CHIQUITA WANTS TO SELLTO WINDWARD ISLANDSIn the article on the labor dispute involving the b

The ancient Greeks believed the greatest tragedies come when well-meaning intelligent, caring humans

It is getting ugly in Moscow these days. The scramble for power is on, and Russia's would-be leaders

Times change. The claim that the goal of monetary policy is to promote full employment and economic

The common denominator of our hottest new industries - microelectronics, biotechnology, new material

Guatemala, the largest country in Central America, is taking steps to officially end the civil war t

When I was in New York a few years ago, before the city's voters elected a Republican mayor who got

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is allowing fruit growers to export their second-rate apples and

Companies lay off employees by the tens of thousands, employees blow the whistle on their employers

Miami's latest scandal has produced scads of villains and only one hero: Unisys Corp.God kno

Several factors have recently conspired to slow down the ability of Asian economies to export.

''There are only two families in the world - the Haves and the Have Nots,'' wrote Miguel Cervantes i

Maintaining a strong national defense and protecting people from poverty are the pillars that have c

To outsiders, the science of economics can look obscure at best, or silly at worst. It's why economi

Bob Dole likes to say he saved Social Security, a claim he repeated in his debate with President Cli

The Clinton administration has made little progress this year in opening new foreign markets and has

Recently, while schlepping past the perfume counter at Dillard's, I stopped to spritz on some new fr

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The government of Brazil has shown once again that it is more interested in thumbing its nose at the

Washington's continuing discord with Cuba has become the center of a worldwide controversy.M

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Last week's meeting here of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank seemed remarkable for