Commentary

At a time when world markets are supposed to be more open as a result of the Uruguay Round agreement

On Jan. 31, in a move that it described as ''a slight easing of monetary policy,'' the Federal Reser

A flurry of regulatory activity has hit the U.S. tobacco industry recently, and much more is to come

CORN BROOM INDUSTRYSAVAGED BY IMPORTSYour Aug. 21 article on the U.S. corn broom industry, '

Sorry, but Ross Perot is wrong about trade. Unfortunately, too many people are paying attention to w

In the 1950s and following, when full-blown socialism began to lose its intellectual credibility, th

The new conservative government in Spain, elected to replace a socialist government that after 14 ye

The 200 or so trucking companies and 6,000 drivers operating in the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbor ar

Japan is gearing up to file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization challenging Indones

Ready or not, here it comes: the year 2000, all fresh and plump and full of promise.Knowing

There's a new kind of anti-technologist out there: executives angry about the failure of technology

''What a time to be alive!'' proclaimed Dan Goldin, NASA administrator, as he gushed about a team of

Bill Clinton has been the most pro-business president in a generation. He has also been the most ant

Money is a wonderful thing. The only problem is, no one ever has enough.Just ask Hvide Marin

The United Auto Workers and the Big Three U.S. car companies could be headed for a constructive new

Chicago, the site of this week's Democratic Party gathering, has hosted more political conventions t

A key British demand in this week's ''open skies'' aviation talks with the United States would recre

Here's a 10-point message from an ''idealist without illusions'' to those fellow Democrats loudly di

The raw numbers at the beginning of 1993 were absolutely disastrous. The total output of the economy

Even before the ValuJet crash and the TWA tragedy, the Federal Aviation Administration was receiving

In some backward African nations, tin-horn dictators invent phony border wars. In Quebec, politician

The decline of organized labor has been discussed and analyzed ad nauseam in the last decade. Its ef

As Bob Dole's bounce from last week's convention dissipates, so has voter interest in some of his ke

China overtook Japan in June as the biggest source of the U.S. trade deficit, a red flag for trade w

When the Democrats meet here next week, there are likely to be even fewer surprises than at last wee

Bob Dole says the economy hasn't been growing as rapidly as it should. He blames this on the ''Clint

While President Clinton and presidential wanna-be Bob Dole continue to chew the fat about the best w

Have you heard the news? Tough-talking, cost-cutting, military-minded turnaround specialist ''Chain

You can see it in the manufacturing sector, where output surged 14.9 percent in May and 11.4 percent

Stuart Eizenstat, the Commerce Department's undersecretary for international trade, wants to whet U.

The Dayton agreements that brought peace to Bosnia have triggered growing interest by foreign invest

Every lunch hour in Manhattan's finest cigar stores, crowds press against the humidor cases, discuss

White House support for congressional legislation that tightens sanctions on companies investing in

Too many governments have a thing about cows.Regions with strong dairy industries, such as N

It's a well-established fact in Washington that just because a taxpayer-subsidized venture no longer

LANDING SLOTS STILLA PROBLEM AT HEATHROWIn your July 26 editorial, ''The battle over Britain

Umberto Bossi, blustery leader of Italy's Northern League, is at it again. Mr. Bossi, who wants nort

South Africa is moving ahead with plans to privatize its heavily state-controlled economy, but after

Can a person live on less than a dollar a day? Can a family of five live on less than $5 a day? The

Bob Dole, the oldest man to run for the White House, wants to get the American economy moving - an e