Commentary

Chinese leaders can blame only themselves for Washington's threatened sanctions for product piracy.

The U.S. Treasury has taken a calculated risk by issuing inflation-indexed bonds that it hopes will

JOUSTING FORFREIGHT BUSINESSYour May 7 article, ''Dutch railway soon may use foreign tracks'

The talk around the table was of the latest disputes on the proper place of dogs in society. Ben, th

Boris Yeltsin has rejected his security chief's suggestion that he postpone the June Russian preside

Finance ministers from 26 Western Hemisphere countries will be the guests of Treasury Secretary Robe

With little fanfare, the Clinton administration has approved one of the largest global ''mergers'' i

With so much attention now paid to gasoline prices, a startling development has escaped public notic

It seemed like such a good idea at the time. By running his presidential campaign from the floor of

Ten years ago, few would have believed that in a decade's time every country but one in Latin Americ

''Cross your eyes and they'll stick that way.'' ''Your belly button's where the angels poked you to

In March, the President's Council on Sustainable Development, made up of environmental, government a

Global integration of the economy is at once the source of the world's economic woes and the solutio

Ian Gottschalk received a letter from American Express Co. last week.Inside, he found a real

The presidential election taking place in the Dominican Republic this week promises great change for

Nobody likes a sore loser, especially when the loser is the pre-eminent economic power on earth.

Refreshingly, Congress is sounding less like a broken record on China. For the last eight years in l

After years of losses, the U.S. airline industry is reporting its first profitable first quarter sin

Bob Dole's decision to resign from the Senate was bold - the first truly bold act of his campaign. B

Few parents realize what they are doing to their children by sending them to some of our most presti

It's the season of big promises and big dreams here again in New York City.Gov. George Patak

When the mayors of Los Angeles and San Francisco hold coordinated press conferences to denounce an i

The ''vision thing'' has never been a problem for Jacques Delors.The grand designs George Bu

As everyone who drives a car or heats a house knows, the cost of energy has increased this year. Gra

American women may just be catching up to men in the earnings category, but when it comes to control

Saturday's ValuJet crash in South Florida has now spawned three investigations: one into the direct

''Never confuse brilliance with a bull market,'' the saying goes, and yet something like that is hap

President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines has proposed extending the regional trade arrangement of th

On the wall in my office hangs a photograph of the Berlin Wall. Scrawled across its cement face in b

Forty-three million jobs have been eliminated in the United States since 1979. Many of these downsiz

NOT TOO FASTWITH FAST FACTSYour April 18 Fast Facts column contained an item entitled, ''Por

Comic books are cool.They are less formidable than a full blown tome, more involved than a f

''Europe Day? Never heard of it,'' was the response from nearly all those questioned by a British TV

An aging population can pose real problems for a country - for example, more retirees drawing Social

This Friday, Secretary of State Warren Christopher will make a long-awaited, overdue speech on polic

When India's voters booted the ruling Congress Party from power last week, they ushered in a period

Railroads have had a big year: Big profits, big mergers and now, perhaps, big strikes. President Cli

Japan's trade officials have blasted the United States for blocking an international telecom deal in

While President Clinton was admonishing the world to adhere strictly to the Bosnian arms embargo, he

Why is Nynex spending millions on name-identification ads when it is about to become Bell Atlantic?