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Spain stands in the forefront of Europe, but in a category that pleases no Spaniard: In a European U

The action's thick at the mini baccarat table. This is James Bond's game: high rollers, long odds, t

The Senate Finance Committee meets today to consider several important and long overdue trade bills.

All's fair in love, war and, apparently, the Olympics. That's what some savvy marketers feel, and th

Until Nov. 18, Mexico's soaring crime rate was, to me, just another grim social trend. It became a p

I was relieved to learn recently that the governors are in favor of high academic standards for stud

The national debate about ''good jobs at good pay'' - how many, how much and for whom - has taken an

A new World Bank study confirms what economists have been saying for years: Free trade is good for a

When the Uruguay Round trade negotiations were launched in 1986, the United States identified a dram

Since 1986, Haiti has been ravaged by political strife as the country has struggled to overcome deca

California's consumer advocates, battle weary but wise from the state's recent effort to deregulate

When German President Roman Herzog helped open the U.S. exhibit at last month's industrial fair in H

Privatizing state-owned companies is a routine occurence everywhere in the world - everywhere, that

Somewhere between his duck-hook drive off the first tee at the Biltmore Golf Course and his stubbed

Business is growing increasingly digital. Sensitive commercial and financial data are moving over th

Are we spending too much on AIDS research and prevention, to the neglect of far more prevalent deadl

Last week, the United States and its trading partners failed to reach an agreement to open the world

It was the summer I had just turned six, so I can't swear all the details are exactly as I recall th

NO SECRET DEALSIN OCEAN SHIPPINGRichard Collins' recent column questioning the motives of th

Capitol Hill's aviation staffers are abuzz with rumors that British Airways and American Airlines ar

President Clinton's quest last month for amity and equanimity in Tokyo concluded happily, if predict

Republicans and Democrats apparently can't agree over whether minimum-wage workers deserve some incr

Good legislation should strike a balance between social and economic issues and the public interest.

Despite its recent political turmoil, Italy's economic outlook is dramatically better than many of i

You can't keep a good economy down, it seems. Just when it looked like the slow-growth blues were re

An ocean shipping deregulation bill passed the House of Representatives last week, an important mile

HOW TO STOPGLOBAL WARMINGAny sincere call for action on global warming requires strong suppo

Rising gasoline prices have brought out the worst in Democrats and Republicans. Instead of admitting

Voters are demanding smaller government at the federal, state and municipal levels. To achieve this,

Britain has threatened to restrict the entry of U.S. citizens in retaliation for Washington's law ti

Eurosclerosis, a term used to describe the stagnating state of the European economy in the 1980s, ha

In the last few days, congressional hearings have been called to take stock of where the nation stan

We keep hearing that the American worker is in trouble. In fact, labor's doing just fine. The bigges

''The strongest man in the world is the man who stands alone.''Henrik Ibsen, Norway's most f

Mr. Chairman, I hold in my hand a document proving that Charlene Barshefsky did willfully and wanton

While most of the problems plaguing American foreign policy in Asia center on U.S. relations with Ch

Kremlinologists once flocked to Red Square May Day parades to glean insight into Soviet politics by

NORTHWEST: DON'T CAPAVIATION RIGHTSI was extremely disappointed in your March 11 editorial,

The powerful International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has a golden opportunity to help

President Clinton's fiscal 1997 budget plan contains some changes in the tax rules governing individ