Commentary

FRENCH VOTERS, fed up with spiraling unemployment, have opted for change, electing JacquesChirac as

It's the Washington equivalent of going behind enemy lines. John Lillie, chairman of America

FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, the Clinton administration has been pushing Japan to accept numerical targe

Travel Ports of America, a company that owns truck stops, acquired in 1988 an option on a site on In

FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY a war that had involved almost every sovereign state on earth ended. It wasn't

When President Clinton arrives in Moscow to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of World War I

NO SAFETY PROBLEMS AT PANAMA CANALWe were disappointed by your one-sided article, "P

Like most crises, the sudden fall of the Mexican peso wasn't entirely unpredictable. More than likel

THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S premier technology project is on the ropes. Adraft report by a

AIRLINE DEREGULATION IN EUROPE has set off a rush of acquisitions and alliances. The latest deal has

"Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax the fellow behind the tree. And tax the hell out of him."

Most Americans over 30 remember, sadly, what it's like. A great industrial power, an export

The Clinton administration has said it sees no obstacles to the quick conclusion of a free trade agr

BANANAS, an economic mainstay of many developing nations, are at the heart of the most inane trans-A

Last July, against the background of a rising cry that "50 years is enough," President Clinton and t

It's a hot muggy Sunday afternoon in Singapore and the Orchard Road Shopping District is crowded wit

BILL CLINTON and congressional leaders are playing politics with Medicare, the huge health-care plan

The International Monetary Fund has just approved a $6.8 billion loan to Russia and has promised Mex

The Japanese yen has wandered off into a never-never land, out of touch with economic reality. At th

IN THE WAKE of the Oklahoma bombing, tough government action against terrorists strikes a responsive

WHY THE DOLLAR WILL KEEP FALLINGAs you noted in your recent editorial, the dollar ha

Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin may disagree about politics when they meet in Mosco

LUFTHANSA, Germany's formerly state-owned airline, is thriving as a private company, according to Tr

Your recent editorial, "Military Lift" (April 24, Page 8A), examined proposals to provide the U.S. A

REPEAL THE PANAMA CANAL ACTWhile Congress debates which aspects of the Interstate Co

MEXICO HAS BECOME THE LATEST regulatory battleground for United Parcel Service, a company that knows

Some leading members of Congress are proposing to end U.S. contributions to and participation in the

APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, is moving haltingly on itsplans to libera

A U.S.-German dispute over a $260 million power contract is threatening to get ugly. The Cli

PROPOSALS to overhaul America's tax code are sprouting on Capitol Hill like spring flowers, promisin

AMERICA'S outdated trade embargo against Cuba remains firmly in place - and may even be tightened th

Humble is not a word normally associated with the Group of 7 finance ministers. These are me

Back in the '50s, long before the Ms. Foundation made it fashionable to introduce girls intoprofessi

A developing country is, by definition, one that lacks capital. Therefore, conventional wisdom holds

It's happened as suddenly as a school of fish darting in a different direction. All at once, people

While we live in an era of increasingly global markets, these markets are still greatly influenced b

THERE ARE, INDEED, CAPTIVE SHIPPERSYour April 12 editorial, "Captive Shippers?" (Pag

THE DOLLAR'S DRUBBING on world currency markets has put finance ministers and central bankers in a s

The Federal Reserve abruptly closed its monetary faucet 14 months ago, thus ending three years of ex

ANGRY AND CONFUSED, French voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose a new president