Commentary

Forget about just-in-time inventory, consensus decision-making or long-term thinking. Let's get to t

Conventional wisdom holds that with the demise a year ago of the health-care monstrosity proposed by

Denizens of downtown Manhattan spend inordinate amounts of time debating the purported, but spurious

The 1980s were a decade of economic expansion for both the United States and Western Europe. This ex

THE REGIONAL BELL telephone companies have won an important victory in the race to enter the long-di

JAPAN HAS BEEN CALLED a producer's heaven and a consumer's hell. To even that score, the Japanese go

CANADA SHOULD BARGAIN IN FISH CASEYour March 30 editorial "Fishy Claims" (Page 10A)

The May 9 celebration in Moscow marking the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II was always g

When the European Court of First Instance ruled recently that the EuropeanCommission had ove

FEDERAL ENERGY OFFICIALS just sent another charge through the electric power industry. In a

The Maritime Administration is facing applications for over $1.5 billion in federal loan guarantees

Because I'm just old enough to believe that letters, and not telephones or faxes, are the best way t

The Mexican peso devaluation has had enormous consequences in a country whose government, business a

The announcement Tuesday that two of Japan's biggest banks, the Bank of Tokyo and Mitsubishi Bank, p

THE PORT AUTHORITY of New York and New Jersey is about to take a serious look at a worthwhile idea:

AFTER THREE WRETCHED MONTHS, Mexico is showing early signs of economic improvement. Not that Mexico'

NO INCREASE IN DEVASTATING STORMSAs you reported recently, Vice President Al Gore ha

CANADA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION are progressing nicely in resolving their month- long fishing dispute

AMTRAK is heading for a financial cliff. While America's national passenger rail network has always

When the consumer movement emerged in the early part of this century, its leaders saw their role pri

The Clinton administration has committed the United States to expanding the North American free trad

THE CASE AGAINST SHIP DEREGULATIONThe National Industrial Transportation League, enc

U.S. POLICY TOWARD CUBA has long been out of date. It may soon be out of control. A dangerous bill n

Hold a $20 bill up to the light and you'll see, over on the left-hand side, a little strip, a "secur

Republican control of Congress and growing concerns over professional plaintiffs offer legislators t

Financial markets rallied strongly last week. Traders apparently were inspired by three key ideas. F

LAST WEEK'S Washington-Tokyo deal to ease restrictions on foreign direct investment in Japanshould h

CONGRESS has made a first, halting move to bring telecommunications regulation into the information

The European Union faces something akin to civil war as it decides whether to proceed toward a full-

WHO NEEDS THE FMC, ANYWAY?This is in response to James Marceda's March 7 letter to t

Voters sent Congress a clear message in the last election: Reduce regulation and spend less time, en

It's time to start paying attention to what's stirring in the Indian Ocean. Now that the Pac

FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, San Francisco's bustling seaport helped make it one of the world's great ci

The governor of the Bank of England was informed on Saturday that Barings, one of the City'soldest a

Some congressional observers wonder why Rep. Bud Shuster, R-Pa., chairman of the House Transportatio

EUROPE'S cultural protectionists have struck again, persuading the EuropeanCommission to tig

CANADA has called a halt to strikes and lockouts that have paralyzed its rail system and threatened

Major league baseball's owners and players are making a last-ditch attempt to settle their differenc

The vision of true regional peace in the Middle East grows more distant by the day in most Arab coun

In its first three months, the 104th Congress has taken no action to renew the ''fast track" authori