Commentary

Ask almost any doctor, hospital administrator or other health-care provider in America today, and th

A group of U.S. companies today will respond to a challenge frequently issued by FederalMaritime Com

FARM SUBSIDIES are under attack in most countries, and with good reason: They bleed nationaltreasuri

It's been one of those days. You start out with a 7:30 breakfast meeting; battle the thunder

FOUR YEARS after President Bush first proposed a Western Hemisphere free-trade area, the idea is enj

Almost everything business does in America is done under the watchful eye of the federal government.

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV is still fondly remembered by some in the West for his policy of glasnost,which op

Bolton Landing, N.Y., 70 miles north of Albany and on the west shore of Lake George, is asomnolent t

OPENING UP a protected economy is a fast way to make enemies, as Argentina's Carlos Menem is learnin

Underdeveloped, volatile and risky - so who needs the developing nations? Answer: Corporate America.

Here we go again. Tomorrow the heads of government of the United States, Japan, West Germany, France

THE SOCIAL COSTS OF DRIVING CARSThank you for Joseph P. Schwieterman's good July 1 c

FOUR YEARS after Congress unanimously passed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 - Capitol Hill's response

The Capitol Steps is a group of congressional staff workers whose specialty is wonderfully wicked po

Japan is one of the richest countries on earth, and it keeps racking up record trade surpluses. This

IF YOU THINK the purpose of the Pentagon's budget is to ensure military readiness at leastcost to ta

The democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere will gather in Miami later this year fo

TO ALL APPEARANCES, this week's summit of the world's seven richest nations is a meeting in search o

As companies that have tried know, doing business in Russia is not easy. A burdensome tax regime, co

Your June 22 editorial, "Freeing State Trucking" (Page 6A), lauds the senate's approval ofSection 21

BRITAIN'S GOVERNMENT is taking a welcome step toward privatizing its postal service. Under a

AFTER 30 MONTHS OF DECLINE, Russia's economy finally may have bottomed out. Industrial production in

The European Union's embarrassing inability last month to choose a leader for its executive agency,

JAPAN'S WOBBLY GOVERNMENT tottered again this week. For the fourth time in a year Tokyo has a new pr

U.S. trade officials, led by Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, are proposing changes in a little-k

HOLIDAYS are a deadly time for motorists, and this July 4 weekend will be no exception. Yet highway

The House Appropriations Committee's recent decision to deny the full funding for highway projects a

The United States and Canada are risking yet another trade war, this time over Canadian wheat export

NO SUDDEN MOVES ON THE ICCI was disappointed to read that you have joined the "feeding frenz

ALARMED BY SURGING IMPORTS, meat producers filed a complaint with the government earlier this year.

The next war may be over fish. Reports from Asia indicate that some nations not generally co

Despite the conventional wisdom that strong economic growth and rising interest rates in the United

DESPITE THE ECONOMIC success stories in Chile and Argentina, Brazil remains South America's 800-poun

There is a crisis in the global money bazaar. Currency traders have hammered the dollar to force a r

Sooner or later, the current team of thugs who rule Haiti will be ousted. There will be a temptation

After months of bad publicity about the U.S. Postal Service, The Journal of Commerce's July 16 edito

CURRENCY MARKETS are producing more than their share of drama these days. Last week, to counteract a

BIG CITY TRAFFIC JAMS ease just a bit during the summer months, but they return soon enough,usually

According to many analysts on Wall Street, the U.S. dollar has taken a pounding this year because ma

In the past, Greek shipping tycoons have achieved the rare distinction of becoming household names,