Commentary

HOUSE AND SENATE leaders will meet soon to work out the final version of a bill to restrict lobbyist

Tough contract negotiations with U.S. shipping companies could reshape Washington maritime lobbies l

The Clinton administration's Office of Management and Budget recently proposed taxing someannuity ho

The information fellow back in Brussels had been absolutely right. And also a touch outraged.

Whether they like it or not, thousands of Americans are going to have to give up driving to work.

LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES took a big step toward private ownership Tuesday when its unions approved

AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland was inducted last week into the International Maritime Hall of Fame

LONG HAUL TRUCK DRIVERS don't like seat belts. Too restrictive, they say. So to encourage them to bu

THE AMERICAN health-care system cannot be improved by a bill that cobbles together one reform propos

UNDERCHARGE CLAIMS ARE STILL ALIVEI was very disappointed with the level of inaccura

How can one explain the recent drop in the dollar? Not easily. It seemed to defy commonly ac

THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND and the president of France opened the Channel Tunnel for business lastweek, bu

Brace yourself for a battle of the behemoths. But not if your eyes tend to glaze over from t

IT'S A WONDER anyone takes seriously Rep. Newt Gingrich's assertion that U.S. sovereignty isthreaten

The global assault on the dollar last week was a symbolic vote of no confidence in Washington's lead

The Chinese government is not cooperating with President Clinton. He told Beijing quite clearly last

WORLD CURRENCY MARKETS have been turbulent for more than two decades, ever since the United States a

Four years ago this summer, Germany was reunited. Without a doubt, the going has been muchtougher th

A DEFECTIVE PROPOSAL TO FIX SUPERFUNDWe would like to set the record straight regarding your

WITH LESS THAN A MONTH to go before his big decision on China's tariff status, Bill Clinton's misgui

Last week's massive interventions on behalf of the dollar - coupled with the announced delay of two

A political earthquake hit the Netherlands last week and nobody noticed. Dutch voters rebell

CHINA'S U.S TRADING PRIVILEGES are up for presidential review next month, but Mr. Clinton already ha

THE UNITED STATES recently signed a new world trade pact that, among other things, seeks to liberali

U.S. trading partners are expected to inform the State Department this week of their concerns with t

The world economy has undergone a profound change in the past five years, creating distinctly new ch

Recent presidential elections throughout Central America suggest the region is at a political and ec

THE HARD-WON Uruguay Round trade pact did not end the war of words between the United States and the

A recent Louis Harris poll in Mexico indicates that the substitute president- designate, Yale-educat

With the help of millions of dollars in lobbying funds, organized labor hassent a message: P

China is poised to take up a massive flood control project that it had put on hold five years ago un

FINANCIAL MARKETS hate uncertainty, and the United States right now is anuncertain place for

CANADA MAY BE PART of the North American Free Trade Agreement, but free trade within Canada is still

AMERICA'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL system is safe but creaky. It uses 30-year-old computers andother outd

The faint-hearted haven't a chance crossing the street at major intersections in this city - formerl

DEFENDING THE MCCARRAN EXEMPTIONThe Alliance of American Insurers takes great exception to y

The cost of complying with environmental regulation has exploded - currently $150 billion and projec

WHO SAYS the world is becoming increasingly homogenous under the relentless pressures of scientific

AFTER 16 MONTHS of hinting that government wants to help promising new industries, the Clinton admin

Yushiyoki Naito, a middle-aged businessman working in the finance industry, was standing on a corner