Commentary

British Airways cements a global alliance with USAir. Boeing slashes aircraft production and over 28

The idea of building coast-to-coast electronic circuits providing easy access to worlds and worlds o

TRUCKING COMPANIES and railroads dodged a $12 billion bullet last week. That was the projected cost

These days, Washington is abuzz with talk of a "national technology policy." Enamored withthe idea o

PITTSBURGH has gone ga-ga over McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, launched 25 years ago in the Steel City.

President Clinton says one of his primary goals is to create good jobs at good wages. If he is serio

An economist with Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith said recently that a major part of his job is

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS have taken a turn for the worse under the Clinton administration. U.S. official

IF SPENDING equals "investment" and tax increases are "contributions," what are up to $150 billion i

These are sober times in the Netherlands as this small nation wonders whether its well-managed, open

At every upbeat turn in the economy, President Clinton continues to defend his short and long-term e

LET RUSSIANS CARRY US GRAINYour April 27 article, "US Seeks New Bids From Ship Lines

IT IS HARDLY SURPRISING that Budget Director Leon Panetta thinks the North American free-trade agree

Clinton administration officials are stressing U.S. trade opportunities in Asia more than in any oth

CONGRESSIONAL REPUBLICANS did not have long to savor their success after blocking President Clinton'

Mentioning innovation to a group of executives is like mentioning sex to prison inmates - you've got

There is a real danger that labor and environmental side agreements now being negotiated for the Nor

THE CURRENT DEBATE over ship safety is throwing unaccustomed light into some of the darker corners o

SOME TIME NEXT MONTH, Hillary Rodham Clinton's task force will deliver its long-awaited plan for ove

No scientific advance has yet been permanently stopped in its tracks by wholesale agreement that it

AMERICAN COMPANIES, by and large, are a creative lot. This week, U.S. airports showed they can be ju

Sweden is pressing full steam ahead with its application for European Community membership, presente

Trade retaliation has replaced baseball as the national pastime. From last fall's oilseeds dispute w

The First Western Large Herd Dairy Management Conference was held in Las Vegasthis month. Th

MONOPOLISTIC PATENT SYSTEM NEEDS REVIEWYour March 25 article on Argentina's drug-patent bill

MASSIVE LAYOFFS are a shock anywhere but especially so in China, where workers have come to expect l

WITH SOME LUCK, Bill Clinton will get better at his new job during the next few years. His first 100

Imagine a U.S. politician running on this platform: "I have presided over the destructionof your eco

BILL CLINTON is on the verge of making his biggest trade policy blunder yet. White House off

BUDGET DIRECTOR Leon Panetta has a solid reputation for honesty, so his assessment that the North Am

A CALL TO RESCUE THE MERCHANT MARINEThe future of the U.S. merchant marine under the

Federal Reserve officials are using a forecast of moderate growth and low inflation to justify conti

The recent visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa underscored the importance - and difficu

QUEBEC'S FRENCH-SPEAKING MAJORITY is becoming more relaxed about English- language incursions into t

DA, DA, NYET, DA That's what Boris Yeltsin wanted in Sunday's four-part Russian referendum,

Following the Vancouver summit and the Tokyo G-7 meetings, a new "domino" theory is emerging in U.S.

TRADE DOCUMENTS COULDN'T BE SIMPLERI wish to take exception to your March 24 front-p

Is it possible to weave into one country's reputation for excellence the longstanding traditions of

CONSERVATIVES have been warning President Clinton that over-taxing the rich doesn't yield much new r

A baker's dozen of senators met with Budget Director Leon Panetta last week in an effort to get the