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U.S. TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES are among the very best in the world - and the rest of the world i

TEN YEARS AND $4 BILLION into its search for a permanent storage site for civilian nuclear waste, th

BRITAIN SUPPORTS 'OPEN SKIES'In your Dec. 23 editorial ("Protectionism Triumphant," Page 6A)

Holidays are said to be a time of great awe and wonder. That's true. I wonder about many things now

THERE'S STILL A CHANCE British Airways could join forces with USAir Group, even though its equity de

Although President-elect Clinton plans to focus on domestic issues early in his administration, he i

The North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) can help to build an economic bridge between the Uni

BILL CLINTON and George Bush have few things in common, but they might agree on this: When it comes

Forget IBM's travails, for the moment. The newest flap at the Harvard Business Review - over its pul

SLOWLY AND TENTATIVELY, Bill Clinton is zeroing in on a fundamental cause of skyrocketing health car

For decades, when the industrialized nations sneezed, developing Asia caught a cold. But over the pa

ECONOMIC INDICATORS have been mixed and confusing all year, and the year-end figures are no differen

President-elect Clinton got elected on domestic issues. "It's the economy, stupid," was the campaign

Can anyone credibly endorse our current federal income tax system? If not, then why do we still have

The American economy will pass "go" next week at a good clip. Output of goods and services, inflatio

Imagine addressing your boss not by name but by title. "Good morning, president," you might say, or

TUESDAY'S COLLAPSE of the proposed British Airways-USAir deal robs both nations of the chance to dis

Once again the European Commission is under siege. The efforts of the commission, the Europe

Speculation continues on who President-elect Clinton will select to be his U.S. trade representative

The seemingly endless barrage of steel trade suits filed by the American steel industry will not sol

IF YOU DISCOVERED a doctor had cheated on a medical exam, would you let him operate on you? Most peo

THE U.S. TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT broke new ground this fall when it offered a detailed proposal fo

GERMANY'S PARLIAMENT, disgusted with rising deficits in the national health insurance system, took m

An influential think tank here is pushing a plan for three separate federal budgets that evokes memo

The modern cinema often portrays the early 20th century as the gilded age of romance and comfortable

Independence is a difficult concept for Central Asia's former Soviet republics. Strugglingto define

DEFENSE WORKERS are bracing for more bad news from the incoming administration. Bill Clinton said du

THE OLD SOVIET UNION died one year ago this month, and it's tempting to say Boris Yeltsin's reform p

As the Clinton administration assumes office with a pledge to expand U.S. markets overseas, it must

What insurance issues is Congress likely to address in the coming year? I will divide the subject in

IF YOU STILL THINK of Third World nations as sinkholes for Western aid, think again. For the first t

Perhaps one of the most important things about the economic teach-in down in Little Rock is the way

In the weeks before the election, more than 600 economists signed a petition supporting the candidac

The trucking industry's freight bill undercharge crisis has had shippers in a state of near-panic fo

BEEN CAR SHOPPING LATELY? If you have, you know air bags are big selling points. In fact, safety is

WARD AND HAJDU: NO FEUD HEREI feel I must respond to your Dec. 9 article, "Ward, Other Incum

IF PRODUCTIVITY WERE MEASURED in output of words, this week's economic ''summit" in Little Rock woul

YOU CAN'T BLAME LYKES for trying. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has been working for years to fr

REFORMERS SUFFERED a major setback this week in their fight to make Russia a free-market economy.

Lots of dumb ideas surfaced at Bill Clinton's so-called economic summit. Apartfrom its name