Commentary

When you think of Italy, what comes to mind? Artistic treasures? Ancient Roman history? Fabulous foo

AMERICAN INVESTORS eager to buy stock in many profitable foreign companies have a problem. Shares of

Unlike Corazon Aquino, the new president of the Philippines must do more than just survive. The nati

Six years ago, Corazon Aquino emerged from obscurity to become one of the most popular leaders in th

The bill attacking foreign shipbuilding subsidies should hit the House floor this week. The

AN AUTONOMOUS INVESTMENT CORP.It would be useful to clarify the relationship of the Inter-Am

PRESENTED WITH A CHANCE to display its leadership on an important environment issue - global warming

FRENCH CULTURAL NATIONALISTS are at it again. The parliament's law committee, prompted by ha

FEARING COMPETITION from strong U.S. airlines, the French government this week canceled its 46-year

Western aid to developing countries is moving away from its original aim of countering communism.

The tendency was to think of the disturbing television scenes as just another California fantasy, a

Call it keeping up with the corporate Joneses. Companies, more than ever, are studying indus

AGING JAPANESE RADICALS who hijacked a plane to North Korea two decades ago have found a niche: shep

CREATING COMPUTER SOFTWARE - the sequence of machine instructions that cause computers to perform us

With the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of its foreign economic aid to Cuba, the question is

FREE MARKETS CAN SERVE all sorts of goals - even furthering religious nationalism. The gover

Advocates of limiting the number of terms members of Congress may serve gathered here this week for

STOP NEEDLESS STUDIES ON TRANSPORTATIONRailroads are urging Congress to allocate more federa

Mitsuru Yoshimoto clearly was embarrassed as he approached the reception desk of the Bachelors' Acad

The mindless violence that ripped Los Angeles last week had obvious economic roots. TheU.S. economy

Mexico's overpopulated capital, Mexico City, is plagued by chronic environmental decay. Whatwas once

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A MORE GRISLY SCENE: a car slams into the back of an 18- wheeler, the hood slip

The magnitude of the crisis facing the Lloyd's of London insurance market seems at last to have dawn

HEADLINE ON USF&G REVERSED THE FACTSAn article in your April 6 "Insurance Briefs" section re

The recent unveiling of the West's $24 billion aid package to the former Soviet republics has quiete

AN EMBARRASSED SILENCE from aircraft makers greeted Richard Gephardt's proposal last week to subsidi

FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Margaret Thatcher, who resigned from office 18 months ago, is back wit

GOVERNMENT-OWNED FACILITIES that launch rockets into space may soon face competition from a new sour

The "black Wednesday" tragedy in Guadalajara in late April sent shock waves beyond the 20 blocks tha

SELLING PUBLIC ASSETS to private companies is all the rage in Eastern Europe and Latin America. It's

Why is one of the world's busiest airports also among the smallest, most dangerous and heavily guard

If Washington whispers are any guide, retired Air Force Gen. Thomas C. Richards may wait a long time

In 1979, with the U.S. facing a well-orchestrated effort by the Soviet Union and its satellites to a

SOUTHWESTERN STATES continue their campaign to cut production of natural gas. This week, Tex

EASTERN EUROPE'S painful economic reforms have taken their toll. High unemployment and even higher p

It was Paul Tsongas who kept the jobs issue alive in the presidential campaign. As he slowly fades f

STATE PILOTS ARE AN ASSET TO SHIPPINGYour April 15 editorial tarred the state pilota

Since December 1990, when negotiations to conclude a new world trade agreement broke down, the Urugu

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP., which already is trimming its management, now is moving to re

Doubt that the Uruguay Round is in trouble? Consider this response from a senior U.S. administration