Commentary

THE GRADES THAT FINANCIAL RATING FIRMS assign to insurance companies are almost as confusing as insu

The International Trade Commission is often called upon to analyze some pretty grim aspects of U.S.

Presidents do two things. Most of them strut and fret their hour upon the stage and then are

ORDERLY, PRISTINE SWITZERLAND is tackling a very messy problem: how to handle the thousands of drug

NO PROBLEMS WITH POSTMASTER FRANKYour Jan. 8 article about the resignation of Postmaster Gen

The resounding victory of the Islamic Salvation Front in Algeria's first free elections last month -

WASHINGTON'S REVOLVING DOOR has been spinning out of control at the Federal Railroad Administration.

So, how do you like the real "new world order"? I mean the still emerging new world in which

FORMER SOVIET LEADER MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, three weeks after his forced retirement from the presidency

Japan didn't say yes but didn't say no to President Bush's appeal for $1 billion to help pay for the

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS of the 1990 Clean Air Act amendments is a plan to let the market decide how to

Last week, George Bush traveled to Japan to press his election-year campaign to break down Japanese

The trashing of the U.S. economy by national news organizations is a scandal and a disgrace to Ameri

The next few years could be very difficult ones for both the U.S. economy and the U.S. stock market.

The debate over whether to impose a speed limit on German highways is heating up once more here, as

UNION LEADERS TAKE DEMOCRATIC MEASURESIn your lead editorial, "Maritime Disunion" (Jan. 6, 1

IN CASE WE NEEDED a reminder of the gargantuan national tab for health care, we now have one from th

WASHINGTON WILL SPEND $151 billion during the next six years to improve highways and public transit,

JOB-RELATED INJURY CLAIMS are rising by the day, forcing a growing number of insurance companies to

GERMAN UNIFICATION is continuing to strain the national economy. The latest problem is the inflation

As the former Soviet republics struggle with price reform and ethnic unrest, Western companies with

Maritime industry officials are nervous as 108 nations meet today on the global trade liberalization

The question keeps coming at me. Why is everyone so gloomy? It is most often asked by people who liv

Near the end of every cyclical boom, as well as every recession, there emerge widely held views that

In the small Dutch tourist town of Maastricht, the 12 member states of the European Community recent

GEORGE BUSH'S TRIP TO JAPAN was not a complete trade policy flop, but it came close. In the space of

Presidential hopeful Sen. Tom Harkin has just told a group of Winnacunnet High School students about

EVER SO SLOWLY, the U.S. government is removing the shackles that bind the American maritime industr

The United States has an important role to play in the economic future of Hong Kong, where Americans

GOLD-PLATED PURCHASING is not just a U.S. Pentagon problem; the practice has cropped up in Britain a

The president's economic package, expected to be introduced later this month, reportedly will includ

IN DEFENSE OF THE SEALIFT COMMANDThe following is in response to your opinion piece titled "

Less than 28 years ago, it was generally assumed in Japanese shipping and shipbuilding circles that

SLUGGISH ECONOMIC CONDITIONS were hardly confined to the United States in 1991, although most U.S. h

The U.S. economy will emerge from its current pause refreshed and invigorated, ready for bigger and

AS PRESIDENT BUSH takes his "fair trade" message to Tokyo this week, Congress is preparing for an el

President Bush grudgingly concedes that the U.S. economy is mired in recession, with stagnating pers

RAILROAD EDITORIAL WAS ONE-SIDEDYour editorial, "Lowering Rail Costs," (Dec. 18, Page 8A), w

IT'S NO SECRET the recession has been going on longer - and is considerably deeper - in some parts o

ASK ANY MONOPOLIST facing deregulation why it should be allowed to dominate an industry and you hear