Commentary

SINGAPORE, THE FIRST CITY in the world to charge motorists for the privilege of driving in the centr

One of the most pressing problems confronting the European Community has been crowded out of an age

''THE REASON THE DEFICIT is such a problem for me - it's a backdrop for what I do - is, it causes re

WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's headlong campaign to unite the two Germanys may be unstoppable.

PESSIMISM ON GAS IS UNWARRANTEDWhile columnist Dale Steffes accurately identified the numero

Developing countries are making concerted efforts to reduce the tariffs developed countries levy on

Bush administration officials are looking for ways to increase U.S. trade with Colombia, Peru and Bo

There's a vocal minority of Americans who think the United States ought to be more like Japan. You h

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has made improving surveillance of insurers' fin

RESTORING DEMOCRACY to the scandal-plagued Teamsters union never figured to be an easy job. It hasn'

ONE OF THE PARADOXES of the modern world is that arms control agreements cost money. While the purpo

Fernando Collor de Mello, Brazil's president-elect, has pledged, once he takes office March 15, to f

TRUST FUND SURPLUSES NOT REDUCING DEFICITYour Jan. 31 editorial, "Lack of Imagination," indi

Japanese direct investment in the United States makes headlines and spurs our lawmakers to action. B

THE ANDEAN DRUG WAR is both a moral battle and an economic conflict, involving more than 200,000 rur

In Washington, the trade debates revolve around protecting "American" business against surging impor

BILL COULD REDUCE UTILITY COMPETITIONWilliam T. McCormick Jr., chairman of CMS Energy Corp.,

THAT FAMILIAR FACE on the front page of Wednesday's Financial Times belonged to Alan Greenspan. Ther

It's the season when talk about taxes is most timely and least welcome. The April 16 deadlin

AGRICULTURE SECRETARY Clayton Yeutter isn't known as a gambler. But his department's proposal to rev

JAPANESE TRADE NEGOTIATORS are fond of repeating that domestic political constraints make it hard to

Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, had a simple message for Congress Tuesday: Whilethe U.S. e

A HANDFUL OF INSIDER traders has gone to jail, but run-of-the-mill violators of the securities laws

Early on it was supposed to be a lower house election that would end 34 years of rule by Japan's bus

The closest I ever came to military service was three years of high school Reserve Officers' Trainin

QUAKE COVERAGE COST COULD ROCK ECONOMYYour wire service story, "Industry Calls for Federal Q

West Germany's leadership finally has awakened to the reality that East German Prime Minister Hans M

NEED SOME EXTRA ENERGY? Just eat a bowl of Kellogg's Rice Krispies, fortified with extra "energy-rel

The plight of the Delaware & Hudson Railway comes before Congress and a bankruptcy court as the resu

THEY'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER TIGHT budget year in Washington. But some of the fiscal year 1991 budgets

Consolidating the ongoing Mexican economic reform is in the forefront of President Carlos Salinas de

IS CALIFORNIA STARTING another tax trend? The Alcohol Tax Initiative Committee is gathering signatur

Almost a year after Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady launched the plan that bears his name, and whi

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel Skinner seems to like nothing better than a good study. But after ni

SHOREHAM PLANT SHOULD BE USEDThe article "Electric Power Demand Increases in Northeast" (Dec

Back when the American League had only eight teams and the New York Yankees seemed to be champion ev

Cocom, the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls, was formed in 1949 to prevent t

DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT INC., the investment house that created the junk bond as a form of corporate

INSURERS NOT HEADED FOR INSOLVENCY CRISISI strongly dispute the assertion that deficiencies

EVEN AS DREXEL was offering deals too good to be true on Wall Street, a similar activity was under w