Commentary

Not all that long ago, when the dollar was still almighty, the most widely noted tourists traveling

A back-room brawl in banking threatens to split the nation's commercial banks. At the worst, the dis

Because the deficit will not go away, critics like the U.S. General Accounting Office have begun to

THE RECENTLY NAMED HEAD of Panama's journalist's union, Baltazar Aizpurua, has spoken out against th

CRITICIZING THE 45-YEAR-OLD system that regulates international aviation is easy. But no one has yet

PUSH CONSERVATION, NOT OIL PRODUCTIONThe Journal of Commerce erred when it observed that ann

For the Mexican work force, 1990 began this month when the government announced the extension of the

Whether Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher likes it or not, Britain is increasingly becoming a part of

AS CHANGE SWEEPS the communist world, from East Germany to Vietnam, one nation has remained aloof. G

OCEAN SHIPS SERVING U.S. Great Lakes ports can't avoid doing business with Canada. The Canadian Coas

The U.S. international trade and payments deficits will again decline ''modestly" in 1990, say Feder

A Hindu saint reportedly told a story a couple of thousand years ago that I think has someanalogy to

President Gorbachev's rise to power in the Soviet Union has dramatically altered politicalperception

THE EUPHORIC TIDAL WAVE of political reform sweeping the Soviet Union has blinded some Westerners to

On Dec. 17th, 82 million Brazilian voters will choose a president between two candidates: Fernando C

LET IT NEVER BE SAID that journalists can't move with the times. A week after the unexpected

THE MARK OF A GOOD ADMINISTRATION is that it deals not only with dramatic events like the Malta summ

LUXURY RAIL STORY HAS REAL SIGNIFICANCEThe wire service report in the Nov. 15 Journal of Com

They talk about the "image" problem here, with weary resentment. It is such an old, old story.

Japan's present expansionary period already has entered its 36th month. The U.S. business boom is e

The Malta summit meeting underscored a truth often demonstrated here: Politics can produce not only

WHEN IT'S BUSINESS AGAINST BUSINESS, contributor against contributor, official Washington knows the

SHIFT FROM PANAMA COULD HELP SEAFARERSWith the shift away from the Panamanian registry (Dec.

SCORE ONE MORE POINT for Manuel Antonia Noriega. Once again, the Panamanian dictator has goaded the

THE RESIGNATION MONDAY of M. Danny Wall, the top regulator of the nation's savings and loan institut

With one of the lowest standards of living in the Americas, land-locked Bolivia has long pinned hope

Wall Street worked itself into a Thanksgiving Day lather over Federal Reserve policy. The day before

We've just had the George and Misha show, somewhere off Malta. A few weeks ago, there was the Bob an

DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAPS are among the more sensible, if not more widespread, methods for reducing the

Although the Bush administration's rhetoric has been tougher sounding than that of its predecessor,

An East German driving across the border into West Germany to seek a new life and a better paying jo

MARITIME POSITION ON GATT DEFENDEDThe Journal of Commerce in one disdainful stroke ("A Plan

LAST SATURDAY'S ELECTION offered the government of Taiwan an opportunity to show the billion citizen

THE OPENING of the Soviet Union's economy has done no favors for the coach of the Soviet national ba

U.S. education is being bashed by the Japanese government. And we Americans - self-flagellating maso

TO A PUBLIC THAT LOVES MIRACLES, degradable plastic bags are being touted as a painless way to reduc

Dear Trade Minister: Now that your government has agreed to assume all of the obligations of

The especially close ties developed in the Reagan administration between Britain and the United Sta

AFTER RUNNING INTO A STONE WALL in the attempt to get federal funding for high-definition television

This weekend's meeting between Presidents Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev seems to grow in significance w