Commentary

BANKERS WON'T LIKE IT, but a House Banking Committee subcommittee Thursday may approve legislation r

MAMMOTH BUSINESS FAILURES have been routine in the U.S. maritime industry for the past 10 years. Rep

Recent events in China have shaken the U.S. trade community. What are the likely effects of the supp

OLD ELECTION CAMPAIGNS NEVER DIE, they just start over again. A retired executive that we kn

INTERMODALISM AND RAILROADSYour editorial of Aug. 28 ("Bully Pulpit") implied that I may be

LAST YEAR, Congress set an important precedent: When it established a program to assure the elderly

BOMBS ARE JUST ANOTHER HAZARD in the airline business: Just as they are charged with maintaining saf

With the results in from this week's election in South Africa, 53-year-old F.W. de Klerk is right wh

Much to its own surprise, San Francisco may be about to build a ball park. It's not just the future

As the European Community moves closer to economic integration, many of its industrial sectors are b

THE BIG NEWS from this week's meeting of non-aligned nations in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is the formati

DECLARING WAR ON DRUGS, President Bush compared the effort to the invasion of Europe on D-Day. But t

On Dec. 12, 1979, six weeks after the assassination of South Korean President Park Chung-Hee, Genera

The capture of the "Bastille Day" Economic Summit by environmental issues, particularly global warm

IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT DRUGS, you've got to be tough. And if you want to show how tough you are, the

HOLDING ALOFT A 9-POUND BLUEFISH from the waters off Kennebunkport, President Bush smiled from the

From Wall Street's perch, the economy looks in excellent shape as it heads toward the final quarter

Some countries succeed in making the switch from one style of government to another of an entirely d

TEXTILE PROVISIONS OF CBI BILL DEFENDEDOn behalf of the Textile and Apparel Group of the Ame

IN CASE ANYONE CARES, it's official: Francisco Rodriguez has become Panama's provisional president.<

French insurers are in a frenzy these days. Fear of being overrun by the competition when the Europe

Many economists question how long the United States can continue to run large trade deficits. Some w

THEY'RE NOT UP THERE YET in a league with savings and loans. But insurers may confront a national fi

The trustbusters are asleep at the switch again. This time, Walt Disney Co. is taking advantage of t

From the Mufti of Jerusalem in the early 1930s until the present day, Palestinian politicians have a

AIRLINE PASSENGERS WERE THE BIG LOSERS when a federal appeals court struck down the Massachusetts Po

As every business gets ready for the economic unification of Europe in 1992, many U.S. firms still c

PRESIDENT BUSH MAY STILL be opposed to taxes, but he has found political gain in proposing a host of

Now is not the time to pick at the Pete Rose affair. It should be allowed to heal, go away and be fo

For an informed reader of the international press, the cool reception given the recent Mexican debt

EVEN BEFORE THE VOTE IS CAST, the Bush administration is retreating from plans to strengthen the Car

WORLD IS DIFFERENT FROM JAPAN'S VIEWIt was a pleasure to read Marc Levinson's column on the

IT IS THE SLOTH and shortsightedness of American business, according to a now- standard Japanese lec

Contrary to a statement in an editorial Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation has not yet

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STOOD idly by as a wave of consolidation swept the U.S. airline industry from 19

Trade with regions so diverse as China, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean; U.S. steel policy; and Thi

It was my own grousing and lack of a snappy comeback that placed me in this situation. Excep

For decades, U.S.-Soviet relations have been dominated by the cold war and the arms race. But a sea

MARAD WITHIN LAW IN BANKRUPTCY CASEYour Aug. 18 editorial, "The Public's Business," depicted

LETTING COMPANIES JOIN FORCES to insure their own risks is a great idea. But the collapse of a New M