Commentary

To paraphrase the opening line of Dragnet, the story you are about to readis true; only the names ha

WHEN CALIFORNIA VOTERS EXPRESSED their outrage at high insurance rates, the Golden State's banks cam

CONSTRUCTING THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM has been the central goal of federal road builders for th

SATELLITE DISHES AND CABLE television mean that a broadcast license isn't quite the franchise it use

Everybody knows that Tokyo is the capital of a country that is prosperous, well-managed and costly.

The world economy confounded its critics in 1988. To almost everyone's surprise, consumers simply i

This year's Omnibus Trade Bill included provisions bringing the United States into compliance with t

LET'S ALLOW BANKS IN INSURANCE SECTORYour Nov. 22 editorial calling for repeal of the McCarr

U.S. trade officials are getting quite cross with their European counterparts about perceived barrie

The world's trade ministers met earlier this month in Montreal, Canada, and failed to agree on commo

THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE between companies that make cloth and companies that make clothing haslong been

Aerospace manufacturers have long had a love-hate relationship with air shows. U.S. plane an

Europe 1992 is in everyone's thoughts. Many hopes and expectations are tied to the creation of this

THE DEVASTATING EFFECT of foreign debt on the economies of the developing world has long since cease

When the 101st Congress convenes for business Jan. 3 and confronts the unenviable but essential task

TRYING TO SAVE MONEY sometimes can be costly, as the U.S. Agency for International Development is le

The old year is dying in the night, as the poet said, and it doesn't look all that good in the dayti

ECONOMICS IS WHERE THE ACTION IS in Washington, and the Defense Department understands that full wel

APPAREL IMPORTERS HAVE SHIPPERS GROUPA Dec. 7 article (Some Industry Shippers Missing Lower

During the past several weeks European financial institutions are reported to have provided the Sovi

BY EVERY INDICATION, COMPETITION among airlines is on the wane. The Federal Aviation Administration

A RECOGNIZABLE BUT STILL FRAGILE consensus may be developing among those charged with resolving the

Mikhail Gorbachev's moves toward Glasnost and Perestroika may have an impact on the Socialist bloc o

The year 1988 was a landmark year in international economic policy - the United States' most compreh

There is an old saw that those who can, do; those who can't, teach; and those who can't teach, write

Britain's transportation infrastructure is reaching the breaking point due to the combination of an

Many people seem to believe that successful negotiations in the current Uruguay Round of the General

US SHIPBUILDING CAN MAKE COMEBACKYour readers might be interested in the following letter, w

THE PRETENSE IS GONE that Mexico can be saved through hard work and orthodox economic management. In

BY AND LARGE, the individuals George Bush has selected for key posts have been competent managers wi

Since 1982, about 1,000 people have died each year in rail accidents. Roughly half of those fataliti

THAT SUDDEN RUSH of unfair trade practice cases that was supposed to envelop the International Trade

IT STARTED OUT as just another Japanese scam. It already has shaken the Japanese government to its f

WASHINGTON POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS are rarely without some controversy. Occasionally, however, a sele

When I worked for Richard E. Briggs he had an unusual habit. He would step into an elevator with you

The odds were against Texaco from the start. When a Texas jury found the oil giant guilty in

THE INNOVATIVE STOCK SWAP announced by four major corporations last week may not be a unique opportu

The pending approval of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the roughly simultaneous commenceme

More than anyone else, Mexico's new President Carlos Salinas de Gortari knows that the success or fa

EVEN AS ITS OFFICIALS are packing their suitcases and polishing their resumes, the Reagan administra