Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TWO INTERESTING ITEMS in The New York Times caught our eye the other day. One noted that the savings

THE AUDIT VIEWPOINT OF PAYMENT CYCLESAs president of a freight payment service, I carefully

YOU HAVE A MARITIME INDUSTRY that eats its children is Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley's succin

I grew up with a group of friends with whom I regularly competed to see who could wrestle better, ru

More than any looming political crisis, the financial markets are likely to provide George Bush with

Former Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's reluctance to convene the Group of 7 seemed inten

CONVICTED RACKETEER Anthony Provenzano died Monday of a heart attack in a California prison. But the

For the Japanese, the prolonged illness of Emperor Hirohito, who has been bedridden with cancer sinc

ISRAEL, WHICH PRIDES ITSELF on being the only democracy in the Middle East, is offering the world a

Holidays are here. The Stock Exchange Christmas tree has once again sprouted on Broad Street. It is

With only five Latvian deputies voting against it, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union late last

OCCASIONALLY, PEACE AND GOOD SENSE threaten to break out between the nation's railroads and their la

ANONYMOUS SOURCES NOT ALWAYS RELIABLEI have noticed that your paper often prints material fr

FEW RESOURCES ARE IN SHORTER SUPPLY than managerial skill. Today, the federal government's Commissio

Problem Child Argentina's fractious army has jumped back into the news to remind the world t

THE HEADLINES ARE GRIM, but the news from last week's meeting of the world's trade negotiators in Mo

President-elect Bush should have reversed the cabinet jobs he picked for CarlaHills and Robe