Commentary

THE SUCCESS OF U.S. companies winning contracts at the Kansai airport in Japan was a topic of conver

THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO., the once-proud railroad that runsfrom the Pacific O

Press reports of the Department of Justice's far ranging investigation of possible fraud in defense

THE TICKETS ARE SET and the campaign officially begins today. As George Bush and Michael Duk

THIS WEEK IN NEW ORLEANS, Commerce Secretary C. William Verity wore a lapel button that had nothing

While the U.S.-Canada free trade pact breezes through Congress, uncertainty surrounds its fate in Ca

Alfredo Arellano Tafoya hit the brakes to avoid slamming his 18-wheel rig into the small car that cu

After nearly two years of careful study, the blue-ribbon panel was unequivocal: An independent feder

Many trade watchers are focusing their attention on the commercial unification of the European Commu

Harmonizing international economic, trade and financial policies often is advanced by world leaders

Coming back here to North Carolina's Outer Banks for the umpteenth summer in as many years, I rememb

THE SENATE, SELF-PROCLAIMED as the world's greatest deliberative body, last week revealed its less

BUSINESS FAILURES ARE NEVER PLEASANT, especially for managers and workers who lose their jobs. This

The usually reserved Sierra Club, an environmental organization, is engaging in shrill polemics to t

Outgoing Treasury Secretary James Baker had a secret, according to a press report early this month.<

Last week was the first anniversary of Alan Greenspan's accession to the throne at the Federal Reser

A CHORUS IS RISING IN CONGRESS to create a long-term care program for the seriously ill, and some pr

THE LONGSTANDING BATTLE over automobile fuel economy is about to resume. Within the next few days, T

HOW INSURERS PROFIT FROM SUPPLY LIMITSThis letter is in response to a July 26 opinion articl

The European Currency Unit, a cosmopolitan, hybrid currency that lacks bank notes or coins, is start

WITH ITS EXPENSIVE RESCUE PLAN for Dallas's First RepublicBank Corp., the Federal Deposit Insurance

The American textile industry and its workers have been injured by the spectacular growth in textile

Better late than never. That's probably what Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan told hims

VERY FEW PROVISIONS IN the trade bill President Reagan is expected to sign this week are so badly ne

A NORMALLY ROUTINE TASK will be a potentially explosive undertaking as Mexico's electoral college co

MORE CHANGES are coming in the way the Commerce Department announces the U.S. merchandise trade bala

Europe is growing together and is developing its own position as a political, economic and cultural

Fidel Velazquez is one Mexican politician who wouldn't seem to be in a position to dictate policy to

GUILFORD NOT INVOLVED IN INFLUENCE PEDDLINGIn an Aug. 8 editorial (Ethics and the ICC), The

For over a decade now, ocean shipping has sailed through particularly heavy weather, and all sectors

THE COMMON WISDOM is that the Federal Reserve Board's sudden move to slow the economy by increasing

IT MAY NOT HAVE MUCH EFFECT on anyone else, but last Tuesday's appeals court decision is bad news fo

It is widely agreed that the Uruguay Round trade negotiations are at a critical juncture. An importa

Many observers believe the opportunity for real agricultural reform is greater now than it has been

RACKETEERING CONJURES UP IMAGES of underworld bosses hatching extortion, bribery and loansharking sc

The United States is facing a two-fold challenge in Europe. The consolidation of Western Europe is g

It is evident that the U.S. Congress is going to beef up the Customs Service's budget for the coming

Left to their own devices, Japan's nouveaux riches seem perfectly capable of getting into embarrassi

IN ITS LAST MONTHS IN OFFICE, the Reagan administration is attempting to burnish its image for the h

A unified internal market presents new opportunities for Europeans and presents new challenges for t