Commentary

The official with the port of Rashid pointed to fairly modern-looking tankers tied up side by side i

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION plans to send Congress next Monday its long-awaited legislation to impleme

JUST LIKE OTHER SEGMENTS of the maritime industry, many ports today are having a hard time, as steam

Wall Street is in turmoil. The stock market is bouncing like a yo-yo. Interest rates are up. The dol

EXECUTIVES OF AMERICAN AIRLINES made a clever move earlier this month in proposing new government re

One has to wonder where the Department of Transportation will place in the silliness stakes with the

You get a different slant on history, depending on where you go. In Washington, the name Dav

A Renewed note of acrimony may soon sound in U.S.-Brazilian relations. Last December, the Re

IN THE 1960s BUSINESS GROUPS opposed pension legislation, and before that they opposed minimum wage

LAST WEEK'S OECD MEETING in Paris produced some of the best economic news of the year when finance m

It is high spring in Charlottesville on one of the rolling hills where Thomas Jefferson chose to pla

The next U.S. industry to be targeted by Japan for destruction is the auto parts industry. In this,

IS THERE NO end to the acronym stew we are drowning in? Young urban professionals become Yuppies, ad

Nobody can deny that the United States has a trade problem. Since 1980, the U.S. deficit in trade ha

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher did move into 10 Downing Street in 1979 with a clear-cut battle pla

I refer to the article by Gregory S. Johnson in your May 1 issue, "Japanese Building Projects in U.S

AFTER A TRAGEDY, there are always questions of blame. That was the case again this week in the after

Of all the uncertainties and imponderables that exist in evaluating the Japanese scene, none is more

THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER has generated its share of bilateral tensions, with illegal immigration and n

MANY "DOUBTING THOMASES" may say "Dream on," but Sen. David Pryor, D-Ark, and Rep. Mervyn M. Dymally

Contrary to the assertions and dark predictions in Victor Walker's article ''Greek Economic 'Ship' S

A reporter was called upon the other day to explain the Iran-contra affair to his six-year-old son.<

There's a gaping hole in the Gary Hart episode, one enterprising journalists should make as great an

Politicians go on the road this week campaigning for a general election on June 11 that could mark a

WHITE HOUSE HOPES that the Iran-Contra hearings would not provide more personal embarrassment for Pr

Canada Committed To Trucking ReformI wish to correct the misleading impression created by th

Looking down from the window of the Hotel La Citadelle, I saw a man across the street standing on hi

CAN IT BE THAT AMERICA's long-time love affair with "plastic money" is coming to the crossroads? Are

GENERAL MOTORS CORP. has won the latest round in court to keep its old X-body cars out of the shop,

Picture a Pacific Rim country with a government dedicated to reforming its economy on the belief tha

Americans can join President Reagan in exulting about April gains in employment. Not only did the nu

IF THERE WERE any doubts about Margaret Thatcher's chances in Britain's next election they were erad

THE RISE IN U.S. CONSUMER BUYING undoubtedly has led to a more convenient lifestyle for most America

The man sitting next to me in the upper deck of a Boeing 747 ready to take off from Tokyo's Narita A

DID YOU EVER FEEL left out because a close friend or a business associate forgot - conveniently or n

LIKE A PAIR OF LOOSE CANNONS on the deck, Congress and the administration continue to barrel headlon

Say what you want, it's been a bad time here for inter-personal relationships. Former Sen. G

There is much talk about the need for American business to become more competitive in an increasingl

Consolidations, relocations and layoffs - affecting more than 46,000 people in the past decade - hav

A sweeping environment treaty for the protection of the fragile coastal seas of the South Pacific ha