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Here's the fantasy: I return home from a week in the country, unable to access my e-mail. I simply f

Looming like a monument built by a foreign occupier, Bucharest's giant ''Palace of the People'' cast

Amtrak, the national passenger railroad, is in business to do just that: Move passengers. But the fi

When the Berlin Wall fell down and Mikhail Gorbachev handed over the entire Soviet economic system t

Who speaks for workers in California on Proposition 226, a measure that would require unions to obta

Once again, Asian stocks, bonds and currencies are under heavy selling pressure, nearly a yearafter

After a recent string of disturbing stories on U.S. exports and arms control, it has become clear th

Can Pacific Asia be integrated into the world economy? Until a few years ago, that question was irre

You can hardly pick up a business book today without seeing the words leadership, empowerment, trust

Faced with reduced economic growth, the Chinese government is attempting to use tax and spending pol

With unemployment so low, American companies will need to groom tomorrow's workers while they are st

Americans like to say they're not tradition-bound. But how else to explain that in a recent survey,

Export subsidies are back as a high-profile weapon in the global farming wars. In recent days, the

INDIA TO LET OUTSIDERSBUILD 2 POWER PROJECTSNEW DELHI - India has approved separate proposal

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Bill Roth, R-Del., wants to hold a hearing June 10 on President Cl

''Crocodile Hole'' is the evil-sounding name of the place near Jakarta where six Indonesian generals

Over the last several weeks, millions of investors have been participating in one of the great corpo

When in doubt, fire someone. Russian President Boris Yeltsin, struggling to boost investors' confide

Just what does the Clinton administration think of the ever-stronger U.S. dollar, especially as it r

When President Clinton arrives in Hong Kong at the end of his June trip to China, chances are he wil

Dazed and bleeding, Japan has become everybody's favorite whipping boy. According to theemerging con

It was always a question of when, not if. Pakistan finally responded to India's recent nuclear tests

The Justice Department's misguided attack on Microsoft is not the only indication that federal meddl

Recently, many import customers have expressed fears that the impending peak shipping season will be

The victimization syndrome thrives in Mexico, where the double-whammy of bloodthirsty narcotrafficke

It was inevitable that Microsoft would run afoul of the antitrust laws.The company has gaine

The newly dubbed ''Chinagate'' affair has become a quest for a quid pro quo, as probers from the Con

Foreign corporate activity has mushroomed, on both an aggregate and a region-by-region basis. The gl

Partisanship is supposed to stop at the water's edge, but House Speaker Newt Gingrich is ignoring th

The brutal murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi is a sign of something very wrong in Guatemala.A ye

Perhaps the most important overseas trip in a year filled with presidential foreign travel is Presid

Call it the dark side of international trade. The United States imported nearly $900 billion in good

Is a secretary worth as much as a janitor? Is a payroll clerk as valuable as someone who fixes the a

Is Russia facing an Asian-style economic collapse? The signs are looking increasingly ominous. Inves

As the debate in Congress about the International Monetary Fund heats up, we need to be clear about

Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s arguments against Judge Robert Bork's position on Microsoft stand on the

SEMATECH CONSORTIUMHAS ACHIEVED ITS GOALSFor ideological opponents of Sematech, the governme

President Clinton and his gang may soon be wishing for the days of the Monica Lewinsky hubbub. For r

Signs are everywhere that the ice is beginning to break on the most anachronistic relic of the Cold

Many of the 12 million Americans who work in industries producing for export may not know it, but th