Commentary

The U.S.-European Union spat over preferential banana imports to Europe has gone beyond a mere flagr

Pork prices are going down, which means, of course, it's time for the government to intervene in the

The nonprofit sector is the fastest growing sector in the world, but poor management and communicati

The baby boom has an echo, and it's even louder than the original. The ''Net Generation'' has arrive

In the realm of mass hallucination, there's a widely held belief that scientific research in America

The International Monetary Fund's bid to help resolve Asia's many crises has encountered a swarm of

Like most presidents toward the end of their term, Mr. Clinton has been searching for a statesmanesq

In Seoul, foreigners fly in to buy, or buy into, whole firms that a few months ago they could only h

With Congress on its longest recess in a third of a century, there hasn't been much political theate

Who would have thought David Brinkley needed a good public relations adviser? Mr. Brinkley, America'

A survey of leading U.S. corporations released last week showed economic spying inflicted as much as

Usually, you heard him before you saw him, a howl of laughter and profanity echoing through the hall

What is happening in Cuba this week is a news story that the thousands of journalists who flocked to

Weakening currencies and a desperate need to compensate for reduced demand in their home markets wil

The world is watching Cuba this week as Pope John Paul II visits the island. The trip's true signifi

The move by European Union governments to lift their ban on tallow - a substance made from animal ca

There was some justice in the misplaced criticism leveled at Bob Dole last week over his decision to

PORTS' ASSESSMENT CUTS ARENO INDUCEMENT FOR SHIPPERSAs a shippers' representative, I read wi

Imagine that one day you checked your bank account to discover that you hadn't been paid. Imagine yo

By every basic indication, 1998 will not be nearly as good a year as 1997. The economy is cooling of

The new year finds Japan in the eighth year of the post-bubble recession and in its fourth ''dipping

Cuba's willingness to let Pope John Paul II hold religious services this week in Havana is a major v

Iraq has once again rebuffed United Nations weapons inspectors attempting to ensure compliance with

Against all expectations, Italy's left-wing Olive Tree coalition has done more to rein in profligate

Contaminated berries in Central America, ''mad cow disease'' in Britain, cholera in Latin America, a

They may not run mainframe computers with millions of lines of Cobol code that must be repaired at $

Fund managers and other investors have been dumping stock market shares all over the world during th

60 YEARS OF SUBSIDIESFAILED TO SAVE US CARRIERSIn response to Margaret Sorrell's letter (''S

Sen. Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., will be leaving the U.S. Senate at the end of the year, and no one will b

Companies operate freely across borders and so, at times, do price fixers. The Supreme Court last we

The great debate now raging in Washington over what to do with future federal budget surpluses has a

Shortly after the Berlin Wall fell, a machinist at one of East Germany's state-owned Robotron factor

OECD SHIPBUILDING DEALWILL ONLY HURT US YARDSThe recent suggestion by Lars Kjaer (''Ending s

The National Football League has sold the TV broadcast rights to its games for the nonsensical sum o

Other than kangaroos, koala bears and Crocodile Dundee movies, most Americans don't know much about

The designation of Guillermo Ortiz as the new governor of the Bank of Mexico has generated a storm o

Concerns about a shaky Russian economy could derail a U.S.-Russian science experiment that seeks to

As Congress reconvenes, it will be considering seven separate amendments to the Constitution. This m

Every day, thousands of regulations cost people and companies money, muck up the economy and even th

America's East Coast faced another classic environmental crisis last fall. Fish were dying from toxi