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The recent agreement between President Clinton and Republican leaders to balance the federal budget

The high-growth venture system that has evolved in the United States since the late 1970s is the env

The Federal Trade Commission, taking economic reality into consideration, has proposed to reduce the

Philadelphia's retail magnate John Wannamaker reportedly once expressed the conundrum of advertising

Seven in 10 American business executives believe the nation's public educational system is incapable

President Clinton loves to boast about growth in his administration.He said recently that ''

Has former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo gone off the deep end?The American College of Trial Law

President Clinton is optimistic about Latin America as he heads south this week. After the end of th

The Port of Oakland and a handful of others are finding shortcuts in the convoluted procedures requi

While Zaire's president, Mobutu Sese Seko, is going through the motions of negotiating his way out

Last February, Dallas-based Triton Energy Corp. agreed to pay $300,000 to settle federal charges all

''Landslide'' doesn't begin to describe the scale of Tony Blair's Labour Party victory in the Britis

She was in my face big time.''You never write anything good about carriers. All you do is wr

Tired of budget battles and campaign finance scandals? You might want to take a few minutes to revie

The British electorate has done it again. Beating in the May 1 general election even the most extrem

President Clinton and 13 U.S. Cabinet members are scheduled to arrive in Mexico City this afternoon

REP. LEVIN'S NEW THEORYOF EXPORT PROTECTIONISMRep. Sander Levin, D-Mich., cites a recent stu

The meaning of a word can be easily altered in the lexicon of U.S. public policy, including the word

With the eyes of the world focused on the crisis in nearby Zaire, rumblings of a similar nature have

The environmental lobby won't be on board when President Clinton tries to expand the North American

The style columns of business journals catering to plutocrats have been fussing about a worrisome ph

Charter schools may be the most vibrant force in American education today.This is the conclu

The just-concluded International Monetary Fund-World Bank spring meeting peaked before it began.

The fate of America's economy in the 21st century depends in large part on what we do about our publ

The partial settlement reached this week by Washington and Brussels over meat inspection standards h

''Mr. Y'' may be one of Japan's ''sokaiya'' (gangsters), but he talks like a corporate activist.

By definition, volunteerism is an act of kindness performed out of compassion, done willingly and wi

EXAGGERATING FEDEX'SLOBBYING PROWESSI am writing to correct errors in an article in your Apr

Former President Reagan would be a popular figure in Russia today. His tax-cut philosophy has become

All Americans are health-care patients whose lives and well-being will undoubtedly be affected, for

A key assumption of international trade is that countries manufacture products based on their resour

For many years the United States poured billions of dollars into Central America in financial and mi

For centuries, May Day has been a day to celebrate nature and fertility in humans and animals. The f

It's hip to help.This week's ''Presidents' Summit for America's Future'' was a showcase for

DON'T DISPARAGE THESTATE MARITIME ACADEMIESI would like to comment on your April 8 articles

Technological advances over the last 50 years have changed the way insurance companies work.

The city of New York is embroiled in an epic struggle over economic regulation. The battle has broad

Whither the president? Will he bow out, as the constitution requires, or wangle a second term? This

The question ''Who should make America's liability law - courts or legislatures?'' is not academic.

As they did two months ago in Berlin, finance ministers of the world's seven richest countries made