Commentary

Twice in the 1980s, federal appeals courts threw out ''must carry'' rules crafted by the Federal Com

What will replace downsizing? Will it be innovation, growth, knowledge or some other magic word that

The United States and the European Union have agreed on a cease-fire in their yearlong battle over t

A legal abuse is threatening research and development and technology licensing by many companies, ye

President Clinton loves to crow about the drop in the federal deficit since he came to Washington. '

Sukhoi Log (which is Russian for ''Dry Gulch''), located in the hills of the Irkutsk region of south

And then there was one - big U.S.-owned container shipping line, that is. Neptune Orient Lines' prop

Felled by a Serbian assassin on June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand their to the Austro-Hungaria

Earlier this month the shareholders of MCI - a successful upstart telephone company - approved a $23

The millions of American taxpayers who wait until the last minute to get right with the government m

The ongoing uproar about foreign nationals buying influence in the U.S. elections has caused public

The TWA 800 crash, still lacking a definitive cause, reminds every past and potential international

Say yes to drugs. That is the governing inclination on both sides of the Atlantic. We might as well

As millions of taxpayers struggle with the last-minute chore of completing their tax returns by toda

European trade unions are launching a series of mass marches beginning April 14 to protest high unem

The U.S. Supreme Court had an opportunity earlier this month to strike down a law requiring cable co

Trade ministers from Western Hemisphere nations who will meet in Brazil next month to consider launc

As welcome as last week's announcement was that CSX Corp. and Norfolk Southern Corp. had agreed on a

More than 1,000 Albanians have been killed or wounded since that country's rebellion against its dic

The U.S. Navy is maneuvering to sink a whole herd of cows.Aye, aye, sir. Right full udder.

For the typical homeowner, electricity is a monopoly service: One either pays the power company or c

Why is the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, a small, profitable government-owned business wi

Alfredo del Mazo, the movie-star handsome candidate of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party

The looming April 15 deadline is focusing attention on the complexities of the federal income tax. S

It's coming.Barely a year after Congress cleared the way for competition in local telephone

The latest draft treaty texts for the European Union being prepared in advance of this summer's summ

An interim ruling last month by a World Trade Organization dispute panel, calling on the European Un

As attention turns toward expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement to include Chile and oth

After seven lean years, North Korea desperately needs food and development aid. So desperately, in f

Reuters, the worldwide information conglomerate, sponsored a forum at New York City's Baruch College

Going to court is a fine way to resolve disputes, provided you think you're going to get an answer.

The deadline for European Monetary Union set by the Maastricht Treaty is approaching. It begins on J

Like other places in this land, Washington is aflower, dazzling in its array of floral hues and form

Believe it or not, you have a friend at the Internal Revenue Service. Lots of them, in fact. They wo

While global warming may not be real, that hasn't slowed the Clinton administration's zeal to sign a

AUSTRIA'S RIGHT-WING PARTYTARGETS AN INSIDERS' SYSTEMIn his March 25 opinion article, ''Aust

Acting in the name of consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission has blocked the merger of tw

Japan's accident-prone nuclear power program has sustained another embarrassing setback. Officials a

T.S. Eliot said that April is the cruelest month. It certainly will be cruel to a long-awaited propo

In a major policy speech following his re-election last fall, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Ja