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Perot and Choate, meet Barlett and Steele.For anyone outside the Philadelphia area, the seco

Do Americans buy more premium gasoline than they need? The news media are quick to claim they do, bu

Blending politics with economics, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will lik

Dear Ship Designers:I know you're busy at the drawing boards, bent over connecting lines to

With the election little more than six weeks away, it's time to think about the supporting players i

Poor Bob Dole. His campaign has been out of sync, out of kilter and just plain out of luck for month

Since the Cold War ended in 1989, the United States has done some military downsizing. Even a cursor

Former Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, who died Tuesday at age 77, was the only American to resign th

For pure theater, it's hard to beat last weekend's stage-managed ''declaration of independence'' by

Last April Fool's Day, Sir Leon Brittan, the European Commission's top trade official, made a speech

After several weeks of anticipation President Clinton finally revealed his plan for ''targeted'' tax

Your kid's first-grade class meets in a portable, a converted science room, or in what used to be th

There is a cutting-edge technology running through America today that is responsible for millions of

Bob Dole's drug war strategy promises to take us back to the future. If he wins, George Bush's drug

Corporations spend a mint searching for the right name for their products, but the truth is even the

The Middle East Development Bank, an idea first conceived by former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Pe

Many nations have revised their central banking structures over the past five years to achieve great

This fall, the attention of the nation's electorate will once again focus on the economy. Federal ta

So who are you going to vote for?It's a tough question to answer. As the final months of the

The White House, in what industry considers a meaningless gesture, is planning to shift export licen

As many East Asian economies have gone from strength to strength in recent years, their successes ha

US CIVIL AVIATIONDOESN'T NEED REGULATINGAs Richard C. Leone points out in his article, ''Ref

Africa's economic outlook is decidedly mixed, and so is the latest plan for improvement drawn up by

The decision to headquarter the world's largest container carrier in London is another major coup fo

Dockworkers on the East Coast are looking at the proposed wage hikes of their West Coast brethren, a

Chancellor Helmut Kohl has led Germany to reunification and Western Europe to a union. Now, he is fa

BLAMING VALUJET FOR CRASHIGNORES RESULTS OF PROBELinking the May 11 crash of a ValuJet airli

Are there still bargains to be found at American universities? I believe academic research remains a

Now that P&O Containers and Nedlloyd Lines have announced plans to merge their shipping businesses,

In October 1963, when the United States was no more involved in Vietnam than it is now in Iraq, the

In the first years of his presidency, William Jefferson Clinton seemed to understand the importance

It's a rare week when an investor survey doesn't land on my desk.These surveys are typically

Against long odds, Russia is on the rebound. After years of civil war, roaring inflation and endless

India's left-wing government coalition has announced a ''big step'' forward in its economic reforms

TRADE IN LATIN AMERICAREDUCES IMPORT BARRIERSYour Sept. 5 story in The Journal of Commerce (

This is a fascinating book about the Reagan and Bush administrations by one of the few top officials

With the odds stacked against him, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is quietly testing support among his

Farmland values in developed countries reveal fascinating variations.A recent survey by an i

In the first three months of this year, according to New Product News, some 3,928 new food products

No one has ever accused long-haul truckers of being overpaid. They are on the road for weeks at a ti