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British Prime Minister John Major, whose government has blundered its way through the mad cow affair

The Federal Aviation Administration has taken a beating in the weeks since the ValuJet crash, but th

Near Bohemia's hilly border with Germany, thick trees now rise from the crumbling ruins of a ghost t

My fellow graduates in economics. Today, we face the terrifying prospect of no longer being students

INSURERS CONCERNEDABOUT CAR PHONESA recent Journal of Commerce article (''Driving and mobile

A railroad strike by track-maintenance and clerical workers who are bargaining nationally with most

For years, the Western United States has been at war with itself. On one side are those who believe

Mickey Kantor has been running the Commerce Department barely a month, yet already he is sowing prot

For most of the postwar period, the old distinction between free traders and protectionists was obso

The fact that it's known as the House International Relations Committee might lead one to assume its

U.S. trade with fickle Russia is entering a stage of relative calm, with Moscow promising to roll ba

In the way that life sometimes imitates art, Washington's maritime scene has come to resemble Shakes

CANADIAN CUSTOMS:A GOOD MODELIn your March 4 article, ''Canada Offers US Customs Automation

Creating a single currency has been one of the European Union's most ambitious projects. It would, r

Bashing the United Nations is smart policy in Washington. So is withholding the U.S. contribution to

U.S. allies around the world are tiring of America's endless Cuba sanctions.At its meeting t

Try this on for size: Winemakers want U.S. consumers to know that drinking wine can be good for you,

The abundance of information available on the Internet is often cited as one of the glories of the m

The new Cuba sanctions law signed by President Clinton March 12 has produced one point of universal

DON'T CHANGERAIL LABOR LAWWhen Moses came down from the mountain with the 10 commandments, t

Quick, what year?''Trade disputes between the United States and China flared. . .The adminis

When President Clinton met with 100 business executives last week to honor corporate responsibility,

There are some 76 million of us in the United States - baby boomers raised on the milk of unlimited

The Clinton administration should be proud of its China policy. As articulated during the past three

American business, which creates most U.S. jobs and most of its wealth, is favored to win the scapeg

India has just concluded its 11th national election, an exciting event for the world's largest democ

BUILDING FANCIFULPORT IN BROOKLYNThe emperor has no clothes, and it is time someone told him

Is it possible that America has finally come up with a good farm policy after 60 years of surpluses

The Department of Transportation cleared the way Tuesday for another big quasi-merger in the airline

President Clinton pledged to renew China's trading rights this week - as expected. U.S. companies si

The first Republican Congress in 42 years promised a budget revolution and the first balanced budget

It is one of today's greatest and most dangerous ironies: Just as the level of economic insecurity g

The World Trade Organization has agreed to set up a dispute panel to look into U.S. complaints again

German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is preparing to force public spending cuts and a sweeping deregulation

NO FREE LUNCHIN SHIPPINGBravo!I'm glad you expressed your balanced, well-thought-out

Here's a question for anyone careless enough to be born without a trust fund. How are things going b

Peace is the key to economic development in the Middle East. Peace is also the product of economic p

The talk around the table was of the latest disputes on the proper place of dogs in society. Ben, th

The U.S. Treasury has taken a calculated risk by issuing inflation-indexed bonds that it hopes will

Chinese leaders can blame only themselves for Washington's threatened sanctions for product piracy.