Commentary

WHY TRANSPORT RULES ARE STILL NEEDEDNow that the dust has settled on sunsetting the

HONG KONG'S RESIDENTS welcome the Year of the Rat next Monday, but many in this British colony will

THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE of the Kansas Senate approved a bill this week that would boost speed l

Competition among the big multinational corporations to enter Asia's emerging markets is increasing.

Maritime Administrator Albert Herberger will announce today his agency's latest loan guarantee proje

JAPAN'S LIFETIME EMPLOYMENT SYSTEMYour Jan. 26 article, "Japanese Try to Cope With Anti-Layo

U.S. DIPLOMATS are removing their velvet gloves to deliver some undiplomatic shots to Western Europe

IRAQ HAS ASKED the United Nations to allow it to sell $2 billion of oil to buy food and medicine. Fo

Across the spectrum of international issues, China continues to make mischief. Brandishing m

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG. Shortly after President Clinton signed the massive new telecommunications bill

WEST COAST LONGSHOREMEN this week illegally shut down seaports in Los Angeles and Long Beach. The on

DELAWARE BAY PILOTS ARE WELL TRAINEDYour "On The Waterfront" column by Jerry A. Aspl

From Virginia to California, privatization is in. Roads, prisons, fire departments, water department

WITH SO MANY COMPANIES announcing big layoffs, it is encouraging to find one that is actually hiring

EUROPE'S PLAN for a common currency is under siege, drawing fire from friends and foes alike. Suppor

TAIWAN MAINTAINS 'ONE CHINA' POLICYYour editorial on relations across the Taiwan Straits ("T

For 13 months, while public spending in Quebec soared out of control and private investment dollars

Q: Much has happened in Russia of late: a parliamentary election in December that brought to office

CHINA IS FIGHTING official corruption the way it deals with political opposition: It is executing th

Late last month a Washington newspaper ran a front-page article pondering the ''surprise" simultaneo

What's wrong with this picture? Japan is filled with overworked people who drink alcohol like crazy,

Steve Forbes, the millionaire magazine publisher turned politician, is not likely to be elected pres

PRESIDENT CLINTON will sign legislation this week that profoundly alters the ground rules for commun

STATE PILOTS SPEAK OUTThose who want to participate in steering the future of piloting shoul

The driver of a Moscow cab I rode in last week began a conversation about politics that lapsed frequ

Mergers and acquisitions are all the rage, but not every business combination works out. Richard Fer

ANOTHER AILING EUROPEAN AIRLINE, another multimillion-dollar bailout. Iberia, the Spanish na

IN ONE OF WASHINGTON'S annual rites, the White House Monday presented its budget for the next fiscal

"America's prosperity and its progress depend on a wise government." So explains Sen. Bill Bradley i

The Clinton administration thinks it's time to extend permanent "most favored nation" treatment to R

THE EUROPEAN UNION'S BAN on imports of U.S. hormone-treated beef presents a test by fire for the Wor

GENNADY ZYUGANOV has a talent for telling people what they want to hear. At the World Econom

Like a lot of my fellow corporate chiefs, I've been paying a lot of attention to my bottom line late

With some delay caused by the Blizzard of '96, the National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Re

The announced mass layoffs at AT&T and all the hubbub about the federal budget bring up the perennia

The arrogance of the U.S. medical establishment was paraded before the nation again last week.

PRESSED BY ITS POOR economic performance, South Korea is taking some encouraging steps to open its e

COSTLY AND QUESTIONABLE travel at the departments of Energy and Commerce has been an embarrassment t

AT&T lops off 40,000 jobs. Jobless claims are up. Housing starts slump despite low interest rates. S

FRANCO-U.S. RELATIONS have had their ups and downs. Right now, though, the two countries are getting