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Most Americans over 30 remember, sadly, what it's like. A great industrial power, an export

The Japanese yen has wandered off into a never-never land, out of touch with economic reality. At th

The International Monetary Fund has just approved a $6.8 billion loan to Russia and has promised Mex

BILL CLINTON and congressional leaders are playing politics with Medicare, the huge health-care plan

It's a hot muggy Sunday afternoon in Singapore and the Orchard Road Shopping District is crowded wit

Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin may disagree about politics when they meet in Mosco

IN THE WAKE of the Oklahoma bombing, tough government action against terrorists strikes a responsive

Your recent editorial, "Military Lift" (April 24, Page 8A), examined proposals to provide the U.S. A

WHY THE DOLLAR WILL KEEP FALLINGAs you noted in your recent editorial, the dollar ha

LUFTHANSA, Germany's formerly state-owned airline, is thriving as a private company, according to Tr

MEXICO HAS BECOME THE LATEST regulatory battleground for United Parcel Service, a company that knows

A U.S.-German dispute over a $260 million power contract is threatening to get ugly. The Cli

Some leading members of Congress are proposing to end U.S. contributions to and participation in the

APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, is moving haltingly on itsplans to libera

REPEAL THE PANAMA CANAL ACTWhile Congress debates which aspects of the Interstate Co

Back in the '50s, long before the Ms. Foundation made it fashionable to introduce girls intoprofessi

AMERICA'S outdated trade embargo against Cuba remains firmly in place - and may even be tightened th

Humble is not a word normally associated with the Group of 7 finance ministers. These are me

A developing country is, by definition, one that lacks capital. Therefore, conventional wisdom holds

PROPOSALS to overhaul America's tax code are sprouting on Capitol Hill like spring flowers, promisin

THE DOLLAR'S DRUBBING on world currency markets has put finance ministers and central bankers in a s

It's happened as suddenly as a school of fish darting in a different direction. All at once, people

While we live in an era of increasingly global markets, these markets are still greatly influenced b

THERE ARE, INDEED, CAPTIVE SHIPPERSYour April 12 editorial, "Captive Shippers?" (Pag

Political strategist William Kristol has argued that most Americans are not ideological and, therefo

CLEARING UP A BORDER DISPUTEYour April 12 article, "Peru-Ecuador Conflict Slows Ande

ANGRY AND CONFUSED, French voters head to the polls in less than two weeks to choose a new president

AFTER A 234-DAY STRIKE, major league baseball resumed business Tuesday, and a full slate of games is

The Federal Reserve abruptly closed its monetary faucet 14 months ago, thus ending three years of ex

MEXICO'S ECONOMY has begun to recover from its sudden shift into reverse, but the U.S. Congress may

As uncertainty grows about the role and longevity of NATO, its supporters are looking at new means t

STANDING FIRM FOR THE JONES ACTWe read with interest your recent articles on the nas

Protesters last week renewed their efforts to block a highly lucrative trade for Britain: the export

It's time to accept the fact that the nuclear genie can't be squeezed back into the bottle.

SADDLED WITH AN AGING FLEET of military transport planes, the U.S. Air Force needs a modern,efficien

Clinton administration officials are shrugging off the Japanese government's threat last week to tak

FIGHTING A SLIPPERY BANANA POLICYRosalind McLymont's March 28 "Trade Talk" column on

The American people, it seems, are in no mood for a birthday party. Rather, Earth Day 25 catches us

COOLER HEADS finally have prevailed in the month-long standoff between Canada and the European Union

The term suggests an addiction, but the tone usually conveys admiration. That hard-charging football