Commentary

The winds of change are blowing through this city, scattering preconceptions, perquisites and probab

Economic recovery, which moved in slow motion from May through December of 1991, picked up speed thi

THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE recently offered the most sensible comment we've heard in years on the

Top Japanese business leaders have been urged for several years now to take steps - within the priva

JUST AS FEDERAL DECONTROL of natural gas is taking effect, three Southwestern states are trying to r

U.S. goods and U.S. jobs: one is an export that will help to revive America's economy; the other is

THE GIANT "EURO DISNEY" THEME PARK, set to open this Sunday outside of Paris, has part of the French

PHILIPPINE REFORMS ARE UNDER WAYI would like to respond to your March 13 article, "I

Recently on this page, consultant John Sillin characterized the proposed reform of the 1935 Public U

Europe's railways remain relics of a bygone age. They are unable to provide the sort of fast and rel

AT A TIME WHEN government regulation is under White House attack, the Federal Maritime Commission ha

BORIS YELTSIN will have an ace up his sleeve today when he confronts a Russian parliament hostile to

1992 IS A YEAR OF SUMMITS - both the real and the political variety. International delegates

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION won't take long to name a successor to fill out Rob Quartel's term on the Fe

Pity the negotiators mired in the Uruguay Round world trade talks. For more than five years,

It took Moses 40 years to take the Twelve Tribes to the Promised Land. If the current pace continues

FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS, the United States has battled the European Community over government subsi

While the attempted military coup in Venezuela in February failed, the frustration of the mid-level

Just like learning, a little recovery is a dangerous thing. Even the slightest upturn change

RAILROADS AND THEIR UNIONS once more are at odds over new labor agreements, and the government's tor

SORTING OUT THE MEBA VOTEIn your March 31 front page story, "MEBA Vote Upholds Merge

Opposition to reform in Latin America is mounting as leaders shift from privatizing state-owned indu

PRESIDENT BUSH'S RECENT JIBE that Congress is an institution of "PACs, perks (and) privilege" has st

ARTICLE MISSTATED ALLSTATE'S FINANCESYour recent article on Allstate's reinsurance d

The maritime community has reason to worry about the Navy's plan to set up a single fund for all con

Carla Hills, the U.S. trade representative, said she was "delighted." Western leaders - Pres

EVEN AS SIGNS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY become more common, unemployment remains a sore spot. The

BELGIUM'S TRINKET MAKERS have gone into overdrive, churning out memorabilia to mark the space flight

AT A TIME when political non-conformists are all the rage, Rob Quartel can lay special claim to that

Some mainland Chinese workers believe that Mao Zedong can still work economic miracles. Mao

To paraphrase Mark Twain, current obituaries for inflation are premature. The reported rate

Disposal of radioactive byproducts from the manufacture of nuclear weapons is a major environmental

It is election time in Britain, and for the first time in nearly 20 years the three-week campaign to

Today marks a turning point in U.S. steel policy as voluntary restraint agreements - quotas, really

When sexual harassment occurs in the U.S. subsidiary of a Japanese company, it takes on a whole new

IN AN EFFORT TO LURE BACK foreign tourists who deserted China in droves after the Tiananmen massacre

AMTRAK IS IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT - make that the engineer's seat. Thanks to a 6-3 ruling last week fro

This week is decision time for the Federal Maritime Commission on the thorny issue of rate filing by

NEARLY THREE MONTHS HAVE PASSED since President Bush's much-publicized trade mission to Tokyo. With

RATHER THAN WAIT for a free-trade agreement between the United States and Mexico, two U.S. financial