Commentary

Offshore banking - also known as Eurobanking - has rocketed since the early 1950s into a $5 trillion

AFTER PRESIDENT BUSH's arm-twisting trade mission to Japan, it was inevitable that other countries w

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE has a lot of explaining to do. Last week, the agency slapped $17 million in

From California to Massachusetts, auto insurance systems are heading for a breakdown. Premiums, risi

Eleven countries, representing the great bulk of the former Soviet Union, have applied for membershi

THE REAL FACTS ABOUT TUNA FISHINGI read your Feb. 7 editorial "Dolphin Deal" with interest a

ON THE EVE OF A SPECIAL ELECTION in Japan's rice-producing north, the nation's leaders are repeating

On any given day, scores of massive container ships are anchored off to the Southwest of Hong Kong i

OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, few issues in the European Community have been as divisive as its budget. La

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries tried and failed last week to agree on a significa

The recently imposed U.S. embargo against yellowfin tuna from 20 countries, with more in the wings,

About a year ago a book entitled "The Coming War With Japan" predicted a shooting war between the Un

US COMPANIES BUSY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAYour article on U.S. investment in Czechoslovakia suggest

THE ENTERPRISE FOR THE AMERICAS initiative, President Bush's bid to increase trade and investment in

The proud Scots are at it again. Never entirely comfortable with the rule from Westminster i

THE BRITISH STILL HAVE a healthy streak of eccentricity, if the results of a recent poll can be beli

A portrait of Senator Carter Glass, the Virginia Democrat who fought to keep the Federal Reserve ind

THE MAZE OF LAWS governing insurance sales by banks became even more confusing last week. Tw

POURING MORE FEDERAL MONEY into road and airport projects is fast becoming one of Washington's prefe

While Congress, the White House and the Big Three automakers try to pry open lucrative markets in Ja

IN NORTHERN IRELAND, where bloody conflict between Irish nationalists and British forces is a way of

SHIPPING LINES NEED BETTER RATE ANALYSISMany articles and comments in your newspaper recentl

THE COLD WAR HAS ENDED and nuclear weapons are not much in demand, but don't tell that to the U.S. D

It's getting harder to keep score on the put-down contest between this country and Japan. Ho

In some places in the United States, a dozen high-quality roses will cost almost as much as a pound

OLD COMMUNIST INDUSTRIES in the former East Germany are shedding workers by the bus load, causing th

For two generations, America's global leadership has gone virtuallyunquestioned in Japan. Th

AS THE ECONOMY MUDDLES ALONG, hardly a week passes without an impassioned call to protect one U.S. i

Alan Greenspan utters three words - "lower interest rates" - and the stock market soars to a new rec

The long hiring freeze in the U.S. job market has started to thaw. Non-farm employment jumped 406,00

Sooner or later, every American industry must choose between protecting its home market and competin

SPREADING THE COST OF SUPERFUND CLEANUPSYour editorial on Superfund counsels against

Western Europe has been infected with a racist virus. Extremist right-wing parties are poise

THE WAR OF WORDS STARTED LAST MONTH, with the speaker of Japan's lower house of Parliament, Yoshio S

TEMPERS ARE GETTING hotter in the impasse over Israel's request for $10 billion in U.S. loan guarant

TO THE OLYMPIC MOTTO "Swifter, Higher and Stronger" we would like to add ''Stingier." On Fri

The way may be cleared this year for China and Taiwan to become members of the General Agreement on

Bolstered by a strong economy, Argentina's leader, Carlos Menem, wants his nation to be an important

Something that defies the very logic of the free market happened in the Russian city of St. Petersbu

FOR MOST AMERICANS, a visit to a doctor or a hospital is mostly paid for by someone else - usually a