Commentary

AUTOMOBILES ARE THE CORE of the U.S. trade deficit with Japan. Last month, the two countries agreed

MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT President Bush's visit to the Ukraine last week symbolized the inherently contra

THE HOUSE TODAY is expected to vote on a $153.5 billion transportation bill and the 5-cents-a-gallon

GUAM HURT BY HIGH SHIPPING RATESThe government of the Territory of Guam currently has a case

THE JAPANESE STOCK SCANDAL continues to unfold like origami. It did not abate with the June resignat

Understanding the competitive business environment is a basic, yet essential concept that is often o

Japan-bashing aside, a very legitimate case can be made that Japanese management is poised at the sa

U.S. POLICY TOWARD PERU rests on an ugly Catch-22. The Bush administration can't give Peru financial

''We have a Model T (bank) examination system which we cannot expect to function properly in the tur

TURNING THE TABLES ON AIRLINE PRICINGHaving spent most of my professional career in transpor

Human suffering and political confusion have dominated postwar news in the persian gulf. But now, a

When Jesse James robbed a bank he walked up to the tellers, pointed a gun in their faces and demande

Welcome again to the wild and wacky wonderland of world automotive trade. The Big Three Gen

EVERY BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT, it seems, will have a say in the railroad industry's labor problems. A p

Just weeks into the U.S.-Mexico free trade talks, the explosive issue of oil has grabbed center stag

As expected, the U.S. economy hit bottom last spring and started to bounce back. That's the good new

The collapse of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, mounting losses at Lloyd's of London

NO GOVERNMENT SPENDS MORE on research and development than the United States; no country receives le

For a quick course in why health-care spending continually eludes stringent efforts at cost control,

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement, the longstanding global agreement to limit textile and apparel trade, e

COLLAPSED RETIREMENT PLANS at Pan Am Corp. and other large companies are stretching the government's

PRESIDENT BUSH IS EXPECTED to offer most favored nation trading status to the Soviet Union this week

The biggest guessing game going in the world of marketing these days has to do with that fascinating

In trying to understand a problem, we often seek to simplify it. Unfortunately, most issues are not

There is a good chance that rail labor will go to court early this week to challenge the constitutio

KEEPING THE NATION'S HIGHWAYS in good repair will cost taxpayers $45.7 billion a year duringthe 1990

There was a time, many years ago, when it was distinctly unfashionable to be ''pro-business." When C

In this age of high technology, a foreign newspaper correspondent has come to rely on laptop compute

A new phenomenon in the maritime industry alliances between ocean carrier cartels and independent s

Fishing is not one of my hobbies. Most of the fish I've encountered have a knack of removing the bai

OLD NUCLEAR PLANTS SHOULD BE REPLACEDIn "How Safe Is Safe?" (editorial, July 5), you correct

THE LEADERS OF THE WORLD'S SEVEN RICHEST industrialized nations pledged last week to pump new life i

Is the United States really the biggest debtor nation in the world? This notion has long been a favo

Consider the typical, conscientious, small-time Japanese investor: He watches market developments a

Summer doldrums are here. The weather is steamy. Financial markets are milling indecisively. The eco

HENRY E. KATES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co., the troubled insurer s

THE SOVIET UNION IS FAR FROM an open society, but every day, it seems, the level of secrecy and sus

Although Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev's request for financial aid from the West was turned do

Washington risk-analyst Norman A. Bailey delights in saying that upon waking each morning he gives t

Scratch the surface of the consensus on Soviet aid cobbled together by the Group of Seven in their