Commentary

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BY SELLING OUT to Blackstone Capital Partners, a New York investment group, CNW Corp. has avoided th

CHANGE WAY OF PRICING AUTO INSURANCEC. Richard Peterson, president of the National Associati

THE WHITE HOUSE is balking at the prospect of paying $77 million to solve somebody else's problem, n

The 1990s loom as a period of particular challenge for electric utilities. By the mid-1990s, more th

Fundamental issues of the South African conflict promise to dominate the country's general elections

MARAD IS RIGHT ON FOOD SECURITY ACTA recent editorial ("Marad Skirts the Lakes," May 11), br

WITH CHINA ON THE BRINK of civil warfare, the British government's plan to transfer Hong Kong to Chi

A GLOBAL BAN ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS is a humane goal in the search for world peace. Two initiatives und

You can forget all that wishiwashiness about the best and the worst of times. To hear some congressm

Since the Plaza Agreement of September 1985, the central banks of the major industrial countries hav

C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics, calls it a "three-ring circ

DESPERATE MOVES by two troubled airlines confront the U.S. Department of Transportation with an unco

''THE PEOPLE HAVE JUST FOUND OUT what democracy is about," opined one Beijing man fleeing the massac

The American economy is headed for a hard landing in 1990. Superficially, business looks in good sha

Around the world, wise persons spend their time speculating on the effects of European integration.

SANTA FE CONFIDENT IT WILL WIN APPEALI read with great interest your May 25 editorial, "Defe

The dollar's recent strength against other major currencies has left government officials and many f

ARMS FOR AFGHANISTAN and Pakistan's nuclear weapons program top the agenda this week as Pakistani Pr

IN THE MIDST OF AN IDEOLOGICAL MAELSTROM, those who toil on despite the rising waters are most like

Europe's railways are approaching the 21st century determined to recapture some of their 19th centur

BACK FROM HIS triumphal tour of Europe, President Bush faces an urgent problem at home. While the pr

A leadership vacuum may be developing at the Export-Import Bank. Former Celanese Corp. chair

A NATIONAL RECYCLING PROGRAM may well be the next step in reducing the massive volume of solid waste

Americans may have inherited venerable philosophical, legal and political concepts from Great Britai

The historian's conundrum has been whether the times make the man or the man makes the times.

LOST AMID THE ATTENTION given last week's declaration that Japan, India and Brazil are unfair tradin

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S indifference to antitrust concerns has been a major factor behind

If there is one word guaranteed to receive a hearty salute from the labor community, it is solidarit

PLYWOOD INDUSTRY GOALS CLARIFIEDI read with interest the article "US Plywood Producers Threa

Even before the dust settles, some significant things seem clear from the extraordinary events in Ch

THE DAYS OF EASY MONEY in Japan have come to a long-delayed end. With a risingdollar threate

This week's NATO agreement promises to transform much of the political landscape here and abroad, bu

GREAT LAKES OPINION WAS SOUNDLY BASEDThe letter from C.E. De Fries, president of the Marine

FOR FOUR YEARS, Mikhail Gorbachev has occupied the center of the world stage. By presenting the Unit

Item: On Jan. 1, 1989, the European Community, citing health risks, announced a ban on all beef impo

Although it ranks high on any list of the worst disasters anywhere in the United States, activities

When T. Boone Pickens Jr., the famed American corporate raider, recently announced his status as th

The U.S. dollar is in orbit. In the face of massive government intervention designed to hold it down

PUNISHMENT ALONE is a poor method of motivation. Every manager, and every parent, knows that turning