Commentary

George Bush defeated Michael Dukakis without revolts in the streets by left wing diehards. President

A TANKER TRUCK LOADED WITH A HIGHLY flammable chemical careened down an exit ramp on a Houston highw

''FOR THE 15,000 PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES involved in the former whaling industries in Japan, it's

THE BUSH TEAM is moving quickly to decide appointments in some "second-tier" agencies - naming busin

The credits are rolling, the house lights are coming on, and Ronald Reagan goes out the way he came

IF CUTTING ZEROS OFF OF BANKNOTES were the way to cut inflation, Brazil would have its economic prob

From its very beginning, the world steel market has suffered from a feast and famine syndrome.

EVERGREEN CLARIFIES JAMAICA CASE FACTSWe refer to your Jan. 13 article, "U.S. Customs Defend

SUBSIDIZED AIRLINE SERVICE was the price of deregulation. To ease fears that airlines' new ability t

In 1992, Americans will be celebrating the five-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the New Wo

WITH WARNINGS THAT AMERICA'S FUTURE is on the line, a coalition of U.S. electronics firms and govern

The Soviet Trade Exhibition that recently closed in New York was a watershed of sorts for ethnic cap

Not long after Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency in 1963, he embarked on an unusual cost-cutt

An accurate assessment of the economic situation is essential for effective policy-making. In either

The often violent Showa Era ended peacefully for Japan on Jan. 7 with the death of 87-year-old Emper

The current trade dispute between the United States and the European Community over the EC's ban on

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MORE IMPORTANT CLUBS is cracking open the door. The Organization for Economic Coo

THE MINIVAN HAS BEEN THE AUTOMOTIVE HIT of the 1980s. The eight-passenger van has quickly become Ame

If this is January, it must be time to worry about the federal budget. Washington is aquiver with ex

There is a good side and a bad side to everything, the saying goes. In West Germany, the goo

YOU CAN'T GO HOME AGAIN. Most everyone learns that, but the savings and loan industry and its federa

By passing its investment law one year ago, Vietnam signaled its intention to catch up with its rapi

SOVIETS ACCENT NEED FOR DEMOCRATIZATIONCriticizing the human rights situation in the U.S.S.R

Freight forwarders have an intense interest in the international communication of documentary data.

Carla Hills, President Bush's nominee to be U.S. Trade Representative, has taken on the thankless jo

DEREGULATION'S WORST ENEMIES are often those who claim to be its greatest friends. For no one is tha

J. MICHAEL FARREN, deputy undersecretary of Commerce for international trade in the Reagan administr

Entertainment takes many forms - films, theater, concerts - but for those of us who are crossword pu

Latin America: A major engine of economic growth in the 1990s, helping the United States deal with i

ONE UNFORTUNATE DIFFERENCE between the new U.S. president and the old is already apparent: George Bu

ON BARRIERS OF LANGUAGE, TRADEMy sympathies go out to your Frankfurt correspondent Erich Tol

LOW EXPECTATIONS attended James Burnley's installation as secretary of transportation in 1987. Even

For a number of years, far more jobs have been created in service industries than in manufacturing.

COST WAS BIG FACTOR IN FAST FLOW'S FALLYour Jan. 4 article, "NY/NJ Port Authority Mothballs

AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE WORLD ECONOMY promises to be a subject of prolonged and emotional debate in Ge

Those of us generally lumped together as the media have had a bad few weeks. On at least three major

Sometimes you don't know who or what to believe, even in the nation's capital. It's even mor

''WE MEANT TO CHANGE A NATION, and instead, we changed the world is how President Reagan sums up hi

George Herbert Walker Bush will not take his oath of office until Friday, but last week Wall Street

Blaming foreigners was an often-invoked theme during the most recent election campaign, both at the