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funnelling the results of government research to industry - has been amuch-discussed but woefully ne

Having sold off dozens of state-owned corporations and become a world authority on privatization, th

For a quick course in wacky policy-making, look at George Bush's latest plan for divvying up the U.S

AVOID 'PHARMACIST ONLY' CLASS OF DRUGSYour story on a proposal to create a new class of non-

TRADITIONAL CRAFT DISTINCTIONS among transportation unions - longshoremen, teamsters and rail worker

A YEAR AFTER THE GULF WAR, Kuwait says it is going ahead with plans to build a security fence along

The seasons of government give a special flavor to this city unlike that of any other place. Here it

The breathtaking array of recent geopolitical changes around the globe presents both challenges and

A SIGN OF THE TIMES in the former Soviet Union: Leaders of the republics say they will condemn human

THE 1980 "SUPERFUND" LAW, which required polluters to clean up contaminated sites, is producing a le

President Bush's new federal budget offered one incentive for maritime investment but eliminated ano

We all want solutions to our woes, particularly now our economic ones. However, the kind of

ONE OF THE LAST BASTIONS of Marxist economics, Cuba, is slowly beginning to see the light. A

SOME OF THE MOST AGGRAVATING BARRIERS to U.S. trade are erected by the U.S. government, not by forei

In recent weeks, as the world's oldest system of one-party rule collapsed on the Eurasian continent,

On inauguration day three years ago, President Carlos Salinas committed his government to reshaping

GEORGE BUSH'S PLAN for rescuing the economy - an assortment of piecemeal tax cuts and business incen

The popular concern about the solvency of the insurance industry - which reached its peak last summe

It is not surprising that President Bush spent relatively little time in his State of the Union addr

HONG KONG NEEDS US INTERVENTIONYour opinion article by Mary Child, opposing the United State

"THE VISION THING," that elusive commodity for the Bush administration, showed up this week in the p

World opinion has been calling for some time now for Japan to play a much bigger role in internation

Following is an open letter to Chairman Donald Riegle and the Senate Banking Committee: Fede

The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 - known in shorthand as the highway bil

ACERBIC SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER Bob Dole touched on an important truth this week as President Bush

WHICH COMES FIRST, the European Community's internal effort to reduce farm subsidies or a global agr

IF ALL GOES WELL, Europe's largest companies soon will be free to buy electricity from anywhere in t

NEUTRAL AUSTRIA, whose neighbors to the east are distancing themselves from the legacy of the Cold W

As the West identifies the various challenges facing post-Soviet republics, it should give more atte

US INTEREST IN HONG KONG IS WELCOMEMary Child's opinion article on the U.S.- Hong Kong polic

Very few international institutions are as closely associated with their leader as the European Bank

WHENEVER A BILL IN CONGRESS has "fair trade" in the title, watch out: Someone usually is pushing pro

The 90-day ban President Bush is expected to propose on new federal regulations may touch the transp

SEPARATIST MOVEMENTS based on ethnic origin are all the rage. Canada has had such a movement for yea

After five very frustrating years of negotiations among 108 countries, the head of the world's princ

Reeling from a still-sour economy and the highest unemployment rates in a decade, American workers m

LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP THE ECONOMY, the White House is scrutinizing government regulationsthat cos

SHIPPERS' BELTWAY NUMBERS GAMEMy friends in the shipping community have responded to my stat

LOS ANGELES COUNTY is in danger of awarding a $122 million subway car contract to the second-best bi

Thanks to the extremely rare spectacle of national austerity induced by the private sector, the Unit