Commentary

POLITICALLY, THIS WEEK'S FAILED COUP changed everything in the Soviet Union. Economically, it change

VESSEL SHARING SHREWD FOR SHIPPING"Great spirits have always encountered violent opp

The idea of forming a U.S. industrial policy has gained increasing appeal among Americans. If the go

WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH called on state governors last weekend to help convince European leaders of the

BAD NEWS AND THE FEDERAL BUDGET go hand in hand. One month after the White House predicted a record

FIRST UNITED AIRLINES, then American, now Delta. Three U.S. airlines best known for their domestic s

The Bush administration released a comprehensive program to address national energy needs in the spr

It's probably a rare day when there isn't at least one coup under way somewhere in the world, but th

AMERICA CAN MAKE A SHIPPING COMEBACKThe article about the J.A. Jones Construction Co.'s plan

The race for the world's electric car market is off and running and most of the odds makers are bett

LAST WEEK'S DECISION by Germany's Bundesbank to raise two key interest rates came as no surprise. Le

The geyser of red ink spurting out of the U.S. Treasury will soar to a record $279 billion in the fi

As slippery slopes go, the American Technology Pre-eminence Act ranks with U.S. military advice to S

With every jump in hospital bills, every hike in health insurance premiums, every confounded complic

Before Mexico, Canada and the United States began free-trade negotiations in June, the parties had a

SOVIET POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC REFORM will survive the ouster of Mikhail Gorbachev. Too much has happ

Sweden is sailing into uncharted waters. Following the collapse of communism in Eastern Euro

Small is beautiful, wrote E.F. Schumacher so long, long ago. Unfortunately, economies do not run on

Partisan politics still seem to plague the International Trade Commission. For more than a y

ASSET STRIPPERS are having a field day in the trucking business. They're buying ailing companies on

What's all the fuss about temperatures falling in the tropics in the wake of the early June eruption

IS THERE NO END to the variety of industries in which the United States trails other countries? Amer

A BILL EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT benefits during a national employment crisis will become law on Saturd

HELP US TEXTILE INDUSTRY SURVIVEThe Multi-Fibre Arrangement, the international mecha

The Arab boycott of Israel has lasted longer than any economic sanction in modern history. T

From the way the U.S. government spends its research money, you'd never realize the Cold War is over

Justice for the prominent raises questions of ethics in most countries and Argentina is no exception

VICE PRESIDENT DAN QUAYLE has been ridiculed plenty for his lack of experience and blundering speech

PROTECTING VALUABLE WETLANDS from development is good for the environment and the economy; protectin

Lynn Martin isn't going to put much of a nick in the glass ceiling that keeps well-qualified women a

Puerto Rico has become a favorite, but undeserving target of U.S. congressmen and labor interests lo

COLUMBIA GAS SYSTEM'S DESCENT into bankruptcy court is the latest chapter in a tale of woe stretchin

PROCTER & GAMBLE CO. and Cincinnati law enforcement officials have teamed up to quash free speech an

Negotiations for a Multilateral Steel Agreement reached an impasse in Geneva last month and prospect

The United States, it is said, has 5 percent of the world's population and 6 percent of the world's

Does the United States need help from overseas to pull out of its ninth postwar recession? Yes, and

REBUILDING THE SOVIET UNION'S ailing oil industry will be a critical part of its economic recovery.

The Bundesbank, Europe's most powerful central bank, returns to work on Thursday and if recent indic

John Maynard Keynes built his economic model on the premise that government is the pure and disinter

NEWS OF DEPOSITOR PANIC IN HONG KONG brings to mind a famous photograph by Henri Cartier-Bresson fea