Commentary

The first free elections in East Germany are over, and the new government faces an economy in a down

Speculation is growing that Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher may resign this summer. The

That kinder, gentler spirit that's wafting across Washington may be infectious. Even some of the ha

The 1990s loom large as the decade of aggressive strategic technology management. The new alliance

About 20 years ago, the bankruptcy of six railroads threatened vital rail freight service throughou

LAST YEAR AROUND THIS TIME, Chinese economic policy planners said inflation threatened to bring dow

PROFIT ESTIMATES WEREN'T SUPPRESSEDIn his March 7 column, "Doctoring the News on Profits" (O

THE PEPPER COMMISSION, the bipartisan congressional task force assigned to examine the failures of t

The debate over federal truck deregulation has focused largely on whether rates have gone up more o

WHEN TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Samuel K. Skinner began shaping his national transportation policy 10

INSURANCE REGULATION: GIVE STATES A CHANCEThe recent attention focused on the financial cond

The call to President Bush, by someone pretending to be the president of Iran, was a cruel hoax beca

The White House was on the warpath against the Federal Reserve Board last week. The Los Angeles Time

Hollywood may not buy it, but Washington and Tokyo are scripting a titillating suspense drama. In fa

IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE to cheer the inauguration Thursday of Brazil's first elected president i

During the signing of the "first" Brady plan debt reduction package, Mexican President Carlos Salina

A SAFE DISTRICT CAN MAKE all the difference. In the case of Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., the chair

While there has been much discussion about debt forgiveness, concessionary credits, equity-debt swap

WOMEN CONTRIBUTE TO TWA CARGO TEAMThe article "Women Make Strides in Field" (Air Commerce, F

ONE OF THE FEW POINTS OF GEOGRAPHY about which most Americans are certain is the location of the wo

Few companies may be as closely identified with the Thatcher era as Saatchi & Saatchi, the advertisi

SHOULD FOREIGN INVESTORS in the United States be held to the same foreign investment rules their co

The International Monetary Fund is expected to approve two more big loans for Eastern Europe this we

WHAT WITH CIVIL WAR RAGING and the economy flat on its back, one might think that Sudanese strongman

There was a time when having a child grow up to be a doctor or a lawyer was every mother's dream. Th

A new chapter in the political economy of Latin America unfolds this month as Brazil, Chile and Urug

AFTER RAILING AGAINST FOREIGN BARRIERS to telecommunications trade a year ago, Carla Hills, U.S. tra

An old American friend recently visited Japan and brought me a gift. To my surprise, it was a new ca

YOUR COMPANY'S MARKET SHARE is slumping. New technology is making your products obsolete. Your bigge

It is well known that Italy is a strong supporter of the idea of creating a European central bank, a

GIVE LOUIS SULLIVAN, the secretary of health and human services, a cheer: Only a month after crackin

Jack Sowers knows from hard experience why many big trucks hauling vegetablesfrom Central Fl

The outcome of Nicaragua's Feb. 25 election is the most recent evidence that the worldwide move towa

''NEGLIGENT," "CONFUSING," "poorly managed": Those are the words the U.S. Customs Service uses to de

I'm a little wary of questioning those engaged in high-level diplomatic discussions. I expec

''Guys like us, we had it made," Edith and Archie Bunker used to sing. ''Those were the days."

TALK TO ANY EXECUTIVE and it won't take long to get an earful about the shortage of well-trained wor

The spin doctors are at it again, both in New York and Washington. Despite a midwinter heat wave, t

For years the South Koreans have been uncovering huge invasion tunnels constructed by North Korea un

In his 1961 farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower noted the growing strength of the "