Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

IF JUDGE HAROLD GREENE didn't exist, the nation's telephone companies might well have to invent him,

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

Now that General Manuel Noriega has been removed from power, the most important problem in Panama is

Both the European Community and the Greek government were quick to deny a late-February report in a

Thank goodness the Sandinistas lost. After 10 years in power, they need abreak to rid themse

FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY examiner David I. Shapiro confirmed last week what air travelers already knew: Th

Ten years after Congress eased federal regulation of the trucking industry, an Illinois congressman

The dramatic events in Eastern Europe have produced a deep concern on the part of developing countri

THE PRICE TAG for resolving the savings and loan crisis is $166 billion so far, and the final cost t

''Poor Mexico," that country's longtime ruler, Porfirio Diaz, is said to have lamented. "So far from

The agreement by the four victorious powers of World War II and the two German states to discuss Ger

FUTURES CONTRACTS have helped the market for crude oil and petroleum products respond quickly and sm

The final decade of this century has begun on a whirlwind of change for the world that will have a t

THE CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE has the potential to be one of the great success stories of the 1990s

PROPOSED CHARTERS TO ISRAEL A SHAMAlthough your article, "Israeli Plan to Charter U.S. Vesse

It's been a mixed week for opinion polls and surveys. Take, for example, the polls prior to

Frustrate a politician long enough and he becomes an easy customer for a ''technologicalfix" - a pre

PEACE IN NICARAGUA is difficult to imagine after 10 years of armed conflict between the Soviet-suppo

THERE'S NO DEFENDING the actions of Exxon Corp. before, during and after the disastrous grounding la

With the Nicaraguan elections now past, and a raft of electoral contests slated for Eastern Europe,

CALIFORNIA'S TREND-SETTING VOTERS soon may have a chance to cure most of their state's environmental

SINGAPORE, THE FIRST CITY in the world to charge motorists for the privilege of driving in the centr

Four years ago, the program was described by George Shultz, then secretary of state, as "criminal."

All over the world, investors have a bad case of inflation jitters. Stock and bond prices have retre

It has been 10 years since the Motor Carrier Act codified a series of Interstate Commerce Commissio

One of the most pressing problems confronting the European Community has been crowded out of an age

WEST GERMAN CHANCELLOR Helmut Kohl's headlong campaign to unite the two Germanys may be unstoppable.

''THE REASON THE DEFICIT is such a problem for me - it's a backdrop for what I do - is, it causes re

Developing countries are making concerted efforts to reduce the tariffs developed countries levy on

PESSIMISM ON GAS IS UNWARRANTEDWhile columnist Dale Steffes accurately identified the numero

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has made improving surveillance of insurers' fin