Commentary

Europe 1992 is in everyone's thoughts. Many hopes and expectations are tied to the creation of this

TRYING TO SAVE MONEY sometimes can be costly, as the U.S. Agency for International Development is le

Aerospace manufacturers have long had a love-hate relationship with air shows. U.S. plane an

THE DEVASTATING EFFECT of foreign debt on the economies of the developing world has long since cease

APPAREL IMPORTERS HAVE SHIPPERS GROUPA Dec. 7 article (Some Industry Shippers Missing Lower

During the past several weeks European financial institutions are reported to have provided the Sovi

The old year is dying in the night, as the poet said, and it doesn't look all that good in the dayti

ECONOMICS IS WHERE THE ACTION IS in Washington, and the Defense Department understands that full wel

BY EVERY INDICATION, COMPETITION among airlines is on the wane. The Federal Aviation Administration

Mikhail Gorbachev's moves toward Glasnost and Perestroika may have an impact on the Socialist bloc o

The year 1988 was a landmark year in international economic policy - the United States' most compreh

There is an old saw that those who can, do; those who can't, teach; and those who can't teach, write

A RECOGNIZABLE BUT STILL FRAGILE consensus may be developing among those charged with resolving the

Britain's transportation infrastructure is reaching the breaking point due to the combination of an

BY AND LARGE, the individuals George Bush has selected for key posts have been competent managers wi

Many people seem to believe that successful negotiations in the current Uruguay Round of the General

THE PRETENSE IS GONE that Mexico can be saved through hard work and orthodox economic management. In

US SHIPBUILDING CAN MAKE COMEBACKYour readers might be interested in the following letter, w

THAT SUDDEN RUSH of unfair trade practice cases that was supposed to envelop the International Trade

Since 1982, about 1,000 people have died each year in rail accidents. Roughly half of those fataliti

WASHINGTON POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS are rarely without some controversy. Occasionally, however, a sele

When I worked for Richard E. Briggs he had an unusual habit. He would step into an elevator with you

IT STARTED OUT as just another Japanese scam. It already has shaken the Japanese government to its f

EVEN AS ITS OFFICIALS are packing their suitcases and polishing their resumes, the Reagan administra

More than anyone else, Mexico's new President Carlos Salinas de Gortari knows that the success or fa

The odds were against Texaco from the start. When a Texas jury found the oil giant guilty in

The pending approval of the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement and the roughly simultaneous commenceme

THE INNOVATIVE STOCK SWAP announced by four major corporations last week may not be a unique opportu

THE AUDIT VIEWPOINT OF PAYMENT CYCLESAs president of a freight payment service, I carefully

YOU HAVE A MARITIME INDUSTRY that eats its children is Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley's succin

TWO INTERESTING ITEMS in The New York Times caught our eye the other day. One noted that the savings

I grew up with a group of friends with whom I regularly competed to see who could wrestle better, ru

More than any looming political crisis, the financial markets are likely to provide George Bush with

Holidays are here. The Stock Exchange Christmas tree has once again sprouted on Broad Street. It is

CONVICTED RACKETEER Anthony Provenzano died Monday of a heart attack in a California prison. But the

ISRAEL, WHICH PRIDES ITSELF on being the only democracy in the Middle East, is offering the world a

Former Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's reluctance to convene the Group of 7 seemed inten

For the Japanese, the prolonged illness of Emperor Hirohito, who has been bedridden with cancer sinc

OCCASIONALLY, PEACE AND GOOD SENSE threaten to break out between the nation's railroads and their la

FEW RESOURCES ARE IN SHORTER SUPPLY than managerial skill. Today, the federal government's Commissio