Commentary

As appropriate for the holiday season, good fellowship was the order of the day in international fin

PEOPLE EXPRESS, before it expired, encouraged passengers to carry aboard almost anything as hand lug

A whole crop of myths concerning jobs has grown up in the last few years. One is that the pa

THE ROCK ISLAND LINE, subject of legend and folk song, is remembered also as perhaps the prime examp

Until recently, the British government appeared to be having every success with its privatization po

ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL POLITICS, as former House speaker Tip O'Neill was fond of noting. Whenever the

Faced with danger, the human body experiences a surge of adrenalin which produces the energy for eff

The Tax Reform Act of 1986 included among its many provisions the largest capital gains tax rate inc

THE GOVERNMENT'S Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. has come to fill a vital role, guaranteeing retired

IN ITS HEADLONG rush to adjournment last Tuesday, Congress left more than a little unfinished busine

AS ALL TOO OFTEN in the Holy Land, the Christmas season has not been a time ofjoy for all. I

Weak Economy to Raise DeficitTHE BUDGET OUTLOOK is for a rising deficit in the current fisca

It is apparent that the clock is ticking on the Third World debt. A solution must be found before mo

I pass Our Lady of Victory, a Roman Catholic church, near Wall Street as I walk to work each day. Up

In analyzing the recent collapse of stock prices, it is extremely important to determine if the 1,00

When Gary Hart tossed his hat - the one with all the arrows through it - back into the Democratic pr

What is a U.S. corporation? This deceptively simple question will plague U.S. policy-makers

THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE has presented an unexpected Christmas present to millions of taxpayers:

THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION bears responsibility for maintaining safety on the rails. But th

The Journal of Commerce welcomes letters to the editor. Letters intended for publication should incl

It used to be called the American Society of Seers, but because of the nation's addiction to acronym

The Federal Reserve System tightened monetary policy another notch in the first half of December, as

COMPETITIVE BIDDING drives down prices. That's true when a homeowner remodels his kitchen, and it's

As they agonize over exchange rates, the United States and the other industrial nations that form th

EVERYBODY LIKES STABILITY. But the world economy is by nature unstable, constantly responding to unp

The ultimate goal of the Federal Reserve must be to stabilize the general price level. The success o

On Jan. 1, 1988, West Germany will implement long overdue changes in its Ladenschlussgesetz, the law

BRAZIL, AS ITS CITIZENS are fond of saying, is the nation of tomorrow. A more accurate description,

Two Flaws in Plan For Reducing DeficitWhile William Dannemeyer presents some interesting fac

WITH BARELY A YEAR remaining in Ronald Reagan's term of office, much of the administration is alread

Now that the budget negotiations have been concluded, a number of voices can be heard in the United

NEGOTIATORS HAVE DOTTED the i's and crossed the t's on the free trade agreement between the United S

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE is considering a new try at reducing port shopping - importers and shippers

NEW YORK'S LONG ISLAND LIGHTING CO., financially troubled due both to its own mistakes in building t

Have you ever noticed how you usually can irritate or at least frustrate people who naturally talk i

MONEY WASN'T THE ONLY THING LOST in the stock market crash. With it, discretion went out the door on

Import Restraints Still Needed on SteelOnce again, The Journal of Commerce has sprung into p

Nearly a decade has elapsed since our government launched the grand experiment in deregulation. We c

My first job in financial journalism, assisting one of the great financial columnists of his time, e

SOUTH KOREA'S military government has won a victory, but it might prove a pyrrhic victory. The overw