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GORBACHEV CHANGES SEEM INCONSISTENT
TOM CONNORS |
Two familiar objects - the taxicab and the telephone - may offer important keys to the nature of the
A FAILED TENURE
JOC Team |
ELIZABETH DOLE, who announced her resignation as secretary of transportation Monday, served in that
EXCISE TAX HIKE A BAD IDEA
ANDREW F. BRIMMER |
As a way of reducing the persistently large federal budget deficit, Congress is considering sizable
ON LOOKING INTO THE ABYSS
H. ERICH HEINEMANN |
The Commerce Department reported last week that the U.S. trade deficit rose to a record $16.5 billio
A GOOD TRADE BILL AFTER ALL?
RICHARD LAWRENCE |
C. William Verity Jr., the presumed next secretary of commerce, said last week that Congress this ye
HOW MUCH DEFENSE?
JOC Team |
Elsewhere on this page, John H. Makin cogently argues the case for reducing expenditures on governme
THE LONG VIEW FOR ROMANIA
NICHOLAS KITTRIE |
Americans have often been accused, perhaps justly, of having a short attention span and an even shor
CONGRESS MUST SEIZE ENTITLEMENTS
JOHN H. MAKIN |
Last summer, before Congress left town, the Financial Times of London ran a front page headline that
PULLING DOWN A FEW BRICKS
ERICH E. TOLL |
When the leaders of East and West Germany shook hands in Bonn last week, the inevitable topic of reu
UNEMPLOYMENT IN MOSCOW
JOC Team |
Mikhail Gorbachev's economic reforms have run into a bit of a problem. Increasing labor productivity
DE LA MADRID AND THE AZTECS
STANFORD ERICKSON |
The Aztecs were the great warriors of Mexico. For more than 50 years, until they were conquered by t
AUTOMATED POSTAL CLERKS
JOC Team |
THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE is going modern. A postal version of automated teller machines, dispensing s
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JOC Team |
More Questions<br><br> On US Auto IndustryThe article by Rep. John J. LaFalce (Sept. 3) indicates a
AID FOR SEMATECH
JOC Team |
THE HOUSE AND SENATE trade bills have received considerable negative publicity in recent months, muc
WASHINGTON REPORT MARAD TO DECIDE ON TANKER BIDS
WASHINGTON BUREAU |
THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION has more than one offer in hand for the purchase or charter of the super
CRUDE CRUNCH HITS POLITICS
JOC Team |
HOW BAD HAS THE OIL-PRICE BUST been for business in the energy-dependent states? By now, most people
TIME TO REFORM WELFARE
JOC Team |
WELFARE REFORM might seem an idea whose time has come. House Democrats have introduced a bill costin
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JOC Team |
Foreign Inspections<br><br> Are a Trade BarrierYour Aug. 19 editorial on the pre-shipment inspection
TAKING CHARGE OF TRADE POLICY
RAYMOND J. AHEARN |
Congress is taking control of U.S. trade policy, moving it in the direction of greater activism. The
NO FRONT-PAGE NEWS AT ALL
ALBERT L. KRAUS |
And now the news. . . What kind of day was it 160 years ago when The Journal of Commerce got its sta
THE PERONISTS' TURN
JOC Team |
THE RESULTS of last Sunday's election in Argentina pose a major challenge for that country's 4-year-
SOVIETS JOIN THE CLUB
JOC Team |
ALL TOO OFTEN, economics plays handmaiden to other concerns when it comes to foreign affairs. There
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JOC Team |
Taiwanese Concern<br><br> In US Trade StressedIn your editorial of Aug. 21, 1987 related to your "Sp
ANSWERING MACHINE POSSIBILITIES
TOM CONNORS |
I called a friend last weekend for tennis and spoke with his telephone answering machine. I think su
PROTECTION HARMS US SECURITY
PAULA STERN |
Strengthening our national defense globally and our competitive standing internationally should be t
FAMILY IMPACT
JOC Team |
PRESIDENT REAGAN'S new executive order requiring federal agencies to evaluate the impact of their po
INTER-GERMAN DIALOGUE
JOC Team |
THE VISIT OF EAST GERMAN LEADER Erich Honecker to West Germany marks a milestone in the tense histor
TOUGH TASKS FOR NAKASONE HEIR
A.E. CULLISON |
Japan's plucky prime minister, whose five years in office come to an end on the 30th of next month,
TRUCK SAFETY FACTS, NOT HUNCHES
THOMAS H. HANNA |
When it comes to highway safety, it is striking how readily people recommend solutions to problems o
HARD LANDING IN AN ELECTION YEAR
H. ERICH HEINEMANN |
The economy has rounded the corner into the homestretch of 1987 in remarkably good shape. The major
A VOTE FOR PRODUCTIVITY
JOC Team |
THE COST OF MOVING cargo through a seaport is based on many factors, only one of which is longshore
THE SATURATION CAPER
JOC Team |
CONGRESSMEN SPEND a lot of time griping about other nations' non-tariff<br><br>barriers to trade. Th
GORBACHEV'S E. EUROPEAN GAMBIT
MILAN SVEC |
Recent demonstrations in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia provided a new reminder to Soviet leader Mikh
NEW SENSE OF PURPOSE FOR UNIONS
PAUL M. SWIERCZ |
On June 11, 1987, the nation's air traffic controllers voted 2-1 to form the National Air Traffic C
UK'S HIGH-TECH CHANGE OF HEART
EDWIN UNSWORTH |
The mere mention of new technology is usually enough to raise the hackles of Britain's trades unions
REPEAL JACKSON-VANIK
JOC Team |
WHEN THE NOMINATION of C. William Verity Jr. as secretary of commerce comes before the Senate Commer
HELP FOR THE HOMELESS
JOC Team |
IT'S HARD TO GO FAR in any major city without running into the homeless. Train stations and bus term
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JOC Team |
Time to Point Finger<br><br> At CanadaI noted in your Aug. 12 issue some comments made by Leonard H.
NORWAY'S FORGOTTEN CONTRIBUTION
NORMAN A. BAILEY |
The participation of the Norwegian firm Kongsberg Trade - a division of Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk - in
OPIUM RIGHT OFF THE BOAT
ALBERT L. KRAUS |
There was no television 160 years ago when Samuel F.B. Morse founded The Journal of Commerce. No rad
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