Commentary

Clearing the Air On AAR OperationsIn Andrea Chancellor's column, "Inside Talk on Transportat

The European Community had hoped that by 1985 its steel industry's problems, by and large, would be

PRESIDENT REAGAN'S TRILLION-PLUS BUDGET, which some Democrats are characterizing uncharitably as de

Even with the best of intentions on the part of the leaders of both the United States and the Soviet

LOUIS AND MARY BOLI, a retired couple from Santa Barbara, Calif., are suing the federal government i

Understanding the truly global nature of today's business environment is a challenge facing U.S. man

WE WERE AT THE DENTIST'S the other day and a copy of Harvard Magazine happened to be on the table. O

At first glance, there may not seem to be much connection between Washington's weather and the fisca

US Grain Price Policy Needs a Closer LookYour editorial, "OPEC's Problem, Not Ours," (JofC,

DON'T JUDGE US by what we say but by what we do. Look at the bottom line. Richard Nixon made

Over the more recent centuries, Japanese leaders have steadfastly resisted any suggestion from abroa

HONDA, THE JAPANESE CAR MAKER, announced recently that it plans to ship 2,000 Accords to Taiwan. Dog

Anti-merger sentiment is sweeping through state legislatures - from New York, which passed an anti-m

As Britain handed over the presidency of the European Community to Belgium on New Year's Day, U.K. g

The business community still anxiously awaits clear policy direction from Washington on the ambiguou

The debate over U.S. trade policy and this country's response to unfair practices in many countries

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, desperately seeking to bring down the budget deficit, is proposing to sel

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION should move swiftly to approve the application - before it since

THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, always helpful, wants to make things still easier. It is considering l

It snowed New Year's evening in the New York area. The first snow of the season. My wife and I and o

Witness Takes Issue With Unit's StanceI read with interest James Nolan's account (JofC, Dec.

THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION is rowing hard but losing way against the protectionist storm it expects t

THE BIG TREND IN RAILROADS of late has been to shed uneconomical and light density trackage. In many

THE LAST TWO YEARS of the Reagan administration begin under the clouds of the Iran arms scandal and

Sometime within 1987, Greece's Socialist government will have to make a choice that will determine t

U.S. FARMERS LOOKING for ways to diversify got together earlier this month in Des Moines, consideri

HOW WELL THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY'S new formula for state aid to the shipbuilding industry works out m

WHAT IS A TOXIC CHEMICAL? What is a carcinogen? There really is no way of knowing, according to Lest

Massachusetts may be on the verge of becoming the first industrial state in the nation to eliminate

Beyond the policy barriers, misunderstanding and lack of compatible business practices between the U

The White House appears finally to have recognized that it must take affirmative action to block wha

Gabon is a rare exception in Africa. On a continent where most economies are in severe crisis and t

LEE IACOCCA would like to keep on producing the Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon, the two cars that h

WHEN A COMB LOSES some of its teeth it is still recognizable as a comb but hardly functional. There

West Germany is moving into the final stages of a deadly dull election campaign with Chancellor Helm

The antitrust division of the Department of Justice has become an economic regulator of mergers. Tha

When white residents of Johannesburg's affluent northern suburbs entertain friends at dinner or meet

What will the new year bring for the United States economy? I think it can be one of the more critic

IT IS NO REFLECTION on Michel Camdessus, the able French central banker elected to succeed Jacques d

WOMEN'S SKIRT LENGTH, as you probably know, has long been viewed as an economic indicator: Short ski