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One of the richest and most attractive counties in the country is about to publish an "Interim Growt

A firm resolve by the recently elected Arias government to preserve the long- standing democratic pr

Conversations Articles 'A Pleasure to Read'My compliments to Stanford Erickson. His articles

WARS IN MODERN TIMES, and perhaps in all times, have commenced when negotiations for peace have sou

If a campaign launched last week by one of the country's leading national newspapers is successful,

NOW THAT THE COMMERCIAL BANKS seem likely to cough up the $6 billion in new loans Mexico has been as

IT HAD TO HAPPEN. When the Socialist Party of French President Francois Mitterrand failed to hold it

One of the major interests at the annual conference of the National Association of Business Economis

The major objective of Egyptian foreign policy has been to contribute to international peace and pro

When a Quebec businessman plots out potential markets, the gleam in his eye is pointed south.

In his article "A New Maritime Subsidy Concept, (JofC, Aug. 26), Marc Felice suggests completely aba

TWELVE YEARS AGO, a group of past presidential press secretaries faced a room full of future reporte

Gudni Bragason is the only person from Iceland I know well. We were graduate students in the

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT concluded a treaty with Iceland that allocates thecarriage of military c

There is considerable debate going on regarding the causes of the crisis in general liability insura

The Finnish standard of living is now one of the highest in Europe. Infant mortality is the lowest

The international market represents a significant business opportunity for U.S. microcomputer softwa

GOOD FOR GAO WIJIE, president of the China Ocean Shipping Corp. He told a meeting of Pacific Rim por

VETERAN CORPORATE RAIDER CARL C. ICAHN, who won control last year of Trans World Airlines, is propos

ONE OF THE MORE MEDDLESOME antidotes to the "energy crisis" should be dropped. Almost 10 years ago,

For many months, the pressures on Japanese industrial circles have been mounting as the yen continue

It was early evening and I was walking north on the west side of Broadway in New York City. I had al

The French franc may be headed for its fifth devaluation since 1981. As the German mark cont

THE HAGGLING, SWEET TALKING and arm twisting that went on at the World Bank and International Moneta

The U.S. discount rate was cut and U.K. base lending rates fell by 0.5 points to 9.5 percent before

One American admired by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone was the late John Wayne. Last year

It's time to think about this year's Christmas shopping and the 1988 U.S. presidential elections.

COAL SEEMS DESTINED for only a secondary role in the high-level review ordered by President Reagan i

When Soviet First Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev was here in June for a Warsaw Pact meeting, he told hi

A NUMBER OF PROPELLER CLUB CHAPTERS around the country are considering what role, if any, foreign-fl

Each year the maritime industry honors someone in the maritime business, labor or Congress who has m

President Reagan calls the 21st century the Pacific Era. A great many Americans agree.They point to

As a young reporter, my job, for the better part of a decade, was to preside over the final demise o

The Interstate Commerce Commission decided on July 24, by a vote of 4-1, to turn down the request f

IRANIAN SOLDIERS marked the seventh year of war against Iraq last month by marching in Tehran past I

PRODUCT LIABILITY REFORM is important enough to Congress that there were three overwhelming votes in

R. Foster Winans, The Wall Street Journal reporter convicted of insider trading, has written a book

LET THE COURTS DECIDE the question of whether President Reagan's executive order on testing of feder

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ministerial meeting in Uruguay last month created a perfe

THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR A STRIKE. It could be argued that there is no good time for a strike.