Commentary

President Reagan recently may have imposed a heavy tariff on imports of Canadian cedar shakes and sh

Asians are accustomed to political ironies, but the idea of a warmer Tokyo- Moscow relationship unde

MOSCOW, AFTER ATTACKING the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade for years as an instrument of Wes

Kudos for Mention Of DOT Unsung HeroI want to commend David Cawthorne for the mention of Gar

U.S. and Japanese trade officials have hammered out an overall settlement of the "semiconductor war"

A LOT OF US READING THE PAPER TODAY have an excellent chance of being around 30, 40 and maybe even 5

The rows of giant offshore drilling rigs scattered around the Scottish coast provide spectacular evi

After 20 months of discussions, most U.S. liner companies - among them the three largest containersh

Historians using sketchy evidence estimate humans began farming the land about 10,000 years ago. Mod

ON DEC. 19, 1984, the White House formally went on record saying that it preferred a sale of the go

IT WAS AN ORDINARY AUGUST in the United States. In Virginia, a maid employed by Nancy Reagan

Eric Hoffer was a longshoremen who worked on the San Francisco waterfront. He was also a writer. In

Drug Bill Nearly Trips BusinessU.S. BUSINESS GROUPS just managed to avert House action on le

Persistent invasions by northern nomads prompted ancient kingdoms in China to build the Great Wall.

IT'S HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, from Boston to San Francisco, and airlines and the Federal Aviati

CONSUMER ADVOCATE RALPH NADER has concluded that the delegates to the White House Conference on Smal

I recently visited the Chinese industrial exhibition in Moscow, the first trade fair China has held

IN AN EDITORIAL Aug. 13 on the vital and growing concern of port authorities with waterfront labor n

IT'S IRONIC THAT THE CHALLENGER TRAGEDY may provide a major opportunity for this country's strugglin

Insurers Can Work Under Any SystemA story in the insurance section of the July 29 JofC entit

In theory, the underlying purpose of U.S. competition laws has been to promote commerce and fair pla

Sept. 7 is a special day for Brazil. It's the anniversary date of the nation's independence.

ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES IN ART concerns the reason behind the somewhat lascivious smile that Leon

Debt management today is unfair and kills growth worldwide. Since 1982, the debt crisis has stalled

AS THE NAVY'S HOMEPORT PROGRAM moves toward a decision on the floor of Congress, sorting out the arg

Ted Ruhly was surprised when Yankee Manager Lou Piniella walked out to the mound, took the ball away

Recent container shipping industry experience has been turbulent for all and destructive for some.

This is a year that economists have much to be modest about. They have repeatedly promised a busines

Nationalists from the English-speaking Caribbean are writing a report card on 25 years of independe

THE PRESIDENT OF A FOREIGN steamship line made a startling proposal (considering the source) to one

I am being overdosed by commercials. Over the years, business large and small has spread its

HOW DO YOU MAKE the insurance industry more profitable? James P. Corcoran, New York state's chief in

THE MOMENT SHOULD BE SAVORED. The most comprehensive tax restructuring since the income tax was inst

U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONS, badly frayed only two months ago, now appear to be on the mend. Both Preside

The "British disease" has been cured. The popular image, both at home and abroad, of factories manne

The circumstances surrounding the 1972 sale of U.S. wheat to the Soviets, the first such sale since

Smart people do stupid things, especially when it comes to managing money. The former chairm

NEW YORK STATE IS ATTEMPTING to bring an entirely new kind of regulation to railroads. Legis

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, concerned about passenger safety in turbulence, says the airlin

The United States and the European Community still are trying to smooth out the wrinkles in the citr