Commentary

America's February trade deficit was a dandy. Imports rose to $96 billion and exports fell to $76.6

The Egyptian government has embarked on a series of measures to reduce imports and encourage exports

he Clinton administration's move to toughen federal standards for automobile tailpipe emissions woul

lejandro de la Pena of Mexico may have put it best the other day when he commented to reporters ab

void being sent to prison in Egypt. If you don't, the experience could be a long-lasting one.

Japan's economic reforms have started to hit another corner of the jobs market - employment prospect

The end of the millennium is coming early to the Global Positioning System. At midnight on Aug. 21,

People's perceptions of what presents a threat are often bizarre. As a medical writer, with at least

My family and I recently returned from an Asian trip, which we booked almost entirely over the Inter

apanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's meeting with President Clinton this week went as well as could

In his joint press conference with President Clinton last month, Prime Minister Zhu Rongji of the Pe

I guess it has to happen, even to the best of us. But why Tex Murphy?Imagine my dismay when

For more than five months the single European currency, the euro, has been reality. Many companies a

The Clinton administration has opened the way for public power companies - municipal utilities and c

he Clinton administration's decision to exempt commercial sales of food, medicine and medical sup

Congress is threatening a major overhaul of the federal courts, but no one seems to be paying attent

Well, guys, we gals have to hand it to you: When it comes to determining which gender is hipper on t

ecession-wracked Japan is awash in TV shows, books and articles warning that it is on the brink of

By now, virtually every public school student in the country has heard about the supposed environmen

US yards let carriersfight battle for themI have been following the Jones Act debate for yea

When international capital dried up in 1985 because of the Latin American debt crisis, emerging mark

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's emergence as an international war leader with other people's mon

Slobodan Milosevic of Yugoslavia, Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic and Leonid Kuchma of the Ukrain

In Homer's epic poem, the Mediterranean wanderer Odysseus moored his ship off the Tunisian island of

urope and the United States pulled back from opening new fronts in their battles over beef hormones

The Supreme Court is going to decide whether two sisters who can't see without their glasses are dis

Talking dirty is one thing; talking trash is quite another.Jonathan and I were talking trash

Rep. Bill McCollum thinks it's his business to know yours. The Florida Republican has seen the enemy

e thankful Andrew Tyler isn't your son.The 13-year-old New Jerseyan took his im- agination

China is a country that always seem to loom larger than life. Whether it is human rights, market opp

he advent of ocean-shipping reform is not entirely unlike a roller-coaster ride. After chugging tedi

Pilots love it when some outsider, such as a newspaper guy, sticks his nose in and tries to tell the

How ya doing, world?Such was question No. 1 at last week's International Monetary Fund-World

While most Americans are focused on the military operations in the Balkans, the United States is qui

When federal regulators focus on yesterday's issues instead of tomorrow's, the results can be costly

he overriding message to President Clinton from Congress this week was clear, even if its specifics

Americans know money doesn't grow on trees. But with specific financial matters, their grasp isn't a

Nation needs trade planand adjustment strategyFederal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's Dall

he Clinton administration isn't faring well in its effort to quietly stick business with much of the

Baltimore has emerged as the only serious U.S. competitor to the Port of New York and New Jersey for