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Avatar, James Cameron's movie, as a movie with aglobal dimension in sales.
01/05/2010
Sales in countries like Russia, Brazil, and other places overseas helped push sales over $1 billion, with foreign sales comprising two thirds of sales. The movie's anticapitalist message also fits the times and is especially popular overseas, with greedy capitalists trying to mine amineral on another planet and displacing the people living there.
Grouped Articles
Behind Momentum of 'Avatar' Is a Growing Audience Abroad
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2010
Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal
New York Times 07/18/2011
Worker gains in the U.S. for the decade 2000-2010.
01/01/2010
Net additions to jobs in the first decade of the 21st century is zero says Neil Irwin of the Washington Post. Numbers for the decades since the 40's shows continuous job growth before that.
Grouped Articles
U.S. economy took a dive in the 2000s, a lost decade for workers
Washington Post 01/01/2010
New York Times 01/03/2010
Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers
Washington Post 01/02/2010
New York Times 02/11/2011
Four Common Unemployment Myths
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2012
Different impact of the global economic crisis of 2008-09 in developed and developing countries.
12/30/2009
The developing countries rebounded very quickly in 2009, while developed countries struggled.
Grouped Articles
Year in Review: Developed Economies Retake Growth-Engine Role
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Economist 12/30/2009
Serbia and the European Union.
12/29/2009
Visa free travel, entry into the EU, efforts to integrate Serbia into Europe.
Grouped Articles
Serbia, Kosovo Advance Toward Bloc
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
How to Mend Balkan Wounds for Good
New York Times 05/09/2013
Serbia's prime minister Charts an Uncertain Course West
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2015
Serbia’s Ruling Pro-European Party Appears Headed for a Win
New York Times 04/24/2016
A pro-Europe prime minister wins a second term in Serbia
Economist 04/29/2016
Unknown 12/29/2009
Failure to control overbilling by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment and device makers in the health reform bill.
12/10/2009
Only $10 million annual increase to control fraud has been allocated in the bill. Its not likely to do much to control the overbilling and may be one more reason the health care reform bill will be a failure in controlling costs. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/21/2013
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/2010
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/2011
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2011
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/2011
Obesity in the U.S.
11/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Health Battle Over Soda Flares in Mexico
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013
Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
New York Times 09/24/2010
Americans' Eating Habits Take a Healthier Turn, Study Finds
Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014
Children's Food Marketing Guidelines Delayed
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2011
U.S. Seeks Stricter Limits on Food Ads Aimed at Children
New York Times 04/28/2011
Buying out Taliban fighters in the war in Afghanistan.
11/28/2009
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/2014
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect
New York Times 11/28/2009
Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, to Get U.S. Aid in Return
New York Times 01/28/2010
The Taliban Donât Seem Ready to Talk
New York Times 01/23/2010
Few Taliban Take Up Afghanistanâs Offer to Switch Sides
New York Times 06/19/2011
The national mood in America- political processes and society.
09/29/2009
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/29/2009
New York Times 11/17/2009
New York Times 12/18/2009
Politics in the Age of Distrust
New York Times 01/22/2010
The U.S. federal mortgage loan modification program in 2010.
06/12/2009
The dim prospects for mortgage loan modification programs of the Obama administration. Two out of three loan modifications under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) program expected to fail, and the failure under HAMP to move quickly by dealing directly with homeowners.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
High Default Rate Seen for Modified Mortgages
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses
New York Times 10/26/2010
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/2010
Why high unemployment in the U.S. is expected for 2010-2014
06/06/2009
Structural problems like a mismatch of skills between maufacturing and construction sectors worst hit since 2008 and growing sectors like healthcare is one problem. Geographic factors and difficulty selling homes in states like Michigan is another. The tighter credit from a return of banking sector losses from bad home equity loans that is expected in late 2010 will keep the recovery from taking hold keeping unemployment high. The economic uncertainty following repeated budget battles between political parties also affects business investment.
Grouped Articles
90 Million Americans Not Working
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
Hiring Slowdown Blurs Growth View
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
Confronting Old Problem May Require a New Deal
New York Times 01/28/2014
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
New York Times 04/05/2012
Hiring Is Strong and Jobless Rate Declines to 6.1%
New York Times 07/03/2014
The new Board at GM after the bankruptcy and under the leadership of Whitacre.
06/01/2009
An activist board at GM pushing for fast changes at GM.
Grouped Articles
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
BusinessWeek 06/01/2009
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/2014
Angst Over GM's Activist Board
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
BusinessWeek 12/02/2009
GM CEO takes bold steps He topples hierarchy, voes to repay loans.
Detroit Free Press 01/11/2010
Financial Outlook for Medicare in the U.S.
05/13/2009
Medicare is heading for insolvency by 2037.
Grouped Articles
Home Care Yields Medicare Bounty
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2010
Toward a Different Fiscal Future
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2010
Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2009
Economist 10/15/2009
Economist 08/27/2009
Obama’s Pledge to Tax Only the Rich Can’t Pay for Everything, Analysts Say
New York Times 08/01/2009
Pakistan and the development of nuclear weapons
05/04/2009
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Strife Raises U.S. Doubts on Nuclear Arms
New York Times 05/04/2009
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/2009
Nuclear weapons: The new nuclear age
Economist 04/05/2015
U.S. Exploring Deal to Limit Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal
New York Times 10/15/2015
China Reactors Plan Fuels U.S. Concern
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2010
New estimates put Pakistan's nuclear arsenal at more than 100
Washington Post 01/31/2011
Growing Risks for the U.S. Economy in 2010-2012.
01/04/2010
Risks of another hit from losses on home equity loans to bank balance sheets in latter part of 2010. The situation with local and state governments in the USA cutting back significantly. The situation in Europe and an overheating Chinese economy.
Grouped Articles
The Home-Equity Hurt Ahead for Banks
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
Beware a Bernanke-Fueled Market Bubble
BusinessWeek 05/13/10
Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession
Wall Street Journal 05/24/10
Wall Street Journal 05/22/10
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Wall Street Journal 06/12/10
The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
01/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Leon Panetta - The CIA is proud to be on the front lines against al-Qaeda
Washington Post 01/10/10
Mr. Insider Will Guide Petraeus at the CIA
Wall Street Journal 08/26/11
C.I.A. Takes On Bigger and Riskier Role on Front Lines
New York Times 01/01/10
The economy of China in 2010-2012
12/30/2009
Hazards and prospects.
Grouped Articles
Three Hurdles for China in the Year of the Tiger
New York Times 12/30/09
Why the Chinese don’t spend : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/10
China Dethrones Germany as Top Goods Exporter
Wall Street Journal 01/06/10
China Aims to Transform a Nation of Savers Into Spenders
Wall Street Journal 01/07/10
China Sees Growth Engine in a Web of Fast Trains
New York Times 02/13/10
BusinessWeek 04/14/10
David Cameron, prime minister of Britain- the first term 2010-2014
12/21/2009
Grouped Articles
David Cameron Faces Rebellion in His Party
New York Times 05/23/13
Britain’s Surprisingly Unpredictable Election
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
David Cameron Struggles to Turn Economic Recovery Into Votes
Wall Street Journal 05/06/15
In U.K. Election, It’s Jobs Boom vs. Stagnant Wages
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
David Cameron Sets Course for Britain Amid Pageantry of Queen’s Speech
New York Times 05/27/15
The Agony of Victory: David Cameron, Interview
Washington Post 12/21/09
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/14
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/15
The Eikenberry cables and the war in Afghanistan.
11/28/2009
The language is strong and rejects McChrystal's appraisal that additional troops can make the difference considering the failure of the Karzai government and the poor prospects for the Afghan army.
Grouped Articles
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/10
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/10
Afghan Crisis Risks Splitting Country
Wall Street Journal 07/09/14
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect
New York Times 11/28/09
Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, to Get U.S. Aid in Return
New York Times 01/28/10
U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Worries on Afghan Plans
New York Times 01/26/10
The national mood in Britain- political processes and society.
10/16/2009
Grouped Articles
New York Times 10/16/09
New York Times 12/07/11
Conservatives Fare Poorly in British Races, London's Mayor Aside
New York Times 05/04/12
Escalating cost of Medicare with a rising deficit in the U.S.
06/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Bayonne Medical Center Has Highest U.S. Billing Rates
New York Times 05/16/13
Doctors Chafe As Medicare Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
Small Group of Doctors Are Biggest Medicare Billers
Wall Street Journal 06/01/15
BusinessWeek 12/10/09
10 Ways to Cut Health-Care Costs Right Now
BusinessWeek 11/12/09
Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 10/23/09
The "Melt Up" U.S. stock market rally of late 2009 and its prospects.
06/06/2009
Farzad of BW says economic fundamentals don't justify the rally so it could fizzle out at any time in 2010 or 2011.
Grouped Articles
Number of the Week: Volatile August for Stocks
Wall Street Journal 09/03/11
Wall Street's Clearance Sale Leaves Few Bargains
Wall Street Journal 06/06/09
Behind the Great Stock Rally of 2009
BusinessWeek 11/24/09
Beware the Crisis around the corner
Financial Times 01/04/10
New York Times 01/04/10
U.S. Data Offer an Uncertain Compass
Wall Street Journal 01/04/10
Rising Unemployment in the U.S. in 2010.
06/06/2009
Grouped Articles
Stuck at Unemployed: When A Layoff Becomes a Lifestyle
Washington Post 06/06/09
Labor Market Takes a Shot To the Gut
Wall Street Journal 06/05/10
Mystery for the White House: Where did the Jobs Go?
New York Times 07/19/10
California's Building Bust Choking Off Jobs
Wall Street Journal 07/29/10
Job Crisis: Machines Over Manpower
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Board failures and lack of action to make much needed changes after this helped cause the economic crisis of 2008-09.
06/01/2009
Board failures at companies like Fannie Mae, Countrywide, WaMu, GM and others which led to huge losses for taxpayers, communities, and laid off employees.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/11/13
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/13
BusinessWeek 06/01/09
An Unfinished Chapter at Countrywide
New York Times 08/23/14
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/14
What Iceberg? Just Glide to the Next Boardroom
New York Times 12/27/09
Goldman Sachs, Paulson, and the S.E.C. suit in the Abacus case.
05/04/2009
Paulson had Goldman Sachs structure as ecurity out of handpicked bad apples in the mortgage securities market, Goldman then sells these securities to institutional investors without disclosing what Paulson had done and without disclosing that Paulson had bet heavily against them.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/10
New York Times 04/17/10
Abacus Deal: As Bad as They Come
Wall Street Journal 04/20/10
Wall Street Journal 04/20/10
Economist 04/29/10
SEC Tries to Rebuild Its Reputation
Wall Street Journal 09/12/13
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