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U.S. Fed chairman Bernanke's activist interest rate policies to tackle high unemployment and central bankers from MIT
12/12/2012
A pragmatic activist focus in economic thinking shaped at the MIT economics department in Cambridge, Masachusetts. The ECB's Mario Draghi, Bank of England's Mervyn King, and Bernanke shaped their thinking at MIT. Draghi and Bernanke had the same PhD. advisor- Stanley Fischer. Factors calling for a pragmatic approach include the lack of political agreement on th deficit, the housing and foreclosure crisis effects, higher inequality and unemployment effects on the middle class, the effects of the globalized economy on working class manufacturing jobs, people dropping out of the labor foce, and lower inflation, which called for a larger focus on unemployment. Bernanke emphasized the "enormous waste in human potential and productive resources of the economy" throughout 2009-2012. Draghi emphasized the abnormal nature of excessive borrowing interest rates for Italy and Spain during the ECB's bond buying efforts in 2011-2012. Both efforts had a stabilizing effect on the economies of the U.S. and Europe during a period of political discord about future policy.
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Wall Street Journal 12/13/2012
MIT Forged Activist Views of Central Bank Role and Cinched Central Bankers' TiesWall Street Journal 12/12/2012
Boeing and lessons learned from the $50 billion Dreamliner project- (2) meeting customer needs for balancing new features with cost
11/16/2012
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Delta Flies New Route to Profits: Older Jets
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2012
Boeing and Its Customers Try to Put a Price Tag on Fuel SavingsWall Street Journal 07/30/2013
The high turnout of evangelical Christians and Catholics as a factor in the 2012 U.S. presidential election
10/31/2012
The voter turnout among evangelical Chrisitians could be a factor in the 2012 U.S. presidential election similiar to that in 2004. Both Romney and George W. Bush gaining this vote.
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Henninger: Romney's Secret Voting Bloc
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Rove: Sifting the Numbers for a WinnerWall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Greece's Path Back (2)- Mending relations with Germany
10/05/2012
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Greek Visit Wins Over A Critic In Germany
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2012
Chancellor Merkel to Pay Visit to AthensWall Street Journal 10/05/2012
The new Jinping-Keqiang leadership and reducing pharmaceutical and healthcare costs to help consumers in China (1)
10/03/2012
After a decade of decline in consumer spending in favor of infrastructure spending to where it is now only 35% of GDP, or half that in the U.S. as a percentage of GDP, China's leadership realizes the need to help consumers. It is seen as high on the list of priorities for the Party's survival. Ordinary Chinese, rural households and the elderly are seriously affected by the high cost of healthcare and the need to set aside a large portion of savings for medical emergencies (Orlik). This further depresses consumer after the impact of low savings rates. With a bursting of the property bubble the money depositors shifted to real estate is also at risk for middle class investors.
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Wall Street Journal 10/03/2012
Politics Is a Bitter Pill for GlaxoWall Street Journal 07/25/2013
Fiat Italy's new strategy in Europe based on the Fiat 500 and the export markets in Asia and Latin America
09/25/2012
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Marchionne Maps Out Fiat Revamp
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Fiat's Marchionne Seeks to Make Italy an Export HubWall Street Journal 09/25/2012
The case for increasing the minimum wage (2) Zuckerman and Census Bureau statistics
09/20/2012
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A Part-Time, Low-Wage Epidemic
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2012
Incomes Fell or Stagnated in Most States Last YearWall Street Journal 09/20/2012
America's finest hour (2)- ambassador Christopher Stevens bringing a voice to the powerless in the Middle East
09/15/2012
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An American Ambassador Who Plunged Into Arab Life
New York Times 09/15/2012
Ambassador, Fluent in Arabic, Built Career in Middle EastWall Street Journal 10/01/2012
Canada's DBRS, a little known credit ratings firm that made a large difference for the credit ratings of Italy and Spain
08/09/2012
Canada's DBRS put less weight on the political shifts in Italy and more on the low growth rate. It rated Italy A (low) in November 2013, much higher than the ratings given by Moody's and S&P. This was important in the eurozone crisis because the European Central Bank uses the highest rating on a sovereign country's bonds to decide discounts on collateral pledged by banks to the ECB. DBRS has more faith in the lasting value of the euro and sees through the ups and downs of the crisis. It takes a similiar upbeat long term view of Spain. DBRS has credibility because it did not move ratings up as much before the 2008 financial crisis, and did not move the ratings down as much during the crisis, as the large credit ratings firms.
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Wall Street Journal 08/09/2012
The Key to Italy's Rating Is Kept in CanadaWall Street Journal 11/02/2013
The costly software failure that cost U.S. brokerage house Knight Capital $440 million with erroneous orders on August 1, 2012
08/02/2012
Software that was introduced without proper testing by management at Knight Capital resulted in a blizzard of wrong orders going out on August 1. This led to suspension of trading on the New York Stock Exchange after identifying Knight Capital as the source.
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Trying to be Nimble Knight Capital Stumbles
New York Times 08/02/2012
Knight Capital Says Trading Glitch Cost it $440 MillionNew York Times 08/02/2012
Pathways to Europe- European Central Bank chief, Mario Draghi and the decisive leadership that points the way to a renewed Europe
07/26/2012
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Key Excerpts: Mario Draghi Says ECB ‘Ready to Do Whatever It Takes’
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2012
How ECB Chief Outflanked German Foe in Fight for EuroWall Street Journal 10/02/2012
The debt burden of Illinois with the worst credit rating of the 50 U.S. states (1)
07/18/2012
The debt per capita for the state of Illinois exceeds $9000.
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Illinois Debt Takes Toll on Services, Study Finds
New York Times 10/24/2012
Report Details Threats to States' Fiscal HealthWall Street Journal 07/18/2012
The challenges facing Citigroup CEO Pandit in 2012-2014
07/16/2012
Linked Articles
Citi Looks Toward Developing World
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2012
Citi's Not-So-Simple TaskWall Street Journal 07/16/2012
China's steadily growing automobile market in 2014-2015 (1)- expanding dealer networks to Tier 2 and 3 cities by Ford Motor and Mercedes Benz
11/23/2012
China's television channel CCTV focusses on consumer issues in its program 315. VW was a focus of one of the reports on consumer issues. Problems in the U.S. for GM and Toyota are likely to keep the focus on other auto companies as well.
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Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014
Ford Expands Dealer Network in ChinaWall Street Journal 11/23/2012
Obama's second term- (1) history of U.S. presidents and foreign policy failures in Syria-Iraq of U.S. president Obama
11/07/2012
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Wall Street Journal 11/08/2012
Triumphant Obama Faces New Foe in Second-Term CurseNew York Times 11/07/2012
CEO Sergio Ermotti shifts Swiss bank UBS away from investment banking- 2012-2014
10/28/2012
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Wall Street Journal 10/30/2012
UBS to Cut 10,000 Staff in OverhaulWall Street Journal 10/28/2012
Renewed warnings in 2013-2014 for the housing price bubble in China (3)- Jia Yang and Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute of International Economics
10/03/2012
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As China’s economy slows, real estate bubble looms - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/03/2012
Economists: China Mirrors U.S. on Eve of Financial CrisisWall Street Journal 03/18/2013
U.S. bank lending not recovered by 2014 from the severe decline in lending in 2010-2012
09/27/2012
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Banks Wrestle With Lackluster Lending
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2014
Need a Loan? Where Do You Live?Wall Street Journal 09/27/2012
An assessment of Germany's Angela Merkel's 10 years in office (1)- from the eurozone crisis to Ukraine and the refugee crisis
09/25/2012
Linked Articles
Economist 11/11/2015
Matthew Kaminski: The Accidental Architect of a New EuropeWall Street Journal 09/25/2012
America's finest hour bringing a voice to the powerless (1)- ambassador Christopher Stevens in Libya and journalist John Foley in Iraq-Syria
09/15/2012
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In Fear and Violence, Slain U.S. Journalist Found Humanity
Wall Street Journal 08/21/2014
An American Ambassador Who Plunged Into Arab LifeNew York Times 09/15/2012
Japan's view of relations with China- Ishihara and Abe (1)
08/28/2012
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Shinzo Abe's History Lesson Haunts Davos
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014
Tokyo Governor Talks Tough on IslesWall Street Journal 08/28/2012
The view that with P5+1 talks with Iran ending in no agreement, the crisis with Iran is reaching a critical stage in August 2012
08/06/2012
Israeli views on the continued development of nuclear weapons capabilities by Iran in the face of tightened sanctions and diplomatic efforts. Oren and Yadlin see this has having reached a critical stage before military action.
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Get ready to fight Iran - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/18/2012
Time Is Short For Iran DiplomacyWall Street Journal 08/06/2012
The risks to Chrysler in 2013-2015 with delayed new and redesigned models, and higher incentive costs reducing margins
07/31/2012
Lower cash flow from the demands for new and redesigned models in a very competitive market, the higher incentives costs reducing margins, combined with losses in the Fiat European operations, will pose challenges for Marchionne in 2013-2014.
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Chrysler Profit Up, Cautions on Spending
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2013
In Turnabout, Chrysler Profit Offsets Fiat LossWall Street Journal 07/31/2012
The Bank of England and oversight over Libor rates
07/20/2012
Linked Articles
Libor Case Documents Show Timid Regulators
New York Times 07/20/2012
Bank of England Repelled Tougher Libor OversightWall Street Journal 07/22/2012
The debt burden of Illinois with the worst credit rating of the 50 U.S. states (2)
07/18/2012
Illinois's per capita debt exceeds $9000.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2012
Report Details Threats to States' Fiscal HealthWall Street Journal 07/18/2012
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