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Xi Jinping Tariff Negotiating Strategy with US Groups
U.S. presidential candidate O'Malley of Maryland
11/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Winners and losers from the second Democratic presidential debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/15/2015
Tsai Ing-Wen of the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan and Taiwan's relations with China
11/14/2015
The current president Ma from the Koumintang party has seen his support drop in opinion polls to 20%. He pursued close economic ties with China, and met recently with Chinese president Xi Jinping in Singapore. Andrew Browne of the WSJ says the Taiwanese are opposed to reunification with China, and do not see integration in the manner of Hong Kong Kong's integration with China as an option. The events in Hong Kong with carefully controlled democratic governance may have led to increasing support for Taiwan to continue its current free elections and system of government.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/14/2015
Economist 11/15/2015
Taiwan elects first female president, who vows to defend island’s sovereignty - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/16/2016
Tsai Ing-wen Elected President of Taiwan, First Woman to Hold Office
New York Times 01/16/2016
Donald Trump’s Message Sparks Anger in China
WSJ 12/06/2016
Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call
The New York Times 12/06/2016
Burma and political prisoners
11/14/2015
Grouped Articles
A Poet’s Election Victory Over a Former General Speaks of a New Myanmar
New York Times 11/14/2015
Bringing design-thinking into IBM
11/14/2015
Grouped Articles
IBM’s Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares
New York Times 11/14/2015
Marco Rubio of Cuban American background and his stand on immigration issues
11/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Marco Rubio’s History on Immigration Leaves Conservatives Distrustful of Shift
New York Times 11/14/2015
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz Diverge in Approach to Their Hispanic Identity
New York Times 12/16/2015
Rubio wins D.C. Republican primary; edges out Kasich - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/13/2016
7-Eleven strategies
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
7-Eleven Expands Locker Space, Hoping to Cash In on E-Commerce Wave
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2015
7-Eleven CEO Resigns as Loeb’s Hedge Fund Prevails in Japan Boardroom Fight
Wall Street Journal 04/08/2016
How to Make 7-Eleven More Convenient for Investors
Wall Street Journal 04/08/2016
Chairman Quits 7-Eleven Owner, a Hedge Fund Target
New York Times 04/07/2016
The Nov 12, 2015, Islamic State (ISIS) attacks in Paris, France
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Paris Attacks Kill More Than 100, Police Say; Border Controls Tightened
New York Times 11/13/2015
‘Scene of Carnage’ Inside Sold-Out Paris Concert Hall
New York Times 11/13/2015
Paris Attacks Leave More Than 100 Dead
Wall Street Journal 11/14/2015
Islamic State has increasingly hit soft targets outside of ‘caliphate’ borders - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
French president calls Paris attacks ‘act of war’ by Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
Caught between internal and external terror threats, France struggles to cope - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/2015
Warren Buffett's investment style and practices- contrast between cultivated folksy image and reality
11/13/2015
Questions investors are raising about the layoffs following the 3G acquisition by Berkshire and the practice of investing in Coca Cola's sugary drinks- does the folksy image hold up when compared to Berkshire's investing practices and the special rules that apply to Berkshire?
Grouped Articles
Warren Buffett Has an Image Problem
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2015
Lives of China's 150 million single children without siblings, result of the three decade old "one-child" experiment
11/13/2015
The costs of the "one child policy" are only now becoming evident as the new generation in China realizes what life is like without a brother or sister, without cousins or uncles and aunts. The policy has led to more selfishness, aversion to risk and other behaviours according to an Australian researcher. Parents doted on these children. Experience in Latin America has shown that birth rates declined as standard of living and education improved without state led coercion.
Grouped Articles
End of China’s One-Child Policy Stings Its ‘Loneliest Generation’
New York Times 11/13/2015
The Obama administration changes policy in 2015 with aid and $500 million in loan guarantees to Tunisia, the lone survivor from the Arab Spring
11/13/2015
Unlike Libya which received no support from the Obama administration for fostering its nascent democratic government, and no support from the French or the British after the election of Hollande in France replaced president Sarkozy, Tunisia receives aid and loan guarantees from the U.S. in 2015. Secretary of State Kerry visits Tunisia in Nov. 2015 as the U.S. reverses a policy of withdrawal from the region.
Grouped Articles
John Kerry Says U.S. Will Give Tunisia More Financial Aid
New York Times 11/13/2015
Tunisia's radicalized youth | Middle East | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
Slow loan growth at Spanish banks in 2015 with GDP growth of 3% in 2015 as businesses and households pay off debt
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Loan Growth Suffers at Spanish Banks
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2015
Increase in death rates for white working class Americans- 2015 Princeton study by Deaton and Case
11/12/2015
A Princeton University study by economists Deaton and Case shows the death rates for white working class Americans increased by 134 per 100,000 between 1999 and 2014.
Grouped Articles
The fatal trend among white working class Americans - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
America’s white working class is a dying breed - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
The missing working class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
Both parties face a blue-collar imperative - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
New York Times 01/29/2016
The Democratic Platform’s Sharp Left Turn
WSJ 07/12/2016
The Republican party candidates for the 2016 presidential election and the struggling working class in America
11/12/2015
Grouped Articles
The GOP’s working-class problem - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/2015
Populism on the Rise in GOP Race for President
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2015
Parties’ Divide on the Economy Widens
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2015
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
A Republican Cure for Liberal Failures on Poverty
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2016
Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
National security issues in the Democratic debates for the 2016 U.S. presidential election
11/15/2015
The Economist magazine points out the national security issues that are lurking in the background as Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and O'Malley respond to questions at the Democratic television debates in 2015-2016. Republicans are giving increasing importance to national security issues in their debates.
Grouped Articles
The second Democratic debate: Clinton, Sanders and O'Malley talk national security
Economist 11/15/15
Clinton’s debate performance leaves trail of fodder for political adversaries - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/16/15
Parties’ Divide on the Economy Widens
Wall Street Journal 11/16/15
Sanders: Unlike Clinton, I won’t seek ‘reckless adventures abroad’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/19/15
Clinton, Sanders Offer Strikingly Different Messages on the Stump
Wall Street Journal 01/23/16
2 Questions for Bernie Sanders
New York Times 02/04/16
Phil Gilbert and the integration of Lombardi Software into IBM
11/14/2015
As IBM makes a transition to faster growing fields such as cloud computing and data analytics, it opens new opportunities just as revenues decline. During this period IBM's CEO Rometty sees speed as essential to tackle the transition. One approach to improving speed is to introduce design-thinking approach to the company. The acquisition of Lombardi Software founded by Phil Gilbert is part of this strategy. Rometty is expanding the design thinking software company by hiring 1000 design professionals, some from schools such as Stanford's graduate design school. Some of the design professionals will be integrated into teams at IBM.
Grouped Articles
IBM’s Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares
New York Times 11/14/15
IBM Reports Declines in Fourth-Quarter Profit and Revenue Despite Gains in New Fields
New York Times 01/19/16
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook in 2015-2017
11/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Is Mark Zuckerberg Ready for Facebook Parenthood?
New York Times 11/14/15
Facebook Profit Tops $1 Billion
Wall Street Journal 01/28/16
Mark Zuckerberg Hits the Road to Meet Regular Folks—With a Few Conditions
WSJ 07/12/17
France's intelligence service and the November 12, 2015 attacks in Paris
11/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Caught between internal and external terror threats, France struggles to cope - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/14/15
Paris attacks underscore risks of a slow U.S. campaign against Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/15/15
Washington Post 11/16/15
Paris Attacks Suspect Was Monitored by Western Allies Seeking to Kill Him
Wall Street Journal 11/17/15
Hunt for suspected Paris ringleader circles back to city on edge - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/18/15
The mystery surrounding the Paris bomber with a fake Syrian passport - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/18/15
Manchester United management
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Manchester United Revenue Soars With Return to Champions League
Wall Street Journal 11/13/15
7-Eleven performance
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
7-Eleven Expands Locker Space, Hoping to Cash In on E-Commerce Wave
Wall Street Journal 11/13/15
7-Eleven CEO Resigns as Loeb’s Hedge Fund Prevails in Japan Boardroom Fight
Wall Street Journal 04/08/16
How to Make 7-Eleven More Convenient for Investors
Wall Street Journal 04/08/16
Chairman Quits 7-Eleven Owner, a Hedge Fund Target
New York Times 04/07/16
VW and whistleblowers
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
VW Calls On Whistleblowers to Step Forward
Wall Street Journal 11/13/15
The G-20 Summit in Antalya, Turkey, in November 2015
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
In Hosting G-20, Turkey Strives to Bolster Its Status
New York Times 11/13/15
Paris attacks underscore risks of a slow U.S. campaign against Islamic State - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/15/15
World order in crisis mode as G20 meets | World | DW.COM | 16.02.2017
DW.COM 02/16/17
Manchester United strategies
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Manchester United Revenue Soars With Return to Champions League
Wall Street Journal 11/13/15
Manchester United performance
11/13/2015
Grouped Articles
Manchester United Revenue Soars With Return to Champions League
Wall Street Journal 11/13/15
Reviving the use of the term "working class" in America as opposed to middle class- why this is important
11/12/2015
Cherlin, a professor at John Hopkins University, who has written about the decline of the working class family, once portrayed in television shows such as "All in the Family," says the term was seen as derogatory and avoided in recent times. Archie Bunker in that show was seen as bigoted and behind the times. He points out that Obama in his speeches has used middle class frequently but rarely used the term "working class." Yet he points out the Americans with a diploma at most but no bachelors degree, comprise 54 percent of the American people, and are quite different in lifestyle and educational opportunities than the middle class better educated Americans. They also face a different set of problems and obstacles to upward mobility and social mobility. It is right to revive the use of the term "working class" says Cherlin, so that one can wrap ones hands around the problem facing so many Americans. A combination of forces have trampled the future prospects of these Americans, many arising out of forces beyond the control of policy such as automation and global manufacturing, and some such as the problems created by the 2008 financial crisis which were the result of bad decisions by business have only worsened the situation.
Grouped Articles
The missing working class - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/12/15
The Bleak Reality Driving Trump’s Rise
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
It’s the American Dream, Stupid
Wall Street Journal 01/10/16
Two Political Conventions, Two Distinct World Views
WSJ 07/28/16
Voices From Donald Trump’s Rallies, Uncensored
The New York Times 08/03/16
The New York Times 08/12/16
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