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Not What Paul Volcker Had in Mind

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New York Times - 02.27.2012 Original article ›
Editorial
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This editorial lists the essential points that the Volcker Rule- as it is written by U.S. regulators -must include to ensure the safety of the American financial system. These points cover limiting speculation, putting in place clearly defined and strong penalties, and addressing loopholes.
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Volcker Rule Gets Murky Treatment

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New York Times - 04.18.2012 Original article ›
Jesse Eisinger, Jesse, Eisinger

'Volcker Rule' Timeline Is Set

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Wall Street Journal - 04.20.2012 Original article ›
Victoria Mcgrane, Victoria, Mcgrane, Scott Patterson, Scott, Patterson

Volcker Rule Might Just Be Kabuki Theater

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Wall Street Journal - 10.12.2011 Original article ›
Mark Gongloff, Mark, Gongloff
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Gongloff points out that the word exemption occurs on 100 of the 200 pages of the final draft of the Volcker Rule published for comments in September 2011, for a total of 426 times. The banks have 2 years after its introduction in July 2012 to comply with its provisions and are allowed to petition the board for 3 one year extensions taking the process to July 2014 or July 2017. And this whole exercizes resembles some form of kabuki theater as the title of this piece suggests, and makes going through its detail meaningless. Especially since the probability of a new administration in 2014 or in 2017 are high. At that time new rules would be written.
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Turning the Tables on Russia

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New York Times - 04.16.2012 Original article ›
Joe Nocera, Joe, Nocera
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The Sergei Magnitsky bill in the U.S. Congress which would impose visa and other restrictions on Russian officials involved in the imprisonment and death of Sergei Magnitsky.
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When Democracy Weakens

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New York Times - 02.11.2011 Original article ›
Bob Herbert, Bob, Herbert

Few Banks Seek Funds for Small Businesses

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Wall Street Journal - 03.31.2011 Original article ›
Emily Maltby, Emily, Maltby
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The Obama administration's Small Business Jobs Act of Sept 2010 set aside $30 billion to stimulate lending to small business. Only 7% of 7700 U.S. lenders have signed up for the program so far. The deadline to sign up to participate has been extended from March 31 to May 16, 2011, by the Treasury Department. Banks have been hesitant to sign up for various reasons: banks say they see a stigma to taking these loans, and need additional staff to handle the extra paperwork. Banks say there isn't enough demand for loans from small business, or that there is enough capital already to handle larger better collateralized borrowers with the others considered too risky anyway.
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More Presidents of Private Colleges Earn Over $1 Million

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New York Times - 11.15.2010 Original article ›
Tamar Lewin, Tamar, Lewin

Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write

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Wall Street Journal - 09.10.2013 Original article ›
Scott Patterson, Scott, Patterson, Deborah Solomon, Deborah, Solomon

China Tries to Shut Rising Income Gap

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Wall Street Journal - 12.10.2012 Original article ›
Bob Davis, Bob, Davis
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Efforts to boost the share of national income that goes to rural households and workers in China. The share of income taken by state owned enteprises and taxes paid by the enterprises would have to change for reducing the gap in incomes and reducing inequality in China.
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What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever

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Wall Street Journal - 03.10.2016 Original article ›
Timothy Martin, Timothy, Martin

Global Markets Soar on European Breakthrough

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New York Times - 06.29.2012 Original article ›
Nathaniel Popper, Nathaniel, Popper, Christine Hauser, Christine, Hauser

Europe Is Expected to Bring Antitrust Charges Against Gazprom

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New York Times - 04.20.2015 Original article ›
James Kanter, James, Kanter

American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot

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New York Times - 07.06.2008 Original article ›
Nelson D. Schwartz, Nelson, D., Schwartz
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Fuel efficiency standards were left way below the rest of the world, just look at the graph showing Japan and Europe way above the US in fuel efficiency standards, and the US lagging behind badly. Europe and Japan with standards close to 40mpg vs the US below 30 mpg. Any sharp business person can tell one that if there was too big a gap, it would be a cause for serious concern, because the Japanese for instance would also have developed the technologies and manufacturing facilities to support the fuel efficiency standards. There were some serious dangers in falling behind. That is what has happened as the Japanese carmakers have take market share from the US in the American car market.
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U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment

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New York Times - 01.23.2008 Original article ›
Felicity Barringer, Felicity, Barringer
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The US gets the lowest score among the large industrialized nations- way behind Europe- in its record on greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution policies, agricultural policies, smog, and other environment criteria in a survey done jointly by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities. On regional smog the US has a very poor score.
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The Man Who’ll Do Triage on Europe’s Banks

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New York Times - 10.20.2013 Original article ›
Danny Hakim, Danny, Hakim
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Ignazio Angeloni heads the financial supervisory authority setup by EU leaders in 2013 inside the European Central Bank. The NYT's Danny Hakim's interview with Angeloni on the task facing Angeloni and the ECB as it takes on supervision of all EU banks.
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Opinion: Germany's courts take the wheel on diesel bans | Germany| News and in-depth reporting from Berlin and beyond | DW | 27.02.2018

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DW.COM - 02.27.2018 Original article ›
Jens Thurau
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This perspectives piece in the DW.com says Germany should now have cleaner air and cleaner cars on the road thanks to a little pressure from the EU and from the courts. This comes after a federal court in Leipzig ruled in favor of cities imposing ban on diesel cars where air pollution is bad. DW.com points out that Chancellor Merkel was known as the "climate chancellor" early in her first term after her push for international climate protection policies, but she forgot to take along the German auto industry.

The German auto industry it says neglected to take heed to the shift in policy and continued to develop high diesel emission vehicles ending up in the situation of diesel emissions data manipulation in the diesel emissions scandal.

 

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Germany’s Merkel Again Rules Out Rapid Action on Euro

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New York Times - 11.24.2011 Original article ›
Steven Erlanger, Steven, Erlanger, Nicholas Kulish, Nicholas, Kulish

Aftereffects of Eurozone Crisis Plague Europe’s South

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WSJ - 06.01.2018 Original article ›
Deborah Ball

Rightly targeting income inequality - The Washington Post

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Washington Post - 12.08.2011 Original article ›
By Editorial Board, By, Editorial, Board

Europe Can Spend Its Way to Growth

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Wall Street Journal - 05.20.2012 Original article ›
Hannes Swoboda, Hannes, Swoboda
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Hannes Swoboda of Austria, a member of the European parliament, and president of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European parliament, makes the case for investment in growth and employment as the only way forward for Europe. Tax revenues generated from growth and employment would help reduce deficits, in addition to taxes such as a financial transactions tax.
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German Industries Rebuke Chancellor

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Wall Street Journal - 08.21.2010 Original article ›
Vanessa Fuhrmans, Vanessa, Fuhrmans

Why Apple Got a 'Made in USA' Bug

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New York Times - 12.07.2012 Original article ›
Quentin Hardy, Quentin, Hardy

White House Says Obama Would Sign New Iran Bill

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Wall Street Journal - 04.15.2015 Original article ›
Kristina Peterson, Kristina, Peterson
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A bipartisan compromise in the U.S. Senate provides for a 30 day review of the Iran nuclear deal by Congress. The White House accepted this after enough Democrats favored the idea for the 67 votes to override a presidential veto.
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Charlie Rose Talks to Alan Mulally

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BusinessWeek - 07.28.2011 Original article ›
James E. Ellis, James, E., Ellis, Charlie Rose, Charlie, Rose
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Alan Mulally talks to Charlie Rose about cost competitiveness, negotiations with the UAW, creating jobs, and the repayment of $20 billion of the $23.5 billion borrowed in 2006. Mullaly points out that 70% of R&D is connected with design and manufacturing- all the technology that goes into designing and building and the associated R&D.
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