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The government of prime minister Narendra Modi's efforts to attract foreign investment to India in 2014-2016
09/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Investors See India as Strongest of the Weak
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2015
India’s Manufacturing Sector Courts the World, but Pitfalls Remain
New York Times 10/14/2015
Economist 11/15/2015
Narendra Modi Ready to Bolster India’s Ties With U.S., Thanks to Donald Trump
The New York Times 06/07/2016
India, Needing Jobs, Eases Rules on Foreign Investment
The New York Times 06/20/2016
In a Victory for Modi, India Overhauls Its Tangled Tax System
The New York Times 08/03/2016
The EU's September 2015 plan for resettlement of 160,000 refugees
09/09/2015
Grouped Articles
EU Presents Plan to Distribute Refugees Across Europe
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2015
A Frontline Solution to Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2015
Australia and the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015
09/09/2015
Australia agrees to accept 12,000 refugees and provide support for 240,000 refugees living in camps in Jordan and Turkey.
Grouped Articles
Tony Abbott Says Australia Will Accept 12,000 More Refugees
New York Times 09/09/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
21st Century Fox partnership with National Geographic magazine to form for-profit National Geographic Partners in 2015
09/09/2015
Fox will pay 725 million to National Geographic's parent company, National Geographic Society in Washington D.C., to increase the endowment to $1 billion in 2015.
Grouped Articles
National Geographic magazine shifts to for-profit status with Fox partnership - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/2015
National Geographic and Fox Form a Commercial Media Company
New York Times 09/09/2015
Alan Dershowitz on the preamble to the Iran nuclear agreement of Juy 2015 and Congressional legislation
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Hold Iran to the Language in the Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
The WSJ on the withdrawal of the European governments from the Middle East and North Africa, the Obama administration's similar policies, and the refugee crisis in Europe
09/08/2015
What happens in North Africa, does not necessarily remain there, says this WSJ editorial, even if European governments and the Obama administration would prefer it to be that way. The withdrawal from the Middle East and North Africa under Hollande, Merkel and Obama, says the Journal, has led to the situation where the entire region is unravelling and being torn apart, leading to millions of refugees in first Turkey and Jordan, and now in Europe. True it says there are risks in intervening, but points to the Iraq where normalcy of life was returning to Baghdad by the end of the Bush administration, and the unraveling beginning only with Hollande (the departure of Sarkozy leaving Cameron alone), and the Obama administration's withdrawal from the Middle East (no action in Libya and Syria, and withdrawal in Iraq), Germany's traditional non-interventional role.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
How we got to the Syria mess - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
More waffling on Syria - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/02/2015
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2015
Merkel Links Turkey’s E.U. Hopes to Stemming Flow of Refugees
New York Times 10/18/2015
British Jets Hit ISIS in Syria After Parliament Authorizes Airstrikes
New York Times 12/02/2015
Faces in China as China pulls back from overcapacity in steel, cement, and other industries- 2015-2016
09/08/2015
Serious effforts to tackle overcapacity in the steel industry begin in 2015, with closing of older, less efficient and polluting facilities. The Pangchenggang factory in Chengdu is closed in 2015, one of many being shut down to cut overcapacity in steel, cement and other heavy industry.
Grouped Articles
China’s Shift Away From Industry Drains Life From a Steel Town
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
How China Built a Steel Behemoth and Convulsed World Trade
WSJ 12/24/2018
Dick Cheney and Iraq WMD
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Dick Cheney tries to fool the public again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/2015
Dick Cheney’s and Hillary Clinton’s Competing Versions of U.S.-Iran History
New York Times 09/08/2015
Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides
New York Times 11/04/2015
First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
New York Times 11/05/2015
Change in CEO at United Continental in September 2015 following investigation into United's relationship with Port Authority of New York
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Why United’s Upheaval Isn’t All Bad
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2015
New United CEO Oscar Munoz Is Unusual Choice for Airline Industry
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2015
United C.E.O. Is Out Amid Inquiry at Port Authority
New York Times 09/08/2015
Leadership Shake-Up Reflects United’s Troubles
New York Times 09/08/2015
Dinner deal leads to turbulence for Jeff Smisek and David Samson - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/10/2015
The Rail Executive United Airlines Tapped to Lift Its Fortunes
New York Times 09/09/2015
The case of Amanda Knox and Italy's judicial system
09/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Italy’s Highest Court Explains Decision to Clear Amanda Knox
New York Times 09/07/2015
China's foreign exchange reserves in 2015 following currency intervention in markets
09/07/2015
Grouped Articles
China, Trying to Bolster Currency, Taps Foreign Reserves
New York Times 09/07/2015
China Takes a Smoother Path to Currency Devaluation
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2015
China’s Forex Reserves Plunge to More-Than-Three-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2016
Germany's quota sytem for refugees based on Konigsteiner key, a method of distributing research projects throughout Germany developed in Konigstein in 1949
09/06/2015
The quota system takes into account population and economic resources, economic strength, in assigning numbers of refugees. It makes it possible to tackle a bigger problem by breaking it up into a large number of smaller problems based on resources available to tackle them. It has worked so far. Most Syrian refugees say they are glad to be in Germany and would be willing to move to whichever city they were assigned to.
Grouped Articles
German Quota System Highlights Possible Path and Pitfalls for Handling Crisis
New York Times 09/06/2015
Migrants Offer Hope for Aging German Workforce
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
Where the Refugees Pour Into Germany, a 24-Hour Window
New York Times 09/23/2015
Some of the Arab States Have Admitted Many From Syria
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2015
German government leaders back plan to push migrants to integrate
Washington Post 05/25/2016
Survey: Germany divided over Merkel's migrant policy changes | Germany | DW.COM | 21.08.2016
DW.COM 08/21/2016
Pope Francis's call on September 5, 2015, for every parish to take in one refugee from war and hunger
09/06/2015
Grouped Articles
If the pope had his way, European parishes would house up to 500,000 refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Taking Stock One Year After the Arrival of Refugees in Germany - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/02/2016
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/2016
Opinion: Pope Francis wants change. But does the Church? | World | DW.COM | 17.12.2016
DW.COM 12/17/2016
Pope Francis and Donald Trump Meet at the Vatican
The New York Times 05/24/2017
Capital outflows from India in 2015 in response to negative investor sentiment for emerging markets
09/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Investors See India as Strongest of the Weak
Wall Street Journal 09/09/15
Apple's iPhone and the reversal of the trend of commoditization of products with innovation
09/09/2015
Grouped Articles
Apple’s iPhone Keeps Going Its Own Way
New York Times 09/09/15
Apple’s iPhone 7 vs. iPhone 6s: What’s Different?
WSJ 09/08/16
iPhone Review Redux: 10 Years Later, So Slow, So Small
WSJ 06/29/17
Ken Burns's PBS documentary "The Civil War"- black history, slavery and the problems 150 years following the emancipation
09/09/2015
Grouped Articles
From slavery to Ferguson, Ken Burns sees an unfinished Civil War - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
From the attics and shoeboxes of Virginia, a trove of historical gold
Washington Post 11/07/16
The transition in China as its cuts overcapacity in steel and other heavy industry- closing of the Pagchenggang steel factory in Chengdu
09/08/2015
The Chengdu Iron and Steel factory was started in 1958 as China began its first efforts at industrialization under Mao's Communist China. It finally closed in 2015, as China moved to close older less efficient polluting facilities first, under an overall plan to cut overcapacity in steel and other sectors. Workers laid off get 2 years of payment of about 1500 yuan or $235 per month, and are required to take retraining classes. Older workers get buyouts.
Grouped Articles
China’s Shift Away From Industry Drains Life From a Steel Town
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
U.S. Imposes 266% Duty on Some Chinese Steel Imports
Wall Street Journal 03/02/16
How China Built a Steel Behemoth and Convulsed World Trade
WSJ 12/24/18
Andrew Cohut of the Pew Research Center on how digital communications technologies makes public opinion a global force
09/08/2015
Views of ordinary people in democratic countries can shape the way the world looks at events as digital technologies help news and perceptions travel instantly across borders. This is creating an ever more powerful force- views of ordinary people in China on the Tianjin explosions traveled around the globe and shaped how the event was seen with government's poor handling, views and pictures of people in Germany welcoming refugees shaped perceptions of the refugees as this was broadcast around the world creating widespread sympathy for the refugees plight and hardships, to cite just two events in September 2015.
Grouped Articles
Andrew Kohut, Pew Pollster Who Shed Light on Public Opinion, Dies at 73
New York Times 09/08/15
Andrew Kohut, founding director of the Pew Research Center
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Andrew Kohut, Pew Pollster Who Shed Light on Public Opinion, Dies at 73
New York Times 09/08/15
Andy Kohut, a rare Washington figure - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/10/15
The relatively small effects of slowing growth in China on the U.S. economy in 2015, and some positive factors
09/08/2015
WIth only 1% of U.S. GDP related to U.S. exports to China, and Chinese direct foreign investment in the U.S. being less than 1% of all foreign investment in the U.S., China's slowdown is not likely to affect the U.S., according to Easwar Prasad, former IMF expert on China. Positive factors are the slower growth in prices of manufactured products imported from China, the lower prices of commodities such as oil, copper and other metals for an extended period, and bigger markets in China for U.S. service industries, internet and entertainment as Chinese consumer spending plays a larger role in China's GDP.
Grouped Articles
China Slowdown Could End Up Being Good News for U.S.
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
Final 3rd-Quarter Estimate Shows U.S. Economy Growing 2%
New York Times 12/22/15
Moody’s Cuts Its China Rating for the First Time Since 1989
WSJ 05/24/17
Trade Fight With U.S. Complicates China’s Campaign to Contain Debt
WSJ 06/19/18
Young men in war torn areas of Syria, Iraq and Nigeria, consider emigrating as the refugee influx into Europe takes place in 2015
09/08/2015
Grouped Articles
Migrant Wave Inspires Others to Attempt Trek to Europe
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
Washington Post 11/16/15
Nigeria Finds a National Crisis in Every Direction It Turns
The New York Times 07/17/16
‘I Dream in Fruit’: What Hunger Looks Like in Syria
10/28/16
China's foreign exchange reserves held by PBOC end of August 2015 at $3.56 trillion, a drop of $93.9 billion in August
09/07/2015
Foreign exchange intervention led to a decline in foreign currency reserves in August by $93.9 billion, according to the PBOC. An estimated 40% of the foreign currency reserves are in U.S. Treasurys.
Grouped Articles
China’s Forex Reserves Fall by Record $93.9 Billion on Yuan Intervention
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
China, Trying to Bolster Currency, Taps Foreign Reserves
New York Times 09/07/15
Japanese Deflation Threat Hangs Over China
Wall Street Journal 11/20/15
Confused by China’s Yuan? It’s Intentional
Wall Street Journal 01/15/16
China’s Forex Reserves Plunge to More-Than-Three-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 02/08/16
Wall Street Journal 02/08/16
Tesco's sale of its South Korean business for $6.1 billion to MBK Partners in 2015
09/07/2015
Grouped Articles
MBK Partners Clinches Deal for Tesco’s Korean Operations
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
Tesco Sells South Korean Business Homeplus for Over $6 Billion
New York Times 09/07/15
How Bezos moved the Washington Post to its new location on One Franklin Square in 2015, and the total shift to open newsrooms
09/06/2015
Grouped Articles
Inside the wild ride that landed The Washington Post on K Street - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/15
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