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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Univision performance
08/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Ahead of I.P.O., Univision Faces Bigger Rival Than Trump: Shifting TV Habits
New York Times 08/30/2015
Shortages of software developers and coders with degrees in computer science in 2015
08/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Why I’m Not Looking to Hire Computer-Science Majors
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
Action by the U.S. Congress to impose new sanctions on Iran if a nuclear deal with Iran moves forward
08/29/2015
The views of Hillary Clinton and members of Congress.
Grouped Articles
Foes Try New Ways To Attack Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
On the Iran Nuclear Deal: Yes, but . . .
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
US slaps new sanctions on Iran over missile test | News | DW.COM | 03.02.2017
DW.COM 02/03/2017
Trump Abandons Iran Nuclear Deal He Long Scorned
05/08/2018
The decline of Canadian manufacturing in the oil boom years with the overvalued currency
08/29/2015
Canadian manufacturing suffered in the oil boom years with its share of the GDP declining from 18% in 2000, close to that of Germany, to 10% similar to the UK and the U.S. by 2013.
Grouped Articles
Economist 08/29/2015
Amid Slumping Economy, Canada’s Stephen Harper Braces for Tight Election Race
Wall Street Journal 10/19/2015
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The New York Times 02/23/2017
Ordinary people in China worried about jobs and savings on social media app WeChat in August 2015
08/28/2015
August 2015 with the small devaluation in the currency and the efforts to keep stock prices from falling marks the beginning of a period of austerity in China. Consumers in China express their anxiety about the economic developments on social media sites Weibo and WeChat. Young people in their 30's worry about what it will be like in jobs where job security is weak and who could get laid off.
Grouped Articles
Consumer Anxiety in China Undermines Government’s Economic Plans
New York Times 08/28/2015
Phased retirement, easing one's way into retirement with tapered reduction of work- an option for many people close to retirement in 2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Facing Retirement, but Easing Your Way Out the Door
New York Times 08/28/2015
This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2015
Tackling overcapacity in China for cement, steel and other products- the example of Changzhi's cement factories
08/28/2015
There is huge overcapacity in the cement, steel and other industries in China. Schuman of the NYT describes the situation in the city of Changzhi, with a population of 3 million. Many of the local cement factories are running at a third of the capacity, and the government's focus on keeping workers from being unemployed to preserve social stability, makes it harder to divert capital and labor to new productive uses. There is increasing difficulty in areas away from the major cities of Shanghai and Beijing.
Grouped Articles
Zombie Factories Stalk the Sputtering Chinese Economy
New York Times 08/28/2015
China’s Shift Away From Industry Drains Life From a Steel Town
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
How China Built a Steel Behemoth and Convulsed World Trade
WSJ 12/24/2018
Brazil's GDP and economic growth in 2014-2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Brazil Sinks into Technical Recession on Second Quarter Output Contraction
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2015
Brazil’s Finance Minister Replaced
New York Times 12/18/2015
Brazil’s President Rousseff, Facing Impeachment Effort, Is Deluged by More Bad News
New York Times 03/03/2016
Mississippi 10 years after Katrina
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Mississippi’s Recovery After Katrina Holds Lessons for Policy Makers
New York Times 08/28/2015
Schlumberger's acquisition of Cameron International for $12.7 billion in 2015
08/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Schlumberger to Buy Cameron International for $12.7 Billion
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
Schlumberger Wants Cameron’s Company in Oil Slump
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
The Iran Nuclear Deal of June 2015 and historical precedent for Congressional access to negotiating records for treaties
08/27/2015
Thomas Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice of 1826 provides precedent for the U.S. Congress's access to negotiating records for treaties.
Grouped Articles
An Informed Vote on the Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
On the Iran Nuclear Deal: Yes, but . . .
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team’s Iran Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2015
China's 640,000 barrel increase in crude oil imports in 2014 and the 670,000 barrels exported from refineries- China's oil demand fundamentals are changing in 2015
08/27/2015
With China increasing exports from refineries to offset the imports of crude, and the increasing production of oil domestically as it taps new oil fields, the fundamentals for crude oil demand are also changing in China. This process is likely to accelerate with crude imports also going to small refiners now allowed to import crude. A sharp slowdown in car sales with declies in sales in June and July 2015, is likely to keep demand from automobiles for gasoline in check.
Grouped Articles
China Has Big Eyes, Little Stomach for Oil
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
China's car stimulus in 2015 helps foreign manufacturers
08/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Overheard: China’s Two-Speed Car Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
China’s Car Slump Leaves Foreign Auto Makers With Idle Factories
WSJ 12/25/2018
Integration of Libyans, Somalis, Eritreans and other migrants into European society in 2015-2016
08/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Economist 08/29/15
Economist 08/30/15
Thousands flee isolated Eritrea to escape life of conscription and poverty
Wall Street Journal 10/21/15
American Exceptionalism from Truman and Reagan to the 21st century- the problem of getting it right
08/29/2015
Letters to the Editor of the WSJ point out the importance of getting it right. One letter points to the Cheney led intervention in Iraq doing too much leading to the election of Obama and doing too little, as the pendulum swung in the other direction, leading to the huge refugee crisis in Europe and upending of civilan life and civilian rights throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Grouped Articles
Restoring American Exceptionalism
Wall Street Journal 08/29/15
American Exceptionalism and the Scars of the Past
Wall Street Journal 09/07/15
Dick Cheney tries to fool the public again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
Dick Cheney’s and Hillary Clinton’s Competing Versions of U.S.-Iran History
New York Times 09/08/15
Forging a common EU policy for migrants from North Africa and the Middle East in 2015-2016
08/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Economist 08/29/15
Economist 08/30/15
European Efforts to Stem Migrant Tide Sow Chaos on Austrian-Hungarian Border
Wall Street Journal 09/01/15
Treatment of Migrants Evokes Memories of Europe’s Darkest Hour
New York Times 09/04/15
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/17
We need Africa to solve migrant crisis, says President Macron
The Times 07/06/18
Faces in China as a period of austerity begins in August 2015 following a small devaluation and efforts to keep stock prices from falling
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Consumer Anxiety in China Undermines Government’s Economic Plans
New York Times 08/28/15
U.S. quarterly GDP and economic growth for 2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
GDP Numbers Reveal Underlying Momentum, Possible Headwinds for U.S. Economy
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
China Slowdown Could End Up Being Good News for U.S.
Wall Street Journal 09/08/15
U.S. Economy Grew at 1.5% Rate in Third Quarter
New York Times 10/29/15
U.S. Economic Growth for 3rd Quarter Revised Up to 2.1%
New York Times 11/24/15
Final 3rd-Quarter Estimate Shows U.S. Economy Growing 2%
New York Times 12/22/15
U.S. Economy Barely Grew Last Quarter, Stoking Concerns About Momentum in 2016
New York Times 01/29/16
Brazil's repeated boom-bust cycles since 1973, and lost decades
08/28/2015
Brazil, Russia, Australia, Canada, are caught up in the commodities bust with dependence on commodities exports. Brazil faces a lost decade because in adddition to the sharp drop in commodities prices, it also has to tackle large debt and capital outflows, a credit card binge of households cutting into consumer spending, and problems with manufacturing from the period of overvalued currency. A serious long term problem as bottlenecks to growth come from a weak educational system and infrastructure that were not tackled in the boom years. The social safety net and the currency are supported by the foreign currency reserves fund of $397 billion, a lesson learned from the 1997 financial crisis.
Grouped Articles
How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
Wall Street Journal 12/17/15
Australia Finds Something Else to Export to China
Wall Street Journal 03/03/16
Dilma Rousseff’s Former Supporters in Brazil Express Disillusionment
New York Times 04/16/16
Fight to Impeach Brazil’s Leader Tears at Fabric of Daily Life
New York Times 04/15/16
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
Retirement outlook for Americans in 2015
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Facing Retirement, but Easing Your Way Out the Door
New York Times 08/28/15
The Biggest Mistake People Make Nearing Retirement
WSJ 10/25/16
The Biggest Surprises in Retirement
WSJ 02/13/17
The Arctic Yamal Energy Project in Russia
08/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Sanctions Bite Massive Gas Project in Russian Arctic
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
U.S. president Obama's visit to New Orleans 10 years after Katrina
08/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Obama, in New Orleans, Praises Results of Federal Intervention
New York Times 08/27/15
The effects of the slowdown in China in 2015 on Germany's port of Hamburg
08/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Port of Hamburg Shows Germany Is Vulnerable on China Trade
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
Germany Bolsters China Ties as Trump Policies Raise Concern
WSJ 07/05/17
The U.S. College Board's revised AP History Test teaching guidelines and the return of Benjamin Franklin- and George Washington, Thomas Jefferson
08/27/2015
A revised AP History teaching guideline from the College Board brings Franklin, Washington and Jefferson, back to the role they played in American history, setting the course for the new nation.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
Dollar General share price performance
08/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Let the Bad Times Roll for Dollar General
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
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