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Universal Pictures performance
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Straight Outta Universal: Hit After Hit
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2015
Universal Conquers the Box Office, Without a Superhero
New York Times 08/20/2015
Universal Pictures strategies
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Straight Outta Universal: Hit After Hit
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2015
Universal Conquers the Box Office, Without a Superhero
New York Times 08/20/2015
Alibaba and competition from JD.com in 2015-2016
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Alibaba Faces Fresh Threat From Rivals
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2015
Alibaba vs. JD.com: Executives Weigh In
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2015
Sri Lanka's August 2015 parliamentary election
08/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Can Sri Lanka’s new government break free from China? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
Comeback Hopes Dim for Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s Ex-President
New York Times 08/16/2015
Former President Concedes, Then Reverses, in Sri Lanka
New York Times 08/18/2015
Voters in Sri Lanka block political comeback bid by former president - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2015
Japan's GDP growth in 2015
08/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Japan Says Its Economy Contracted in Second Quarter
New York Times 08/16/2015
Japan’s G.D.P. Grows, Avoiding a Recession
New York Times 12/07/2015
HBO and Sesame Street
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Sesame Street’s Favorite New Letters: HBO
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Study showing CEO's scoring high on attractiveness, competence and trustworthiness doing better with IPO's
08/14/2015
A 2015 study by professors at Stanford, Michigan and UNC, shows IPO's doing better a year later when the CEO's have created a favorable impression on these three criteria.
Grouped Articles
Can You Judge an IPO by Its CEO?
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
U.S. Justice Department investigation on bribery by European companies related to getting telecom licenses in Uzbekistan
08/14/2015
Swedish company Telia Sonera is one of the companies cited in the investigation about bribery related to the granting of telecom licenses in Uzbekistan.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Seeks to Seize $1 Billion in Telecom Probe
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Skepticism about Tesla's share price in 2015-2016
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Tesla’s New Deal: Fewer Cars, More Shares
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Overheard: Investors Give Tesla Stock a Rave Review
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2015
Elon Musk Supports His Business Empire With Unusual Financial Moves
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Elon Musk Sets Ambitious Goals at Tesla—and Often Falls Short
WSJ 08/15/2016
Elon Musk Faces Cash Squeeze at Tesla, SolarCity
WSJ 09/01/2016
Tesla Bonds Tumble in Sign of Concern Over Finances
WSJ 08/21/2017
Glencore share price performance
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Glencore Needs Reinforcement Against Commodities Slump
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2015
Glencore Finds Cash but Not Comfort
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2015
Glencore, Battered Mining Giant, Retreats
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Glencore’s Capital Call Just Gives More Reasons for Soul-Searching
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Glencore Shares Plunge as Debt Fears Rattle Investors
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2015
HBO strategies
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Sesame Street’s Favorite New Letters: HBO
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
HBO, Longtime Emmy Favorite, Reigns Supreme
New York Times 09/21/2015
Indian prime minister Modi and the opposition parties campaign in 2015 to prevent the passing of legislation on land acquistion for industry and infrastructure building
08/14/2015
The Congress party and other opposition parties have stalled the effort to pass legislation in the current session of the Indian parliament to make it easier to acquire land for industry and infrastructure building. With upcoming state elections in Bihar, and other regions heavily dependent on agriculture and the farmers sector, the ruling BJP party decided it would be best to wait till 2016 for making the changes.
Grouped Articles
Indian Politics Trip Up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Overhaul Agenda
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Modi Dealt Setback as B.J.P. Loses in Bihar, a Crucial State
New York Times 11/08/2015
In a Victory for Modi, India Overhauls Its Tangled Tax System
The New York Times 08/03/2016
The Economist 08/06/2016
Assembly elections 2017: Modi writ large in BJP’s sweeping victory in UP, Uttarakhand
http://www.hindustantimes.com/ 03/11/2017
DW.COM 03/11/2017
HBO performance
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Sesame Street’s Favorite New Letters: HBO
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
HBO, Longtime Emmy Favorite, Reigns Supreme
New York Times 09/21/2015
Universal Pictures management
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Straight Outta Universal: Hit After Hit
Wall Street Journal 08/17/15
Universal Conquers the Box Office, Without a Superhero
New York Times 08/20/15
Acquisition of Zulily by QVC in 2015
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
QVC Buying Online Shopping Site Zulily
Wall Street Journal 08/18/15
Zulily Is Lost Up the Amazon With Latest Deal
Wall Street Journal 08/18/15
Liberty Interactive Agrees to Buy Zulily for $2.4 Billion
New York Times 08/17/15
The appointment of Robert Kaplan to head the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas in 2015
08/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Former Goldman Executive Is Chosen to Lead Dallas Fed
New York Times 08/17/15
Hamid Gul and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Agency (ISI)
08/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Hamid Gul, 78, Dies; Backed Militants in Leading Pakistan Spy Agency
New York Times 08/16/15
The war in Syria in 2015
08/15/2015
Grouped Articles
Truce in Three Syrian Towns Breaks Down as Fighting Resumes
Wall Street Journal 08/15/15
The New York Times 08/11/16
Arrival of US troops intensifies struggle for influence in Syria
The Guardian 03/09/17
PBS and television children's show Sesame Street
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
Sesame Street’s Favorite New Letters: HBO
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
The split in Greece's Syriza party in August 2015 with Alexis Tsipras supporting the Third Bailout Program
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
As Greek Bailout Deal Passes, Alexis Tsipras Faces Rebellion
New York Times 08/14/15
Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister, Calls for New Elections
New York Times 08/20/15
Greek prime minister resigns, calls snap elections to shore up support - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/21/15
Alexis Tsipras Wields Charm to Appeal to Jaded Greek Voters
New York Times 09/18/15
Tsipras’s Syriza wins Greek election - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/20/15
Alexis Tsipras Given a Second Chance by Greek Voters
New York Times 09/20/15
Declining sales of Subway sandwich chain franchises and lower franchise profits in 2015 following overexpansion
08/14/2015
Subway's was founded by Doctor's Inc. and has a unique system that gives territory to individuals who then get a share of fees for new franchises. The cost of opening a location is much smaller than McDonald's, the training much shorter and the locations small. This incentivizes expansion, unlike McDonalds and other food stores. The reason McDonalds and other chains own part of the franchise store is to maintain quality at stores. Perceptions of food quality is slipping according to this report in the WSJ.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
It Will Take More Than Breakfast to Perk Up McDonald’s
Wall Street Journal 10/22/15
P&G moves upscale for Pampers diapers in China in 2015 after aiming at a frugal middle class customer
08/14/2015
Chinese consumers are willing to spend more on diapers for their children and are moving upscale, just as P&G Pampers targeted the lower end with cheaper diapers. Japanese brands are popular with Chinese mothers who are willing to spend more for better quality diapers. Some have never considered P&G Pampers brand diapers.
Grouped Articles
P&G Tripped Up by Its Assumptions About Diapers in China
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
Puerto Rico and debt reduction
08/14/2015
Grouped Articles
What the United States Owes Puerto Rico
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
Economist 12/07/15
How Free Electricity Helped Dig $9 Billion Hole in Puerto Rico
New York Times 02/01/16
The steep decline in the value of the Indonesian currency, the Rupiah, to 13.71 to the U.S. dollar in August 2015
08/14/2015
The government's effort to manage the decline includes increasing tariffs on many imported items, and requiring local companies to make their transactions with each other in rupiah instead of dollars. By August 2015 the Rupiah had experienced a decline of 10% for the year.
Grouped Articles
Yuan Devaluation Kicks Rupiah When It’s Down
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
Higher Interest Rates Lower Expectations in Emerging Economies
New York Times 12/21/15
U.S. Army in 2015-2016 - decline in numbers to 450,000 below that required to meet the needs for U.S. armed forces around the world
08/14/2015
Gen. Odierno, U.S. Army chief, points out the need for restoring numbers and modernization to the U.S. Armed Forces, after the sequestration and other lean budget moves reduce the army's capabilities. He says it is better to think of meeting the needs around the world based on what the world is as opposed to what we would wish it to be- as shown by events in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East. In other periods of pullbacks the army had difficulties meeting threats such as the ones he cites in Tunisia in 1943 and in the early part of the Korean War.
Grouped Articles
This Is No Time to Cut The U.S. Army
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
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