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Jeb Bush, economic advisor Ben Hubbard, wages and the middle class
07/03/2015
This NYT editorial is on Jeb Bush's economic advisor Ben Hubbard saying "compensation didn't stagnate" about wages and benefits. It points out that wages for the middle class have stagnated since the financial crisis of 2008. It says Hubbard's comments show a lack of grasp of the situation of the middle class and working class Americans. Jeb Bush has commented on the lack of education and economic mobility for working class Americans since 2008. This was the focus of his address to the 2014 CPAC Conference.
Grouped Articles
Jeb Bush Needs Some New Economic Advice
New York Times 07/03/2015
The Opportunity Debate Heats Up
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2015
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/2015
U.A.W. Contract With Fiat Chrysler Would Give 2nd-Tier Workers Big Raise
New York Times 09/18/2015
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
Debt restructuring in Ukraine 2015-2016
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Mindful of Greece, Ukraine Is in a Rush to Line Up Debt Relief
New York Times 07/03/2015
What the United States Owes Puerto Rico
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Ukraine and Top Creditors Agree to Restructure $18 Billion in Foreign Debt
New York Times 08/27/2015
Economist 08/29/2015
Economist 04/19/2016
The Affordable Care Act (Obama healthcare law) and insurance company rate increases in 2016
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016
New York Times 07/03/2015
Rising Rates Pose Challenge to Health Law
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2015
Ailing Obama Health Care Act May Have to Change to Survive
The New York Times 10/03/2016
Clinton vs. Clinton on ObamaCare
WSJ 10/06/2016
Americans worry, cheer as Congress moves to upend the Affordable Care Act
Washington Post 03/22/2017
The Big Health Fix Bruises Ryan and Trump
WSJ 03/24/2017
Greece's tourism industry with 340,000 workers and making up 17% of GDP during the period upto and following the default and referendum in 2015
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
As Referendum Looms, Greece’s Tourism Industry Holds Its Breath
New York Times 07/03/2015
Greek Debt Crisis: In Athens, Jubilation Gives Way to Dismay and Confusion
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2015
Opposition to the construction of a new U.S. airforce base in 2015-2016 in Henoka Bay at the northern end of Okinawa
07/03/2015
Okinawa Governor Onaga leads the opposition to the airbase relocation and construction of the new airbase in a less populated part of Okinawa. Okinawans say they see the Japanese and the Americans both as alien occupiers pursuing their own interests, as sentiment inside Okinawa is against militarism. Experts say sentiment in Japan is also shifting. Injuries to protestors would aggravate the situation.
Grouped Articles
Shinzo Abe Faces Growing Wrath of Okinawans Over U.S. Base
New York Times 07/03/2015
Shinzo Abe and Okinawa’s Governor to Resume Talks on U.S. Base
New York Times 03/04/2016
A reassessment of BBC's role, financing, and scope of operations in 2015 under the Conservative government of Britain's prime minister Cameron
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
BBC, a Target of Conservatives, Faces a Review of Its Mission
New York Times 07/16/2015
BBC to Cut 1,000 Jobs as License Revenue Falls Short
New York Times 07/02/2015
BBC Struggles to Get With the Program
WSJ 10/12/2016
Insurance Company Ace Ltd.
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Ace Is High for Rate-Rattled Insurers
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2015
BP's $18.7 billion settlement with states and the U.S. government in July 2015- giving "a path to closure for BP and the Gulf"
07/02/2015
This is the final settlement with states and the U.S. government, bringing costs related to the spill to $54 billion. For BP it helps close the chapter of the Gulf Spill. The $18.5 billion will be paid out in annual payments of $1.1 billion over 18 years, with most of the payment deductible from taxes. After courts had ruled against BP this provides clarity and certainty on costs for investors. It strengthens BP's credit ratings.
Grouped Articles
BP Agrees to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015
BP to Pay $18.7 Billion for Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
New York Times 07/02/2015
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority debt restructuring
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Puerto Rico Utility Makes Payments to Bondholders
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2015
Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015
Despair and Anger as Puerto Ricans Cope With Debt Crisis
New York Times 07/03/2015
Puerto Rico’s Power Authority Reaches Preliminary Pact with Bond Insurers
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2015
Puerto Rico Power Authority in Restructuring Deal With Creditors
Wall Street Journal 12/25/2015
How Free Electricity Helped Dig $9 Billion Hole in Puerto Rico
New York Times 02/01/2016
How the difficult dynamic between Greece's negotiator Varoufakis and the Dutch negotiator for the eurozone Dijsselbloem may have compromised the talks on June 25, 2015 leading to the crisis- the Greece referendum and the Third bailout program
07/02/2015
In the talks after July 7, Greece's new negotiator Tsakalotos showed a complete change of approach, listening to his counterparts on the other side which changed the tone of the talks. Another helpful factor was the role played by premier Manuel Valls and president Hollande of France in sending advisors to Athens to make sure the details were already worked out. The softspoken Tsakalotos from St Paul's School and Oxford, the Spanish born Valls, and chancellor Merkel with her ability to get German opinion behind her for the sake of Europe, may emerge as the wiser heads in this crisis.
Grouped Articles
Hopeful Start to Greek Debt Negotiations Quickly Soured
New York Times 07/02/2015
Greek Referendum on Offer That Is Off the Table Baffles Voters
New York Times 07/02/2015
Did a Dutch eurocrat call southern Europeans drunken womanisers?
The Economist 03/29/2017
Xiaomi Brazil
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Xiaomi Launches Its First Smartphone Outside Asia
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2015
Hugo Barra Outlines Xiaomi’s Ambitious Plans
Wall Street Journal 08/05/2015
Petroleos de Venezuela performance
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Eulogio del Pino Battles to Turn Around Venezuela’s Energy Giant
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2015
The Greece referendum of July 5, 2015
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Bailout Referendum Lays Bare Deep Schisms Among Beleaguered Greeks
New York Times 07/04/2015
Mirage of Economic Turnaround Masked New Greek Crisis in the Making
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2015
In Greek Referendum Campaign, a Barrage of Doomsday Ads
New York Times 07/03/2015
New York Times 07/03/2015
Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders
New York Times 07/05/2015
Emphatic ‘No’ Prompts Greek Pride and Revelry
New York Times 07/05/2015
Iceland's economy in 2015
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
How Iceland Emerged From Its Deep Freeze
New York Times 07/03/15
Ireland in the sun after Brexit vote? | Europe | DW.COM | 05.07.2016
DW.COM 07/05/16
Obama at the memorial service in Charleston and race relations in the U.S.
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Obama’s Eulogy, Which Found Its Place in History
New York Times 07/03/15
Poll Finds Most in U.S. Hold Dim View of Race Relations
New York Times 07/23/15
Wall Street Journal 08/05/15
Watts, 50 Years On, Stands in Contrast to Today’s Conflicts
New York Times 08/10/15
Puerto Rico's economy in 2015-2016
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Despair and Anger as Puerto Ricans Cope With Debt Crisis
New York Times 07/03/15
Economist 07/11/15
Economist 12/07/15
Inside the Billion-Dollar Battle for Puerto Rico’s Future
New York Times 12/19/15
How Free Electricity Helped Dig $9 Billion Hole in Puerto Rico
New York Times 02/01/16
Faces in Puerto Rico as it faces a debt crisis, increasing taxes and migration to the U.S. mainland
07/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Despair and Anger as Puerto Ricans Cope With Debt Crisis
New York Times 07/03/15
Economist 07/11/15
Pain of Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis Is Weighing on the Little Guy, Too
New York Times 08/08/15
Economist 12/07/15
Treasury Plan for Puerto Rico Favors Pensions Over Bondholders
New York Times 02/24/16
BBC CEO Tony Hall
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/04/15
BBC to Cut 1,000 Jobs as License Revenue Falls Short
New York Times 07/02/15
BBC financing
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
BBC, a Target of Conservatives, Faces a Review of Its Mission
New York Times 07/16/15
BBC to Cut 1,000 Jobs as License Revenue Falls Short
New York Times 07/02/15
BBC Struggles to Get With the Program
WSJ 10/12/16
Insurance company Chubb Corp.
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Ace Is High for Rate-Rattled Insurers
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
What Greece won in the negotiations and what Greece loses with the failure of talks with the EU, closing of banks, and the referendum in July 2015
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/04/15
Collapse of Greek Bailout Deal Brings Surprise Boost to German Coffers
Wall Street Journal 07/04/15
Bailout Referendum Lays Bare Deep Schisms Among Beleaguered Greeks
New York Times 07/04/15
Europe’s future in Greece’s hands
Economist 07/04/15
Economist 07/04/15
Greek Bank Vortex Threatens Deal Hopes
Wall Street Journal 07/06/15
Greece's selective default on July 1, 2015 in its debt payment to the IMF
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
IMF Raises Referendum Stakes With Call for More Aid for Greece and Debt Relief
Wall Street Journal 07/03/15
Eulogio del Pino, new CEO of Petroleos de Venezuela in 2015, with a focus on oil resources development
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
Eulogio del Pino Battles to Turn Around Venezuela’s Energy Giant
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
U.S. Investigates Venezuelan Oil Giant
Wall Street Journal 10/22/15
Insurance company ACE's acquisition of Chubb for $28.3 billion in July 2015
07/02/2015
This is the largest acquisition in the insurance industry. ACE's CEO Greenberg is the son of Hank Greenberg of AIG. He left AIG in 2000 after 25 years at the company. He says AIG is very selective about its deals and this had to meet its high standards. ACE started in the excess insurance and hard to find corproate officers insurance market and has grown into one of the largest companies in the industry. The new company will use the Chubb name.
Grouped Articles
ACE Agrees to Buy Chubb for $28.3 Billion
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
Ace Is High for Rate-Rattled Insurers
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
Evan Greenberg Dropped Out, Then Built Insurance Behemoth
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Campaigning and television progamming before the July 5, 2015 referendum in Greece
07/02/2015
Grouped Articles
In Greek Referendum Campaign, a Barrage of Doomsday Ads
New York Times 07/03/15
Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders
New York Times 07/05/15
Europe’s future in Greece’s hands
Economist 07/04/15
Economist 07/04/15
A Perilous ‘No’ to the Status Quo
Wall Street Journal 07/09/15
Greek Debt Crisis: In Athens, Jubilation Gives Way to Dismay and Confusion
Wall Street Journal 07/13/15
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