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European Central Bank policies in 2010-2012.
02/05/2008
The ECB rate changes and policy in 2010-2012.
Grouped Articles
ECB Moves Markets, Not Economy
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Shares Rise on Wall Street and in Europe
New York Times 06/06/2012
Europe’s Central Banker Engineers His Economics
New York Times 02/05/2008
2 Major European Banks Keep Record-Low Rates
New York Times 11/04/2010
ECB Seeks Funds for Capital Base
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2010
Rate Rise Signaled for Euro Zone
Wall Street Journal 03/04/2011
The Fraying Obama Coalition
01/27/2008
Shift among women, Catholics, the less affluent, and other parts of society that formed the coaltion that elected the Obama administration in 2008.
Grouped Articles
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
Poll Finds Obama Voters Leaning Republican
New York Times 10/27/2010
Elitism: The Charge That Obama Canât Shake
New York Times 10/30/2010
New York Times 10/31/2010
Democratic Coalition Crumbles, Exit Polls Say
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
New York Times 11/04/2010
Failure of the Copenhagen talks on global warming and climate change.
01/23/2008
The European view expressed by German Environment Minister Rottgen in an interview for Der Spiegel.
Grouped Articles
Paris Deal Would Herald an Important First Step on Climate Change
New York Times 11/29/2015
Unknown 12/29/2009
Economist 12/30/2009
China, India, U.S. Take Steps Toward Emissions Deal
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2011
U.S. Given Poor Marks on the Environment
New York Times 01/23/2008
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2008
Roche research and development.
01/23/2008
Grouped Articles
Roche Shows Strength in Face of Uncertainty
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2015
Roche to Acquire Ventana for $3.4 Billion
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2008
Roche Says Tarceva Data Promising
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2008
Roche Partner Discloses Drug Risks
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2009
Roche Drug Avastin Fails in Cancer Trial
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2009
Economist 12/10/2009
India's agriculture and food supplies.
01/19/2008
Grouped Articles
Economist 06/27/2015
It's India's Year of Inflation
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Back on the Table: India's Wheat
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2010
Wall Street Journal 12/29/2010
In India, Doubts Gather Over Rising Giant's Course
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2011
Indian Central Banker Hits His Government's Spending
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2012
Inflation in China 2010-2013
01/19/2008
Rising food and energy prices.
Grouped Articles
China Inflation Rises to a 19-Month High
New York Times 06/11/2010
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2010
China Acts to Slow Rise in Food Prices
New York Times 11/17/2010
Chinaâs Move on Food Prices Seen as Inflation Risk
New York Times 11/17/2010
Beijing Escalates Inflation Battle
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
Inflated Risks to Economy in China
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2010
Ford Explorer 2010- new model as a crossover.
01/06/2008
Ford hopes to revive the dying Explorer brand as a crossover built on the Taurus architectural base. The big change is in looks, and a fuel efficency jump from 15 to 25. Can Ford pull this off?
Grouped Articles
Ford Is Hoping to Give the Once-Great Explorer a Second Life
New York Times 05/27/2010
Hybrids' Unlikely Rival: Plain Old Cars
BusinessWeek 02/23/2012
Ford's EcoBoost Engine Excites Marketer
New York Times 01/06/2008
Ford Hints at New Explorer With Concept
New York Times 01/06/2008
China wage increases and government policy to promote domestic consumption.
01/05/2008
Wage increases of 20% at Hon Hai and upto 100% at Honda factories in China from wages that were kept low for the export market, are now the trend in China. The government policy is shifting to encourage such wage increases to promote domestic consumption and reduce an overreliance on export markets for growth. This is happening just as trade tensions are increasing with the USA.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy
New York Times 05/24/2013
Honda's Long-Haul Dilemma in China
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2010
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/2010
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
China Will Keep Growing. Just Ask the Soviets.
New York Times 10/24/2014
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/2014
Unemployment in Germany 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The role of "kurzarbeit" programs, work sharing, the changes from the Hartz reforms, and wage restraint in reducing German unemployment.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
New York Times 12/10/2011
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2014
Germany Regains Jobs Lost in Recession
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2010
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/2010
Pharmaceutical company pricing in the U.S. and Europe
11/09/2007
The pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services in the U.S. and Europe.
Grouped Articles
The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath
New York Times 10/12/2013
Glaxo Sues Abbott Labs Over AIDS Drug Pricing
Wall Street Journal 11/09/2007
India Prepares EU Trade Complaint
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2009
Democrats Say No to Cost Cap for Drug Makers
New York Times 08/07/2009
Economist 08/27/2009
Large Price Jumps Reported for Small but Vital Drugs
New York Times 01/11/2010
RBS and Lloyd's Banking Group and reckless management.
09/17/2007
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyd's banking Group were part of the U.K. bank bailout. This was a case of poor decisions, reckless management and excessive risk taking without attention to possible consequences. Cameron and Osborne of the Conservatives and Mervyn King of the Bank of England voiced criticism of these behaviours that has cost the British taxpayer.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2013
New York Times 06/12/2013
The future of Lloyds: Stuff happened
Economist 09/25/2010
Past Sins Haunting Royal Bank of Scotland
New York Times 01/27/2014
Legal Costs Set to Put RBS in the Red
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2014
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2014
Martin Feldstein and the mortgage crisis 2009-2010.
09/12/2007
See the solutions suggested by Feldstein to the crisis in a series of articles.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2008
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2008
Martin Feldstein - The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
Washington Post 10/30/2008
Medicare in the U.S. and European healthcare systems.
06/28/2007
Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
The French Lesson in Health Care
BusinessWeek 06/28/2007
Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/05/2012
Steven Pearlstein: Eat your broccoli, Justice Scalia - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/01/2012
What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2012
Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France | Wonkblog
Washington Post 03/15/2013
An exceptional and detailed look at President Obama and his first term in office.
01/28/2008
A long informal interview with Obama by Peter Baker of the New York Times, in October 2010. Baker covers all aspects of President Obama's first term in office, and compares Obama's situation with that of his predecessors, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. He uses his personal knowledge of other Presidents to throw more light on the Obama Presidency.
Grouped Articles
Germans Loved Obama. Now We Donât Trust Him.
New York Times 06/29/13
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
New York Times 10/29/13
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/13
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/13
BusinessWeek 04/06/09
Geithner Book Reveals Consensus, Not VIsion, During Financial Crisis
New York Times 05/21/14
The Obama organization and young people in 2010-2011.
01/27/2008
Grouped Articles
Generation 0 Faults Obama for Lack of Contact
New York Times 10/31/10
Why Obama Is Likely to Lose in 2012
Wall Street Journal 06/22/11
Why the center-left is fed up with Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/11
Obama as a Hope, and as a President
New York Times 08/10/11
Obama’s ruthless campaign - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/08/12
Rove: The President's Fountain of Youth Is Drying Up
Wall Street Journal 09/05/12
Joseph Stiglitz on the way the Obama administration handled the economy and his vision for the future.
01/23/2008
A squandered opportunity says Stiglitz of Obama's handling of the economy. He presents his vision and solution and action plan.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 09/06/11
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/13
Charlie Rose Talks to Robert Reich
BusinessWeek 10/21/10
Geithner's Plan: Loopholes Galore
BusinessWeek 04/01/09
New York Times 04/01/09
Voters’ Second Thoughts on Hope and Change
New York Times 11/04/14
New U.S. standards for truck emissions and fuel economy in 2010
01/23/2008
Grouped Articles
Ford Is Hoping to Give the Once-Great Explorer a Second Life
New York Times 05/27/10
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Truck Emissions and Fuel Economy Are Targets of New Federal Standards
New York Times 10/25/10
Five Car Makers Back White House's Tougher Fuel Economy Rules
Wall Street Journal 07/27/11
New-Car Fuel Economy Reaches Record Level
Wall Street Journal 02/13/12
Detroit Is Feeling Less Pain at the Pump
Wall Street Journal 02/25/12
Food prices in India.
01/19/2008
Inflation and the supply shock for food prices in India. The efforts of the RBI, India's central bank, to control inflation with a series of interest rate increases.
Grouped Articles
India's Central Bank Surprises Markets With Rate Increase
Wall Street Journal 09/21/13
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/13
It's India's Year of Inflation
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/13
Wall Street Journal 09/04/10
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
Improvements in Fuel Economy for carmakers in 2009 and beyond.
01/06/2008
With the government's investment in GM and its clear mandate for higher fuel efficency under the Obama administration, and with Ford's committment to fuel efficiency leadership, as well as the operation of Chrysler by Italian small carmaker Fiat, the move is towards smaller cars, large gains in fuel efficiency, and investment in hybrid cars.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Fuel-Efficiency Technology Gives Fiat a Boost in Bargaining to Acquire Chrysler Stake
Wall Street Journal 04/07/09
With Gas Prices Less of a Worry, Buyers Pass Hybrid Cars By
New York Times 05/14/15
Ford looks to lead pack in fuel eficiency.
Detroit Free Press 01/09/10
Cars shrink under pressure from government and consumers.
Detroit News 01/09/10
Small Engine shift signals big changes for buyers.
Detroit News 01/09/10
China's difficult political-economic choices in the post 2010 period.
01/06/2008
The difficult choices in the new environment- transition to a new leadership, how to change the export model without serious disruptions, how to deal with western demands for balanced global growth, dealing with the inequality and corruption generated in the kind of growth China experienced (by the fiat of the State), opening up freedom of expression to curb corruption and to provide representation for hitherto blocked out voices, transition to freedom of expression and democratic processes without serious disruption to thegrowth needed for employment and improvements in the standard of living across all parts of society and regions, reducing or channelling to constructive ends prevailing nationalistic, anti-western or anti-Japanese sentiment. The new leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang is expected to be more outward looking than than of Hu Jintao and Wen Biao and comes at atime when China needs to make some difficult choices about future direction.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/13
Wall Street Journal 07/15/13
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/13
Chinaâs Economy, Back on Track
New York Times 10/04/13
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/13
Changes in China's factories in 2010-2013. Changing manufacturing.
01/05/2008
Conditions at Hon Hai and a strike at Honda are part of a changing picture of worker dissatisfaction with wages and discipline at Chinese factories. The period of low prices and worker discipline of the kind that prevailed for several decades of industrialization appears to be closing. The Chinese government is also having second thoughts as America and Europe are no longer the growing markets they used to be, and as it weighs a policy shift to domestic consumption.
Grouped Articles
China: A Billion Strong but Short on Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/02/13
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/13
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/13
Wall Street Journal 12/21/11
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/10
Merck research and development
12/11/2007
Grouped Articles
Merck R&D Job Cuts Strip Layer of Senior Management
Wall Street Journal 06/15/13
Merck Plans Radical Overhaul of Drug R&D Unit
Wall Street Journal 12/28/13
Merck to Continue Development Of Cholesterol, Obesity Drugs
Wall Street Journal 12/11/07
BusinessWeek 05/08/08
Merck to Develop Biotech Generics
Wall Street Journal 12/10/08
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
China's pharmaceutical companies and export markets.
10/09/2007
Grouped Articles
U.S. Opens the Door to Chinese Pills
Wall Street Journal 10/09/07
A Prescription for Chinese Health-Care Stocks
Wall Street Journal 06/28/10
BusinessWeek 11/10/11
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/08/13
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/09
Wall Street Journal 09/12/07
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/08
Wall Street Journal 02/20/08
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/08
IKB Deutsche Industrie Bank and Sachsen LB
08/20/2007
German state-owned banks that engaged in reckless risktaking and had to be supported by the German central bank to prevent complete collapse.
Grouped Articles
Debt Puts German Banks in a Bind
Wall Street Journal 08/20/07
Europeâs Mightiest Banks Still Grapple With Crisis
New York Times 06/27/12
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