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Japan Post Holdings Ltd Post Office Watch service for the elderly- the partnership with Apple and IBM
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Apple, IBM to Work With Japan Post to Serve Elderly
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
Apple, IBM and Japan Post See Profit in the Old-Age Market
New York Times 04/30/2015
Japan Post Prices IPOs at Top End
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2015
Mexico- credit ratings and borrowing costs
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Investment in Mexico: The 100-year view
Economist 04/30/2015
Microsoft Hololens project
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Microsoft (Yes, Microsoft) Has a Far-Out Vision
New York Times 04/30/2015
Mexico's bond issuance
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Investment in Mexico: The 100-year view
Economist 04/30/2015
Instacart, online grocery shopping startup
04/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Instacart’s Bet on Online Grocery Shopping
New York Times 04/29/2015
Shinzo Abe's address to a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress on April 29, 2015
04/29/2015
Abe is the first Japanese prime minister to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress.
Grouped Articles
Shinzo Abe of Japan Avoids Specifics in Speech on Trade Accord
New York Times 04/29/2015
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Argues for Trade Deal in Speech to Congress
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
As Abe Speaks, Beijing Does Not Hear the Magic Words
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
Trump targeted Japan during the campaign. Now its prime minister is embracing the new president.
Washington Post 02/10/2017
WSJ interview with Sony CEO, Kazuo Hirai, in April 2015
04/29/2015
Hirai says Sony's DNA is still the same and based on innovation, what has changed is the accountability starting at the top, and being open to new opportunities in a changing environment. The new focus is on being able to adapt quickly.
Grouped Articles
Q&A: Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai Says Company Must Evolve
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2015
What Sony Needs to Keep Success Rolling In
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2015
Australia's real estate market 2014-2016
04/28/2015
Real estate prices are rising rapidly in Australia. A Demogrpahia think tank survey on housing affordability for 2015 shows home prices as a multiple of annual income, with Sydney at 9.8, Melbourne at 8.7 and Wollongong near Sydney at 7.5, compared to London at 8.5 and New York at 6.1. Household debt as a percentage of annual income is climbing in Australia since 2009, whereas it dropped sharply in the UK and the U.S. In Australia this is close to 200%, UK little below 150% and U.S. little above 100%.
Grouped Articles
Think New York Housing Is Expensive? Try Wollongong
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
Australian Property Lending Gets Aggressive, Sparking Fears of Banking Crisis
Wall Street Journal 06/26/2015
In Australia, China’s Appetite Shifts From Rocks to Real Estate
The New York Times 09/24/2016
Takeda legal settlements
04/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Takeda Agrees to Pay $2.4 Billion to Settle Suits Over Cancer Risk of Actos
New York Times 04/28/2015
U.S. racial riots in Baltimore, Maryland, in April 2015
04/28/2015
A city with many black officials in government, and with Democratic party Governor O'Malley in Maryland, sees widespread racial rioting in 2015. The decline in good manufacturing jobs, drug use and abandoned homes, all play a part in the sense of hopelessness in the city. Compared to Ferguson, Missouri, the problems in Baltimore come less in poor white-black relationships, and more from economic decline, a failing school system and crime.
Grouped Articles
Baltimore Riots Are Another Scar on a City Long Battered by Neglect
New York Times 04/28/2015
What Came Before Baltimore’s Riots
New York Times 04/28/2015
Wall Street Journal 04/29/2015
Baltimore Mayor Treads Fine Line in Divided City
New York Times 04/29/2015
Taking to the Baltimore Streets, but for Peace and Progress
New York Times 04/29/2015
Hillary Clinton Laments ‘Missing’ Black Men as Politicians Reflect on Baltimore Unrest
New York Times 04/29/2015
Nepal earthquake in April 2015
04/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Monumental Losses From Earthquake Stun Nepal
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
A Scene of Destruction After Ice Thunders Into Everest Base Camp
New York Times 04/27/2015
Devastation in Katmandu Carved Out Erratic Path
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
Avalanche at Everest base camp in the 2015 Nepal earthquake
04/27/2015
Grouped Articles
A Scene of Destruction After Ice Thunders Into Everest Base Camp
New York Times 04/27/2015
Devastation in Katmandu Carved Out Erratic Path
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
Swedish drugmaker Sobi
04/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Sobi, Swedish Maker of Drugs for Rare Diseases, Receives Takeover Bid
New York Times 04/27/2015
LinkedIn share price performance
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Social Media Punished as Results Fall Short
New York Times 04/30/15
LinkedIn Gets Boost From Mobile, Overseas Users
Wall Street Journal 10/30/15
Canada's housing market
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
IMF Says Canada Housing Market Likely to Achieve ‘Soft Landing’
Wall Street Journal 04/30/15
Canada Grapples With Housing Bubble Risk
Wall Street Journal 01/20/16
Apps for the elderly in Japan
04/30/2015
Grouped Articles
Apple, IBM to Work With Japan Post to Serve Elderly
Wall Street Journal 04/30/15
Vietnam- tradition and modernization in the former imperial city of Hue
04/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Economic Boom Poses a New Threat, Among Many, to a Vietnamese Heritage
New York Times 04/29/15
European bank loans and the eurozone economic recovery in 2014-2016
04/29/2015
Grouped Articles
E.C.B. Says Loans to Private Sector Rose in March for First Time in 3 Years
New York Times 04/29/15
Faces in the Baltimore, Maryland, riots in the U.S. in April 2015
04/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Baltimore Mayor Treads Fine Line in Divided City
New York Times 04/29/15
Taking to the Baltimore Streets, but for Peace and Progress
New York Times 04/29/15
Orioles Play in Eerily Empty Stadium, Sirens in Distance
New York Times 04/29/15
Hillary Clinton Laments ‘Missing’ Black Men as Politicians Reflect on Baltimore Unrest
New York Times 04/29/15
After Baltimore Riots, Focus Turns to New Prosecutor
Wall Street Journal 04/30/15
Baltimore Riots Rekindle Feud Between David Simon, Martin O’Malley
Wall Street Journal 05/02/15
U.S.- Japan Security Agreement in 2015
04/29/2015
The new security agreement signed in 2015 opens up the geographic constraints on Japan's Defense Forces so that Japan can participate in joint action with the U.S. to protect vital global interests.
Grouped Articles
U.S., Japan Announce New Security Agreement
Wall Street Journal 04/29/15
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Argues for Trade Deal in Speech to Congress
Wall Street Journal 04/30/15
Overcoming Japan’s Security Skeptics at Home
Wall Street Journal 07/21/15
Renault-Nissan alliance, CEO Ghosn, France's Economy minister Macron, and the Florange law to protect jobs in France
04/28/2015
France's Economy minister acts to increase the state's voting rights in Renault to 20% by buying Renault shares to give the French government a greater voice in Renault's operations. The move is intended to protect jobs in France. New manufacturing improvements make it possible to make Nissan or Renault vehicles with common parts, and make the same vehicle at any Renault or Nissan plant in the world. This has created fears in France that Renault might move more manufacturing out of France because of its higher wages. The closure of a Arcelor Mittal plant in Florange, France, led to efforts by the French government to improve its future negotiating position to protect jobs.
Grouped Articles
France Outflanks, Outrages Renault’s Ghosn
Wall Street Journal 04/28/15
Renault Holders Hand French Government a Victory
Wall Street Journal 05/01/15
ArcelorMittal Loss Widens Amid Steel Glut
Wall Street Journal 05/08/15
Marine Le Pen springs surprise visit on Macron during picket line campaign trip
The Guardian 04/26/17
In French Labor Overhaul, Union Leader Offers a Way to a Compromise
The New York Times 06/20/17
Macron Outlines Plans to Overhaul France’s Labor Laws
WSJ 06/28/17
Faces in the Nepal earthquake of April 2015
04/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Across Nepal’s Countryside, Desperate Journeys to Ruined Homes After Quake
New York Times 04/28/15
Women engineers in the U.S. workforce
04/27/2015
Grouped Articles
How to Attract Female Engineers
New York Times 04/27/15
Sheryl Sandberg: Women Are Leaning In—but They Face Pushback
WSJ 09/27/16
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/17
At Google, Memo on Gender and Diversity Sparks Firestorm
WSJ 08/09/17
Britain's foreign and defense policy an issue in the 2015 general election
04/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Britain’s Drift From the Global Stage Becomes an Election Issue
New York Times 04/27/15
Disgruntled U.K. Voters Rally to Small Parties
Wall Street Journal 05/01/15
Is China's GDP growth for 1st quarter 2015 the 7% official figure, or below 5% as estimated by Capital Economics, Citi and the Conference Board
04/27/2015
Experts say the official numbers for GDP are "fudged" or simply way off. The Bureau of National Statistics does not release the methodology, inflation assumptions and other basis for the GDP figures, making many of the numbers hard to reproduce. Transparency is seriously missing in the figures. As Communist party chief of Liaoning provincee, prime minister Li Keqiang, looked at the GDP numbers with skepticism, considering instead figures on electricity consumption, rail cargo, bank loans, as more reliable indicators of economic activity and growth.
Grouped Articles
China’s True Growth Is a Mystery; Economists Weigh the Clues
Wall Street Journal 04/27/15
China’s Economy Not Immune to Market Sickness
Wall Street Journal 06/30/15
For All Its Heft, China’s Economy Is a Black Box
Wall Street Journal 08/25/15
Washington Post 01/27/16
China’s Economy Grows 6.9%, but Warning Signs Persist
The New York Times 04/17/17
Moody’s Cuts Its China Rating for the First Time Since 1989
WSJ 05/24/17
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