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Pret A Manger British sandwich chain (for freshly prepared healthy food) performance
04/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Pret A Manger to Tap the Accelerator on Growth
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2015
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt performance
04/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Houghton Mifflin Buys Scholastic’s Ed Tech Business for $575 Million
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2015
Monica Langley's interview with Box Inc. co-founders Aaron Levie and Dylan Smith- the travails of founders distracted by a long IPO process and changing market sentiment
04/24/2015
Levie and Smith describe their experience going through the IPO process- the distractions, the 10% discount demanded by TPG private equity which they hesitantly agreed to, investor complaints, changing market sentiment, board discussion and disagreement whether or not to proceed with the IPO. After repeated dilutions of their holdings as new venture capital investors were brought in, and with the IPO offering, the founders stakes shrink significantly. Levie found himself losing his keys, having two cups of coffee one in each hand, and with with poor eating habits, as he appeared to be profoundly unsettled by the whole process. Market sentiment changed with one analyst calling the company "a house of horrors." Box Inc. has consistently pushed for higher revenues with large marketing expenses which lead to consistent losses. IBM, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon are also competing in the same space, making investors nervous about the company's future prospects.
Grouped Articles
Rich, but Not Silicon Valley Rich for Founders of Box
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2015
Italy, Germany, the European Union, and the Libyan migrant deaths at sea, 71 Syrian dead found in a truck in Austria
04/23/2015
An influx of migrants from Libya into Italy, smuggling of refugees on boats, as the civil war in Libya, and protracted war in Syria, continues in 2015. According to Frontex, the EU border agency, about 171,000 people in 2014, four times that in 2013, tried to cross the 250 mile stretch of ocean into Italy in rickety boats. Italy calls for EU wide cooperation to deal with the crisis, and pushes for a UN negotiated settlement in Libya.
Grouped Articles
EU Plans Funding Boost for Efforts to Stem Migrant Deaths
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2015
How Migrants’ Ordeal Turned Into Tragedy at Sea
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2015
What’s Behind Europe’s Migrant Smuggling Crisis?
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2015
Before Dangers at Sea, African Migrants Face Perils of a Lawless Libya
New York Times 04/27/2015
Young Men in Senegal Join Migrant Wave Despite Growing Prosperity at Home
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2015
60 Million People Fleeing Chaotic Lands, U.N. Says
New York Times 06/18/2015
Petrobras and the $17 billion writeoff for overvalued assets and bribe payments in 2015
04/23/2015
About $2.1 billion of this was writeoff for bribe payments. The corruption investigation is showing the weak links between the government and Petrobras, and affecting public confidence in the government.
Grouped Articles
Brazil’s Petrobras Reports Nearly $17 Billion in Asset and Corruption Charges
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2015
Brazil Arrests the Heads of Construction Giants in Graft Probe
Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015
With Arrest of Marcelo Odebrecht, Brazil’s Corruption Probe Moves to the Penthouse
Wall Street Journal 06/19/2015
Brazil Arrests Head of Odebrecht in Petrobras Scandal
New York Times 06/19/2015
Brazil’s Petrobras Slashes Five-Year Investment Budget
Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015
Steeped in Crises, Petrobras CEO Looks to Chart New Path
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2015
Migrants from North Africa and immigration to small towns in Germany in 2014-2015
04/22/2015
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Germany’s Small Towns Feel the Cost of Europe’s Migrant Crisis
New York Times 04/22/2015
Germany unnerved by scores of xenophobic attacks against refugees - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
Why some German universities will educate refugees for free - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/2015
As Germany Welcomes Migrants, Some Wonder How to Make Acceptance Last
New York Times 09/05/2015
Experts say laws not enough as Germany fights bots and fake news | Germany | DW.COM | 25.11.2016
DW.COM 11/25/2016
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/2017
U.S. housing prices 1st quarter 2015
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
Sluggish Housing Starts Belie Builders’ Confidence
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2015
The Housing Market Is Finally Starting to Look Healthy
The New York Times 08/23/2016
Tesla and Apple
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
Elon Musk Supports His Business Empire With Unusual Financial Moves
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Investing in Pakistan
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Pakistan ETF Opens Market to Individual Investors
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2015
U.S. negotiations with Japan for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Abe: U.S., Japan Close to TPP Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Pacific Trade Pact Revives Ghosts of Nafta Jobs Fight
Wall Street Journal 04/24/2015
Obama Presses Case for Asia Trade Deal, Warns Failure Would Benefit China
Wall Street Journal 04/27/2015
Trans-Pacific Partnership Puts Harvard Law School Rivals on Opposite Sides, Again
New York Times 04/27/2015
Obama’s Uphill Push for Free Trade
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
The United States, Japan and trade: Don’t treat trade as a weapon
Economist 04/25/2015
Canada's 2015 budget and incentives for business investment with a slowing economy
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Canada Budget Aims to Stoke Business Investment
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Economist 08/29/2015
Rini Soemarno, Indonesia's minister for state owned enterprises, in the Widodo administration
04/21/2015
State owned enterprises have about $300 billion in assets in Indonesia, and are an important part of the effort to build infrastructure in Indonesia under the Widodo administration.
Grouped Articles
Indonesia Pushes Overhaul of State Firms as Key to Growth
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Norway's pipeline company Gassled strategies
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Norway Angers Investors in Pipeline Network
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
The IKEA shopping experience- advice for couples
04/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Can Your Relationship Handle a Trip to IKEA?
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
NASDAQ 2000 and NASDAQ 2015 not an apples to apples companrison- a very different NASDAQ in 2015
04/24/2015
Companies that are well established such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, Intel Corp., Amazon, make up a significant share of the index. Tech is only 43% of the index. Healthcare is 14% with names like Amgen and Gilead Sciences. And aerospace, other sectors, are part of the NASDAQ in 2015.
Grouped Articles
The New Nasdaq Record, Set By a New Nasdaq
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Why This Old Bull Market May Not Be Ready to Die
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
Buttonwood: Fifteen years of hurt
Economist 04/25/15
Buttonwood: Fifteen years of hurt
Economist 05/09/15
Wall Street Journal 07/18/15
North Korea's nuclear arsenal in 2015-2016
04/23/2015
Grouped Articles
China Warns North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Rising
Wall Street Journal 04/23/15
Wall Street Journal 04/23/15
North Korea’s claims it tested a hydrogen bomb draw skepticism, condemnations - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/06/16
North Korea Says It Successfully Conducted Hydrogen-Bomb Test
Wall Street Journal 01/06/16
The U.S. diplomatic corps loses a legend just when it needs him the most - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/16
North Korea Bomb Test Challenges U.S. Policy in Asia
Wall Street Journal 01/07/16
New York Philharmonic
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Philharmonic’s Challenges Go Beyond the Music
New York Times 04/22/15
Deutsche Bank 2 billion euro settlement with British and U.S. regulatory authorites for rate manipulation
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Deutsche Bank Set to Pay Record Fine in Libor Case
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
Deutsche Bank’s Realism Makes Bleak Reading
Wall Street Journal 04/27/15
Germany Blasts Deutsche Bank Executives Over Culture
Wall Street Journal 07/17/15
Deutsche Bank Warns Litigation Charges to Spur Quarterly Loss
Wall Street Journal 01/21/16
America’s Department of Justice asks Deutsche Bank for $14 billion
The Economist 09/16/16
Opinion: Deutsche Bank in dire straits | Opinion | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/16
Google's "Project Fi" wireless service in 2015
04/22/2015
Google's new wireless service would cost $20 per month, and $10 per gigabyte of data, with any unused data deposited back to user accounts.
Grouped Articles
Google Unveils Wireless Service Called ‘Project Fi’
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
Abe- Jinping meeting at the Asian African Summit meeting in Indonesia, April 21, 2015- a thaw in Japan-China relations
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Abe, Xi Meet at Summit of Asian and African Nations
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
As Abe Speaks, Beijing Does Not Hear the Magic Words
Wall Street Journal 04/30/15
China’s love-hate relationship with Japan is love again. Ahem
South China Morning Post 05/25/18
Tech Rivalry Shadows Japan-China Summit
WSJ 10/23/18
China, Japan Push for Free Trade as Both Grapple With Trump Demands
WSJ 10/26/18
Brinksmanship in the EU- Greece's Syriza government negotiations just before the June 30, 2015 date for debt repayment to the IMF
04/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Economist 06/20/15
Greece and Its Creditors Pummel Each Other, but Fight Is Not Over Yet
New York Times 06/19/15
Greece’s Creditors Make Some Concessions as Showdown Approaches
Wall Street Journal 06/03/15
The Heat Is on Greece’s Alexis Tsipras, From Inside and Out
New York Times 05/24/15
Greece’s Long and Painful Odyssey
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
A Finance Minister Fit for a Greek Tragedy?
New York Times 05/20/15
Use of performance evaluations in companies -issues and drawbacks
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
The Trouble With Grading Employees
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
Google search algorithm modified to favor sites that are mobile friendly in 2015
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
How Climate Change Deniers Rise to the Top in Google Searches
The New York Times 12/29/17
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM Corp.
04/21/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
Behind Ginni Rometty’s Plan to Reboot IBM
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
IBM Revenue Falls 13% Despite Big Gains in New Fields
New York Times 07/20/15
IBM’s Design-Centered Strategy to Set Free the Squares
New York Times 11/14/15
IBM Reports Declines in Fourth-Quarter Profit and Revenue Despite Gains in New Fields
New York Times 01/19/16
IBM: How It Can Make Its Big Sale
Wall Street Journal 02/19/16
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