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Women in Silicon Valley companies
04/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Parents
New York Times 04/07/2015
At Google, Memo on Gender and Diversity Sparks Firestorm
WSJ 08/09/2017
The work of Judge Sergio Moro, and prosecutors led by Deltan Dallagnol, to strengthen the legal system in Brazil for tackling corruption
04/07/2015
The story of the Petrobras investigation in Brazil is the result of the hard work put in by six prosecutors in the Brazilian city of Curitiba. Their hope is to bring some aspects of the U.S. legal system to Brazil to reduce the level of corruption. It comes at a time when there is a greater awareness in Brazil- and in many developing countries such as Brazil, Nigeria and others- of the cost of waste of public funds. In Brazil essential services including transportation have suffered for lack of funds, leading to public protests. A huge amount of borrowing took place in the last 10 years resulting in a debt crisis and credit crunch in the country which is likely to lead to low or stagnant growth.
Grouped Articles
How Brazil’s ‘Nine Horsemen’ Cracked a Bribery Scandal
Wall Street Journal 04/07/2015
An Escalating Corruption Scandal Rocks Brazil
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
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
The Weather Channel strategies
04/06/2015
Grouped Articles
At the Weather Channel, Gloomy Skies Linger
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2015
The Weather Channel performance
04/06/2015
Grouped Articles
At the Weather Channel, Gloomy Skies Linger
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2015
Brazil's economy in 2015-2016
04/05/2015
Grouped Articles
Brazil’s coming recession: The crash of a titan
Economist 04/05/2015
Learning the lessons of stagnation
Economist 06/30/2015
How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2015
Brazil’s Economic Crisis Beats the Emerging Middle Class Back Down
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2015
Gloom on Brazil Finances Deepens
Wall Street Journal 12/17/2015
Brazil’s Finance Minister Replaced
New York Times 12/18/2015
NYT's Thomas Friedman's interview with U.S. president Obama on April 4, 2015, on the nuclear agreeement with Iran
04/05/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 04/05/2015
Israel, U.S. Lawmakers Press Case Against Iran Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/07/2015
Wall Street Journal 04/09/2015
White House Lobbying Democrats and Independents to Support Iran Nuclear Deal
New York Times 07/15/2015
Backing Up Our Wager With Iran
New York Times 07/22/2015
Lots of heat but not much light
Economist 08/30/2015
Inadequate supplies of organic food in 2015 with surging demand and greater involvement of buyers in supporting farming to increase supplies
04/04/2015
Organic food such as corn and soyabeans can fetch prices as high as 3 times the regular price. During the transition period of 2-3 years for converting to organic farming growers still get paid the regular price even as they incur the high upfront costs of conversion. Organic farming also includes higher costs for farming practices such as weeding. This discourages conversion and requires support form buyers or direct involvement of buyers in setting up organic farms.
Grouped Articles
Hunger for Organic Foods Stretches Supply Chain
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors
04/04/2015
Grouped Articles
Tesla First-Quarter Car Deliveries Rise Above 10,000
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
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 to Sell $1.5 Billion in Debt to Fuel Aggressive Expansion
WSJ 08/08/2017
Tesla’s Push to Build a Self-Driving Car Sparks Dissent Among Its Engineers
WSJ 08/24/2017
Marijn Dekkers, CEO of German life sciences company Bayer
04/04/2015
Grouped Articles
Bayer’s CEO Injects a Dose of U.S. Risk-Taking
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
Bayer Lowers Sales Outlook Despite 21% Rise in 3Q Profit
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2015
Monsanto accepts sweeter bid from Bayer | Business | DW.COM | 14.09.2016
DW.COM 09/14/2016
Bayer, Monsanto’s $57 Billion Megadeal Faces Closer EU Scrutiny
WSJ 08/22/2017
A Dutch-American executive makes it in Leverkusen, Germany- with Bayer
04/04/2015
WSJ's Christopher Alessi provides this fascinating account of a Dutch American who gets it right in the small town of Leverkusen, Germany, striking the right balance between tradition and profitable growth for the future. To win hearts and minds in conservative small town Germany for a shareholder focussed venture approach is a significant achievement.
Grouped Articles
Bayer’s CEO Injects a Dose of U.S. Risk-Taking
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
Monsanto accepts sweeter bid from Bayer | Business | DW.COM | 14.09.2016
DW.COM 09/14/2016
Bayer Boss, Bullish on Growth, Defends Monsanto Deal
WSJ 09/20/2016
Cofco strategies
04/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Cofco’s Push Into U.S. Won’t Be Easy
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2015
Chinese Food Giant Explores Deals in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2015
Cofco acquisitions
04/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Cofco’s Push Into U.S. Won’t Be Easy
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2015
Chinese Food Giant Explores Deals in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2015
Working parents, families and Silicon Valley- the search for parent friendly culture in 2015-2016
04/07/2015
A former Chief Technology Officer of Facebook, who has started his own startup Quip, says the culture for mothers of children, working parents and families is not what it should be. He is raising two young children. Mothers at companies in Silicon Valley say they are sometimes the only parent in a team among many 20+ years employees. The culture is not friendly to women and families when it comes to time needed for helping raise a family.
Grouped Articles
Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Parents
New York Times 04/07/15
Tech Expansion Overruns Cities in California’s Silicon Valley
Wall Street Journal 04/27/15
How to Attract Female Engineers
New York Times 04/27/15
Wall Street Journal 10/13/15
What’s Holding Back Women in Tech?
Wall Street Journal 03/22/16
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/16
Royal Dutch Shell and the LNG ship Prelude- technology with a $10 billion price tag for smaller gas fields
04/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Shell in Advanced Talks to Buy BG Group
Wall Street Journal 04/08/15
Royal Dutch Shell in Talks for BG Group, a Gas Producer
New York Times 04/07/15
Emerging Markets Pick Up the Slack as Bigger Players’ Demand for LNG Eases
WSJ 08/30/17
A users view of Tesla's electric car and its performance
04/06/2015
Grouped Articles
My Tesla Doesn’t Have a Range Issue
Wall Street Journal 04/06/15
The Economist on the Brazilian economy's perilous situation in 2015-2016
04/05/2015
Dollar debts for Brazil went up from $100 billion in 2010 to $250 billion in 2015, according to BIS data. Even more in local currency terms which went up from 210 billion reais to 650 billion reais. BNDES and Caixa Economic Federal, 2 state owned banks made up 35% of bank loans in Brazil in 2009, by 2015 this went up to 55%, making Brazil's banking system a fiscal operation overly dependent on the state. With rates as high as 16%, the state banks provide subsidized loans to firms at 5.5%. Monetary policy is difficult for the central bank as increasing rates to shore up the declining real would hurt the economy, which is expected to contract by 1.5% by official estimates, but higher according to other private estimates. The declining real, drought affecting hydroelectric generated power prices, and lower export revenues, in addition to high debt interest payments exceeding 6% of GDP, are leading to low or no economic growth for 2015-2016. This comes at a time of corruption issues and ratings one notch above junk for state oil company Petrobras, which itself needs government support.
Grouped Articles
Brazil’s coming recession: The crash of a titan
Economist 04/05/15
Fed Must Consider the World and All U.S. Employment
Wall Street Journal 04/09/15
Russia, Brazil Mistakes Show How Inflation Can Still Arise
Wall Street Journal 05/03/15
Learning the lessons of stagnation
Economist 06/30/15
How Brazil’s China-Driven Commodities Boom Went Bust
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
Brazil Sinks into Technical Recession on Second Quarter Output Contraction
Wall Street Journal 08/28/15
Nuclear proliferation and threat from nuclear weapons- the situation in 2015
04/05/2015
Grouped Articles
Nuclear weapons: The new nuclear age
Economist 04/05/15
Race for Latest Class of Nuclear Arms Threatens to Revive Cold War
New York Times 04/16/16
Only Hillary Clinton Is Prepared for the Nuclear Threat
WSJ 10/24/16
U.S. president Obama's views on the nuclear agreement with Iran and response to criticism of the deal
04/05/2015
Grouped Articles
President Obama Calls Preliminary Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Our Best Bet’
New York Times 04/05/15
New York Times 04/05/15
White House Says Obama Would Sign New Iran Bill
Wall Street Journal 04/15/15
Clearing Hurdles to Iran Nuclear Deal With Standoffs, Shouts and Compromise
New York Times 07/15/15
White House Lobbying Democrats and Independents to Support Iran Nuclear Deal
New York Times 07/15/15
‘Snapback’ Is an Easy Way to Reimpose Iran Penalties
New York Times 07/16/15
California's drought and the mismanagement of water resources in the state
04/05/2015
Grouped Articles
Beneath California Crops, Groundwater Crisis Grows
New York Times 04/05/15
In Parched California, Innovation, Like Water, Has Limits
New York Times 04/07/15
California Orders Large Water Cuts for Farmers Amid Drought
Wall Street Journal 06/13/15
Drought-stricken California’s San Joaquin Valley is sinking, NASA says - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/15
Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America
NYTimes.com 08/28/20
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian 12/15/17
Verification by UN agency IAEA as the weak point in the nuclear agreement with Iran reached in April 2015
04/04/2015
International inspectors from the UN's agency will face the same problems they faced in Iraq and in an earlier period in Iran, say critics of the nuclear agreement. With the Security Council divided, and China, Russia opposing a "snap back" in sanctions, the "snap back" option may not work in the future. If German and French companies enter the Iranian market it will be diffficult to get Germany and France to support a reimposition of sanctions. As a result the entire framework of the agreement rests on verification and the record on this is weak.
Grouped Articles
Iran’s Negotiating Triumph Over Obama and America
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Russia Lifts Its Ban on Delivery of S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile System to Iran
Wall Street Journal 04/14/15
Russian Missiles for the Ayatollah
Wall Street Journal 04/14/15
White House Says Obama Would Sign New Iran Bill
Wall Street Journal 04/15/15
The CIA Needs an Iran ‘Team B’
Wall Street Journal 04/15/15
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
Toyota Mexico
04/04/2015
Grouped Articles
Toyota to Resume Plant Building After Three-Year Hiatus
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Toyota to Invest $1.4 Billion to Meet Growing U.S., China Demand
Wall Street Journal 04/16/15
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/17
Toyota's plans for $1.25 billion investment in new assembly plants in Mexico and China after the "willful pause" since 2012
04/04/2015
Grouped Articles
Toyota to Resume Plant Building After Three-Year Hiatus
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Toyota to Invest $1.4 Billion to Meet Growing U.S., China Demand
Wall Street Journal 04/16/15
Overheard: China’s Two-Speed Car Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/17
China's dominant state owned food company Cofco management
04/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Cofco’s Push Into U.S. Won’t Be Easy
Wall Street Journal 04/03/15
Chinese Food Giant Explores Deals in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/15
Cofco performance
04/03/2015
Grouped Articles
Cofco’s Push Into U.S. Won’t Be Easy
Wall Street Journal 04/03/15
Chinese Food Giant Explores Deals in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/15
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