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CIC
03/29/2015
Grouped Articles
China’s CIC Gearing Up Investment in Overseas Assets
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Separate Iranian and American statements on the outline of the nuclear agreement reached in April 2015, and the different interpretations
03/29/2015
The different statements put out by the Iranian foreign minister and by John Kerry were intended to give each side the opportunity to sell what it had agreed to at home- the Iranian negotiators to hardliners in the Iranian government, and the U.S. to Congress and Israel. On a key issue for the Iranians for example the words are for sanctions to be lifted "immediately," and the Fordo complex conversion into a science and technology research center can be put off if America does not lift sanctions. The American statement talks about sanctions lifting as a step by step process. These differences could lead to tough negotiations ahead.
Grouped Articles
Outline of Iran Nuclear Deal Sounds Different From Each Side
New York Times 04/04/2015
Iran Backs Away From Key Detail in Nuclear Deal
New York Times 03/29/2015
President Obama Calls Preliminary Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Our Best Bet’
New York Times 04/05/2015
New York Times 04/05/2015
Israel, U.S. Lawmakers Press Case Against Iran Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/07/2015
White House Says Obama Would Sign New Iran Bill
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2015
Questions about a pilots medical and psychological condition raised by Lufthansa Germanwings Flight 9525
03/28/2015
The pilot Lubitz of Flight 9525 was treated for depression at Dusseldorf University Hospital. Investigators found several torn up doctors leave notes including for the day of the flight for the 28 year old pilot, suggesting that his employer did not know about his condition. Gaps in his flight training record could also be due to this condition. The airlines industry including the FAA operate on the basis of self assessment and sharing of medical conditions on the pilots own initiative which would now come up for review. The difficulty with this is that if a pilot's license is coming up for renewal as it was for Lubitz, then potential employer action could lead to non disclosure of such risky conditions.
Grouped Articles
Germanwings Co-Pilot Andreas Lubitz Concealed Depression From Airline
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2015
For Pilots, Job Fears Can Deter Disclosure of Illness
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Germanwings Pilot Andreas Lubitz Sought Treatment for Vision Problems Before Crash, Authorities Say
New York Times 03/28/2015
Germanwings Crash Raises Questions About Shifting Ideas of Pilot Fitness
New York Times 03/28/2015
Liability for Germanwings Crash May Still Rest With Airline, Insurer
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2015
Lufthansa Finds Germanwings Co-Pilot’s 2009 Email on Depression
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2015
Intel Corp. and chips for automobiles
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2015
Intel Joins Silicon Valley’s Race to Make Best ‘Server on Wheels’
WSJ 03/13/2017
Intel Corp.'s acquisition of chipmaker Altera
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2015
Foster Farms to Eliminate Human Antibiotics in Poultry
New York Times 06/01/2015
The U.S. air support of Saudi air strikes in Yemen and the Iraqi army at Tikrit- 2015
03/28/2015
The U.S. finds itself on both sides of the conflict involving Iran after years of inaction under the Obama administration- using airstrikes for supporting the Saudis against Iranian backed Houthi rebels in Yemen who advanced into the southern port city of Aden in March 2015, and using airstrikes supporting the Iraqi army at Tikrit. Policy determined by an evolving situation in the Middle East reacting to facts on the ground at each step, and not able to formulate a coherent policy, after leaving the region to the influence of regional powers and sectarian conflicts under the Obama administration.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Iraqi Forces in No Hurry to Expel ISIS From Tikrit
New York Times 03/28/2015
Saudi-Led Forces Blockade Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2015
Saudi Arabia and Yemen: The test for a new monarch
Economist 04/05/2015
U.S. Widens Role in Saudi-led Campaign Against Houthi Rebels in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
Mohammad Javad Zarif: A Message From Iran
New York Times 04/20/2015
U.S. president Obama's policy in 2015 as the Middle East descends into sectarian conflicts between Shiite Iran and Sunni Arab states
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Obama Struggles With a Messy Middle East
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
U.S. Boosts Aid in Saudi-Led Fight To Defeat Rebel Force in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
U.S. Sends Ship, Planes as Iranians Seize Commercial Ship
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
Saudi Arabia executes prominent Shiite cleric and 46 others in 12 cities - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/2016
Obama’s Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make Nice
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2016
Blackberry performance 2015-2016
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
BlackBerry Reports $28 Million Profit in 4th Quarter
New York Times 03/27/2015
BlackBerry Results Miss Expectations
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2015
With Phones Lagging, BlackBerry Reports $28 Million Loss
New York Times 06/23/2015
BlackBerry Revenue Drops as Handset Troubles Continue
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2016
How BlackBerry’s Handsets Are Stuck on Hold
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2016
Labor relations at Emirates airlines- labor negotations in Dubai where strikes are banned
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Labor Strife an Unwelcome Novelty for Emirates Airline
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
Toyota's benchmarking of VW's MQB production platform and use in its manufacturing processes in 2015-2020
03/27/2015
Toyota is moving to a production method introduced by VW in 2012, which allows multiple models to be made in the same plant, and even on one production line. Toyota calls it the New Global Architecture for manufacturing. The Prius and Lexus brands will be the first to be manufactured in this way. Toyota plans to have smaller production lines and use the shift in methods to reduce costs by 30%. Toyota will also source more parts from outside its traditional supplier base to include Continental AG and other foreign suppliers. Toyota like Sony was once a pioneer in its field, Japanese companies are now looking outside for new ideas and methods. The Not Invented Here Syndrome is now a thing of the past in Japan, as Japanese companies benchmark their western competitors.
Grouped Articles
Toyota Unveils Revamped Manufacturing Process
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
Black Rock's investment in a joint venture with Pemex for a natural gas pipeline to central Mexico
03/27/2015
The $900 million investment for a 45% stake by Black Rock and First Reserve Corp. in a joint venture with Pemex to bring U.S. natural gas through a pipeline to central Mexico, is the first investment with Pemex International since the law opening up the oil sector in Mexico. Lower oil prices in 2015 have led to $4 billion in budget cuts at Pemex, and fewer investors than expected when the law was passed.
Grouped Articles
Mexico’s Pemex Lands Pipeline Deal With BlackRock, First Reserve
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2015
Independent investment bank Lazard
03/26/2015
Grouped Articles
How Kraft Rolled Out the Welcome Mat for Deal-Hungry Brazilians From 3G
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Iraq splintering into three regions in 2015- Sunni, Shiite and Kurd
03/26/2015
The situation on the ground with the intolerance of the previous Maliki government in Baghdad, the rise of Islamic State, and the Kurdish state in the north, have created conditions on the ground that are leading ordinary Sunnis and Shiites in the 2.5 million plus refugees to see the division of the country between Shiite, Sunni, and Kurdish as permanent partition of the country. Beyond the partition is the wider sectarian conflict between Shiites and Sunnis that the conflict in Syria-Iraq has created, and its spread to other parts of the Middle East including Yemen., drawing a coalition of Arab states led by the Saudis and Turkey opposing Shiite Iran.
Grouped Articles
Iraq Inches Toward 3-Way Split
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Who’s Willing to Fight for Iraq?
New York Times 06/01/2015
With More Cash, Iran Poised to Help Mideast Friends
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2015
America’s Marxist Allies Against ISIS
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Turkey Riles U.S. Ally in Fight Against Jihadists
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2015
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
New York Times 11/13/2015
CIC Capital unit of China Investment Corpotation
03/29/2015
Grouped Articles
China’s CIC Gearing Up Investment in Overseas Assets
Wall Street Journal 03/29/15
Automobile makers and the new research labs in Silicon Valley in 2015 with the technological advances in navigation systems
03/29/2015
Grouped Articles
Ford, Mercedes-Benz Set Up Shop in Silicon Valley
Wall Street Journal 03/29/15
Tech Expansion Overruns Cities in California’s Silicon Valley
Wall Street Journal 04/27/15
Faces on the negotiating teams at the Iran nuclear negotiations in 2015
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
No. 2 Negotiators in Iran Talks Argue Physics Behind Politics
New York Times 03/28/15
Iran’s Negotiating Triumph Over Obama and America
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Iran’s Supreme Leader Is Wild Card in Nuclear Deal
Wall Street Journal 07/15/15
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt management
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Linda Zecher of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: The Danger of ‘One Size Fits All’
New York Times 03/28/15
Houghton Mifflin Buys Scholastic’s Ed Tech Business for $575 Million
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Nigeria's 2015 presidential election
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Nigeria Votes in Sharply Contested Presidential Election
New York Times 03/28/15
Muhammadu Buhari Defeats Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria Election
Wall Street Journal 04/01/15
In Nigeria’s Election, Muhammadu Buhari Defeats Goodluck Jonathan
New York Times 03/31/15
Muhammadu Buhari, a Familiar, and Now Less Divisive, Choice in Nigerian Election
New York Times 03/31/15
Nigeria’s election: Three cheers for democracy
Economist 04/05/15
Share the Pork, Be President for Life
New York Times 03/29/15
The murky world of pre-IPO trading of shares in startup companies
03/28/2015
An estimated $10-$30 billion in shares of pre-IPO startup companies trade in a financial market involving venture capital companies, hedge funds, employees of the startups, the startup companies, and public investors, outside the scrutiny of federal and state regulators. The SEC has issued only a couple of enforcement actions. Federal and state laws permit such pre-IPO trading of unregistered securities. As a result wealth is now created in large part even before the IPO happens as the prices are orchestrated up much earlier, and startups can as a result delay the actual IPO till about 6-7 years later on average.
Grouped Articles
How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early
Wall Street Journal 03/28/15
Mexico and issues of press freedom under the PRI Enrique Pena Nieto administration
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
In Mexico, Firing of Carmen Aristegui Highlights Rising Pressures on News Media
New York Times 03/27/15
Elections Highlight Uneven Progress in Mexico
WSJ 06/10/16
Mexico’s States Gained Power and Money; Then Came Corruption
WSJ 03/13/17
Lee Kuan Yew and the media
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/27/15
Lee Kuan Yew: The wise man of the East
Economist 04/05/15
U.S. food buyer preferences shift to natural and organic foods in 2015-2016
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Balance of Power Shifts in Groceries
Wall Street Journal 03/27/15
Hunger for Organic Foods Stretches Supply Chain
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
Black Rock strategies
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Mexico’s Pemex Lands Pipeline Deal With BlackRock, First Reserve
Wall Street Journal 03/27/15
BlackRock Chief: Markets Will Be ‘Fine’
Wall Street Journal 01/18/16
Kamala Harris, California Attorney General
03/27/2015
Grouped Articles
Kamala Harris, California’s Attorney General, Leaps to Forefront of Senate Race
New York Times 03/27/15
Independent investment bank Centerview Partners LLC
03/26/2015
Grouped Articles
How Kraft Rolled Out the Welcome Mat for Deal-Hungry Brazilians From 3G
Wall Street Journal 03/26/15
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