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The Renewable Energy industry in Europe.
01/22/2008
Grouped Articles
Still Plenty of Juice in Renewable-Energy Firms
Wall Street Journal 06/28/2010
Europe, Cutting Biofuel Subsidies, Redirects Aid to Stress Greenest Options
New York Times 01/22/2008
Food prices in China.
01/19/2008
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2010
Food Prices Rise as Asia Projects Stall
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2010
Cooking Oil's Surge Shows How Inflation Hits Chinese
Wall Street Journal 01/01/2011
Global Food-Price Index Hits Record
Wall Street Journal 01/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/03/2011
Drought in Northern China Alarms Leaders
New York Times 02/03/2011
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
The Japanese car market in 2008-2012
01/08/2008
Decline in auto sales after the expiry of subsidies for fuel efficient automobiles in 2010-2011. Increases in sales in 2012.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Mixed Fortunes for Japan Auto Makers in 2010
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2011
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2012
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'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 07/01/2013
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2013
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
Chinaâs Economy, Back on Track
New York Times 10/04/2013
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2013
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 05/02/2013
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/2010
The growing low wage sector as downside of Germany's improving unemployment rate in 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in Germany in 2009 an 6.9% by 2013. Experts says this is a result of the rapid growth in the sector paying low wages.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
German Recovery Spurs Push for Higher Pay
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2010
Europe Moving Toward Small Steps to Promote Growth
New York Times 05/10/2012
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
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
Walgreen drug stores.
07/03/2007
Acquisition of Duane Reade in New York.
Grouped Articles
Walgreen Looks Healthy to Investors
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2014
Option Care Deal Furthers Walgreen Health-Care Ambitions
Wall Street Journal 07/03/2007
Pharmacies Fight Tough Battle on Generic Prices
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2008
Walgreen Broadens Its Health-Care Reach
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2009
Walgreen Sees Customers Delaying Prescriptions
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2009
Profit Falls at Walgreen, but It Tops Estimates
New York Times 03/24/2009
Target stores.
05/07/2007
Retailing giant Target and changes in its strategy to adjust to the frugal American consumer. The new retailing environment in America.
Grouped Articles
Target Earnings Rise 14% on Pickup In Credit Cards, Cost-Cutting Efforts
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2010
Target Tests Small Store for Urban Shoppers as Young People Pick Cities Over Suburbs
New York Times 01/16/2014
Target's Data Breach Adds to CEO's Sack of Woe
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2014
Target Earnings Slide 46% After Data Breach
Wall Street Journal 02/27/2014
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2007
Pharmacies Fight Tough Battle on Generic Prices
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2008
Delta Airlines after the merger with Northwest.
11/21/2006
New focus on upgrading equipment and making improvements.
Grouped Articles
Delta Refocuses On Its Service
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2010
Delta-Northwest Mergerâs Long and Complex Path
New York Times 05/18/2011
Airlines Are Driven to Nickel and Dime
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
Crude or Refined? Delta's Fuel Gambit
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2012
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2012
Steven Pearlstein: Two can play the airline bankruptcy game - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/29/2012
U.S. Exports in 2010-2016
01/21/2008
Grouped Articles
Economist 03/31/10
U.S. Trade Gap Widens on Drop in Exports
Wall Street Journal 11/05/14
Dollar Surges to 11-Year High Against Biggest Rivals
Wall Street Journal 01/04/15
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/15
Exporting Our Way to Stability
New York Times 11/05/10
How can Boeing, our biggest exporter, get foreign airlines to buy more planes?
Washington Post 11/06/10
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
Ford Motor in the Indian market.
01/08/2008
Grouped Articles
U.S. Car Makers Are Missing in India
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Ford Plans 8 New Models to Drive Sales in Growing Indian Market
Wall Street Journal 08/27/10
BusinessWeek 06/23/11
Ford to Increase Its Plant Capacity in India
New York Times 07/27/11
Ford to Expand in India, Planning a Small Car and an Engine Plant
New York Times 01/08/08
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- Communist party leadership in 2010-2012
01/06/2008
The transition in 2012 to the new leadership of Xi Jinping Li Keqiang.
Grouped Articles
China Previews Rising Leadership
Wall Street Journal 08/22/11
Xi Comes Out on Top After Bo Verdict
Wall Street Journal 09/22/13
China's next leader: Xi who must be obeyed
Economist 10/23/10
The Wonk With the Ear of Chinese President Xi Jinping
Wall Street Journal 06/04/13
New York Times 04/09/14
China Promotes a Top Party Official
New York Times 10/18/10
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 05/24/13
Honda's Long-Haul Dilemma in China
Wall Street Journal 06/24/10
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/10
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/14
China Will Keep Growing. Just Ask the Soviets.
New York Times 10/24/14
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/14
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 05/29/13
The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
New York Times 12/10/11
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/13
German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/29/14
Germany Regains Jobs Lost in Recession
Wall Street Journal 07/30/10
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
GM's (General Motors) investments in electric car development in 2014-2016
01/02/2008
Grouped Articles
GM to Invest $449 Million in Electric-Car Development
Wall Street Journal 04/09/14
GM Plans $1 Billion Makeover for Venerated Warren Tech Center
Wall Street Journal 05/15/15
GM to Expand Volt's Launch to New York, Austin
Wall Street Journal 07/01/10
GE to Buy 25,000 Electric Vehicles
Wall Street Journal 11/12/10
Volt Will Get Equivalent of 93 M.P.G., G.M. Says
New York Times 11/24/10
G.M. to Add 1,000 Electric and Hybrid Jobs
New York Times 11/30/10
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
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 06/28/07
Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/05/12
Steven Pearlstein: Eat your broccoli, Justice Scalia - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/01/12
What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
Wall Street Journal 04/03/12
Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France | Wonkblog
Washington Post 03/15/13
Japan's pharmaceutical companies.
01/19/2007
The pharmaceutical industry in Japan.
Grouped Articles
Big Drug Merger Shapes Up in Japan
Wall Street Journal 01/19/07
Japanese Drug Company Bids for U.S. Biotech Firm
New York Times 04/11/08
Wall Street Journal 11/21/08
Wall Street Journal 03/02/09
Japan Drug Makers' Growth Slows
Wall Street Journal 08/03/09
Drug Firm From Japan Buys Maker of Lunesta
New York Times 09/04/09
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