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Blockupy movement and anti-austerity protests in Germany in 2015
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Germans Protest European Austerity Measures
New York Times 03/18/2015
Watford City, N. Dakota, U.S. - boom and bust in a shale oil town 2010-2016 (2)
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Oil Boom Swells North Dakota Town; What Now?
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2015
After the Carnage, Shale Will Rise Again
Wall Street Journal 01/19/2016
Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More
WSJ 09/27/2016
GM (General Motors) closing of its plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2015
03/18/2015
GM takes a loss of $600 million in the 1st quarter of 2015, with the decision by GM CEO Mary Barra to close the plant in St. Petersburg. GM's market share has declined in Russia from 9% to 7.4% and GM CEO Barra focussed attention on making European operations profitable at a time of rapid decline in the Russian automobile market.
Grouped Articles
GM to Close Russian Assembly Plant
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
G.M. Exiting Russia, for the Most Part
New York Times 03/18/2015
Chanel strategies
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Chanel Acts on Prices as Euro Worsens Gray Market
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2015
Christy Mahon, first woman "14'er" who has skied and climbed all 54 of Colorado's 14,000 feet mountain peaks
03/17/2015
Christy Mahon decided to follow her husband as a "14-er" by skiing and climbing all of the highest mountains in Colorado. Here Jen Murphy describes the workout regimen, diet, equipment, exercize routine, playlist, and other aspects of Mahon's life in Aspen, Colorado. "Skinning" is the term used for going uphill on mountains using touring skis fitted with sleeves that prevent sliding back when going uphill. Ms. Mahon is the director of the Aspen Center of Environmental Studies.
Grouped Articles
What It Takes to Climb—and Ski—Every Colorado ‘14er’
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2015
Jeb Bush, U.S. presidential candidate in the 2016 election
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Jeb Bush, 20 Years After Conversion, Is Guided by His Catholic Faith
New York Times 03/17/2015
Jeb Bush Opens His Campaign Playbook by Opening Himself
New York Times 05/21/2015
Jeb Bush Says He Will Run as a Political Outsider
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
Hillary Got It Right About Growth
Wall Street Journal 06/18/2015
New York Times 06/19/2015
Moshe Kahlon, of the centrist Kulanu party in Israel's 2015 general election
03/17/2015
Kahlon formed the breakaway Kulanu party after leaving the Likud. He campaigned on social and economic issues, and says he will support whoever can solve the social crisis, as the Likud and Zionist Union work to build a coalition majority. He sees Netanyahu's terms as prime minister as a period of worsening of income inequality in Israel and increasing corruption. The Kulanu party won 10 seats in the 2015 elections with support from young people and students who find it increasingly difficult to live on small incomes with a rising cost of living.
Grouped Articles
Breakaway Party Leader Stays Mum on Where He’ll Throw Support After Israeli Elections
New York Times 03/17/2015
An Israeli Election Turns Ugly
New York Times 03/17/2015
Netanyahu’s Win Is Good for Palestine
New York Times 03/18/2015
2015 merger of Holcim with Lafarge SA
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Holcim Board Rejects Lafarge Merger Terms
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2015
Lafarge Weighs CEO’s Role After Cement Deal
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2015
Lafarge, Holcim Agree to Name Lafont Co-Chairman of Merged Company
Wall Street Journal 03/20/2015
Nintendo enters mobile gaming in 2015. making a long delayed move
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2015
Nintendo Forms Partnership to Develop Mobile Games
New York Times 03/17/2015
In ‘Pokémon Go’ Craze, How Much Profit Does Nintendo Capture?
WSJ 07/12/2016
U.S. Navy and capabilities in 2014-2015
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Firmly Committed to Growing the U.S. Fleet
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2015
Washington Post 12/09/2015
Disarming the Navy Through Bureaucratic Bloat
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2015
S.O.S. for a Declining American Navy
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Security focussed tablet developed by Blackberry, IBM and Samsung in 2015
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
BlackBerry Unveils Security-Focused Tablet
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2015
BlackBerry Results Miss Expectations
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2015
Government support for consumer rights in China
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Foreign Auto Firms Under Fire in China
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2015
Lenovo's largest shareholder Legend
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Lenovo Shareholder Legend Seeks $3 Billion Hong Kong IPO
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2015
How Mexico's 40 free trade agreements reaching 60% of world markets helps Mexico win auto manufacturing foreign investment in 2015
03/18/2015
VW Audi decided to use Mexico instead of the U.S. state of Tennessee for a $1.3 billion manufacturing plant investment in 2015, not just because of low manufacturing cost, but also because it can export more easily from Mexico. The U.S. has fewer free trade agreements than Mexico.
Grouped Articles
Why Auto Makers Are Building New Factories in Mexico, not the U.S.
Wall Street Journal 03/18/15
Mexican Auto Production Sets Record in April
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
Wariness as Auto Industry Eyes Mexico for Growth
New York Times 07/22/15
Ford to More Than Double Mexico Production Capacity in 2018
Wall Street Journal 02/08/16
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/16
Free Trade Loses Political Favor
Wall Street Journal 03/10/16
Mexico's Auto Industry- 2014-2015
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Why Auto Makers Are Building New Factories in Mexico, not the U.S.
Wall Street Journal 03/18/15
Mexican Auto Production Sets Record in April
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
Wariness as Auto Industry Eyes Mexico for Growth
New York Times 07/22/15
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/17
Chanel management
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Chanel Acts on Prices as Euro Worsens Gray Market
Wall Street Journal 03/18/15
India's Mahindra and electric cars
03/18/2015
Grouped Articles
India’s Mahindra Enters Racing, but With Eye on Tesla
Wall Street Journal 03/18/15
Faces in Russia during the economic crisis of 2014-2016- Anatoly Artamonov, governor of the Russia's Kaluga region, and plants of Severstal
03/17/2015
This account of life in the Kaluga region, a provincial city 110 miles south of Moscow, shows how Russia is coping with the 50% drop in the value of the ruble and the drop in oil prices below $50. Anatoly Karmanov, the able and energetic Russian who once ran a collective in the Brezhnev era, says its stupidity to have to hide that he talks to business people in other parts of the world to attract investment. VW plans to continue investment in the country, Continental AG is continuing production based on replacement demand for tires. The auto industry which provides about half of the output in Kaluga is hit hard, with the Association of European Business estimate of about 39% drop in production in Feb. 2015 compared to Feb. 2014. Only about 40% of production cost is from local parts at assembly factories, the rest is imported parts at the new ruble exchange rate, leading to a jump in prices and slumping demand.
Grouped Articles
How Looming Recession Is Unsettling One of Russia’s Boom Cities
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Changing Course, Russia Will Sell Rubles Instead of Buying
New York Times 05/14/15
Upsides for Steel Industry in a Russian Downturn, Despite Sanctions
New York Times 06/16/15
U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dipping Below $40 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
Economist 08/24/15
As Oil Keeps Falling, Nobody Is Blinking
Wall Street Journal 12/07/15
Persian Gulf airlines (Emirates, Qatar and Etihad) and the effort by U.S. airlines to reset the Open Skies agreement
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Gulf Carriers Strike Back at U.S. Campaign to Re-examine Open-Skies Agreements
New York Times 03/17/15
Airlines: Super-connecting the world
Economist 04/25/15
Apple Web TV
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
Apple Plans Web TV Service in Fall
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Apple Said to Plan Limited, Low-Cost Streaming Service
New York Times 03/17/15
Streaming TV Services Seek to Sidestep Web Congestion
Wall Street Journal 03/20/15
Apple TV Remote Expected to Add Touch Pad in Redesign
New York Times 05/04/15
Friedman on the 2015 Israel election and the bad choices remaining in the Middle East
03/17/2015
Grouped Articles
New York Times 03/18/15
An Israeli Election Turns Ugly
New York Times 03/17/15
The Iranian factor in oil prices for 2015-2016
03/17/2015
A nuclear deal reached in 2015 would reduce economic sanctions. The economic sanctions since 2012 have cut Iran's sales of crude to 1-2 million barrels a day, half of normal production levels. The extra crude following a succesful nuclear negotiated deal would keep oil prices low for an extended period.
Grouped Articles
Iran’s Nuclear Deal Could Open Oil Flood
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Iran’s Discount Deal for Global Oil
Wall Street Journal 07/14/15
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Battered by War, Iraq Now Faces Calamity From Dropping Oil Prices
New York Times 01/31/16
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
Oil prices, financial markets sink after production limit plan fails - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/16
Faces of rural India in Rajasthan state in 2015, and the dire need for more jobs
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
In Rural India, Hoping for Jobs and Education in a Growing Economy
New York Times 03/16/15
The boost to the slowing Chinese economy from lower oil prices in 2015
03/16/2015
The lower oil prices provides a estimated boost to the Chinese economy of about $600 million a day, $18 billion a month, at a time when it is slowing and faces high debt levels.
Grouped Articles
A Windfall for China as Commodity Prices Plunge
Wall Street Journal 03/16/15
U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dipping Below $40 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
China Has Big Eyes, Little Stomach for Oil
Wall Street Journal 08/27/15
The Global Battle for Oil Market Share
Wall Street Journal 12/16/15
Sri Lanka Cricket
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
For Sri Lanka’s Elite, High-School Cricket Match Is More Than a Game
Wall Street Journal 03/16/15
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