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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Cushman & Wakefield
02/25/2015
Grouped Articles
Cushman & Wakefield Going Up for Sale
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2015
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu's effort to backtrack from comments about about a two state solution and the Obama White House's response in March 2015
02/25/2015
The Obama White House says following the election victory of Netanyahu that the White House is free to support a two state resolution at the UN. The U.S. Congress has voted unanimously for a two state solution giving the White House support for its new position. To get his own right wing supporters to the polls Netanyahu said before the election that he did not support a Palestinian state. In a speech in 2009 at Bar Ilan University Netanyahu had supported a two state solution. The sudden surge for Netanyahu days prior to the vote is attributed to this move. Netanyahu tried to retract his statement as expected in an interview with Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, saying that under the current conditions with terrorism in the Middle East and failure of the Palestinian Authority to abandon its alliance with Hamas no peace was possible making a two state solution inachievable, but he still supported the idea in the right conditions. Netanyahu also had made comments that Israeli Arabs were "voting in droves" which were seen inside Israel and in the U.S. and Arab world as racist baiting. Netanyahu told Mitchell that Israeli Arabs voting was "sacrosanct" and that he was only trying to get his own supporters to vote. Suggestive of the rifts created in the election most interviews were given selectively to Israeli television stations. Netanyahu is now broadening his reach by talking to NBC, MSNBC, and Fox News of the U.S., but no response is given to NYT requests so far. Some experts see the rift between Netanyahu and Obama as irreparable, and now carried to a new level, as the comments seen as racist baiting on Israeli Arabs were discussed in a phone conversation between the two leaders.
Grouped Articles
Israel’s Netanyahu Reopens Door to Palestinian State, but White House Is Unimpressed
New York Times 03/19/2015
Cracks Appear in Democratic-Jewish Alliance Over Iran Deal, Netanyahu
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015
Talk Toughens as U.S.-Israel Relations Fray
New York Times 02/25/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2015
The President Against the Historian
Wall Street Journal 06/30/2015
Obama and Netanyahu: A Story of Slights and Crossed Signals
New York Times 11/08/2015
The 4 month agreement between Greece's Syriza government and the EU in April 2015
02/24/2015
With the agreement the Greece government agrees to crack down on tax evasion and smuggling of oil and tobacco. It wins concessions for social programs for the poor and to help struggling homeowners with mortgages.
Grouped Articles
In Greek Crisis, Rare Moment of Consensus
New York Times 02/24/2015
Greece Flashes Warning Signals About Its Debt
New York Times 04/19/2015
Greece’s Long and Painful Odyssey
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2015
Pensions in Greece Feel the Pinch of Debt Negotiations
New York Times 06/08/2015
Honda's new CEO Takahiro Hachigo in 2015
02/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Honda Names Takahiro Hachigo New President
Wall Street Journal 02/23/2015
Honda, Grappling With Quality Problems, Will Replace Its President
New York Times 02/23/2015
Honda’s Profit Drops 43% on Slow Sales, Recall Costs
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2015
New Honda CEO Shifts Focus to Technology
Wall Street Journal 07/06/2015
Opposition groups in Venezuela and the government of Nicholas Maduro in 2014-2017
02/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Amid a Slump, a Crackdown for Venezuela
New York Times 02/22/2015
In Chávez, Maduro Trusts, Maybe to His Detriment and Venezuela’s
New York Times 03/09/2015
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2015
Venezuelan Opposition Wins Congressional Midterm Elections
Wall Street Journal 12/07/2015
A revitalized voice for the Americas - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/25/2016
Venezuela Issues New Bank Notes Because of Hyperinflation
The New York Times 01/17/2017
NYT Gardiner Harris's interview with Sri Lanka's prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, Feb. 2015
02/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Sri Lanka Premier Starts With Fixing Civil War Ills
New York Times 02/22/2015
Can Sri Lanka’s new government break free from China? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/17/2015
Comeback Hopes Dim for Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s Ex-President
New York Times 08/16/2015
Voters in Sri Lanka block political comeback bid by former president - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/2015
Gilead share price performance
02/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Overheard: Gilead Needs More Tracks
Wall Street Journal 02/22/2015
Wal-Mart and raising the basic wage to $9 per hour in April 2015, $10 per hour in 2016
02/20/2015
A tightening labor market is behind the Wal-Mart decision to raise the wages per hour for 2015 and 2016.
Grouped Articles
Wal-Mart Raising Wages as Market Gets Tighter
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Wal-Mart’s Raises Reflect Tighter Jobs Market
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Walmart Emerges as Unlikely Social Force
New York Times 04/01/2015
Walmart Adjusts the Thermostat to Warm Worker Relations
New York Times 06/03/2015
Walmart Cuts Outlook, Citing Rising Wages and Online Investment
New York Times 08/18/2015
Sanofi CEO, Olivier Brandicourt, 2015-
02/20/2015
Grouped Articles
Sanofi Names Olivier Brandicourt CEO
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Sanofi to Join Regeneron in Quest to Unleash Immune System on Cancer
New York Times 07/28/2015
How a Sanofi Diabetes Bet Went Wrong
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2016
Ms. Vallaud Belkacem, France's Education minister and immigrant from Morocco 2014-
02/20/2015
Grouped Articles
A French Education Minister Who Knows Immigrants’ Struggles
New York Times 02/20/2015
A touching story from a soldier in the Lost Battalion of World II- on love, marraige and God
02/20/2015
A soldier who was once part of the Lost Battalion in the Vosges French Alps during World War II recovers from a fall at Vanderbilt Medical Center to go back to care for his 94 year old demented wife.
Grouped Articles
Love, Faith and the Lost Battalion
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Reading 1945’s Signs of Peace in Life Magazine
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
John Glenn survived space and celebrity — and still had a great marriage
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Advice for Living
The New York Times 10/01/2016
Akio Toyoda of Toyota Motor and Japan's prime minister Abe- "we are of one mind in fighting deflation"
02/20/2015
Toyota Motor is not asking for price concessions from suppliers in fall 2014 and is likely to do the same in spring 2015, so that suppliers can raise wages for the estimated 1.35 million employees at Toyota suppliers in Japan. Toyota Motor CEO, Akio Toyoda, also a grandson of a Japanese leader like prime minister Abe, says "we are of one mind in fighting deflation." Toyota has benefitted from the yen at 110 to the dollar which increases revenue and profit from exports. Both Abe and Toyoda carry a large responsibility as Japan fights off the effects of deflation, and the effects of an increase in the consumption tax on consumers.
Grouped Articles
Abe and Toyoda: Marriage of Mutual Need
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2015
Abenomics Pays It Forward for Japanese Workers
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
Japan’s Businesses Respond to Abe’s Push for Higher Wages
New York Times 03/18/2015
Abe: U.S., Japan Close to TPP Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Japan Embodies a Global Mystery: Where Are the Raises?
WSJ 06/06/2017
Restaurant Brands International
02/18/2015
Grouped Articles
Burger King, Tim Hortons Parent Posts Sales Gain
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
Israeli prime minister Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress in March 2015
02/25/2015
Grouped Articles
Retired Israeli Generals Denounce Planned Netanyahu Speech
Wall Street Journal 03/02/15
Before Key Speech, Netanyahu Hails U.S. Ties
Wall Street Journal 03/03/15
Obama May Find It Impossible to Mend Frayed Ties to Netanyahu
New York Times 03/18/15
Cracks Appear in Democratic-Jewish Alliance Over Iran Deal, Netanyahu
Wall Street Journal 04/04/15
In Congress, Netanyahu Faults ‘Bad Deal’ on Iran Nuclear Program
New York Times 03/03/15
Talk Toughens as U.S.-Israel Relations Fray
New York Times 02/25/15
J.P. Morgan Chase performance 2014-2016
02/25/2015
Grouped Articles
J.P. Morgan Aims to Get Leaner
Wall Street Journal 02/25/15
J.P. Morgan Shows Why It Pays to Turn Money Away
Wall Street Journal 02/25/15
J.P. Morgan Posts Record Earnings, But Can Good Times Last?
Wall Street Journal 01/15/16
Krugman on the debt negotiations between Greece and the EU in April 2015- how the Syriza government Greece wins flexibility for 2015-2016
02/24/2015
Krugman cuts through the fog of media commentary about the Greece negotiations with the EU in April 2015. He says in actual fact the situation is better for Greece than under the previous government, with Greece winning new flexibility for how much it must make in cuts. Under the Samaras government the primary surplus, which is the difference between revenue and expenditures not counting interest on debt, would have to triple from what it is likely to be now. Syriza Tsipras government has won flexibility by keeping language about increases in the future surplus obscure. Krugman points out that it is the primary surplus that matters most, because it is the money Greece has to transfer to creditors. On the revenue side Krugman says collecting taxes needs to be more efficient, and he cannot see how this should be any other way. In the eurozone as a whole the move is away from austerity and towards constructive reforms that promote economic growth. Italy and France also won new flexibility in talks with the EU in addressing the deficit for 2015-2016. As a result the story is positive for the eurozone, yet commentary in the media makes it look like there is the prospect of further decline in the region. As a sign of the recovery auto sales in the eurozone increased by about 9% year over year for the 1st quarter of 2015, with sales increases across the eurozone including Greece and Ireland, and large increases in Spain, Portugal.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 02/27/15
In Greek Crisis, Rare Moment of Consensus
New York Times 02/24/15
New York Times 04/20/15
Greece Flashes Warning Signals About Its Debt
New York Times 04/19/15
Greece’s Long and Painful Odyssey
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
Greece Says It Is Changing Team That Negotiates With Creditors
New York Times 04/27/15
Calgary, Alberta
02/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Slumping Oil Prices Hit Calgary Housing
Wall Street Journal 02/23/15
Women and the difficult task of balancing work and child raising demands in 21st century society
02/22/2015
Grouped Articles
The Global Flight From the Family
Wall Street Journal 02/22/15
Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Parents
New York Times 04/07/15
The Quandary of a Stay-at-Home Feminist
Wall Street Journal 05/01/15
DW.COM 04/25/17
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/17
To Lift Growth, Janet Yellen Says, Make It Easier for Women to Work
The New York Times 05/05/17
Sri Lanka and minority Tamils in 2015-2016
02/22/2015
Grouped Articles
Sri Lanka Premier Starts With Fixing Civil War Ills
New York Times 02/22/15
Comeback Hopes Dim for Mahinda Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka’s Ex-President
New York Times 08/16/15
Hillary Clinton's corporate ties and fundraising
02/20/2015
The Clinton Foundation and fundraising efforts.
Grouped Articles
Hillary Clinton’s Complex Corporate Ties
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
The Clinton Foundation Super PAC
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Hillary Clinton Takes Hit in WSJ Poll, but Holds Edge Over GOP Rivals
Wall Street Journal 05/05/15
Hillary Clinton’s Appeal Survives Scrutiny, Poll Says
New York Times 05/05/15
Erosion of Family- the growing number of single women in their 40's, childless women, and single person homes worldwide including lower income countries
02/20/2015
The trend is most observed in Western Europe, the U.S. and Japan. It is also progressing rapidly in lower income countries of the Arab world and other parts of Asia.
Grouped Articles
The Global Flight From the Family
Wall Street Journal 02/22/15
In China’s Modern Economy, a Retro Push Against Women
New York Times 02/20/15
The Clinton Global Initiative and fund raising efforts of Hillary Clinton
02/20/2015
The Clinton Foundation and fund raising efforts.
Grouped Articles
Hillary Clinton’s Complex Corporate Ties
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Wall Street Journal 04/24/15
Hillary Clinton and the Super Trough
New York Times 05/08/15
Financial Sector Gives Hillary Clinton a Boost
Wall Street Journal 05/13/16
Clinton Family Plans to Scale Back Foundation If Hillary Clinton Wins Election
WSJ 08/19/16
Lenovo's Superfish App and laptop security from hacking
02/20/2015
Grouped Articles
Lenovo Pulls Laptop App After Security Warnings
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
Lenovo and Superfish Penetrate the Heart of a Computer's Security
New York Times 02/22/15
U.S. Navy shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls
02/20/2015
Grouped Articles
Huntington Ingalls Plans Shipbuilding Reset
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
Firmly Committed to Growing the U.S. Fleet
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
The effect of sharp oil price declines in 2015 on Saudi Aramco
02/20/2015
Saudi Aramco is seeking price cuts from suppliers as it faces a sharp decline in oil prices.
Grouped Articles
Oil-Drop Pain Spreads to Saudi Arabia’s Energy Behemoth
Wall Street Journal 02/20/15
As Saudis Keep Pumping, Thirst for Domestic Oil Swells
Wall Street Journal 07/04/15
U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dipping Below $40 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
From Venezuela to Iraq to Russia, Oil Price Drops Raise Fears of Unrest
New York Times 08/24/15
OPEC’s Oil Output Strategy Seen Potentially Backfiring
Wall Street Journal 11/10/15
Saudi Arabia, Squeezed by Low Oil Prices, Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit
New York Times 12/28/15
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