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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Starwood Hotels performance
12/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Starwood’s Sternlicht Returns to Hotel Operations
Wall Street Journal 12/24/2014
Starwood Hotels CEO Frits van Paasschen Resigns
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
No Five-Star Price for Starwood in Marriott Deal
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2015
Marriott to Buy Starwood Hotels, Creating World’s Largest Hotel Company
New York Times 11/16/2015
Starwood Bidding War Ends Abruptly, Yielding a Merger and a Puzzle
New York Times 03/31/2016
Starwood Hotels strategies
12/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Starwood’s Sternlicht Returns to Hotel Operations
Wall Street Journal 12/24/2014
Starwood Hotels CEO Frits van Paasschen Resigns
Wall Street Journal 02/18/2015
No Five-Star Price for Starwood in Marriott Deal
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2015
Marriott to Buy Starwood Hotels, Creating World’s Largest Hotel Company
New York Times 11/16/2015
Starwood Bidding War Ends Abruptly, Yielding a Merger and a Puzzle
New York Times 03/31/2016
Ukraine and NATO
12/23/2014
Grouped Articles
Ukraine Ends ‘Nonaligned’ Status, Earning Quick Rebuke From Russia
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2014
NATO Completes Plans for ‘Spearhead’ Force
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2015
The View From NATO’s Russian Front
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2015
Defense Chief: Subversion, ‘Big Lie’ Are in Russia’s Arsenal
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2015
U.S. Sends Tanks, Military Equipment to Deter Russian Aggression
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2015
NATO Refocuses on the Kremlin, Its Original Foe
New York Times 06/23/2015
Strong action from Britain to protect LIBOR, ICE Brent and other benchmark rates in 2015
12/23/2014
"The integrity of the City of London matters to the economy of Britain," said Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, as legislation now makes it a criminal offense for individuals to manipulate benchmark rates, punishable with 7 years in prison.
Grouped Articles
U.K. to Criminalize Manipulation of Financial Benchmarks
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2014
Former Trader Tom Hayes Sentenced to 14 Years for Libor Rigging
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015
U.K. Serious Fraud Office Plans More Libor Charges in the Fall
Wall Street Journal 08/05/2015
The Unraveling of Tom Hayes Part Five The Trial
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
The Unraveling of Tom Hayes Part Five The Trial
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
The Unraveling of Tom Hayes Part One Rain Man in Trouble
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2015
Venezuela's credit ratings
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
Oil Shakes Venezuelan Debt to Its Foundations
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2014
Alstom's bribery settlement for $772 million in 2014
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
Alstom to Plead Guilty and Pay U.S. a $772 Million Fine in a Bribery Scheme
New York Times 12/22/2014
Foreign Bribery Cases That Can Drag On and On
New York Times 12/22/2014
U.S. Seeks to Seize $1 Billion in Telecom Probe
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Alexei Kudrin calls for improved relations for Russia with western partners as a way out of the economic crisis, with Europe and the U.S.
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
Russia's Central Bank Acts to Save Trust Bank, a Failing Lender, With More Rescues Expected
New York Times 12/22/2014
Russia’s turn to China: A gap between rhetoric and reality - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Putin’s self-destructing economy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/18/2016
Why the Russian Economy Is Tumbling
New York Times 04/12/2016
Venezuela's debt and prospects of default in 2015-2016
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
Oil Shakes Venezuelan Debt to Its Foundations
Wall Street Journal 12/22/2014
China Boosts Support for Latin Leftists
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2015
Few in Venezuela Want Bolívars, but No One Can Spare a Dime
New York Times 10/18/2015
A rapprochement in 2014 between Qatar which backs the Muslim Brotherhood and Saudi Arabia, U.A.E. which back the Sissi government in Egypt
12/20/2014
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is pushing for an end to hostilities between the Sissi government in Egypt and Qatar as the security threats in the region intensify. Different states are backing different groups in the Middle East. This has led to a war in Libya between competing sides, and conflicts in Yemen. Iran has supported other sides in the conflict. Islamic State now threatens Saudi Arabia as Iran pushes for aggressive action against Islamic State in Iraq, creating common ground with new security threats in the region.
Grouped Articles
Gulf States and Qatar Gloss Over Differences, but Split Still Hampers Them
New York Times 12/20/2014
Saudis Aim to Project Stability
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
A Smooth Saudi Succession, but a Rough Road Ahead
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Obama’s Dual View of War Power Seeks Limits and Leeway
New York Times 02/11/2015
Houthi Militants Protest After Saudi Arabia Airstrikes in Yemen
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Saudi Arabia and Yemen: The test for a new monarch
Economist 04/05/2015
The closing of the autobailout program and the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2014
12/20/2014
With the sale of the U.S. government's stake in Ally Financial the government closes the auto bailout program. The government nets a small profit of $15 billion on the $426 billion TARP program which helps financial institutions in trouble. It comes under criticism for putting the interests of Wall Street ahead of homeowners, students with loans, and ordinary Americans.
Grouped Articles
Bank Bailouts Approach a Final Reckoning
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2014
Susan Wojcicki, CEO of Google subsidiary YouTube
12/20/2014
Grouped Articles
YouTube’s Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button
New York Times 12/20/2014
Investing strategies for 2015
12/19/2014
Grouped Articles
How Investors Can Prepare for 2015
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
A 2015 ‘Rebalancing’ Act for Investors
Wall Street Journal 01/01/2015
Lessons From Fund Managers in Their 70s, 80s
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Why This Old Bull Market May Not Be Ready to Die
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2015
Smart Moves in a Pricey Stock Market
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2015
Five Things: What Investors Shouldn’t Do Now
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2015
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and the Democratic Party
12/19/2014
Grouped Articles
Amid Warren’s Rise, a Democratic Split Becomes Apparent
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
Chicago Mayor’s Race Is Cast as a Test of Liberalism
New York Times 03/21/2015
How Elizabeth Warren is winning the Democratic presidential primary season - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/02/2015
The Democratic Platform’s Sharp Left Turn
WSJ 07/12/2016
Bernie Sanders voters look for a path forward
CNN 10/21/2016
Clinton’s Substantial Popular-Vote Win
The New York Times 11/11/2016
Predictions for U.S. GDP and economic growth in 2015
12/24/2014
Grouped Articles
U.S. Economy Posts Strongest Growth in More Than a Decade
Wall Street Journal 12/24/14
U.S. Economic Growth Nearly Stalls Out
Wall Street Journal 04/29/15
U.S. Trade Gap Widens on Surging Imports
Wall Street Journal 05/06/15
U.S. Economy Contracted 0.7% in First Quarter
New York Times 05/29/15
Hillary Got It Right About Growth
Wall Street Journal 06/18/15
Fed May Fly into Slack Over China, Greece
Wall Street Journal 07/09/15
Sony's limited release of "The Interview"
12/23/2014
Grouped Articles
Sony, in About-Face, Will Screen ‘The Interview’ in a Small Run
New York Times 12/23/14
Disliking Kim Jong-un, and ‘The Interview’ Even More
New York Times 01/11/15
Iran's fragile economic recovery endangered by sharp drop in oil prices and continued western sanctions in 2015
12/23/2014
Grouped Articles
Oil Price Drop, Nuclear Deal Delay Unsettle Iran’s Economy
Wall Street Journal 12/23/14
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
Iran’s Nuclear Deal Could Open Oil Flood
Wall Street Journal 03/17/15
Wall Street Journal 04/21/15
Americans’ Support for Iran Nuclear Deal Holds Steady — WSJ/NBC Poll
Wall Street Journal 06/30/15
Iran’s Discount Deal for Global Oil
Wall Street Journal 07/14/15
The impact on Latin America of the restoration of relations between the U.S. and Cuba
12/22/2014
The gradual normalization of U.S.- Cuban relations is likely to affect how the U.S. is perceived in Argentina, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico and other countries.
Grouped Articles
A deal with Castro, for a post-Castro future - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/22/14
Obama Meets Raúl Castro, Making History
New York Times 04/11/15
An Investment in Colombia’s Peace
New York Times 02/05/16
Obama Visit Affirms Argentina’s Shift Toward Center
New York Times 03/23/16
Colombia’s Remarkable Peace Process
The New York Times 08/25/16
Fidel Castro’s Death Casts Doubt on Cuba’s Relations With U.S.
WSJ 11/26/16
Fed chairwoman as listener with empathy for the unemployed and different opinion on the FOMC- a remarkable Janet Yellen in 2014-2015
12/22/2014
Janet Yellen brings a remarkable change of tone at the Fed as she listens to unemployed workers, listens carefully to committee members, speaks at the end of meetings careful to summarize varying opinion, and calms volatile financial markets in 2014.
Grouped Articles
Yellen’s First Year at Fed: A Remarkably Steady Course
New York Times 12/22/14
The New Jobs Report Shows Janet Yellen’s Quandary in a Nutshell
New York Times 03/06/15
Joel Peterson of JetBlue on Listening Without an Agenda
New York Times 05/09/15
Janet Yellen and Fed Predecessors Find Common Ground Onstage
New York Times 04/07/16
Years of Fed Missteps Fueled Disillusion With the Economy and Washington
WSJ 08/26/16
Fed, With 3 Officials in Dissent, Stands Firm on Interest Rates While Noting Improving Economy
The New York Times 09/21/16
Bratton, De Blasio and the New York Police Department in 2014-2015- balancing the needs of law enforcement with civil rights
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
De Blasio, With Bratton by Side, Seeks Balance After 2 Killings
New York Times 12/22/14
Seattle Police Chafe Under New Marching Orders
Wall Street Journal 12/31/14
Grading Bill de Blasio’s First Year as New York City’s Mayor
New York Times 01/08/15
Police in Cleveland Accept Tough Standards on Force
New York Times 05/26/15
Russian central bank rescue of Trust Bank in Dec. 2014
12/22/2014
The Russian central bank injects $530 million into Trust Bank. Trust Bank is taken over by the Deposit Insurance Agency, and all customer deposits are guaranteed.
Grouped Articles
Russia's Central Bank Acts to Save Trust Bank, a Failing Lender, With More Rescues Expected
New York Times 12/22/14
Scaled-Up Banking Rescue to Push Russian Budget Into Deficit
New York Times 12/26/14
Vietnam and post-Castro Cuba
12/22/2014
Grouped Articles
A deal with Castro, for a post-Castro future - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/22/14
Faces in Cuba as the U.S. restores diplomatic relations in 2014
12/20/2014
Grouped Articles
If Not David to the U.S. Goliath, Cuba Asks What Its Role Is Now
New York Times 12/20/14
On the Open Road, Signs of a Changing Cuba
New York Times 01/06/15
Radio and TV Martí, U.S. Broadcasters to Cuba, Emerge From Cold War Past Facing Uneasy Future
New York Times 03/24/15
Along With President Obama, the 21st Century Visited Cuba
New York Times 03/27/16
Fidel Castro’s Death Casts Doubt on Cuba’s Relations With U.S.
WSJ 11/26/16
In Havana, Castro’s Death Lays Bare a Generation Gap
The New York Times 11/26/16
Pemex strategies to attract foreign investment as oil prices decline in 2014-2015
12/20/2014
Grouped Articles
Falling Oil Prices Could Affect Supply, Pemex CEO Says
Wall Street Journal 12/20/14
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
U.S. Oil Prices Hit Fresh Six-Year Low, Dipping Below $40 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
Paid maternity leave and retention of talented employees
12/19/2014
Grouped Articles
Paid Maternity Leave Is Good for Business
Wall Street Journal 12/19/14
Can the U.S. Ever Fix Its Messed-Up Maternity Leave System
BusinessWeek 01/18/15
Would You Rather Be a New Mom in the U.S. or Germany?
Wall Street Journal 03/10/15
Netflix’s Unlimited Parental Leave Is a Surprising Gift for Workers
Wall Street Journal 08/06/15
The shocking number of new moms who return to work two weeks after childbirth - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/15
Wall Street Journal 09/29/15
U.S. president Obama's governing strategy for 2015-2016
12/19/2014
The U.S. president's plans to move ahead with parts of his agenda using executive powers.
Grouped Articles
Obama’s New Path: Plowing Ahead Solo
Wall Street Journal 12/19/14
The Economist 10/08/16
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