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Karl Case on Housing in America in 2010.
09/01/2010
The co-author of the Case-Shiller Housing index on housing markets, and what the dream of buying a house in America really means; what its benefits really are outside of speculation.
Grouped Articles
Home Prices Rise, Producing a Buying Mood
New York Times 05/28/2013
New York Times 09/01/2010
Housing Market Is Still Facing a Blizzard
Wall Street Journal 12/29/2010
Housing Prices, Still Falling, May Be Nearing Bottom
New York Times 05/31/2011
The Sickness Beneath the Slump - Economic View
New York Times 06/11/2011
Housing Market Displays New Vigor as Prices Rise
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2012
Drawbacks of the US Federal Reserve's move on Nov 3, 2010, to buy $600 billion of Treasury securities (QE II).
08/12/2010
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2010
Overheard: Pension Pain From the Fed
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
Captain Ben Charts a Treacherous Course
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2010
Fedâs More Aggressive Move May Not Go Far Enough
New York Times 11/03/2010
Bernanke Seems to Fear Fate of Japan, Not Greece
New York Times 11/05/2010
Central Bank Treads Into Once-Taboo Realm
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2010
The Bush tax cuts in 2010.
08/05/2010
In the face of rising deficits, and questions about the future solvency of Medicare and Social Security, there are questions about the Bush tax cuts which expire in December 2010 if not renewed. With high unemployment the consensus seems to be to leave the tax cuts in place for a limited period, and have serious conversation about taxes when a new presidential term begins. A Value added Tax has been suggested by Paul Volcker, similar to that in Europe.
Grouped Articles
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts
BusinessWeek 08/05/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Bush Tax Cuts: Now That's Rich
New York Times 08/22/2010
Why the Rich Donât Need a Tax-Cut Extension
New York Times 09/25/2010
Tax-Cut Vote Shows Democratic Divide
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
New York Times 12/02/2010
Costs of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq reach $1 trillion by 2010.
07/24/2010
Estimate by the Congressional Research Service.
Grouped Articles
The Wars That America Forgot About
New York Times 10/17/2010
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap
New York Times 07/24/2010
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
New York Times 07/31/2010
Wall Street Journal 08/11/2010
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/2010
Need to roll over short term debt of close to $4 trillion will limit growth in the U.S. and Europe.
07/11/2010
A trend to short term borrowing and the competing role of banks and sovereign governments in bond issuance, is likely to put additional stress on capital markets worldwide. This is true especially in Europe which has $2.6 trillion to roll over by 2012, according to analysts. The stress will ber greater on less healthy financial institutions in Europe.
Grouped Articles
Sovereign-debt managers: Rollover roulette
Economist 10/16/2010
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/2014
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/2010
New Doubts on EU Bank Stress Tests
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/2010
Digital Copyright Issues- Evolution of the Law.
06/22/2010
Google upheld by a federal judge in New York, in a 3 year old law suit by Viacom. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act and court decisions.
Grouped Articles
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Viacom, Google Bury the Hatchet Over YouTube
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014
YouTube ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Ruling Sets Fair Use Guideline
New York Times 09/14/2015
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Japanese Regulator Approves Google-Yahoo Deal
New York Times 12/02/2010
China's local smartphone maker Tianyu
06/16/2010
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer. Tianyu introduced the touchscreen K-Touch which is a third of the price of similiar phones from Taiwan. Its knowledge of local conditons and features desired by Chinese buyers gives it an advantage. However firms like Ningbo Bird and TCL once dominated the Chinese market before 2005, and have fizzled out.
Grouped Articles
Tianyu Leads Rise of China's Handset Makers
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
For China’s Hottest Phone Maker, the Old Ways Work
WSJ 08/10/2016
Wal-Mart and moves into convenience retailing with small format stores
05/28/2010
In response to customer preferences and moves by Tesco, Wal-mart Asda has opened smaller stores of 8000 square feet. It also acquired Denmark's Netto chain.
Grouped Articles
Wal-Mart's Big-Box Formula Comes Under Strain
Wall Street Journal 02/21/2014
Wal-Mart Looks to Grow by Embracing Smaller Stores
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2014
Wal-Mart Warns of Rough Patch for Sales, Profits
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2014
Wal-Mart U.K. Deal Fits Goal: Go Small
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Wal-Mart Sees Small Stores in Big Cities
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2010
The U.S. housing market in 2010-2013
05/27/2010
According to Karl Case its basically flat in 2010 and quite fragile, with a lot of inventory out there. By 2012 the situation had not changed much, except for Washington D.C. with growth in employment, and a small spurt in 2011 in Phoenix from out of state and Canadian buyers. Prices in Las Vegas and other cities continued to decline and there were fears of more homes being released by banks from foreclosed properties in judicial states such as Florida.
Grouped Articles
Housing Rebound Grows as Prices Climb Sharply
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/2013
Home Prices Rise, Producing a Buying Mood
New York Times 05/28/2013
Housing Recovery Increasingly Prices Out First-Time Buyers
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Economic Casualties: 'Missing Households'
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Home Prices Jump, but Headwinds Build
Wall Street Journal 07/31/2013
Studies cited by Nicholas Carr show flood of information on Internet and the distraction reduce learning.
05/27/2010
Studies show Internet use can actually reduce learning and make people dumber, encourage shallow thinking. Nicholas Carr has written a book on this subject titled, "The Shallows." Carr has done some serious research on the subject and the book has received favorable reviews.
Grouped Articles
For Yahoo, a Chase to the Bottom
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2010
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
Wall Street Journal 06/05/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2010
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity?
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
New York Times 11/21/2010
New York Times 12/29/2011
Marketing trends in the packaged foods industry.
05/26/2010
Marketers from Smuckers, General Mills, Kellogg and other to Kraft, are trying to bring new life to old brands like Macaroni and Cheese. And are doing this by showing emotiona attachment to not outgrow old habits for these staples.
Grouped Articles
General Mills Is Serving Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions, to Younger Consumers
New York Times 06/30/2014
General Mills Profit Drops 25%
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
General Mills to Remove Artificial Flavors, Colors from All Cereals
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2015
Changing Consumer Tastes Continue to Weigh on General Mills
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2015
Inside Kellogg’s Effort to Cash In on the Health-Food Craze
Wall Street Journal 09/01/2015
General Mills Profit Rises, Helped by Cost Cuts
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2015
Britain's new 2010 Budget marks a big change from the past.
05/13/2010
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, put forward a budget with a 25% spending cut by 2015 in all departments except health and international aid. This marks a huge departure in years of spending by the Labor governments. The new Conservative-Liberal coalition government is determined to take austerity measures to reduce the national debt.
Grouped Articles
Britain's accidental revolution
Economist 05/13/2010
U-Turn in the U.K.: Big Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2010
Britain Details Radical Spending Cuts, Citing Debt
New York Times 10/20/2010
U.K. Plans New Taxes on Banks, Multinationals
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2014
Tough Slog to Balancing U.K.’s Budget
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2014
Overheard: Digging for Answers on Coal
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2015
Electricity and Power Development in China.
04/29/2010
China's generation of electric power shiud surpass the USA's by 2012. With lowcost capital from state run banks and help from the government electricity gerneration is growing rapidly in China.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2013
Economist 04/29/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015
China Fires Away at Coal Power
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2015
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2010
India Deal Puts China in GE's League
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2010
The U.S. Federal Reserve and QE II.
08/12/2010
Problems with another round of quantitative easing, with Fed bond buying efforts to generate a jobs recovery.
Grouped Articles
How QE 2 Could Drift Off Course
Wall Street Journal 08/12/10
Wall Street Journal 10/18/10
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Wall Street Journal 10/26/10
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Financial Outlook for Social Security in the U.S.
08/06/2010
The Social Security Fund is expected to need an infusion of $41 billion in 2010, with more coming out than going into the fund in 2011, and the situation worsening by 2015.
Grouped Articles
Detroit Vehicles Outperform Imports in Quality Study
Wall Street Journal 05/13/13
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/10
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Wall Street Journal 03/03/11
New capital inflows into India in 2010-2011 and capital controls.
08/05/2010
Concerns that fickle capital that leaves quickly could be focussing on India, in the absence of tightened financial controls. The rise in the rupee by 5%. Concerns of Stiglitz and others.
Grouped Articles
Rajan Has Limited Rupee Options
Wall Street Journal 08/06/13
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/13
Rupee Throws Oil on India's Subsidy Problem
Wall Street Journal 08/21/13
Emerging Stocks' Emerging Problems
Wall Street Journal 08/23/13
India Prime Minister Rules Out Capital Controls
Wall Street Journal 08/30/13
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/13
Consumer Reports continues to educate a new generation of consumers in the 21st century.
07/22/2010
With 7 millon subscribers Consumer Reports, published by nonprofit advocacy group Consumer's Union, and based in Yonkers, New York, continues to provide completely independent opinion on products to consumers. Lexus 460 and the Apple Iphone have come under scrutiny in recent months. A new generation of younger subscribers looks to Consumer Reports, as did a previous generation.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Asian Handset Makers May Find Room to Shine
Wall Street Journal 10/05/11
Car buying preferences- India.
07/02/2010
Customer preferences in the automobile market in India.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Car Makers Are Missing in India
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
Makers Pack New Cars With Technology, but Younger Buyers Shrug
New York Times 01/26/14
Finding Utility in Indian Autos
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Foreign Car Makers' Uphill Climb in India
Wall Street Journal 07/02/10
In India, Subsidies Upend Car Sales
Wall Street Journal 07/02/12
Car Makers in India Begin Raising Prices
Wall Street Journal 03/19/12
US government efforts to promote electric cars in 2010.
06/17/2010
Bill in Congress sponsored by Senators Alexander and Dorgan and supported by the Obama administration.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/17/10
Long and Winding Road for Electric Vehicles
Wall Street Journal 07/02/11
Forget the Prius. The Future Of Electric Is the School Bus
Wall Street Journal 12/28/11
Ford CEO: Battery Is Third of Electric Car Cost
Wall Street Journal 04/18/12
The Battery-Driven Car Just Got a Lot More Normal
New York Times 05/04/12
What Went Wrong at A123 Systems
Wall Street Journal 10/16/12
George Papandreou's leadership during the Greece crisis- 2010-2011
06/15/2010
Papandreou has provided leadership on the issues facing Greece by walking the talk, with straight talk about the action needed, consulting economic experts in America who are in his inner circle, and working with European leaders for solutions. He has kept his profile modest and set a role model for his ministers and public officials.
Grouped Articles
George Papandreou Finds Balm for Greece Deficit
New York Times 06/15/10
BusinessWeek 06/24/10
At Impasse, Greek Leader Vows to Reset Cabinet
New York Times 06/15/11
Greek Leader Faces Key Confidence Vote
Wall Street Journal 06/21/11
Wall Street Journal 06/21/11
New York Times 06/21/11
Solutions to the Greece crisis.
05/27/2010
Would the solution adopted by Turkey in 2001 work? Devaluation of the currency is not an option for Greece. Turkey devalued the lira 54% in 2001.
Grouped Articles
Greece Can Learn IMF Austerity from Turkey
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Wall Street Journal 10/22/10
European Debt Deal Has Flaws - News Analysis
New York Times 03/14/11
For Greece, the Path to Restructuring Holds Pitfalls
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
Don't Bet on an Imminent Euro-Zone Debt Default
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
Expectations Grow for Greek Debt Restructuring
New York Times 04/18/11
The failure of the Obama administration to respond adequately to the BP Oil Spill in Gulf waters.
05/27/2010
Slow, indecisive action by government agencies and relying too much on a failed BP approach.
Grouped Articles
Obama and the Dreaded Katrina Comparison
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Rig
New York Times 06/05/10
A Disaster Reaches Beyond the Gulf Coast
New York Times 06/04/10
Another Torrent BP Works to Stem: Its C.E.O.
New York Times 06/03/10
Obama and BP at Risk Over Oil Spill
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Charlie Rose Talks to Vice-President Joe Biden
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
The Japanese economy and the rising yen in 2010-2012
05/27/2010
The yen reached 86 yen to the dollar by August 2010. Chinese government accumulation of Japanese bonds was amajor factor in the yen's rise in 2010. By August 2011 the yen experienced a new surge going up to 78 yen to the U.S. dollar resulting in intervention by the Bank of Japan in currency markets. Investor flight to safe havens such as the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen with the debt crisis in the U.S. and the Eurozone. The impact on export markets. The newly elected LDP government of Shinzo took strong action to reverse this and improve export competitiveness in 2013.
Grouped Articles
Japan's Yen Rises Above War Jitters, Deflation
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Japan Faces Uphill Battle in Curbing Yen's Rise
Wall Street Journal 08/04/10
Behind Japan's Allure: Stagnancy
Wall Street Journal 08/24/10
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/10
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/10
Nissan to 'Significantly' Reduce Japan Exports
Wall Street Journal 02/01/11
Roubini on China, currency issues, and domestic consumption in China.
05/17/2010
By letting the yuan China can shift the benefits to households, who will have more purchasing power, and reverse the shift that has taken place in the last 10 years, with domestic consumption making up about 36% of GDP- down by about 10 points from ten years earlier. State owned companies gained at the expense of households, as did infrastructure spending, but it is leading to misallocation of investments and hurting households. As a result China will hit a growth wall in the next 2-3 years, says Roubini.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/10
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/10
New York Times 09/30/10
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/10
New York Times 09/25/10
Inflation in India : 2009-2014
05/13/2010
The poor monsoon in 2009 was a major factor in the rise of prices paid by consumer and farm workers, which saw arise of 14% annually by mid 2010, and were the highest of 17 countries in the Asia-Pacific region in Bloomberg tracking. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), India's central bank, is making efforts to control inflation with interest rate increases.
Grouped Articles
How Duvvuri Subbarao Is Steering India's Economy
BusinessWeek 05/13/10
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
Balancing Act for Indiaâs Top Banker
New York Times 11/07/13
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/13
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
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