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Microsavings services in rural parts of the developing world.
10/28/2010
The importance of savings services for small $1 type deposits. Efforts by organizations like Catholic Relief Services to offer and help organize this service in rural areas.
Grouped Articles
India's Major Crisis in Microlending
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2010
Henninger: Romney's Secret Voting Bloc
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
The influence of outside groups in elections as the ad and other spending exceeds $2 billion for the 2010 midterm elections.
10/26/2010
As candidates raise increasing amounts of money their positions on legislation is increasingly influenced by outside groups. Large amounts of television ad spending also tends to distort the public's perception of important issues by offering simplistic or distorted view of the facts or resorting to labeling of opponents regardless of the facts. In some situations right policy choices may be affected.
Grouped Articles
House and Senate shatter fundraising records for midterm election and may exceed $2 billion
Washington Post 10/26/2010
How the Rout Was Won: Careful Plans, Timely Wave
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
Unaligned Voters Tilt Rightward En Masse
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
With Democrats Ascendant, California Votes Contrarian
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
Dissecting the 2010 Midterm Election Exit Polls
New York Times 11/06/2010
Tom Donohue: Obama's Tormentor
BusinessWeek 11/03/2010
The fast growing yogurt market in the USA, especially Greek style yogurt.
10/21/2010
Sales doubling for Greek style yogurt, every year since 2006.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Old Factory, Snap Decision Spawn Greek-Yogurt Craze
Wall Street Journal 06/20/2012
The need for haircuts for private debt to make an effort to solve the problem of the fifth of US homeowners under water.
09/30/2010
Carmen Reinhart points out that the government can only assume private debt at a realistic price. Without principal reductions there appears to be no solution to the problem of the fifth of homeowners in the US who are under water. This keeps acting as a drag on the economy.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/2010
To Fix the Housing Crisis, Read the Data
New York Times 11/04/2011
Deepening Crisis Over Euro Pits Leader Against Leader
Wall Street Journal 12/30/2011
Forgiveness of Debt Could Yield Savings
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2012
Britain's Labor Party in 2010-2015
09/25/2010
The election of Ed Miliband to head the party. The impact of the coalition government's austerity measures and deep cuts on Labor, and union support for Ed Miliband that enabled him to win. Shaky support for Liberal leaders in the coalition from their rank and file. Concern about the austerity measures and their impact on growth.
Grouped Articles
U.K.'s Labour Party Moves Back Toward Socialist Ideas
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2013
Economist 02/04/2014
Tax rates in Britain: François Miliband
Economist 02/04/2014
Conservatives Fare Poorly in British Races, London's Mayor Aside
New York Times 05/04/2012
Britain’s Surprisingly Unpredictable Election
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2015
In U.K. Election, It’s Jobs Boom vs. Stagnant Wages
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
Support for an Infrastructure Bank in the U.S.
09/06/2010
Felix Rohatyn author of the book "Bold Endeavors," makes the case for an Infrastructure Bank.
Grouped Articles
A Slowdown on the Road to Recovery
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013
Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan
New York Times 09/06/2010
Aging Infrastructure Plagues Nation’s Busiest Rail Corridor
New York Times 07/26/2015
The Case for an Infrastructure Bank
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2010
Where Infrastructure Estimates Come Up Short
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2010
Infrastructure spending: False expectations
Economist 10/23/2010
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 05/13/2013
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2010
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2011
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
The restructuring of the troubled landesbank banking sector in Germany.
07/21/2010
Landesbanks have suffered steep losses in 2008-2010. The much needed reorganization of this sector and the European stress tests for 91 banks in July 2010.
Grouped Articles
IMF Chief's Change of Tune on Bank Capital
New York Times 09/14/2011
Germany’s Battered Regional Lenders Tiptoe Back Into Risk
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2015
Will Stress Tests Overcome Resistance to German Bank Reform?
New York Times 07/21/2010
Some German Banks May Fall Short in Stress Tests
New York Times 04/08/2011
Stress Rules Hit 2 German Banks
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2011
Moody's Downgrades 10 German Lenders
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2011
Abysmal tax collection in Pakistan and the lack of economic development.
07/18/2010
Tax collection in Pakistan is one of the poorest in the world. This widens the quality of life for the vast majority of people and an afffluent few who run business interests and have agricultural holdings. Infrastructure and essential services such as power and water, roads and health care, all suffer, as a result.
Grouped Articles
Power Outages Hobble Pakistan's Biggest Exporters
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
Pakistani Taxes Widen Divide Between Rich and Poor
New York Times 07/18/2010
Key Party Rejoins Pakistan's Coalition
New York Times 01/07/2011
Pakistan's troubled finances: Economic blasphemy
Economist 01/15/2011
General Kayani Is Said to Cling to Job in Pakistan
New York Times 06/15/2011
Pakistan's Central Banker Resigns
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
Volcker's advice on the writing of regulatory reform
07/09/2010
He advises writing broad rules that are harder for banks to circumvent.
Grouped Articles
Volcker Plans to Restore Faith in Government
New York Times 05/29/2013
Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2013
Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence
New York Times 07/09/2010
The Volcker Rule on Bank Risks Approaches Its Final Edits
New York Times 12/03/2013
Regulators Set to Approve Toughened 'Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 12/04/2013
New York Times 12/14/2013
Research In Motion Blackberry
06/23/2010
Competition for the Blackberry from the Apple iPhone.
Grouped Articles
BlackBerry Maker RIM Posts $518 Million Loss
New York Times 06/28/2012
BlackBerry Stuck With $1 Billion in Unsold Phones
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2013
New Fronts Open Up in Smartphone Turf War
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2010
RIM Tries to Lure Wary Developers to Its App Store
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2010
BlackBerryâs Era May Be Ending
New York Times 07/26/2010
SAP Readies Software for RIM's New Tablet
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2010
Fannie and Freddie in 2010-2011
06/19/2010
The growing US governmet liability for Fannie and Freddie -companies that fueled the housing bubble with their implicit governmet guarantees to investors in housing mortgages. The cost of rescue has reached $146 billion and according to the Congressional Budget Office could have eventual cost of $389 billion.
Grouped Articles
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Unfinished business
Economist 07/24/2010
Cost of Fannie And Freddie Keeps Rising
New York Times 06/19/2010
Fannie, Freddie Elicit Grim Forecast
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2010
What Fannie and Freddie Might Cost the Taxpayers
New York Times 10/21/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
New York Times 10/31/2010
Google's U.S. federal tax liability of 18%. GE's low tax rate.
10/28/2010
The US tax rate for corporations at 35%, but the $1.5 billion federal tax liability of Google comes to an effective 18% tax rate. GE's consolidated tax rate of 11.6% from 2005 to 2009. This is also true of other large American companies, raising questions of fairness at a time of budget cuts in education, Medicaid and Medicare. Many U.S. companies, such as Apple, also use offshore tax havens to protect profits from taxes.
Grouped Articles
Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Wall Street Journal 05/21/13
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/13
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/13
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/13
Ted Koppel and other experts on the print and broadcast journalism of a new era.
10/25/2010
What is acceptable for consumers is not good for the American republic, as partisan news take over the non-partisan delivery of facts and information. Koppel calls it the death of news as we have known it.
Grouped Articles
Robert J. Samuelson - The dysfunction of American politics
Washington Post 10/25/10
Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news
Washington Post 11/14/10
Washington Post 11/13/11
Big gulf between parties, divisions within - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/19/12
Rick Snyder, a G.O.P. Governor Who Eludes Labels
New York Times 08/18/12
The city of Shenzen and efforts to establish a modified economic-political model for China.
10/18/2010
Compelling needs in China for getting the involvement and voices of Chinese society, even as the Chinese Communist party controls freedom of expression. This would help control corruption which is a threat to the party's influence and leadership. Efforts to setup democratic processes at an early stage.
Grouped Articles
China Tests New Political Model in Shenzhen
Wall Street Journal 10/18/10
In China, Even the Premier Is Censored
Wall Street Journal 10/18/10
New York Times 10/22/10
David Ignatius - Will China keep rising or succumb to its paranoia?
Washington Post 10/25/10
China's muffled media: Gagging to be free
Economist 10/23/10
Peopleâs Daily Article Appears to Rebuke Wen Jiabao
New York Times 10/27/10
Mongolia.
09/30/2010
Mongolia huge mineral resources, from coal to uranium. Economic growth relies mainly on shipping commodities to China. The Chilean or Canadian model for Mongolia.
Grouped Articles
Mongolia Deepens Investment Ties With China
Wall Street Journal 10/27/13
China’s Slowdown Hits Price of Iron Ore
Wall Street Journal 12/01/14
Charlie Rose Talks to Mongolia's Prime Minister
BusinessWeek 09/30/10
Hot Commodity: Research on Prices
Wall Street Journal 04/26/12
What to look for in Interviewing and Hiring.
09/13/2010
Views from business people with considerable experience and how their approach and style to these crucial tasks.
Grouped Articles
Penn State Tops Recruiter Rankings
Wall Street Journal 09/13/10
The Best Recruits May Not Be Who You Think
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
The Australian economy in 2010-2014
09/02/2010
Higher risks as Australia is dangerously overdependent on China for economic growth.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/01/13
Rudd Returns for Australian Act 2
Wall Street Journal 06/27/13
U.S. Stocks Shrug at China's Woes
Wall Street Journal 07/10/13
Australia's Central Bank Cuts Rates Ahead of Election
Wall Street Journal 08/07/13
Wall Street Journal 11/13/14
The Deal Is Simple. Australia Gets Money, China Gets Australia
BusinessWeek 09/02/10
Japanese companies coming up with lower priced products for local and Asian markets.
08/05/2010
Grouped Articles
The New Japanese Way: Downmarket
Wall Street Journal 08/05/10
Wall Street Journal 03/01/11
Wall Street Journal 04/09/12
Wal-Mart Clothing.
07/28/2010
Wal-Mart's efforts to come up with an effective strategy for clothing sales.
Grouped Articles
A Fashion Identity Crisis at Wal-Mart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/10
Wal-Mart Executive Aims to Accelerate Growth Overseas
Wall Street Journal 06/27/11
Nokia management.
07/20/2010
Changes in management as the Apple iPhone creates big changes in the market for mobile phones.
Grouped Articles
Nokia's Turnaround Has Long Way to Go
Wall Street Journal 07/19/13
Nokia's Stephen Elop: Next Microsoft CEO?
Wall Street Journal 09/04/13
Nokia Conducting Search for New CEO
Wall Street Journal 07/20/10
Nokia Replaces CEO With Microsoft Boss
Wall Street Journal 09/11/10
Nokiaâs New Chief Faces a Culture of Complacency
New York Times 09/26/10
Nokia Is in Talks to Buy Alcatel-Lucent
Wall Street Journal 04/15/15
Huawei in the U.S. market.
07/09/2010
Efforts to change its image in the US for penetrating the US market.
Grouped Articles
Huawei Hires Foreign Executives in Global Push
Wall Street Journal 11/24/13
Huawei Enlists an Ex-Sprint Team
Wall Street Journal 08/24/10
Huawei Dials Up Strong Smartphone Sales in Global Push
Wall Street Journal 07/22/15
With Eyes on U.S. Deals, Huawei Adds Advisers
Wall Street Journal 07/09/10
Huawei and U.S. Partner Scale Back Business Tie-Up
Wall Street Journal 02/10/11
Panel Likely to Recommend Reversing Huawei Deal
Wall Street Journal 02/11/11
German chancellor Merkel's coalition government with the Free Democrats (FDP) in 2010-2013
06/28/2010
Grouped Articles
Germans Respond to Merkel's 'Motherly' Side
Wall Street Journal 08/23/13
Presidential Vote Will Test Merkel
Wall Street Journal 06/28/10
Merkel Looks to Recharge Her Ratings
New York Times 07/21/10
German Industries Rebuke Chancellor
Wall Street Journal 08/21/10
BusinessWeek 09/30/10
Crises Shake German Trust in Euro Zone
New York Times 11/26/10
GM's IPO offering for November, 2010, and its share price
06/22/2010
General Motors' IPO offering and efforts to pay back about $50 billion of loans to the U.S. government following the government bailout of GM and taking a 60% stake in the company.
Grouped Articles
GM Earnings: Weaker North America Hits Profit
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
U.S. to Sell Rest of GM Stake by Year-End
Wall Street Journal 11/22/13
GM's IPO May Require Hefty Incentives
BusinessWeek 07/15/10
U.S. Remaining Stake in General Motors
Wall Street Journal 12/10/13
GM Could Be Free of Taxes for Years
Wall Street Journal 11/03/10
IPOs Set to Raise Most Cash Since Crisis
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
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