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Chinese Purchases of Japan Brands Fall

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Wall Street Journal - 10.07.2012 Original article ›
Yoshio Takahashi, Yoshio, Takahashi, Chester Dawson, Chester, Dawson
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Toyota sees a sharp drop in sales after street protests against Japan in Chinese cities. Japanese media reports show Toyota sales in China for September 2012 dropped to half the sales of 75,300 cars in August 2012. Feelings are strong on both sides and for the first time it appears to be affecting economic relations.
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How a New Rule Could Change the Way Advisers Handle Your Retirement Money

  
NYTimes.com - 03.27.2024 Original article ›
Tara Siegel Bernard
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The US Labor Department will now require not just 401(k) administrators but also advisers for retirement plans called IRA's to follow the higher fiduciary standards of the 1974 ERISA law that aims to protect American retirees. When workers leave a company or retire they rollover their money into IRA's. This retiree money will now be protected with a high fiduciary standard as it should have been all along. In 2020 alone the IRS estimate is that $620 billion was rolled over to to such IRA's.

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Pakistani Government’s Deal With Islamist Protesters Signals Weakening Stance

  
WSJ - 11.27.2017 Original article ›
Saeed Shah
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The struggle between hardliners and the government of Pakistan continues after the violent protests in Islamabad. 

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In Zambia, Pictures of Birth, Mailed as Protest, Bring Arrest

  
New York Times - 07.14.2009 Original article ›
Barry Bearak, Barry, Bearak

Tens of Thousands Protest Site of Auto Plant in India

  
New York Times - 08.25.2008 Original article ›
Agence France Presse, Agence, France Presse

Protests Reignite in Hong Kong Over Beijing’s Security Measure

  
WSJ - 05.24.2020 Original article ›
Neil Western, Joyu Wang

The Frantic Race to Protect New Orleans’s Drinking Water

  
WSJ - 09.29.2023 Original article ›
Shannon Najmabadi, Scott Calvert, Rachel Wolfe | Graphics By Peter Champelli, Carl Churchill
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Salt water moving upstream on the Mississippi river is affecting drinking water for New Orleans. Low water levels on the Mississisppi river are leading to saltwater moving further uspstream than normal.

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The Arab Spring and U.S. Policy: The View From Jerusalem

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Wall Street Journal - 04.29.2011 Original article ›
Ted Koppel, Ted, Koppel
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Israeli concerns as the democracy protests lead to new elections in Egypt, and democracy protests take place in all parts of the Arab world. Veteran correspondent Ted Koppel talks to Israeli leaders in Jerusalem. They tell him their first concern is Iran, which they see benefitting from the changes in the Middle East. They would like to see a Marshall Plan for Egypt- continuing U.S. aid to Egypt to maintain economic progress there. They are watching the situation in Libya and Syria as it evolves. The Israeli leaders also tell Koppel that they would like to see the U.S. make a commitment to Saudi Arabia, if the survival of the Saudi governmet is at risk. In Saudi Arabia and elsewhere, Israel sees Iranian influence as the larger risk.
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Japan’s Next Leader to Be Thrust Into Clash Over China

  
WSJ - 09.14.2020 Original article ›
Peter Landers
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The balancing act for Japn's new prime minister Yoshihide Suga, Mr. Abe's cabinet secretary, as he tries to protect Japanese investment in China and maintain good relations with the U.S. The Trump administration is determined to restore America's manufacturing status as a manufacturing superpower and renew its supply chain after the pandemic, which is leading to a new relations with China.

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China Fortifies Its Borders With a ‘Southern Great Wall,’ Citing Covid-19

  
WSJ - 02.02.2022 Original article ›
Liyan Qi, Keith Zhai, Lam Le
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The new Southern Wall China is building along its borders with Burma and Vietnam. The border stretches for 3000 miles. Yunnan which borders Myanmar, Vietnam, and Laos has allocated a half billion dollar fund to fortify security barriers on the border. To close the border for zero Covid-19 policy and protect China's southern gate 100,000 officials, police officers, soldiers and civilians are patrolling this border.

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North Korean missile lands perilously close to Japan

  
Washington Post - 08.03.2016 Original article ›
Anna Fifield
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North Korea launched a missile that landed within 125 miles of Japan's northwest coast. The Japanese Defense Ministry stated the additional time to reach the Japanese shoreline was 20-30 seconds. North Korea said it did this to protest the U.S. and South Korea setting up a THAAD, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, about 200 miles southeast of Seoul to intercept North Korean missiles. Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe reshuffled his cabinet and appointed Tomomi Inada, a conservative who supports revision of the Japanese constitution to improve Japanese capabilities for defense. She is the second woman to take up the defense ministry position after the newly elected Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike.

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America Is Safer Than It Used to Be. So Why Do We Still Have Calls for ‘Law and Order’?

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The New York Times - 08.30.2016 Original article ›
Beverly Gage
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Gage points out that crime in America is about half what it was in 1991. She traces the calls for law and order in American politics back to Coolidge and Nixon. Trump's reference to restoring law and order is about checking the calls for correcting social injustice, movements for gun control, and public protest such as "Black Lives Matter," not just criminals, says Gage. In fact strict deportation has been the policy in 2 terms of the Obama administration, with immigration from Mexico at an all time low, another of the paradoxes in relation to the Trump calls for a wall with Mexico that would cost $23 billion. 

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Anti-government protests turn deadly in Tehran

  
Washington Post - 12.27.2009 Original article ›
Thomas Erdbrink, Thomas, Erdbrink

Greece's Plans Draw EU Praise, Spur Protests

  
Wall Street Journal - 03.06.2010 Original article ›
Patrick Mcgroarty, Patrick, Mcgroarty, Alkman Granitsas, Alkman, Granitsas

Investors Flee as Greece Erupts in Protests

  
BusinessWeek - 05.06.2010 Original article ›

Karzai Family Moves to Protect Its Privilege

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New York Times - 06.03.2012 Original article ›
James Risen, James, Risen

Turkey Apologizes for Crackdown That Spurred Protests

  
Wall Street Journal - 06.05.2013 Original article ›
Emre Peker, Emre, Peker, Yeliz Candemir, Yeliz, Candemir

Rules Aim to Protect Credit Card Users

  
New York Times - 12.19.2008 Original article ›
The Associated Press, The, Associated, Press

A Traumatized Mumbai Seeks to Protect Itself

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Wall Street Journal - 12.18.2008 Original article ›
Eric Bellman, Eric, Bellman

Obama Condemns Iran’s Iron Fist Against Protests

  
New York Times - 06.24.2009 Original article ›
Helene Cooper, Helene, Cooper, David E. Sanger, David, E., Sanger

British Workers Recover Jobs After Mass Protests

  
Wall Street Journal - 06.29.2009 Original article ›
Angela Henshall, Angela, Henshall, Lananh Nguyen, Lananh, Nguyen

Saudi Arabia Seeks to Protect IMF Role

  
Wall Street Journal - 10.08.2009 Original article ›
Maria Abi Habib, Maria, Abi Habib, Bob Davis, Bob, Davis

Tariff Protests in Eastern Port Rattle Kremlin

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New York Times - 02.16.2009 Original article ›
Clifford J. Levy, Clifford, J., Levy

Inside Abbott's Tactics To Protect AIDS Drug

  
Wall Street Journal - 01.03.2007 Original article ›
John Carreyrou, John, Carreyrou

In Booming China, Protests by Poor Escalate

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Wall Street Journal - 12.21.2006 Original article ›
Nicholas Zamiska, Nicholas, Zamiska
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Land taken for factories and infrastructure building, disputes about compensation for farmer's land and the coruption of local officials have become a major cause of some 74,000 incidents of unrest in villages and towns across China in 2004 according to government and unofficial reports.
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