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Zappos unique approach to hiring by getting rid of job postings and setting up "Zappos Insider" and Zappos ambassadors
05/27/2014
The effort to engage with people interested in Zappos culture and avoid the conversation killer of resumes randomly sent out to Zappos.
Grouped Articles
Zappos gets rid of job postings - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/27/2014
At Zappos, Some Employees Find Offer to Leave Too Good to Refuse
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
At Zappos, Pushing Shoes and a Vision
New York Times 07/17/2015
Zappos management
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
Zappos gets rid of job postings - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/27/2014
At Zappos, Some Employees Find Offer to Leave Too Good to Refuse
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
At Zappos, Pushing Shoes and a Vision
New York Times 07/17/2015
The parliamentary election for EU President in 2014
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
E.U. Leaders to Meet in Wake of Election Setbacks
New York Times 05/27/2014
Zappos strategies
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
Zappos gets rid of job postings - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/27/2014
At Zappos, Some Employees Find Offer to Leave Too Good to Refuse
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
At Zappos, Pushing Shoes and a Vision
New York Times 07/17/2015
The $850 million tag for removal of dilapidated buildings in Detroit and cleanup in 2014-2016
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
Detroit Task Force Says Blight Cleanup Will Cost $850 Million
New York Times 05/27/2014
Detroit tries unconventional approach to restoring its housing market - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/27/2015
Crumbling, Destitute Schools Threaten Detroit’s Recovery
New York Times 01/20/2016
Sony's deal for the Playstation 4 console with Oriental Pearl Group in China
05/27/2014
The lifting of a decade long ban on the console in China and the effort by Sony to build sales volume in China.
Grouped Articles
Sony Signs Video Game Deal with Shanghai Oriental Pearl
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2014
PlayStation 4 Faces Resurgent Rivals in Xbox One and Wii U
New York Times 01/04/2015
Brazil and construction for the Olympic Games and 2014 World Cup Soccer
05/26/2014
Grouped Articles
Brazil Is Tired of Being Scolded
New York Times 05/26/2014
Brazil’s Other Olympic Spirits: Anger, Anxiety and Indifference
The New York Times 08/04/2016
6 cities that rejected the Olympics | DW | 14.11.2018
DW.COM 11/14/2018
Italy's Renzi government and the 2014 elections to the European parliament with Renzi's party winning 40% of the vote
05/26/2014
Grouped Articles
E.U. Leaders to Meet in Wake of Election Setbacks
New York Times 05/27/2014
Populists’ Rise in Europe Vote Shakes Leaders
New York Times 05/26/2014
Matteo Renzi Needs to Look Out for Italy First
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2014
Italy’s constitutional reforms: Swapping places with Britain
Economist 05/09/2015
Italy: The Next Stop on Populism’s Global March
WSJ 11/29/2016
The CIA's ill- advised ruse in Pakistan using health immunization programs as a cover and the dangers for healthworkers in the polio vaccination program
05/26/2014
Grouped Articles
The C.I.A.’s Deadly Ruse in Pakistan
New York Times 05/26/2014
Germany's finance minister Schauble and Germany's response to Russia in the Ukraine crisis
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble: Prepared to Raise Pressure on Russia
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Q&A With German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Ukraine Crisis Takes Toll on Germany’s Economy, Powerhouse of the Eurozone
New York Times 08/12/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Making Merkel Wait, Finding Time for Truffles
New York Times 10/17/2014
Frank-Walter Steinmeier Meets With Vladimir Putin
New York Times 11/19/2014
Turkey's film "Winter Sleep" at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Turkish Film ‘Winter Sleep’ Wins Top Honor at Cannes
New York Times 05/24/2014
2014 Cannes Film Festival
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Turkish Film ‘Winter Sleep’ Wins Top Honor at Cannes
New York Times 05/24/2014
Problems with EU food standards for fruits and vegetables with odd shapes and poor appearace
05/24/2014
Ugly Fruit in Lisbon buys the fruits and vegetables with poor appearance turned down by supermarkets because of EU standards. This leads to wastage of food when in this austerity period the poor appearance fruits and vegetables are just as nutritious. It also leads to criticism of EU bureaucrats- especially in Britain, Portugal and other countries. The EU standards are being revised but supermarkets continue to tolerate only minor appearance flaws, leading to a need for other ways to get this produce to the consumer. Much of this farm produce instead of going to waste can be sold at lower prices to consumers, leading to a gain for farm owners and families in Europe.
Grouped Articles
Tempting Europe With Ugly Fruit
New York Times 05/24/2014
Merkel Cites ‘Threats’ in Warning to Cameron
New York Times 06/10/2014
U.K.’s 2015 Election Carries High Stakes for EU
Wall Street Journal 01/19/2015
The U.S. housing market 2014-2016
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
Home Prices Start Easing, to the Relief of Experts
New York Times 05/27/14
Buyers Not Clamoring for New Homes
Wall Street Journal 08/26/14
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
Sluggish Housing Starts Belie Builders’ Confidence
Wall Street Journal 04/22/15
The Housing Market Is Finally Starting to Look Healthy
The New York Times 08/23/16
The investment record of hedge funds
05/27/2014
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Citadel’s Ken Griffin Leaves 2008 Tumble Far Behind
Wall Street Journal 08/04/15
Strong Market, Weak Returns—Why?
Wall Street Journal 12/18/15
Battered, Apologetic and Still Pitching Their Hedge Funds
New York Times 12/15/15
Hedge Funds Struggle With Steep Losses and High Expectations
New York Times 12/28/15
The Year the Hedge-Fund Model Stalled on Main Street
Wall Street Journal 12/31/15
Friedman on why Putin blinked when he realized the costs of impulsive emotional policy making for Russia's economy and his legacy of economic progress
05/27/2014
Putin's early reactions to Yakunovych, corruption and poor leadership in Ukraine, and anti-Russian feeling in western Ukraine, were emotional and impulsive. The Crimean takeover was perceived very differently and gained Putin poor media coverage in Germany after decades of effort in building German-Russian relations, surely not worth what was gained in Crimea. The capital outflows estimated to reach $160 billion at one point and the damage to foreign investment sentiment at a time of sharp economic slowdown must rate as one of the poorest displays of policy making, when Russian speaking Ukrainians could be protected without damaging Russia's image and relations with western partners. Relationships needed for modernization of what is still an emerging market in a global economy. Even in a multipolar economic world with China, Russia playing a bigger role, other competing players Japan and India, would dilute any influence gained by China, and by Russia, and no change in the global economy. A more serious effort would be for Putin to have pushed to give Russia a more effective economic role by diversifying to a tech based economy, away from oil, something that still awaits Russia under some future leadership and party.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/27/14
This Is Just a Date, Not a Marriage
Wall Street Journal 06/03/14
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/14
Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/14
Raising Stakes on Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions
New York Times 07/16/14
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Efforts for a calming down of tensions in Ukraine by June 2014 with the election of Poroshenko as president and no increase in sanctions on Russia
05/26/2014
Russia says it will talk with Poroshenko. Ukraine will make a payment of $2 billion for past gas purchases from Russia.
Grouped Articles
Despite Fighting, Hopes Rise In Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Ukraine’s Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
New York Times 05/26/14
New York Times 05/27/14
Poroshenko Takes Ukraine Helm With Tough Words for Russia
New York Times 06/07/14
Fighting Intensifies After Ukraine's Poroshenko Ends Cease-Fire
Wall Street Journal 07/02/14
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/14
Petro Poroshenko and the May 2014 presidential election in Ukraine in which he wins 54% of the vote to Tymoshenko's 13%
05/26/2014
Russia says it will engage in dialogue with the newly elected president. The prospect of a calming down of tensions in Ukraine and no escalation in sanctions on Russia.
Grouped Articles
Despite Fighting, Hopes Rise In Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Ukraine’s Next President Vows to Restore Order and Mend Russia Ties
New York Times 05/26/14
Poroshenko Takes Ukraine Helm With Tough Words for Russia
New York Times 06/07/14
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/14
Ukrainian President Sets Sights on Closer E.U. Ties
New York Times 09/25/14
Ukraine President Claims Win for Pro-West Parties
New York Times 10/26/14
ECB policies 2014-2017
05/26/2014
Grouped Articles
E.C.B. Plots Strategy for Staving Off Deflation
New York Times 05/26/14
European Central Bank Chief Looks for Silver Bullet
New York Times 06/03/14
ECB Unveils Rate Cuts, Lending Package
Wall Street Journal 06/05/14
Wall Street Journal 06/10/14
ECB’s Coeuré Sends Strong Signal on Asset Purchases
Wall Street Journal 12/18/14
Peter Praet of E.C.B. Says More Eurozone Stimulus May Be Needed
New York Times 12/31/14
WSJ readers comment on Modi, India's 2014 elections, education sytem, and causes of slowing growth
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
India Needs a Reagan-Volcker Moment to Unlock Growth
Wall Street Journal 05/24/14
Wall Street Journal 06/12/14
DW.COM 03/11/17
Panasonic strategy to invest in electric batteries expansion in phases to better manage risk 2014-2016
05/24/2014
Investments in Tesla's expansion in the U.S. will be carried out in phases to better manage risks and avoid earlier problems in TV panels expansion. Investments of this magnitude are described as "scary" by Panasonic managers considering earlier experience, and better managed in step by step fashion.
Grouped Articles
Panasonic, Pondering Tesla Investment, Unsure on Battery Cost Cut Goals
Wall Street Journal 05/24/14
Tesla and Panasonic Agree to Build Factory in U.S.
New York Times 07/31/14
Elon Musk Supports His Business Empire With Unusual Financial Moves
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
Panasonic Still Bullish on Tesla
WSJ 07/08/16
Tesla Races to Finish ‘Gigafactory’ in Time for Model 3 Rollout
WSJ 07/25/16
Zweig on the importance of a quiet room, peace of mind and shutting out incessant "noise" in investing
05/24/2014
Grouped Articles
Giving Yourself an Investing Makeover
Wall Street Journal 05/24/14
Hesitating on the High Board of Investing
New York Times 08/16/14
Barry Ritholtz: Time, not timing, is key to investing success - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/25/14
16 Rules for Investors to Live By
Wall Street Journal 12/06/14
Route to an $8 Million Portfolio Started With Frugal Living
Wall Street Journal 03/22/15
Five Things: What Investors Shouldn’t Do Now
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
Prime minister Modi's inauguration in India, May 26, 2014, and the meetings in New Delhi with prime minister Sharif of Pakistan
05/24/2014
A rapproachement with Pakistan, "uninterrupted and uninterruptible" in the words of the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, as "development" agenda of Modi moves from the Indian election to the top of the South Asian agenda. A look at Pakistan's daily newspaper Dawn's website shows the brother of Nawas Sharif visited New Delhi as Punjab chief minister seeking substantive talks in December 2013, but was not taken up by the Congress party government because of elections. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman says the delay in accepting the Modi invitation for the inauguration is because Pakistan wanted bilateral discussions to give the Sharif visit substance. In the context of Shabaz Sharif's goal it would appear that the Sharifs have grasped the idea that their hold on confidence in Pakistan for a second term, unlike all previous administrations, depends on delivery of economic promises, made easier with an economic alliance with India. It would not be lost on Sharif's election planners that the key for his party in Punjab (and in future the Sindh province), is the young newly added voters, especially after Modi took most of the 10 million newly registered voters in India in 2014. To be the man who made peace, and delivered on economic development, is a once in many generations opportunity for Sharif especially as the young people in India and Pakistan now see potholes and electricity outages more easily than skirmishes in remote far away places than have little to do with daily lives and doing without.
Grouped Articles
In Possible Thaw, Pakistani Leader Is to Attend Modi’s Swearing-In
New York Times 05/24/14
Leaders of India and Pakistan Hold Rare Meeting
New York Times 05/27/14
India and Pakistan in ‘Common Agenda’
New York Times 05/27/14
Protesting Faction Bows to Pakistan Parliament
Wall Street Journal 09/03/14
Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State'
Wall Street Journal 09/10/14
Opinion: Indian Premier Modi should not isolate Pakistan's Sharif | Opinion | DW.COM | 30.09.2016
DW.COM 09/30/16
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