World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
Browse Articles or use Lyrarc's US patented "Groups" and "Links" for new insights. A Lyrarc Group of Articles on a topic gives insights into particular angles shown in the Group Title. A Lyrarc Link shows more specific insights for 2 articles.
Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
China's smaller, focussed and carefully balanced stimulus in April 2014
04/03/2014
With surging credit growth this stimulus is smaller, and being financed by the federal government which has more leeway than local governments burdened with debt. The carefully calibrated credit growth is seen as a smaller risk- as China's credit growth has reached bubble proportions- than letting the economy grow below about the 7% needed to create 10 million new jobs. The investments are focussed on railways in southern and western China to support new export based industries, and on low income housing for shantytowns. This gives a chance for poorer regions and poorer sections of the population to catchup as the focus shifts to reforms, and new emphasis on pollution and other indicators of better living conditions.
Grouped Articles
China Stimulus Puts New Focus on Growth Target
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
China's Moment of Truth: Financial Reform or Growth?
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Economy Stumbles Into Stimulus
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2014
China's Central Bank Injects $81 Billion Into Top Banks to Counter Slowdown
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Heard: China's Stimulus Has Short Legs
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/2014
Zillow's partnership with Leju Information Services in China
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Zillow to Offer Real Estate Listings to Chinese Portal
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
GMAC and the GMAT test for MBA applicants
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Can GMAC Be More Than a B-School Exam?
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
On B-School Test, Americans Fail to Measure Up
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2014
Japan's stock market 2nd quarter 2014
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
Don't Doubt Japan's Resolve to Revive
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2014
Hedge Funds Get Stung by Slow Markets
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2014
In Japan, Dividends, Buybacks Take the Stage
Wall Street Journal 06/26/2014
Takeda Pharmaceutical management
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Takeda Move Marks Shift for Japan Inc.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
Chrysler's 2014 recall of 850,000 SUV's including Jeep Cherokee and Dodge Durango
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Chrysler Recalls Over 850,000 S.U.V.s
New York Times 04/02/2014
Why Gas Feels Cheap—and Why It’s Not, Historically Speaking
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2015
Monsanto share price performance
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Monsanto Investors Hunger for More
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
Monsanto’s CEO Isn’t Deterred by Rival’s Rebuffs
Wall Street Journal 06/23/2015
Monsanto Drops $46 Billion Bid for Syngenta
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
Monsanto accepts sweeter bid from Bayer | Business | DW.COM | 14.09.2016
DW.COM 09/14/2016
Small business mistakes to avoid- pitfalls in poorly conceived business expansion
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Seeking Even Faster Growth, an E-Commerce Company Stumbles
New York Times 04/02/2014
Lufthansa pilot strike in April and December 2014
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Lufthansa Pilots on Three-Day Strike Over Retirement Terms
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2014
For Many Germans, Pilots’ Walkout Crosses a Line
New York Times 04/02/2014
Lufthansa Trims Profit Forecast for 2 Years
New York Times 06/11/2014
Paris Airports Quiet as Air France Pilots Strike
New York Times 09/15/2014
Lufthansa Chief Carsten Spohr Defends Airline’s No-Frills Push
New York Times 12/08/2014
Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2015
Apple's 2014 acquisition of Japan's Renesas unit- Renesas SP Drivers
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Apple in Talks to Buy Renesas Unit
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
Real estate market in Dubai 2011-2015
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Dubai Rides Boom With an Eye on Bubble
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
Dubai’s Real-Estate Moguls Bet on Another Property Boom
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2015
Apple's Steve Job's on competition with Google's Android system
04/02/2014
E-mails from Jobs showing how he viewed the competing Android system from Google in 2011.
Grouped Articles
Apple’s Jobs Declared ‘Holy War’ Over Android
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
Email from Steve Jobs Hints at How Apple Ticks
New York Times 04/07/2014
Google Android timeline: From birth to billions in fines
POLITICO 07/18/2018
China's heavy machinery maker Zoomlion
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Factoring in China's Machinery Maker Blues
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
PricewaterhouseCoopers acquisitions
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
PricewaterhouseCoopers Renaming Booz & Co. as 'Strategy&'
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
High Frequency stock trading in the U.S.
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
How High-Frequency Stock Trader Quantlab Guarded Its Algorithms
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
IPO of China's WH Group, acquirer of Smithfield Foods
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Liking the Taste of China's Pork Play
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
IN IPO, China's Quest to Satisfy Appetite for Pork
New York Times 04/10/14
PricewaterhouseCoopers strategy
04/03/2014
Grouped Articles
PricewaterhouseCoopers Renaming Booz & Co. as 'Strategy&'
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
Takeda Pharmaceutical CEO Christophe Weber
04/03/2014
A foreigner appointed as CEO of Takeda.
Grouped Articles
Takeda Move Marks Shift for Japan Inc.
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
Takeda Agrees to Pay $2.4 Billion to Settle Suits Over Cancer Risk of Actos
New York Times 04/28/15
Amazon's "Fire TV" setup box for streaming video and games
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Amazon Unveils Video-Streaming Device Fire TV
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
With Fire TV, Amazon Seeks a Beachhead in the Living Room
New York Times 04/02/14
Review: The Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Set-Top Box
New York Times 04/06/14
Yahoo TV Could Turn Off Investors
Wall Street Journal 04/08/14
Ride sharing online service Lyft
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Lyft Raises $250 Million from Alibaba, Third Point and Others
New York Times 04/02/14
GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft, Plans System for Self-Driving Cars
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Boss Talk: Lyft’s Logan Green on Building Uber’s ‘Happier’ U.S. Rival
Wall Street Journal 04/06/16
Ride-sharing online service Uber management
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Lyft Raises $250 Million from Alibaba, Third Point and Others
New York Times 04/02/14
New York Times 04/22/14
Uber Raises $1.6 Billion in Debt Offering
Wall Street Journal 01/24/15
Is Silicon Valley Funding the Wrong Stuff?
Wall Street Journal 07/07/14
Uber Tries to Ease Concerns in South Korea
New York Times 02/04/15
Uber Spends Big on International Expansion
Wall Street Journal 03/03/16
GM (General Motors) share price performance following the recalls in 2014
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
GM Will Stay Stuck in the Garage
Wall Street Journal 04/02/14
GM Profit Falls 82%, Hurt by Recalls, But Results Not as Bad as Feared
Wall Street Journal 04/25/14
G.M. Results Show Financial Hit of Recalls
New York Times 07/24/14
Investors Pressure GM, Ford Shares
Wall Street Journal 10/10/14
GM Quarterly Profit Tops Expectations
Wall Street Journal 02/05/15
G.M. to Buy Back $5 Billion of Its Stock
New York Times 03/09/15
The issues raised by UN control of Icann and the internet
04/02/2014
One professor in the U.S. compares UN control to control of traffic on the Rhine river by barons with castles and weapons emplacements along the river. He says it could start with a small tax on internet use that increases over time.
Grouped Articles
Get Ready for the Internet Robber Barons
Wall Street Journal 04/02/14
Commerce Official Defends Web-Oversight Plan
Wall Street Journal 04/11/14
Cybercriminals Are Misappropriating Businesses’ Web Addresses
Wall Street Journal 03/13/15
Ted Cruz’s Fight to Protect the Open Internet
Wall Street Journal 08/03/15
Wall Street Journal 09/28/15
BHP Billiton share price performance and valuation
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/02/14
BHP Aims to Boost Iron-Ore Output Even as Prices Fall
Wall Street Journal 07/24/14
Rio Tinto Digs In as Rival Spins Off
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
Overheard: South32’s Not-So-Fond Farewell to BHP Billiton
Wall Street Journal 07/23/15
BHP Looks Past Travails, Remains Upbeat on China
Wall Street Journal 08/26/15
BHP Billiton to Face Questions From Shareholders
Wall Street Journal 11/16/15
The Southwest Airlines of 2014- very different from the Southwest started as a smaller Dallas based airline by Herb Kelleher in 1971
04/02/2014
The cost structure is becoming similar to other large airlines and prices are also up significantly as Southwest is now a large airline.
Grouped Articles
Southwest Airlines, Once a Brassy Upstart, Is Showing Its Age
Wall Street Journal 04/02/14
Steep Learning Curve for Southwest Airlines as It Flies Overseas
Wall Street Journal 10/15/14
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us