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New Study in 2014 with decades of data on mammograms by Harvard researcher Nancy Keating as lead author
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
More Doubts About Mammograms' Value Are Raised in Large Study
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
Study: 3-D Scans More Accurate Than Standard Mammograms
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2014
American Cancer Society, in a Shift, Recommends Fewer Mammograms
New York Times 10/20/2015
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 04/02/2014
Steep Learning Curve for Southwest Airlines as It Flies Overseas
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2014
Report sponsored by Google, Citi and Association for a Better New York calls for more continuing education for tech workers in New York
04/01/2014
About 300,000 tech workers in New York, including fields such as advertising and finance. Many of these workers lack college degrees and could benefit from more resources for continuing education programs and training.
Grouped Articles
Half of New York’s Tech Workers Lack College Degrees, Report Says
New York Times 04/01/2014
12/19/2016
U.S. stock market 2nd quarter 2014
04/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Stock Investors See Hints of a Stronger Quarter
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2014
Value Stocks Head Higher as Growth Companies Look Pricey
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2014
Stocks Drop Sharply; Nasdaq Leads Market Lower
Wall Street Journal 04/05/2014
Opening the Box on Tech Stocks' Next Move
Wall Street Journal 04/10/2014
Stocks Stumble, but Hope Lingers
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2014
Stock-Market Jitters Put Investors at Ease
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2014
Chicago's poorly funded pension plan
04/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Chicago Mayor Seeks Alterations to Repair Badly Underfunded Pension Plan
New York Times 04/01/2014
Oil Projects of western oil companies in remote regions that run into problems- the Kazakh oil project with over $30 billion in cost overruns
03/31/2014
Complex oil projects in remote regions that is adding to upward pressure on oil prices in 2014. Eni, Exxon, Shell, Total SA are part of the consortium of western oil companies in this project. The companies have failed to work well together on this project, and relations with KMG Kazakh state oil company are in worse shape than ever. ConocoPhillips sold its stake and exited the project.
Grouped Articles
How a Giant Kazakh Oil Project Went Awry
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2014
Chevron, Exxon Commit to $36.8 Billion Expansion Project in Tengiz
WSJ 07/05/2016
The case for the minimum wage in Germany
03/29/2014
Business and labor organizations both support increasing the minimum wage and see a modest impact on jobs in March 2014. A key is that business has 2 years till 2017 to adjust in the new proposed law, and that the proposed $8.50 is already close to 50% of the median wage. The impact in improving wages will be felt in the lower wage restaurant and service sector, and in the eastern part of Germay. About 5 million workers would benefit. There are also exemptions for young workers of 18 years of age and workers with long periods of unemployment, a clause that could also be adopted in the U.S. to minimize impact on job loss.
Grouped Articles
German Minimum Wage Plan Gains Backing From Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2014
Swiss to Vote on $25-an-Hour Minimum Wage
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Australia Weighs Whether Its Minimum Wage Is Too High
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2015
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Opinion | It Doesn’t Matter Who Replaces Merkel. Germany Is Broken.
New York Times 12/07/2018
German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, BaFin, once soft on Deutsche Bank takes a tougher stance in 2014
03/28/2014
As the time approaches when regulatory authority passes on to the ECB, BaFin is taking an active regulatory stance. This WSJ report says the stance is partly because BaFin does not want to be seen as having been lax when the ECB takes over supervision.
Grouped Articles
German Financial Watchdog Bites Back
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
Deutsche Bank Vows New Culture of Ethics
New York Times 05/19/2014
Deutsche Bank Suffers From Litany of Reporting Problems, Regulators Said
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2014
Five Reasons the NY Fed Isn't Happy
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2014
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2014
Excerpts from New York Fed’s Letter to Deutsche Bank
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Citic Group's Hong Kong listing in 2014 as part of reform moves
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Citic Group's Hong Kong Listing Viewed as a Reform Move
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
China's Citic Misses the Transfer
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
China's Citic and the State Share Shuffle
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2014
China Sees Citic Listing as Model for State-Firm Overhauls
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2014
Itochu, CP in Deal to Take $10.4 Billion Stake in Citic
Wall Street Journal 01/21/2015
Citic Embraces Change By Selling Stakes
Wall Street Journal 01/21/2015
Engineer Mark Hood and the case of the defective ignition switch on the GM Cobalt
03/28/2014
Hood figures out what happened in the change made to the switch. It took some detective type work to figure this out.
Grouped Articles
An Engineer’s Eureka Moment With a G.M. Flaw
New York Times 03/28/2014
GM's Barra Says Failure to Fix Switch 'Very Disturbing'
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014
G.M. Places 2 Engineers on Leave in Inquiry
New York Times 04/10/2014
After a G.M. Recall, a Fiery Crash and a Payout
New York Times 09/25/2014
A Fatally Flawed Switch, and a Burdened G.M. Engineer
New York Times 11/13/2014
Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Rookie CEO Takes Over Ukraine Gas Giant
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
Central, East Europe Brace for Energy Shortages as Russian Gas Flows Fall
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2014
Ukraine, Russia sign deal to end natural gas cut-off ahead of winter - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/01/2014
With Political Rift Still Deep, Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Is Widely Seen as a Patch
New York Times 10/31/2014
The response of GM's dealerships to the recall crisis in 2014
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
GM, Dealers Aim to Blunt Impact of Recall
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
GM Chips Away at Ignition-Switch Recall
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2014
GM Profit Falls 82%, Hurt by Recalls, But Results Not as Bad as Feared
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2014
Drought in Brazil in 2013-2014 affecting water and electricity supplies
03/27/2014
Brazil depends on hydroelectric power for about 68% of its needs. The low levels in the reservoirs is creating the prospect of rationing of water for the 2 largest cities of Sao Paulo and Rio.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2014
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 04/02/14
Email from Steve Jobs Hints at How Apple Ticks
New York Times 04/07/14
Google Android timeline: From birth to billions in fines
POLITICO 07/18/18
U.S. corporate bond market 2010-2015
04/02/2014
Grouped Articles
For Borrowers, Bonds Are Beautiful
Wall Street Journal 04/02/14
The Stock Market Is Missing the Warning From Junk
Wall Street Journal 12/07/15
Pfizer's loss on Exubera and MannKind's new inhaled insulin for diabetes
04/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Inhaled Insulin Clears Hurdle Toward F.D.A. Approval
New York Times 04/01/14
Tankan survey of Japanese business sentiment and the economy 2013-2014
04/01/2014
Grouped Articles
Japan Business Sentiment Set to Weaken Sharply
Wall Street Journal 04/01/14
Shinzo Abe's 'Third Arrow' Seeks a Hard Target in Japan
Wall Street Journal 06/24/14
Turkey's local elections in Istanbul and Ankara in March 2014- the AKP and a deeply divided Turkey
04/01/2014
The election of AKP party members in Istanbul and Ankara mayoral elections, with the AKP winning over half the vote and the CHP and other parties splitting the remaining votes. As the WSJ editorial on the same day points out the economic boom on which the AKP contested the election is already coming to an end with the end to surging credit. By winning just over half the vote in an election with suppression of freely expressed media opinion, the AKP has left Turkey as badly divided as before. The rise of the AKP based on Turkey's economic performance for the last decade, may lead the AKP to lose sight of the fact that this was for a significant part an improvement that has taken place across all emerging markets from Brazil to India, and which is gradually unwinding. A deeply divided nation will find it difficult to attract the kind of foreign investment Turkey needs to move forward, especially considering that credit expansion and foreign investment has financed Turkey's boom, not its manufacturing competitiveness.
Grouped Articles
The Turkish Ballot-Box Revolt That Wasn't
Wall Street Journal 04/01/14
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Gains Ground in Turkish Elections
Wall Street Journal 04/01/14
Markets Diverging in Emerging World
Wall Street Journal 10/01/14
Erdogan’s Governing Party in Turkey Loses Parliamentary Majority
New York Times 06/07/15
Prospect of Instability Looms as Turkish Voters Deny Erdogan a Majority
New York Times 06/08/15
The ECB and inflation in the eurozone
03/29/2014
Grouped Articles
Euro Zone Edges Closer to Deflation
Wall Street Journal 03/29/14
E.C.B. Plots Strategy for Staving Off Deflation
New York Times 05/26/14
Eurozone Inflation Continues Its Slide
New York Times 07/31/14
Eurozone’s Drop in Inflation Carries More Fears of Another Recession
New York Times 09/30/14
Eurozone’s Drop in Inflation Carries More Fears of Another Recession
New York Times 09/30/14
Ultralow Inflation Hits Europe in Different Ways, Complicating Fix
Wall Street Journal 11/05/14
San Antonio, Texas
03/29/2014
Grouped Articles
Growth Tests San Antonio’s Conservation Culture
New York Times 03/29/14
Compensation of $17.9 billion given to Lehman creditors in 2014
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Lehman to Dole Out Additional $17.9 Billion to Creditors
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Saying Farewell to the Lehman Ethos
Wall Street Journal 05/06/14
Financial Crisis, Six Years On: Liquidating Lehman
Wall Street Journal 09/15/14
The IMF's loan package conditional on structural reforms in Ukraine and a shrinking of GDP in 2014-2015
03/28/2014
The reforms will be painful for Ukraine. This includes a 50% increase in the price of natural gas, tax increases and spending cuts. The IMF will provide $18 billion in loans. The EU will provide $15 billion in grants and loans. The U.S. in comparison has made only a small token contribution of $1 billion in loan guarantees. EU help is made conditional on Ukraine implementing the IMF program. The prime minister of Ukraine says the GDP could drop by 10% without the IMF and EU loans and by 3% under the IMF program. The IMF has also called for audits of Naftogaz, Ukraine's gas company because of allegations of corruption. Ukraine has some of the earlier characteristics of Greece, in that corruption, mismanagement, inept politicians, large neighbor, and the IMF program of austerity measures, are all part of the picture in 2014.
Grouped Articles
IMF Reaches Deal to Provide up to $18 Billion to Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Rookie CEO Takes Over Ukraine Gas Giant
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Parliamentary Elections Show Political Turmoil Is Continuing in Ukraine
New York Times 10/25/14
Ukraine President Replaces Top Prosecutor
Wall Street Journal 02/11/15
Economist 08/29/15
Economist 04/19/16
Japan's use of coal powered power generation in 2014 to replace older poorly designed nuclear plants
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Japan's Answer to Fukushima: Coal Power
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Does ‘Clean Coal’ Technology Have a Future?
Wall Street Journal 11/25/14
Nuclear Reactors in Japan Remain Closed by Judge’s Order
New York Times 04/14/15
Japan’s move to restart a nuclear reactor is a good decision - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/20/15
Gas supplies to Ukraine and transit shipments to Europe through Ukraine from Russia's Gazprom
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Gazprom Threatens Ukraine Supplies Over Late Payment
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
With Gas Cut Off, Ukraine Looks West
New York Times 09/11/14
Central, East Europe Brace for Energy Shortages as Russian Gas Flows Fall
Wall Street Journal 09/13/14
Ukraine, Russia sign deal to end natural gas cut-off ahead of winter - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/01/14
With Political Rift Still Deep, Russia-Ukraine Gas Deal Is Widely Seen as a Patch
New York Times 10/31/14
Europe Is Expected to Bring Antitrust Charges Against Gazprom
New York Times 04/20/15
Intel Corp.'s investment in startup Cloudera
03/28/2014
Grouped Articles
Intel Invests in Former Big Data Competitor
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Why Intel Needs a Boost to the Cloud
Wall Street Journal 01/18/16
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