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Microsoft buyback, dividends and share price
09/18/2013
Grouped Articles
Microsoft Buys Back Earnings Growth
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2013
Dividends Could Hit Another Record in 2015
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2015
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2015
Microsoft’s Stock Math: Fewer Shares, Pricier Shares
New York Times 11/07/2015
Microsoft’s Cloud Business Falls Short of Investors’ Hopes
New York Times 04/21/2016
Census Bureau statistic on income of a typical American household in 1988 and in 2013 - roughly $51,017
09/18/2013
Inflation in college tution, food, housing and especially medical costs has surged since 1988 and a dollar buys much less in 2013. Average Americans could be considered much better off during the early postwar years in the sixties and seventies than today even though technological progress has made more and newer goods accessible.
Grouped Articles
Americaâs Sinking Middle Class
New York Times 09/18/2013
College Tuition Increases Slow, but Government Aid Falls
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
Eiji Toyoda, cousin of Toyota founder Kiichiro Toyoda, who led the company during its formative postwar years
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
Eiji Toyoda, Japan Auto Industry Visionary, Dies At 100
Wall Street Journal 09/17/2013
Eiji Toyoda, Promoter of the Toyota Way and Engineer of Its Growth, Dies at 100
New York Times 09/17/2013
Samsonite performance
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
Samsonite Is Packed Up and Ready to Go
Wall Street Journal 09/17/2013
Samsonite Nears Deal to Buy Luxury Luggage Maker Tumi
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2016
Why Tumi Fits Into Samsonite’s Case
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2016
Bombardier CSeries Jet
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
New Bombardier Jet Takes Flight
Wall Street Journal 09/17/2013
Jet Maker Bombardier Finds Bigger Proves Far From Better
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2015
Bombardier’s CSeries Gamble Is Facing Longer Odds
New York Times 01/08/2015
Bombardier Plans Layoffs and $1.4. Billion Write-Down
New York Times 01/15/2015
Bombardier’s C.E.O., Pierre Beaudoin, to Step Down
New York Times 02/12/2015
Bombardier Unveils New Leadership as Founding Family Steps Back
Wall Street Journal 02/13/2015
Tencent acquisitions
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
China Internet Giant Buys Stake in Search Engine
New York Times 09/17/2013
China's Big Fish Reel In Small Fry
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2013
China Buys Its Way Into Silicon Valley
Wall Street Journal 11/05/2013
Tencent Ramps Up Rivalry With Alibaba
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2014
How China’s Tencent Uses Deals to Crowd Out Tech Rivals
WSJ 05/15/2018
Former Fed vice chairman Donald Kohn
09/16/2013
Grouped Articles
Two-name Race Drops to One, But Guessing Continues
New York Times 09/16/2013
A detailed account of the events in September 2013 involving Obama, Kerry, Hagel, White House and Congressional officials as president Obama reversed policy on Syria
09/16/2013
Grouped Articles
Inside White House, a Head-Spinning Reversal on Chemical Weapons
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
Saudi Arabia gets forceful on foreign policy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/25/2013
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast
New York Times 10/26/2013
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
‘America Must Always Lead,’ Obama Tells West Point Graduates
New York Times 05/28/2014
Qualities a new chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve should bring to the job in 2014- views of experts
09/15/2013
Errors in earlier policy should be avoided- allowing bubbles to form unchecked, lack of political independence from the administration, and lack of attention to regulatory to serious consumer and regulatory issues- say experts from editors of the WSJ to Jared Bernstein.
Grouped Articles
What's Needed in the Next Fed Chief
New York Times 09/15/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2013
Systemic risks in the U.S. repurchase obligations market (repo market) 5 years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers
09/14/2013
Grouped Articles
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/2013
Saying Farewell to the Lehman Ethos
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2014
Economist Ronald Coase
09/14/2013
Grouped Articles
Ronald Coase, a Pragmatic Voice for Governmentâs Role
New York Times 09/14/2013
The WSJ's inside look at one toxic subprime mortgage bond securities "CWABS- 2006-2007"- what happened to borrowers and investors by 2013
09/13/2013
Mortgage borrowers delinquent for 2 months on their payments have come down to 10% in 2013 compared to 2012 and about 50% at the height of the crisis in 2008-2009. This is the story of why the current recession in the U.S. is taking longer to heal than other recessions, leaving lasting damage in long term unemployed, and as it does calling for reflection, leaving important lessons that need to be learned.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Japan Display Inc. IPO
09/13/2013
Grouped Articles
Japan Display to Raise Up to $2 Billion in IPO
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Japan Display Plans $4 Billion IPO
Wall Street Journal 02/15/2014
Japan Display Opts for Cautious Offering Price
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2014
Japan Display Comeback Marred by Weak IPO
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014
Japan Display Slides 15% in Market Debut
New York Times 03/19/2014
Japan Display Expects First-Half Loss
Wall Street Journal 05/16/2014
Volaris IPO
09/18/2013
Grouped Articles
Mexican Airline Volaris Raises $350 Million
Wall Street Journal 09/18/13
Sohu.com and search engine Sugou
09/18/2013
Grouped Articles
China's Big Fish Reel In Small Fry
Wall Street Journal 09/18/13
'House of Cards' Breaks Barriers in China
Wall Street Journal 02/19/14
Sanofi MS Drug Lemtrada
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
Sanofi's MS Drug Lemtrada Receives Approval in Europe
Wall Street Journal 09/17/13
The FDA Nixes a Pathbreaking Drug for MS
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Samsonite strategies
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
Samsonite Is Packed Up and Ready to Go
Wall Street Journal 09/17/13
Samsonite Nears Deal to Buy Luxury Luggage Maker Tumi
Wall Street Journal 03/03/16
Why Tumi Fits Into Samsonite’s Case
Wall Street Journal 03/05/16
New York Times reporting on India- on prime minister Manmohan Singh, on opposition leader Narendra Modi, on race and religion in politics
09/17/2013
The difficulties in covering India by putting black people in the same category as Muslim minority in India, its an easy analogy to present to minorities and whites in the U.S. conscious of race riots and civil rights, but very misleading. Muslims in India maybe 14% of the population but looked at South Asian region they are a significant part of the population, beyond the period following partion into India and Pakistan in 1947 to today, a period of 66 years compared to eight centuries of living side by side with many Muslim rulers and dynasties during some periods and in some regions. During the British period from the 18th century to 1947 Muslims did poorly as science and technological progress left poorer Muslims and lower Hindu castes behind. Tiny minority communties such as the Parsees ( the Tata Group) did extremely well. Receptivity to western education and science, and the English language was a key factor for progress. India's constitution made great efforts under Gandhi and Nehru to provide equal rights to minorities and lower castes. In the process Nehru's party, the Indian National Congress took up the cause of Muslims. Yet in the period that followed for six decades the Congress party was not able to make large improvements for the Muslim communities in large northern states such as Uttar Pradesh. It has come under criticism for using the Muslim communities as a voting bloc, but stuck in underdevelopment without action from Congress to make large improvements. The Bharatiya Janata Party first made it to power under the leadership of prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Under Vajpayee the government maintained peaceful race relations. He was critical of Modi's failure to take strong action to stop race riots in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. At the same time, as reported in the WSJ, India's Supreme Court has cleared the Gujarat chief minister, and the BJP nominee for the general elections, of supporting the riots. The Muslim community in India and in South Asia is too important a part of the region, with its
Grouped Articles
Campaign for Prime Minister in India Gets Off to Violent Start
New York Times 09/17/13
Six Killed in Explosions Ahead of India Campaign Rally
Wall Street Journal 10/28/13
India's Ruling Party Stumbles as Opponent Modi Marches On
New York Times 12/08/13
Congress Party Defeated in Indian State Elections
New York Times 12/08/13
Victory, and Setback, for Indian Opposition Leader
New York Times 12/26/13
Poll Suggests Crushing Loss Awaits India’s Governing Party
New York Times 02/26/14
Samsonite management
09/17/2013
Grouped Articles
Samsonite Is Packed Up and Ready to Go
Wall Street Journal 09/17/13
Samsonite Nears Deal to Buy Luxury Luggage Maker Tumi
Wall Street Journal 03/03/16
Why Tumi Fits Into Samsonite’s Case
Wall Street Journal 03/05/16
The transformation of Yantian, near Hong Kong and Shenzen, with the export boom in the nineties and now as the boom fades
09/16/2013
The town of Yantian in China near the Hong Kong border over the period of Deng's industrialization drive, the periods of dislocation during downturns, and the current transformation as the export boom fades.
Grouped Articles
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/13
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/14
Repsol U.S.
09/15/2013
Grouped Articles
Repsol Hunts for Oil-Firm Acquisition in North America
Wall Street Journal 09/15/13
Angela Merkel- the 2014 election campaign in Germany
09/14/2013
Grouped Articles
A Campaign in Germany, an Influence Far Beyond It
New York Times 09/14/13
Merkel Wins Big in German Election
Wall Street Journal 09/23/13
German Election Overturns Political Order
Wall Street Journal 09/23/13
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/13
Germany’s flagging economy: Build some bridges and roads, Mrs Merkel
Economist 10/17/14
DW.COM 11/21/16
Five years after the 2008 financial crisis remaining systemic risks in the U.S. financial system- the $4.6 trillion repo market
09/14/2013
Grouped Articles
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/13
Youth unemployment in the U.S.- 2008-2013
09/14/2013
Grouped Articles
Wanted: Jobs for the New 'Lost' Generation
Wall Street Journal 09/14/13
90 Million Americans Not Working
Wall Street Journal 10/23/13
Can't Find Skilled Workers? Start an Apprentice Program
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Hiring Is Strong and Jobless Rate Declines to 6.1%
New York Times 07/03/14
Numbers of Students Taking Internships Rises Only Slightly
Wall Street Journal 11/13/14
Starbucks Leads Multi-Company Initiative to Hire 100,000 Young, Minority Workers
Wall Street Journal 07/13/15
Ray Dolby of Dolby Labs- pioneer in noise reduction for tape recordings
09/13/2013
One of the earlier pioneers in electronics who studied at Stanford's School of Engineering and worked at Ampex Corp. in California. Dolby invented the technology to remove the hiss in tape recordings in the seventies and earned royalties for his company on the inventions. Dolby continued research in the field and had 50 patents. He was the sole owner and member of the Board of Directors for a long period till the company went public in 2005.
Grouped Articles
Ray Dolby's Passion Led to Better Sound Quality Across Industries
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
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