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How changes in free trade policies are being shaped by the efforts to improve lives of Ohio, Iowa midwesterners.
11/21/2007
How Ohio and Iowa are calling for changes in free trade policies to improve the lives of ordinary Americans.
Linked Articles
A Globalization Winner Joins in Trade Backlash
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2007
It Must Be OhioNew York Times 02/24/2008
Blending cultures and workers from France and Germany for Airbus operations
10/15/2007
Bringing together engineers and workers from the Airbus operations in Toulouse and Hamburg to build complex aircraft with new designs is an ongoing challenge at EADS Airbus. Other related challenges include how to divide labor and management responsibilities considering the interests of unions and governments to achieve an efficient enterprise.
Linked Articles
Airbus, Amid Turmoil, Revives Troubled Plane
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2007
Airbus Wants A380 Cost CutsWall Street Journal 07/13/2012
Great Moderation and Monetary policy
09/20/2007
Bernanke's views about the half point interest rate cut in 2002 in his first months as Fed governor showed his concerns for overheating of residential construction but also that this was overweiged by his concerns for deflation and economic gloom current at the time.
Linked Articles
Economist 09/20/2007
Fed in 2002 Feared Deflation, Newly Released Transcripts ShowWall Street Journal 04/11/2008
Alberta tar sands projects are coming in at costs as high as twice the original estimate.
09/12/2007
A project by Petro-Canada came in at $4.8 billion, twice the original estimate. With costs rising and crude oil prices dropping below $50 a barrel, and viability of projects requiring price of $60, new projects may be cut.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
The Costly Compromises of Oil From SandNew York Times 01/07/2009
Conversation with Ratan Tata.
08/27/2007
Tata will get Land Rover and Jaguar for about $1 billion when it cost $5 billion to acquire these assets and has invested heavily since then. The credit squeeze gives Tata these assets at a good price.
Linked Articles
Tata May Bid for Ford's Luxury Brands
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2007
Tata Pulls Ford Units Into Its OrbitNew York Times 01/04/2008
P&G (Procter & Gamble) and Cadbury- strategy of operating at low price points in emerging markets
07/16/2007
Linked Articles
Cadbury Redefines Cheap Luxury
Wall Street Journal 06/08/2009
P&G's Global Target: Shelves of Tiny StoresWall Street Journal 07/16/2007
Larger airlines adopt competitive methods.
11/16/2006
With competition from other airlines and rising oil prices Southwest takes another look at expansion plans.
Linked Articles
Economist 11/16/2006
Southwest Curbs Expansion PlansWall Street Journal 06/28/2007
Southwest Airlies' strategy to increase flights in high demand routes and reduce flights for routes where demand is sluggish
11/16/2006
Southwest pares routes that don't have enough customers and adds flights on popular routes.
Linked Articles
Fuel Costs, Vacancies Spur Southwest Changes
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2008
The elephants learn to danceEconomist 11/16/2006
China's budding aviation industry
10/27/2006
China developing manufacturing and assembly knowhow for regional jets and for larger planes working with western suppliers eager to get in on the growing demand for aircraft in CHina with hte market expected to grow at about 9% according to Boeing.
Linked Articles
Chinese Jetmaker Gets Western Help
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2008
Airbus Move to Build in China May Pose a Longer-Term Risk - WSJ.comWall Street Journal 10/27/2006
Handan Iron & Steel Works, Hebei Province, and ThyssenKrupp, Dortmund, Germany, a world away- bad decisions and environmental pollution in China
10/02/2006
Did China's government officials underestimate the cost of environmental pollution in bringing the old polluting plant from Dortmund, Germany? How much will a cleanup cost? In 2007? In 2015 or 2020? Were these costs figured in? Who got the better deal- Germany or China?
Linked Articles
Why Beijing Is Trying to Tally The Hidden Costs of Pollution As China's Economy Booms - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2006
China Grabs West’s Smoke-Spewing FactoriesNew York Times 12/21/2007
An earlier incident showing neglect of pipeline maintenance and quality control at BP.
08/07/2006
The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from deepwater drillig is only one in a line of failures in quality systems and careful preparation at BP.
Linked Articles
BP's Hayward Says Company Could Have Done More Disaster Preparation
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2010
BP to Shut an Alaska Oil Field Amid Pipeline Flaw, Small LeakWall Street Journal 08/07/2006
IBM in the Indian market and its transformation.
06/05/2006
How Moffatt's transformation of IBM is taking shape. Its putting behind outsourcing concept and multinational concept of running business in favor of a new concept of competency centres worldwide, a global business factory where just as in the auto industry work can be transferred based on where the best competency rest. Its also based on competing with the Indians in the Indian domestic market and neutralizing the people resources advantage of the Indian IT firms by expanding in India big time.
Linked Articles
BusinessWeek 06/05/2006
IBM's Big Deal in IndiaBusinessWeek 12/28/2007
Friedman of NYT compared Detroit carmakers to "crack dealers."
06/02/2006
With their gasoline rebates and gasoline purchase paid credit cards to buyers of large SUV's, GM and Ford were increasing America's dangerous dependence on imported oil. Contrst that with the vigorous approach of Hyundai to fuel efficiency. And go fast forward to 2009 when Hyundai sees August 2009 sales 47% higher than August 2008 sales, Hyundai being the only large car company to increase sales by end of 2009 in the American market.
Linked Articles
Detroit's No Good, Very Bad May
BusinessWeek 06/02/2006
Hyundai Aims for Efficiency LeadWall Street Journal 09/03/2008
Russia's sovereign wealth fund modeled on the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund
11/16/2007
Russia is trying to model its wealth fund on the Norwegian example with no more than a 5% stake in a company allowed.
Linked Articles
Russia Government Fund Will Tread Carefully
Wall Street Journal 01/25/2008
Sovereign Funds Look to NorwayWall Street Journal 11/16/2007
Eastern European automobile brands that now stand for quality in Europe at lower price points- VW's Skoda in the Czech Republic
10/01/2007
Linked Articles
VW Revs Up Auto Race to Russia
Wall Street Journal 11/29/2007
Skoda Means Quality. ReallyBusinessWeek 10/01/2007
The dangers of single hit products like Motorola Razr phone and the Ford F-150 truck and Explorer without a full line of new products to transition to
09/14/2007
How Motorola's experience with single hit products like the Razr cell phone compares with Ford's single hits like the F-150 truck and the Ford Explorer. Why this got both into trouble and the lack of new product at both companies during a critical period as competitors moved ahead.
Linked Articles
Motorola to Spin Off Handset Unit, As Icahn Waits
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2008
Detroit Auto Makers Try Some New TricksWall Street Journal 09/14/2007
Ford's aggressive effort at marketing safety.
09/04/2007
How the display of a crashed Taurus at the 2008 New York Auto Show is an ongoing effort like the Swap My Ride Campaign to get car buyers who defected to foreign makes to take a look at Ford.
Linked Articles
Drivers Size Up Fords (Unknowingly) in New Campaign
New York Times 09/04/2007
Ford Displays a Wreck to Score Safety PointsNew York Times 03/18/2008
Virgin America's first flights
08/06/2007
The way Virgin does it to link San Francisco and New York at $250, with more amentities and attracting attention by decking SF city hall in Virgin's colors, Branson style.
Linked Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2008
Will Virgin America Enjoy Much of a Honeymoon?Wall Street Journal 08/06/2007
The internet and aggressive pricing by airlines.
11/16/2006
The efforts of airline passengers to get internet bargain prices and of the airlines using systems that help it decide when to raise fares or on what seats to sell at what prices to lose less on internet bargains.
Linked Articles
Economist 11/16/2006
Armed With Internet Bargains, Travelers Battle High AirfaresNew York Times 11/23/2006
Southwest Airlines success at hedging against a rise in oil prices.
11/16/2006
Southwest hedged against rising oil prices which helped it cap fare prices and gain market share. Its competitors missed the boatcompletely on where oil prices were going and failed to hedge.
Linked Articles
Economist 11/16/2006
An Airline Shrugs at Oil PricesNew York Times 11/29/2007
Fiat's full ownership of Chrysler- management and business skills of Marchionne's team leads to valuable diversification (3)
11/10/2006
A win-win for the U.S., Chrysler, and Fiat, is the result of the remarkable business and management skills of Sergio Marchionne of Fiat. An integrated global company emerges for the first time under Marchionne's leadership. An outsider to the auto industry Marchionne looked for good business talent and younger managers not tied to old ways. He benchmarked Fiat products to Apple products in a innovative way only an outsider would do.
Linked Articles
BusinessWeek 11/10/2006
In Turnabout, Chrysler Profit Offsets Fiat LossWall Street Journal 07/31/2012
Failure to invest in tech startups dims hopes for a shift away from a commodity based Russian economy- 2005-2015
10/08/2006
Linked Articles
Russia's Tech Startup Scene Retreats Amid Ukraine Conflict
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2014
Germany Drafts Policy for Europe to Strengthen Russian TiesNew York Times 10/08/2006
Why Wal-Mart and Carrefour never made it in S. Korea
08/10/2006
Shinsaegae's E-Mart, an offshoot of Samsung Group, and Samsung-Tesco, provide Koreans with a typically Korean outdoor market experience, something Carrefour and Wal-mart with the warehouse concept failed to do. A Korean retail executive says Koreans hate the warehouse concept. Stores need the personal quality of a market.
Linked Articles
South Korea's E-Mart Is No Wal-Mart, Which Is Precisely Why Locals Love It
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2006
Tesco's New CEO Clarke Is Company VeteranWall Street Journal 06/09/2010
Employment in the auto industry, GDP growth targets and increasing auto emissions in China's cities
06/13/2006
Environmental pollution in China's cities and increasing auto emissions that pose dangers to health. The situation in 2007 was deteriorating . By 2013 Beijing was seeing air quality extremes of 700 micrograms per square meter, with 500 routine. WHO standards show 300 micrograms as dangerous for health. Pressure to push for GDP growth is intense for local officals and the environmental agency lacked powers for enforcement. The car population was doubling every few years in this period 2000-2012.
Linked Articles
As China's Auto Market Booms, Leaders Clash Over Heavy Toll
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2006
As China Roars, Pollution Reaches Deadly ExtremesNew York Times 08/26/2007
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06/05/2006
Paring routes continues to be the strategy for airlines, to reduce the number of flights on unpopular routes.
Linked Articles
Fuel Costs, Vacancies Spur Southwest Changes
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2008
Major Airlines Fuel a Recovery By Grounding Unprofitable FlightsWall Street Journal 06/05/2006
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