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Boeing to Open Plant in China This Year

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WSJ - 04.25.2018 Original article ›
Doug Cameron
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Boeing plans to have a new facility in China complete assembly of its 737 jets by the end of 2018. The finishing center is being built near Shanghai. Boeing's order book is up to 5800 jets at a value of $518 billion. About one fifth are in deliveries planned for China. Inflight entertainment systems, seat systems and other finishing for aircraft will be done at the new facility. Boeing continues to see this a a part of doing business in China even as tensions have increased with China over tariff issues and market access. Boeing says it will continue to assemble 737s at its plant near Seattle, and send some planes for completion to China. Sales to Iran will require following Trump administration guidelines.

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Ford to Build New Plant in China to Catch Up With G.M.

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New York Times - 04.19.2012 Original article ›
Keith Bradsher, Keith, Bradsher
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Ford announced on April 19, 2012, that it will build a $760 million plant in Hangzhou, China. This follows an announcement for $600 million expansion of a plant in Chongqing. Ford forecasts the Chinese market will grow at 5% annual rate for the next 10 years. It is planning to take sales away from other manufacturers by offering an expanded product lineup. Ford was slow to enter the Chinese market and has only 2% market share in China. The expansions will give Ford an annual capacity of 1.2 million cars in 2015, up from 450,000 in 2011. Ford's Chongqing operations are located far inland and a long distance from the west coast of China, which will make it more difficult to export if it turns out that there is too much car capacity in China.
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France’s Hollande Faces Strike Pressure as Euro 2016 Tournament Approaches

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WSJ - 06.06.2016 Original article ›

Scandals in Hong Kong Raise Fears About China

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New York Times - 03.05.2012 Original article ›
Kevin Drew, Kevin, Drew

The romance between Bangladesh and India is star-crossed

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The Economist - 04.14.2017 Original article ›
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Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh, concluded a visit to India with an agreement for cross border electricity and rail lines. Bangladesh borders the Indian state of West Bengal, and 53 rivers flow into Bangladesh from India making sharing of river waters a major issue, which remain unresolved especially for the Teesta river. Bangladesh signed agreements for $5 billion in loans, including $1 billion for a Russian built nuclear plant and $500 million for arms imports.

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The Rise of Chinese Cheneys

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New York Times - 01.19.2011 Original article ›
Nicholas D. Kristof, Nicholas, D., Kristof

The GOP’s working-class problem - The Washington Post

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Washington Post - 11.12.2015 Original article ›
Jennifer Rubin, Jennifer, Rubin
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Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post says the Republican candidates Rubio and Kasich have the best chance in the 2016 presidential election because they are seen as truly concerned about the problems of working class Americans. Coming from aspiring working class families they are familiar with the problems of working class whites and minorities, and understand the significance of upward mobility in America's future.
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Silvio Berlusconi's record: The man who screwed an entire country

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Economist - 06.11.2011 Original article ›
Economist.Com

Wal-Mart Frets Over Uncertainty

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Wall Street Journal - 08.17.2011 Original article ›
Karen Talley, Karen, Talley

Puerto Rico Races to Rescue Its Pension Fund

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New York Times - 11.26.2012 Original article ›
Mary Williams Walsh, Mary, Williams, Walsh
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Puerto Rico's main pension fund for 250,000 government workers is only 6% fundeed and is expected to run out of money by 2014. Another pension fund for 80,000 teachers is only 20% funded. Puerto Rico faces problems with lack of economic growth, widespread tax evasion. The economy has gone through a five year recession. A new government was elected in 2012 which promised not to layoff government workers and teachers and find ways to fund pensions. Electronic receipts are now made a requirement for financial transactions to ensure sales taxes are collected. There are risks of a downgrade in credit ratings.
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GOP Vows to Keep Pressure On Obama

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Wall Street Journal - 11.05.2010 Original article ›
Janet Hook, Janet, Hook, Laura Meckler, Laura, Meckler
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McConnell, GOP leader in the Senate, says the top priority for Republicans is to deny President Obama a second term in office. The other two items on the GOP agenda are repealing the health care reform legislation, and securing the Bush tax cuts. This leaves litle room for compromise.
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In struggling housing market, buyers and sellers are out of sync

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Washington Post - 09.05.2010 Original article ›
Dina Elboghdady, Dina, Elboghdady
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Buyers and sellers are living in two different worlds. Sellers living in the past hoping to get a solid deal on their home, and buyers looking into the future and seeing prices declining further, making it difficult to bring them together. This only worsens the difficulties in the housing market. This reporter looks at housing sales and prices in the Washington D.C. area, and sees very cautious buyers.
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Argentina Peso Firms After Government Limits Banks' Foreign Currency Holdings

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Wall Street Journal - 02.06.2014 Original article ›
Shane Romig, Shane, Romig

Fed Acts to Fix Jobs Market

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Wall Street Journal - 09.17.2012 Original article ›
Jon Hilsenrath, Jon, Hilsenrath, Kristina Peterson, Kristina, Peterson

It’s the P.Q. and C.Q. as Much as the I.Q.

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New York Times - 01.29.2013 Original article ›
Thomas L. Friedman, Thomas, L., Friedman
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Friedman points to the need for workers to have a Curiosity Quotient or C.Q., and Passion Quotient or P.Q., in addition to Intelligence Quotient I.Q. to compete in a digital hyperconnected world. The ubiquitiousness of tech devices, instant access to information, learning and knowledge, for people in remote cities to smaller towns everywhere, reduces the span in which a particular knowledge subset is relevant. New developments take place faster creating continual obsolescence and need for constant learning and curiosity.
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U.S. Demand Gives General Motors a Boost

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Wall Street Journal - 10.22.2015 Original article ›
Gautham Nagesh, Gautham, Nagesh

New Era for Auto Industry

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Wall Street Journal - 09.21.2011 Original article ›
Sharon Terlep, Sharon, Terlep, Matthew Dolan, Matthew, Dolan

Hong Kong turns on its tycoons - The Washington Post

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Washington Post - 03.23.2012 Original article ›
Andrew Higgins, Andrew, Higgins

Pfizer Bets $15 Billion on New Class of Generic Drugs

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New York Times - 02.05.2015 Original article ›
David Gelles, David, Gelles, Katie Thomas, Katie, Thomas

Wave of Protests Spreads to Scandal-Weary Honduras and Guatemala

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New York Times - 06.12.2015 Original article ›
Elisabeth Malkin, Elisabeth, Malkin
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Antigovernment protests in Honduras and Guatemala.
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Why Spotify Won’t Be the Netflix of Music

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WSJ - 03.06.2018 Original article ›
Stephen Wilmot
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Spotify is in the same position as Netflix in 2011 with its margins restricted by the fact that most of the major TV content was controlled by a few companies. It broke out of this with its own TV series "House of Cards." The gross margin at Spotify is at 24.5% but it will be hard to bring it up because Spotify is dealing with a few producers of music for licensing deals, the big 3 and Merlin controlling 87% of songs streamed.

Competitor Apple Music has the deep pockets to offer music subscriptions on plans that are minimal cost in the first year. This puts pressure on Spotify with monthly subscriptions dropping to $6.55 or 5.32 euros in 2017 from 6.84 euros in 2015. This pressure on pricing from Apple Music will only grow. Spotify meanwhile has not made profit since its founding.

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Banks Face More Loan Write-Downs

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Wall Street Journal - 03.04.2011 Original article ›
Dan Fitzpatrick, Dan, Fitzpatrick, Nick Timiraos, Nick, Timiraos, Vanessa O'connell, Vanessa, O'connell

Stocks Swoon in Frenzied Trading

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Wall Street Journal - 10.16.2014 Original article ›
Tom Lauricella, Tom, Lauricella, Chris Dietrich, Chris, Dietrich

China Central Bank Warns Banks on Liquidity

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Wall Street Journal - 06.25.2013 Original article ›
William Kazer, William, Kazer

Google to Dial Up Slower Growth

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Wall Street Journal - 01.21.2012 Original article ›
Rolfe Winkler, Rolfe, Winkler

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