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Economist Paul Krugman who just won the Nobel prize says Gordon does good.
10/13/2008
Paul Krugman says Gordon Brown has done much good with his initative and proper direction of the rescue effort giving all countries good leadership in a global crisis.
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New York Times 10/13/2008
British Prime Minister’s Stock Rises as His Bank Plan Lifts Stocks WorldwideNew York Times 10/15/2008
The perspectives of a senior British foreign servie officer and of General Petraeus on Afghanistan.
10/01/2008
General Petraeus on his information gathering on Afghanistan and the British Ambasador in Kabul's perspective of the situation there.
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Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining, Petraeus Says
New York Times 10/01/2008
‘Dictator’ Proposed for Afghanistan in Leaked CableNew York Times 10/04/2008
China's oil demand to grow at 2-3% over the next 15 years by one estimate.
06/20/2008
A much slower growth in oil demand as fuel efficient engines make a strong impact. Government policy raising oil prices, giving tax breaks for smaller engines to promote smaller cars on Chinese roads, and promotion of new hybrid and electric car technologies with significant subsidies, all push in this direction.
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China's Thirst for Oil Could Come Up Short
Wall Street Journal 06/01/2010
China Sharply Raises Energy PricesNew York Times 06/20/2008
Pakistan, Islamist politicians and expectations for better lives in the modern world
01/04/2008
The older politicians who are sobering up to the realities even in the border provinces are not for militancy, and badly want better health care, and hospitals. No one will turn down better infrastructure and standards of living and employment.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Islamist Politicians Emerge As Pakistan's Power BrokersWall Street Journal 01/04/2008
Iowa and midwestern states and the changes advocated in free trade.
11/21/2007
Iowa is showing the way in shift to jobs in renewable energy in the midwestern states. Its also showing the way for changes in free trade policies to improve lives of midwesterners.
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A Splash of Green for the Rust Belt
New York Times 11/02/2008
A Globalization Winner Joins in Trade BacklashWall Street Journal 11/21/2007
Brightening human lives- the work of Ingvar Kamprad of Ikea and Karl Albrecht of Aldi
03/26/2006
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IKEA Billionaire Founder Proud to Be Frugal at 80
New York Times 03/26/2006
Aldi's Co-Founder Karl Albrecht, a Pioneer in Food Retailing, Dies at 94Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Southwest Airlines' continuing effort to overturn the 1979 Wright Amendment, a federal law restricting flights from Dallas Love Field
05/10/2005
Efforts were made in 2005 to increase flights beyond the restriction to 7 states- originally the law restricted flights to 4 states. Southwest has been fighting this law passed as an amendment to an aviation law by U.S. House Speaker Jim Wright in 1979. Its intention was giving American Airlines the incentive to build a giant hub at the new 1974 Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.
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Southwest, United Locked in Dogfight
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2012
Southwest's Dallas DuelWall Street Journal 05/10/2005
New York Times editorial asks Congress to "Show us Hope" as 12 million households or 1 in 6 mortgages go under water.
10/02/2008
NYT laments the lack of anything to give hope to homeowners in the $700 billion bailout plan. So do Feldstein and Hubbard both Republican Presidential advisors of reagan and Bush.
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New York Times 10/02/2008
Housing Pain Gauge: Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'Wall Street Journal 10/08/2008
Reports linking Karzai's brother to heroin trade fit in with Scweich's account in the NYT.
07/27/2008
Schweich is deputy to Anne Patterson Asst Secretary of State for international narcotics and law enforcement. His story in the New York Times fits in with accounts of links to the heroin trade of Karzai's brother who heads the provincial council in Kandahar. This also shows how trust is being lost in the Afghan government among the people as stated in a cable by a senior career foreign service officer from Britain in Kabul to the French government.
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Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade
New York Times 10/05/2008
Is Afghanistan a Narco-State?New York Times 07/27/2008
Transition in China's manufacturing
02/01/2008
Many factories in Guandong Province long a key area in the production of apparel and footwear for export are now closing hit by a number of factors at the same time, higher costs, stricter labor laws, no government incentives, stricter pollution laws. China is encouraging this shift to improve living standards and shift production to more sophisticated goods.
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China’s Inflation Hits American Price Tags
New York Times 02/01/2008
Many Factories in China's South Sound Last WhistleWall Street Journal 02/22/2008
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.
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A Globalization Winner Joins in Trade Backlash
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2007
It Must Be OhioNew York Times 02/24/2008
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.
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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
Toyota's IMV series of vehicles for emerging markets reaches a milestone in 2012- 1 million vehicles on one platform
05/12/2005
This is the best any automobile manufacturer has done on one platform. The design, single chassis, lower price points and customization for rough road conditions in emerging markets, give the IMV architecture and manufacturing operations a unique advantage.
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Toyota Pushes Emerging-Markets Production
Wall Street Journal 04/07/2012
For Toyota, a New Small Truck Carries Hopes for Topping GMWall Street Journal 05/12/2005
Hyundai strategy for the Genesis upscale model.
04/29/2005
Hyundai quality approaches Toyota and set to pass Toyota but the image from 1997 of quality lapses continues to linger or Hyundai has'nt established itself in the customers mind for quality and excellence. The new Genesis $30,000 luxury carwill be one more step towards giving Hyundai an upscale image.
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Wall Street Journal 04/29/2005
Hyundai Bets New Sedan Is a Luxury It Can AffordWall Street Journal 01/09/2008
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