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Japan's electricity rates and the nuclear power industry
07/18/2011
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/02/2013
Washington Post 08/11/2015
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Japanâs Leaders Fret as Nuclear Shutdown Nears
New York Times 05/03/2012
Japan's Ex-Premier, Naoto Kan, Condemns Nuclear Power
New York Times 05/28/2012
Nuclear-Restart Plans Divide Japan
Wall Street Journal 06/18/2012
Shell and the Mackenzie Gas project in Canada
07/18/2011
Grouped Articles
Shell Makes Big Bet on Boom in Natural Gas
New York Times 05/01/2013
Shell to Shed Its Stake In Project in Canada
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
China Speeds Economic 'Transformation'
Wall Street Journal 03/06/2012
David Cameron, Rupert Murdoch's News International and the phone hacking scandal
07/18/2011
David Cameron is seen by the British public as having used poor judgement in hiring a former News International employee as a communications advisor.
Grouped Articles
U.K. Leader's Ties to Editor Embolden Rivals
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal
New York Times 07/18/2011
Cameron Tries to Shore Up Support in Hacking Scandal
New York Times 07/20/2011
New York Times 07/23/2011
Scandal Splinters the Murdoch Family Business
New York Times 07/24/2011
Murdoch Hacking Scandal to Be Examined by British Parliamentary Panel
New York Times 05/01/2012
The phone hacking scandal and News Corporation's U.S. operations
07/18/2011
Grouped Articles
News Corp. Scrambles to Contain Damage in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Murdoch Hacking Scandal to Be Examined by British Parliamentary Panel
New York Times 05/01/2012
British Panel Criticizes Rupert Murdoch Over Hacking Scandal
New York Times 05/01/2012
Murdochâs Pride Is Americaâs Poison
New York Times 05/05/2012
The events in Britain's 2011 phone hacking scandal
07/18/2011
Rupert Murdoch, News Corporation and the phone hacking scandal.
Grouped Articles
Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case
New York Times 06/24/2014
Head of Scotland Yard resigns amid hacking scandal; Rebekah Brooks is arrested - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/18/2011
U.K. Parliament May Be Recalled
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
For Brooks, a Heady Path to Power
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Murdoch, âSurprised and Shocked,â Is Likely to Face More Questions
New York Times 07/19/2011
Murdoch Hacking Scandal to Be Examined by British Parliamentary Panel
New York Times 05/01/2012
Uruguay politics and government
07/17/2011
Grouped Articles
Tabaré Vázquez Reclaims Presidency in Uruguay Election
New York Times 11/30/2014
Juan MarÃa Bordaberry, 83; President During a Dark Era in Uruguay
New York Times 07/17/2011
After Years in Solitary, an Austere Life as Uruguayâs President
New York Times 01/04/2013
Moody's Mark Zandi and ways to reach the $4 trillion in U.S. deficit reductions
07/17/2011
Grouped Articles
How to cut the deficit -; and what happens if we don’t - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/17/2011
Our advice to the debt supercommittee: Go big, be bold, be smart - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/01/2011
Friedman on Greece
07/16/2011
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/19/2011
New York Times 07/16/2011
Modern Greece’s real problem? Ancient Greece. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/07/2011
New York Times 11/15/2011
"Extend and pretend" in the U.S. banking industry- 2010-2012
07/16/2011
The large losses that still remain to be taken by the banking industry as housing prices face further decline. This includes losses on the first mortgage and on second liens. Second liens refer to home equity lines of credit.
Grouped Articles
Second-Lien Loans May Prompt New Losses for Banks
New York Times 07/16/2011
New York Times 08/22/2011
Book portrays dysfunction in Obama White House - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2011
To Fix the Housing Crisis, Read the Data
New York Times 11/04/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/30/2011
U.S., Banks Agree on Foreclosure Pact
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2012
Rebekah Brooks, the Murdochs, News Internaional and the phone hacking scandal
07/16/2011
Grouped Articles
Rebekah Brooks to Head News Corp’s U.K. Unit
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2015
Rebekah Brooks Said to Be Returning to News Corp. in Britain
New York Times 08/28/2015
Rebekah Brooks arrested in UK hacking scan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/17/2011
Scotland Yard and Murdoch Empire Intertwined in Hacking Case
New York Times 07/16/2011
For Brooks, a Heady Path to Power
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2011
Scandal Splinters the Murdoch Family Business
New York Times 07/24/2011
Friedman on the debt crisis in the eurozone and in the U.S.
07/16/2011
Friedman says the baby boomer generation has failed to do what it should have done for a future generation. He quotes Grece's deputy prime minister, who referring to the credits and loans that were extended to Greece after joining the E.U., "we ate it together," the politicians and the people. What this generation of baby boomers leaves to young people today is a legacy of large debt.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/16/2011
New York Times 07/19/2011
Modern Greece’s real problem? Ancient Greece. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/07/2011
New York Times 11/15/2011
New York Times 05/06/2012
How to Score the Presidential Debate
New York Times 10/16/2012
RBS and the legal settlement for manipulating LIBOR rates
07/15/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
Dutch Bank Settles Case over Libor Deceptions
New York Times 10/29/2013
U.K. to Criminalize Manipulation of Financial Benchmarks
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2014
U.S. Wants Criminal Charges for RBS
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2013
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2013
Steve Bartlett of the U.S. Financial Services Roundtable
07/15/2011
Bartlett heads the lobbying efforts to make changes to the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation.
Grouped Articles
Banks' Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bills
New York Times 05/23/2013
Obama Presses Regulators to Finish Financial Rules
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2013
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
Wall Street Lobbyist Aims to 'Reform the Reform'
New York Times 07/15/2011
A Dodd-Frank Retreat Deserves a Veto
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2011
Roche new drugs
07/18/2011
Grouped Articles
Roche to File Cancer Drug for Approval in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Cancer Drugs Get Cheaper, in India
Wall Street Journal 03/23/12
Roche Boosts Investment in Alzheimer's Drugs
Wall Street Journal 06/18/12
Sergei Witte and Russia at the turn of the twentieth century
07/18/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
The "cut, cap and balance" pledge of Republican candidates for the 2012 presidential election
07/18/2011
The pledge is supported by candidates, Romney, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Perry and others. It requires an immediate reduction in spending, capping it as a percentage of GDP, and balancing the budget. The House version calls for capping spending at 19.9% by 2018.
Grouped Articles
GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Wall Street Journal 07/19/11
Obama and the Narcissism of Big Differences
Wall Street Journal 08/06/11
Perry criticizes government while Texas job growth benefits from it - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/21/11
Policy, Geography Boost Texas Job Growth
Wall Street Journal 08/22/11
Governor for sale - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/23/11
U.S. banks servicing mortgages and regulator efforts to ensure independent mortgage reviews
07/18/2011
Efforts by the Office of the Comptroller fo the Currency (OCC) to ensure that accounting and law firms with cozy ties to the mortgage servicing banks are kept out of the independent review of the mortgage servicing process in 2011-2012.
Grouped Articles
Conflicts Seen in Mortgage Reviews
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
New York Times 08/22/11
States Negotiate $26 Billion Agreement for Homeowners
New York Times 02/08/12
Settlement Lifts Hopes For Housing Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/10/12
Regulator Resists Mortgage Reductions
Wall Street Journal 08/01/12
Rep. Dave Camp of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee and tax reforms to address the deficit
07/18/2011
Rep/ Dave Camp (MI) helps Republicans navigate the issues surrounding changes in U.S. taxes, including reducing or removing tax deductions to reduce the budget deficit. His ideas about changing the tax code to make it simpler and generate tax revenues of 18-19% of GDP instead of 16% in 2012.
Grouped Articles
GOP Hopefuls Betting Voters Want Deep Cuts
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Wall Street Journal 03/07/14
Rep. Dave Camp patiently pursues tax reform - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/29/12
Committee Chairman Has Lymphoma
Wall Street Journal 07/29/12
Dave Camp: Is Tax Reform Politically Possible?
Wall Street Journal 08/12/12
Rick Snyder, a G.O.P. Governor Who Eludes Labels
New York Times 08/18/12
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau management
07/17/2011
Former Attorney General of Ohio, Richard Cordray, nominated to head the CFPB
Grouped Articles
Vote Ushers In New Era in Oversight of Lending Practices
New York Times 07/16/13
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Roughly Doubled Caseload in 2015
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
From Jeopardy Stardom to Mortgage Suits
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Cordray Picked to Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
New York Times 07/17/11
Wall Street's Newest Regulator Is No Stranger to Wall Street
New York Times 07/19/11
U.S.Consumer Financial Protection Bureau performance
07/17/2011
Grouped Articles
Cordray Picked to Head Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
New York Times 07/17/11
Bank Challenger Picked to Run Consumer Agency
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
From Jeopardy Stardom to Mortgage Suits
Wall Street Journal 07/18/11
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Roughly Doubled Caseload in 2015
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
The Feds' New Mortgage Disclosures Are a Bust
Wall Street Journal 07/18/12
Consumers Win Some Mortgage Safety in New Rules
New York Times 01/10/13
Drought and water shortages in the U.S., China, Australia and other countries
07/16/2011
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/16/11
GDP: Drought knocked 0.2 points off growth in second quarter | Wonkblog
Washington Post 09/28/12
News International, News Corporation and Scotland Yard
07/16/2011
The connections and cozy ties between Murdoch's News Corporation and Scotland Yard
Grouped Articles
Ex-Tabloid Executive Acquitted in British Phone Hacking Case
New York Times 06/24/14
Scotland Yard and Murdoch Empire Intertwined in Hacking Case
New York Times 07/16/11
Murdoch Hacking Scandal to Be Examined by British Parliamentary Panel
New York Times 05/01/12
British Panel Criticizes Rupert Murdoch Over Hacking Scandal
New York Times 05/01/12
News Corp.'s Puzzle: 'Fit and Proper'
Wall Street Journal 05/03/12
Murdochâs Pride Is Americaâs Poison
New York Times 05/05/12
Cyprus Popular Bank (Laiki Bank) and the Bank of Cyprus 2006-2013- the path leading to the EU bailout of 2013
07/16/2011
Cyprus Popular Bank and the Bank of Cyprus passed EU stress test in 2010 and 2011, resulting in the banks issuing dividends and increased their holdings of Greece's bonds even as the Greece faced a financial crisis in 2010. The losses from Greece bonds totalled 4.3 billion euros for the two banks in 2013, leading to the closing of Laiki Bank and the downsizing of the Bank of Cyprus under an EU bailout. The bank also made other risky investments in Greece, with the chief risk officer of Laiki Bank taking on more risks in 2010-2011 even as other European banks were reducing their investments in Greece.
Grouped Articles
Europe Fails Another Stress Test
Wall Street Journal 07/16/11
IMF Urges EU Banks To Raise Capital
Wall Street Journal 09/22/11
Piraeus Bankâs Michalis Sallas Reaches the Top in Greece
New York Times 06/10/13
Wall Street Journal 07/04/15
Wall Street Journal 03/28/13
Cyprus Capital Controls Come Years After They Were Needed
New York Times 03/28/13
The 2010 and 2011 EU stress tests that failed of Laiki Bank and Bank of Cyprus- origins of the banking crisis in Cyprus
07/16/2011
The two Cyprus banks passed the EU's 2010 stress tests, and passed them again in 2011, going on to give out dividends and increase their exposure to Greece, even as Greece faced a deepening financial crisis. The two banks increased their holdings of Greece's bonds by $1 billion in 2010, according to EU regulators, and took on more risks. The EU stress tests looked at how the banks would do in deteriorating economic conditions but did not consider the possibility of losses from sovereign government bonds.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/16/11
Europe Fails Another Stress Test
Wall Street Journal 07/16/11
IMF Chief's Change of Tune on Bank Capital
New York Times 09/14/11
IMF Urges EU Banks To Raise Capital
Wall Street Journal 09/22/11
Piraeus Bankâs Michalis Sallas Reaches the Top in Greece
New York Times 06/10/13
Stress Tests Won't Prevent the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/19/14
Deutsche Bank and the LIBOR investigation in 2013
07/15/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/15/11
Dutch Bank Settles Case over Libor Deceptions
New York Times 10/29/13
Deutsche Bank Hit By Legal Costs
Wall Street Journal 10/30/13
After Fraud, the Fog Around Libor Hasnât Lifted
New York Times 10/31/13
Europe Sets Big Fines In Settling Libor Case
New York Times 12/04/13
Executive Who Committed Suicide Anxious Amid Deutsche Bank Probes
Wall Street Journal 03/26/14
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