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Brazil's central banker Arminio Fraga- views on debt crises and high unemployment in Europe and the U.S.
06/30/2011
Grouped Articles
Charlie Rose Talks to Arminio Fraga
BusinessWeek 06/30/2011
Washington Post 08/07/2011
Transocean, BP and the Gulf Oil Spill
06/30/2011
Grouped Articles
Transocean Swings to a Loss on $881 Million in Charges
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
Transocean: No Apologies Over Gulf Oil Spill
BusinessWeek 06/30/2011
Halliburton: BP Hid Gulf Disaster Details
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2012
Deepwater Horizon Owner Settles With U.S. Over Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
New York Times 01/03/2013
New York Times 01/19/2013
Kuwait
06/30/2011
Grouped Articles
Kuwait Approves a Record $70 Billion Budget
New York Times 06/30/2011
Why most of the bailout loans to Greece actually go back to creditors as interest on debt
06/30/2011
Two thirds of the $177 billion in bailout loans to Greece since May 2010 from the IMF, ECB and EC actually went back to these creditors. The money route was setup in circular fashion with escrow accounts in Athens so that the money went right back as interest payments on debt.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/2011
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/2013
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/2013
Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2013
IMF Warns Eurozone That Greece Needs Far More Debt Relief
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2015
Personalities Clashing Over How to Handle New Greek Bailout
New York Times 07/23/2015
The European Union agreement for the eurozone debt crisis in Greece and other countries in July 2011
06/30/2011
The first really workable agreement was finally reached in Brussels after a year of sharp differences between the ECB, EU leaders, Greece government and opposition parties, and leaders of France, Germany and other EU countries. Fears of contagion for Italy and Spain and a sense of the dangers to the EU and the Euro currency itself led to the agreement, with the EU governments coming up with the financial support which will be channelled through the European Financial Stability Facility. The debt ceiling crisis in the U.S. may have added to the urgency to reduce nervousness in the markets about a breakdown in EU governance along with that in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Europe Must Choose Currency or Financial Union
New York Times 07/21/2011
Greece Gets New Bailout as U.S. Nears Brink
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
A Guide to the New Deal in Athens: How a 'Selective Default' Works
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
Euro Zone's Imperfect Path to Union
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
Lawyers Buchheit and Gulati who advised Greece's government on the bond restructuring deal in March 2012
06/30/2011
Buchheit and Gulati helped Greece achieve the bondholder write-off deal through the legal mechanism of writing a collective action clause. This was possible because Greece's bonds to private investors were issued under Greek law. Collective action clauses make it possible to ensure a deal is made even if some private investors reject it. A haircut for private investors with a bond swap was designed to reduce Greece's debt to a sustainable level.
Grouped Articles
Greek Bonds Soar After Fitch Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2013
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/2013
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/2013
Greek Government Bonds Pay Off Big for Fund Managers
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2012
A Bold Proposal to Offer Greece Some Financial Relief
New York Times 07/10/2015
Greece's debt crisis in 2012 after the agreement with private creditors to take 50% of the losses on Greek bonds is not enough to reduce debt to sustainable levels
06/30/2011
Bondholders accepting 50% of losses- as agreed with EU leaders in Nov-Dec 2011 -will not be enough for Greece to meet its debt obligations, because of a fast deteriorating economy. By March 20, 2012, 14.5 billion euros of bonds come up for repayment or refinancing. More money will be needed from the EU. The voluntary exchange by private creditors of existing bonds for new bonds with 50% face value and maturing over a longer period will be made under an agreement using English law. This will be harder to change in the future, putting the burden on any future financing shortfall on EU countries unwilling to make further commitments to Greece.
Grouped Articles
Greek Bonds Soar After Fitch Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 05/15/2013
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/2013
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/2013
Greek Government Bonds Pay Off Big for Fund Managers
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
Europe Fears Rising Greek Cost
Wall Street Journal 01/11/2012
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2012
U.S. Regional Economies in the U.S.- Connecticut
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Behind Affluent Image, Connecticut Faces Economic Pain
New York Times 06/29/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/02/2012
Incomes Fell or Stagnated in Most States Last Year
Wall Street Journal 09/20/2012
Groupon performance
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2011
Groupon Needs to Get Its Growth On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/24/2011
Groupon's Fast-Growing Business Faces a Churning Point
Wall Street Journal 09/26/2011
Deal Sites Have Fading Allure for Merchants
New York Times 10/01/2011
Wall Street Journal 10/20/2011
Campbell Soup in Russia and China
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2011
Campbell to Buy Fresh-Foods Maker
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2012
Toyota and Honda debt ratings- 2011-2012
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Toyota Debt Rating Dinged; Honda Expects Tough Slog
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/01/2011
China- German trade and economic relations
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Germany’s Merkel Offers Limited Support for Hong Kong Protesters
Wall Street Journal 10/11/2014
Wen Renews Chinese Vow to Buy European Bonds
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2011
New York Times 10/15/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2012
China Speeds Economic 'Transformation'
Wall Street Journal 03/06/2012
China's Vanishing Trade Imbalance
New York Times 05/01/2012
TomTom and technological obsolescence
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
TomTom Struggles to Chart New Path
Wall Street Journal 02/12/2014
TomTom Takes a Beating, Loses 27% of Market Value
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2011
The Anheuser Busch story
06/30/2011
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 06/30/11
How to Build Buzz for Bud: More Alcohol, Lime-a-Rita
Wall Street Journal 03/29/12
Italy's austerity measures- 2011-2013
06/30/2011
Grouped Articles
Italy Urged to Resist a Relapse in Spending
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/14
EU Won’t Reject French, Italian Budgets
Wall Street Journal 10/28/14
New York Times 11/30/14
Italian Government Advances Austerity Plan
New York Times 06/30/11
Wall Street Journal 07/12/11
Greece's Debt Buyback Plan in Dec. 2012
06/30/2011
Efforts to reduce Greek debt by 18 billion euros by retiring bonds with a face vaue of 28 billion euros. The buyback plan is at 32-34% of face value.
Grouped Articles
Greek Bonds Soar After Fitch Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
Fitch Raises Greece's Credit Rating
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
Greece Gets Rating Recognition
Wall Street Journal 05/14/13
Greece Bulls Charge Into Corporate Bonds
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
Greek Government Bonds Pay Off Big for Fund Managers
Wall Street Journal 10/28/13
Greek Debt Buyback Looks Attractive
Wall Street Journal 12/04/12
Greece and the illusory nature of the troika's (ECB, IMF, EU) target for debt to GDP of 120% in 2020
06/30/2011
The artificial nature of the target especially considering all the unpredictables invoved.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/11
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/13
Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Wall Street Journal 10/07/13
Personalities Clashing Over How to Handle New Greek Bailout
New York Times 07/23/15
The Greek Debt Deal’s Missing Piece
New York Times 08/15/15
The final terms of the Greek debt swap in March 2012
06/30/2011
The final terms of the swap of new bonds with longer maturities and lower interest rates for old bonds, at a fraction of the face value (estimated at 53.5%), become clear on March 9, 2012. Greece's government writes new collective action clauses to complete the deal with private bondholders.
Grouped Articles
Greek Bonds Soar After Fitch Upgrade
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
Fitch Raises Greece's Credit Rating
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
Greece Gets Rating Recognition
Wall Street Journal 05/14/13
Greece Bulls Charge Into Corporate Bonds
Wall Street Journal 05/15/13
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Greek Government Bonds Pay Off Big for Fund Managers
Wall Street Journal 10/28/13
Francois Hollande, Socialist party candidate for president in France, on the EU's handling of the debt crisis in Greece
06/30/2011
Francois Hollande says the EU mishandled the Greece crisis. Greece should have been handled as an extraordinary situation with earlier debt restructuring from public and private creditors to bring Greece's debt down to 60% of GDP. The current coordinated plan of the EU, ECB and the IMF only brings debt down to 120% of GDP in 2020. Hollande said he understands the need to reduce the budget deficit with cuts but without growth it can't work.
Grouped Articles
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/13
French Candidate Hollande Assails European Policy on Greece
New York Times 02/13/12
Athens Shaken by Riots After Vote for Greek Austerity Plan
New York Times 02/13/12
Austerity Debate a Matter of Degree
Wall Street Journal 02/17/12
Wall Street Journal 02/22/12
Why the March 2012 Greece bailout protects the EU, but is bad for Greece and for democracy
06/30/2011
Nothing to be proud of, says the Journal in its editorial on Feb. 29, 2012. For Greece the terms leave no hope for a return to growth, and that the two political parties in Greece were required to pledge their support for austerity measures against overwhelming public opposition in Athens says little for democracy. It would have been better for Greece to go into a planned default 2 years ago with steeper haircuts for European banks and reducing Greece's debt to a manageable level lower than the over 120% of GDP in 2020 of the March 2012 bailout plan, says the Journal.
Grouped Articles
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/13
New York Times 11/03/13
Wall Street Journal 03/12/12
Greece’s new prime minister wants Germany to pay for Nazi war crimes - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/26/15
Mirage of Economic Turnaround Masked New Greek Crisis in the Making
Wall Street Journal 07/05/15
Analysts, investment bankers and IPO Bubbles
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
In Latest IPOs, Profits Aren't the Point
Wall Street Journal 10/10/13
How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early
Wall Street Journal 03/28/15
IPO Market Feels Chill From Stock Plunge
Wall Street Journal 08/25/15
Analysts Linked In With Bankers
Wall Street Journal 06/29/11
Star Anlysts Are Back (No Autographs Please)
New York Times 08/21/11
Silicon Valley Booms but Worries About a New Bust
New York Times 08/20/11
The U.S. Fed's crisis dollar-lending program with the ECB and the central banks of U.K. , Canada, Japan and Switzerland in 2011
06/29/2011
Extension of the dollar-lending program beyond August 2, 2011 by the Fed as the eurozone faces the crisis in Greece.
Grouped Articles
Fed Extends Lending Program for Central Banks
Wall Street Journal 06/29/11
Central Banks Run Short of Policy Options
Wall Street Journal 08/04/11
Swaps Will Get Dollars Into European Banks' Hands
Wall Street Journal 12/01/11
Close Ties Facilitated Coordinated Moves
Wall Street Journal 12/01/11
Wall Street Journal 12/01/11
6 Central Banks Act to Buy Time in Europe Crisis
New York Times 11/30/11
Google social network Google+
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/29/11
Wall Street Journal 07/08/11
BusinessWeek 07/21/11
The Confidence Game at Google+
New York Times 07/25/11
Googleâs Ad Campaign Uses Emotions, Not Search Terms
New York Times 01/01/12
New York Times 01/02/12
Afghanistan's Northern Alliance in 2011-2012
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Sign Power-Sharing Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/21/14
Afghan Presidential Rivals Finally Agree on Power-Sharing Deal
New York Times 09/20/14
Ghani Sworn In as Afghan President
Wall Street Journal 09/30/14
Ethnic Leaders Forge Alliance Against Karzai
Wall Street Journal 06/29/11
Afghanistan Army Tries to Attract Southern Pashtuns
New York Times 09/06/11
Qatar as a major LNG supplier - 2011-2014
06/29/2011
Grouped Articles
Qatar Rides Surging Demand for Liquefied Natural Gas
Wall Street Journal 06/29/11
Doha, Qatar, Glitters Like a World City, but Few Feel at Home
New York Times 11/29/11
Group's U.S. Natural-Gas Reserves Estimate Grows 26%
Wall Street Journal 04/09/13
Emerging Markets Pick Up the Slack as Bigger Players’ Demand for LNG Eases
WSJ 08/30/17
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