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Detroit Automakers and the UAW vs the nonunionized plants- what went wrong?
12/09/2008
With job security gone at Detroit automakers amidst a series of bad decisions by unions and management unwilling to make a total break with the status quo to the point of reinventing themselves, and lacking the courage and the vision to do so, what good are these higher medical benefits? Isn't an employee who has his job and lesser medical benefits at anonunionized plant better off than one who has either lost his job or about to lose it at aDetroit automaker plant?
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Detroit Bailout: How It Can Work
BusinessWeek 12/09/2008
Toyota delays new Prius plantDetroit News 12/16/2008
Petraeus describes his information gathering efforts and Bret Stephens talks with Zardari
10/01/2008
The war in Afghanistan is beginning to take a new turn as Petraeus looks for ways to reverse gains by Taliban and Zardari commits Pakistan to work alongside the US.
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The Most Difficult Job in the World
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2008
Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining, Petraeus SaysNew York Times 10/01/2008
Japanese automakers like Honda and the Detorit automakers went divergent paths of fuel efficient and smaller cars.
07/06/2008
This put Honda in arelatively better position than the Detroit automakers as SUV sales slumped and the shift to smaller cars was ocurring in abig way by the second half of 2008.
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American Energy Policy, Asleep at the Spigot
New York Times 07/06/2008
Sized for the TimesNew York Times 10/19/2008
Labor costs in China, Ireland, and newly emerging countries.
03/27/2008
How the foreign investment model for countries that attracted Foreign Investment with lower wages is changing and the differentials with the US are closing, Irish hourly pay higher than US hourly pay.
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Ireland: The End of the Miracle
BusinessWeek 03/27/2008
China's Factory BluesBusinessWeek 03/27/2008
Renault's bold strategy with the lowcost Logan and Dacia models targeted at European markets
02/11/2008
The success of the Logan and Dacia in France and other European markets has helped Renault. Profit margins on the two low cost vehcles is about 6%, higher than Renault's 2-3% margins on other cars. This turns the accepted logic in the auto industry on its head about higher margins with larger more expensive cars.
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Frugal Dacia Stars in Renault's Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2008
Renault Takes Low-Cost LeadWall Street Journal 04/16/2012
A tolerant Islamic world- the world of Hamza
01/06/2008
A more tolerant world has existed in Islamic Central Asia, South Asia and Iran, over long perids that were also punctuated by periods of conflict. Europe has experienced this also as the ebb and flow of religious strife and of tolerance prevailed in different periods.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Eat Your Heart Out, HomerNew York Times 01/06/2008
Pakistan, Jinnah and the dominant role of the military in the state
01/06/2008
It takes a deep knowledge of a place to know why things are turning out the way they are. Part knowledge of history, sidelining of Muslims after the British drove out the Mughals, knowledge of choices, choice of a separate state on religious lines, the creation of Pakistan, and knowledge of the cast of characters, Mohammed Ali Jinnah of the Muslim League whose picture here and his manners show a person aloof and more fitted to the British era,and the generals Ayub,Yahya, Zia and Musharraf.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
In Musharraf’s Shadow, a New Hope for Pakistan RisesNew York Times 01/07/2008
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01/05/2008
European examples of ethnic conflict over centuries, here the Scottish-English conflict -the struggles of William Wallace Robert Bruce and others. Ethnic and religious conflict caused the creation of Pakistan.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Of Braveheart and BushWall Street Journal 01/05/2008
Failure of political and military leaders in Pakistan since independence
01/02/2008
Zardari is another one of the cast of characters in the Pakistan story, this one associated with the Bhutto family. Brought down 2 civilian governments by engaging in widespread enrichment from government contracts.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Pakistan's Zardari Poses A Quandary for U.S.Wall Street Journal 01/02/2008
Diplomacy with Iran and changing perceptions.
12/11/2007
The reversal of intelligence estimate of Iran concluding tha Iran gave up developing nuclear weapons in 2003, how it now creates a huge shift to diplomatic negotiations and peaceful resolution of differences.
Linked Articles
New York Times 12/11/2007
In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed Over Cheney TeamWall Street Journal 01/14/2008
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
Finding a new approach to Afghanistan with roots in the Kashmir Valley- India, Pakistan, the U.S. and Europe
12/06/2006
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Pakistan Makes Offer to India On Settling Kashmir Dispute - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 12/06/2006
India Puts Kashmir on TableWall Street Journal 04/11/2012
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
With 1 in 6 mortgages or 16%, 12 millon mortgages "under water," the Feldstein Plan makes sense.
10/04/2008
Martin Feldstein, headed Council of Economic Advisers under President Reagan. His plan is to go to the root of the problem, which is the estimated 40% of mortgages expected to be worth less than market value of the home by Deutsche Bank estimates as the crisis peaks.
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Housing Pain Gauge: Nearly 1 in 6 Owners 'Under Water'
Wall Street Journal 10/08/2008
The Problem Is Still Falling House PricesWall Street Journal 10/04/2008
India and Pakistan negotiations and rising tension in Kashmir.
08/12/2008
The Kashmir issue complicates India-Pakistan peaceful relations, as does the situation in Afghanistan with Taliban opposing Indian reconstruction efforts.
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India Frustrated by a Rudderless Pakistan
New York Times 08/12/2008
Deadly Force Used to Halt March in KashmirNew York Times 08/12/2008
Differing timelines for Bill Ford and Mullaly at Ford and Wagoner at GM in their shift to smaller cars.
06/04/2008
GM was late in the shift to smaller cars than Ford even as the shift was taking place. Both companies though remained mired in a decades long stagnation in fuel efficency even as companies like Honda moved forward, and as the gap with the Europeans and the Japanese in the technology and skills of making small cars widened.
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G.M. Closing 4 Plants in Shift From Trucks Toward Cars
New York Times 06/04/2008
Bill Ford on Tipping Points and Thinking SmallBusinessWeek 07/31/2008
Debt gorged Britain and the U.S.
03/22/2008
British debt is even worse than the American debt with household debt to income ratio at 1.62 in Britain compared to 1.42 in the USA. Continental cousins in Germany have a ratio of 1.09.
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Debt-Gorged British Start to Worry That the Party Is Ending
New York Times 03/22/2008
Frugality Forged in Today's Recession Has Potential to Outlast ItWall Street Journal 04/06/2009
Tata Motors and meeting crash and emissions standards for the Nano automobile
01/08/2008
The new small car from Tata will meet current and future European emissions standards Mr. Tata said in an interview. There were doubts in the NYTimes of Jan 8, 2008 about the emissions, and it was thought that this car would just meet the lower Indian emissions standards. If this is true then this is part of the foresight of the vision of Ratan Tata. In fact Tata said that it was easier to meet the emissions standards than to meet the crash and safety standards because of the lightness of the car.
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Tata's High-Stakes Bet on Low-Cost Car
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2008
Four Wheels for the Masses: The $2,500 CarNew York Times 01/08/2008
The military and civilian leadership in Pakistan for six decades since independence and the U.S. involvement in S. Asia
01/06/2008
Militancy shifts to a younger generation of leaders in the border provinces of Pakistan, Baluchistan, Northwest Frontier province and Waziristan. Taliban was a creation of the Pakistan army to create strategic depth for Pakistan by getting a Islami militant run organization take over Afghanistan after the Russians left. It has turned into a complete mess as that militancy has spread to Pakistan's border provinces.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Next-Gen TalibanNew York Times 01/06/2008
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01/06/2008
After the assasination of Benazir Bhutto sentiment in the Sindh province to go its own way, fears that Sindh is not getting a fair share and benefit in Pakistan compared to the larger Punjab province.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Bhutto Killing Roils Province, Spurring Call to Quit PakistanWall Street Journal 01/08/2008
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
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12/31/2007
Musharraf feels anger of Pakistanis after assasination of Benazir Bhutto because of lack of security provided to her.
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New York Times 01/06/2008
Growing Fury At Musharraf Deepens CrisisWall Street Journal 12/31/2007
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12/11/2007
Diplomatic negotiations will be a new focus of policy towards Iran, any sanctions by security council watered down in this shift.
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U.N. Discord Likely to Weaken Iran Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2008
How to Defuse IranNew York Times 12/11/2007
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07/18/2007
Two sister of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission try to bring better government and respect for human rights and freedom from arbitrary detention to Pakistan.
Linked Articles
New York Times 01/06/2008
In Pakistan, Two Sisters Turn Up Heat on MusharrafWall Street Journal 07/18/2007
The Musharraf years in Pakistan and Pakistan's need for a modernized economy
09/29/2006
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The Musharraf Exception - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2006
Pakistani Stocks Rise on Musharraf's ExitWall Street Journal 08/19/2008
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