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The volatile political situation in Arizona and the other states in the U.S.
01/08/2011
Sharp political differences deteriorates into inflammatory language and politics leading to the shooting of Rep. Gifford in Tucson, Arizona. A loss of civility, facts and dialogue in public life.
Grouped Articles
Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics
New York Times 01/08/2011
Arizona Shooting Casts a Harsh Light on the State
New York Times 01/09/2011
Palin caught in crosshairs map controversy after Tucson shootings
Washington Post 01/10/2011
In Tucson, Obama Urges Americans to New Era of Civility
New York Times 01/12/2011
Deeper Presidential Challenge for Obama - News Analysis
New York Times 01/12/2011
Political Times - After the Tucson Shooting, Is the Anger Gone?
New York Times 01/15/2011
Unemployment in the U.S. for 1st quarter 2011
01/08/2011
Gradual improvement in the unemployment rate to 8.8%.
Grouped Articles
Jobless Rate Masks Depth of Labor Woes
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2011
Spurred by Private Hiring, Job Growth Gathers Steam
New York Times 03/04/2011
Spurred by Private Hiring, Job Growth Gathers Steam
New York Times 03/04/2011
Local Governments Keep on Paring Payrolls
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2011
Hidden workforce challenges domestic economic recovery - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/16/2011
Jobs Report Signals Improving Economy
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2011
GM (General Motors) Management-post 2010
01/08/2011
Grouped Articles
GM Fires Workers Over India Recall
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2013
G.M. Dismisses Executives as India Begins Investigating Recall of Vehicles
New York Times 07/26/2013
GM Shifts Executives Amid International Push
Wall Street Journal 08/02/2013
General Motors Names Mary Barra as CEO
Wall Street Journal 12/11/2013
New G.M. Chief Is Company Woman, Born to It
New York Times 12/10/2013
GM's Solso Pledges to be Activist Chairman
Wall Street Journal 02/05/2014
America forges a new identiity in 1860-61
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Disunion series: First South Carolina. Then New York.
New York Times 01/07/2011
Smoking and healthcare in China
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Role of Smoking Cited in China's Rising Lung Cancer Deaths
New York Times 11/18/2013
Beijing to Bureaucrats: No Smoking
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
List of Smoking-Related Illnesses Grows Significantly in U.S. Report
New York Times 01/17/2014
Beijing Bans Public Smoking, but Enforcement Poses a Challenge
New York Times 06/01/2015
Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2011
Smoking leaves genetic 'signatures' far from lungs | Sci-Tech | DW.COM | 03.11.2016
DW.COM 11/03/2016
Pfizer smoking-cessation drug Chantix
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Pfizer Drug Tied to Heart Risks
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2011
Pfizer Profit Declines 19% After Loss of Lipitor Patent
New York Times 05/01/2012
Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2011
Samsung management
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/14/2013
Samsung Looks to Software and Services
Wall Street Journal 02/19/2014
Samsung Restructuring Could Offer Opportunities
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2014
Samsung Electronics Third-Quarter Profit Plunges
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2014
Samsung Considering Shake-Up in Management
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2014
Samsung Heir Apparent Jay Y Consolidates Power With Merger
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2015
Samsung smartphones
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Samsung Plans 'Rugged' Version of Galaxy S 4 Phone
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2013
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2013
Apple's Smartphone Market Share Falls
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2013
Samsung's Dream Is to Be No Android Sheep
Wall Street Journal 06/17/2013
Huawei Set to Launch New Smartphone
Wall Street Journal 06/18/2013
Samsung's Profit Soars on Solid Smartphone Sales
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2013
Sony Ericsson peformance
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Ericsson to Cut Jobs as It Transitions Into a Software Firm
Wall Street Journal 03/13/2015
Sony Ericsson's Strategy: Get Smart
Wall Street Journal 10/03/2011
Sony Nears Deal to Buy Out Ericsson From Joint Venture
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2011
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2011
BusinessWeek 11/17/2011
Moody's Downgrades Sony, Panasonic
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2012
Sony Ericsson strategy
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Sony Shares Plunge After Earnings Warning
Wall Street Journal 09/18/2014
Sony Earnings Bolster Full-Year Forecast, Despite Costs From Hacking
New York Times 02/04/2015
Ericsson to Cut Jobs as It Transitions Into a Software Firm
Wall Street Journal 03/13/2015
Sony Ericsson's Strategy: Get Smart
Wall Street Journal 10/03/2011
Sony Nears Deal to Buy Out Ericsson From Joint Venture
Wall Street Journal 10/06/2011
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2011
Immigration laws and Latinos in the U.S. state of Arizona
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Immigration Activists Shift Focus to Obama
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013
The Giant U.S. Deportation Machine Runs Amok
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
Transcript: Obama’s immigration speech - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/21/2014
In Alabama Town, Obama Immigration Move Brings Hope and Sneers
New York Times 11/21/2014
Immigration Overhaul May Be in Limbo Until Late in Obama’s Term
New York Times 05/27/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2015
Government and corporate bond markets in the US and Europe: 2011-2012
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Companies Should Borrow While They Can
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2011
Stock and Bond Sales Stand Up to Turmoil
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2011
Splintering Housing Market Boosts Treasurys
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2011
BusinessWeek 11/10/2011
Apple App Store
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Apple Says App Store Sales Rose 50% in 2014
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2015
Apple's Cut From App Sales Reached $4.5 Billion in 2014
New York Times 01/08/2015
Apple’s App Store Sales Hit $20 Billion, Signs of Slower Growth Emerge
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Services Business Emerges as Key to Apple’s Core
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Apple Takes Wraps Off Mac App Store
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2011
Apple Launches News Subscription Service for App Store
Wall Street Journal 02/15/2011
The lack of a future for many young law school graduates in the U.S.
01/08/2011
The added burden of financial loans upwards of $250,000. Even mediocre schools charge $43,000 and a class of 25 students brings in a million dollars for law schools, which try to fudge the figures to present a rosy future when it is just the opposite.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 06/07/14
For Law School Graduates, Debts if Not Job Offers
New York Times 01/08/11
Surging Student Debt Pushes Up Overall Consumer Credit
Wall Street Journal 03/07/12
Student-Loan Debt Tops $1 Trillion
Wall Street Journal 03/22/12
Student Loan Interest Rates Loom as Political Battle
New York Times 04/20/12
New York Times 04/29/12
Iraq oil and gas output 2010-2014
01/08/2011
Grouped Articles
Surge in Iraqi Violence Reunites Maliki and Obama
New York Times 11/01/13
Exxon Mobil Signs Iraq Deal With PetroChina, Pertamina
Wall Street Journal 11/28/13
Fall in Oil Prices Poses a Problem for Russia, Iraq and Others
New York Times 10/15/14
Iraq and Kurds Reach Deal on Oil Exports and Budget Payments
New York Times 11/13/14
Iraq Agrees on Kurdistan Oil Deal
Wall Street Journal 12/02/14
How Falling Oil Prices Are Hindering Iraq’s Ability to Fight Islamic State
Wall Street Journal 03/11/15
Brazil
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Brazilians Feeling Heat Over the Real
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
Disunion- events before and after Lincoln's election
01/07/2011
An account of the US Civil War and Lincoln in The New York Times.
Grouped Articles
From slavery to Ferguson, Ken Burns sees an unfinished Civil War - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
Disunion series: First South Carolina. Then New York.
New York Times 01/07/11
New York Times 02/03/11
Disunion: Daniel Cobb, a Virginia farmer, Secession and the US Civil War
New York Times 02/04/11
New York Times 02/17/11
New York Times 04/21/11
Lilly's Alzheimer drug
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Putting Eli Lilly’s Biotech Bounce to the Test
Wall Street Journal 07/20/15
Failed Lilly Drug Prompts Concern
Wall Street Journal 07/20/11
Eli Lilly's Net Falls 27%; Zyprexa Sales Decline
Wall Street Journal 01/31/12
Lilly Shows Pharma Dividend Trap
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
Samsung's Galaxy S III, S IV and newer smartphones in 2012-2013
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Samsung Plans 'Rugged' Version of Galaxy S 4 Phone
Wall Street Journal 04/26/13
Wall Street Journal 04/26/13
Apple's Smartphone Market Share Falls
Wall Street Journal 04/28/13
Inside Samsung Phone: Samsung Parts
Wall Street Journal 05/08/13
Samsung Could Soon Surpass Apple in Handset Profit
New York Times 05/06/13
Samsung's Dream Is to Be No Android Sheep
Wall Street Journal 06/17/13
Australia's strong tobacco laws
01/07/2011
Australia's strong tobacco laws and restrictions on the logo and branding that can appear on the packaging. Packaging content must show the harmful effects of smoking.
Grouped Articles
Australia Plans to Get Tougher on Tobacco
Wall Street Journal 04/08/11
Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
Sony's strategies in the smartphone business
01/07/2011
Efforts by Sony to bring the smartphone operations of Sony-Ericsson in house in 2011, by buying out Ericsson. The smartphone as a device which links up with Sony's games, playstation, music and other media capabilities. The inhouse operations would enable faster turnout of new smartphone models, and enable the use of proprietary technologies and products.
Grouped Articles
Sony Struggles to Stay In the Game
Wall Street Journal 11/01/13
PlayStation 4 Debuts With Big Crowds, Short Supplies
Wall Street Journal 11/17/13
After Losses, Yet Another Overhaul for Sony
New York Times 02/06/14
Sony Unveils Plans to Revive Company
New York Times 04/12/12
Sony Tries to Crack Smartphone Market With Xperia Z2
Wall Street Journal 02/24/14
For Sony, Struggle is Still the Bottom Line
Wall Street Journal 05/12/14
Sony Ericsson management
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
Ericsson to Cut Jobs as It Transitions Into a Software Firm
Wall Street Journal 03/13/15
Sony Ericsson's Strategy: Get Smart
Wall Street Journal 10/03/11
Sony Nears Deal to Buy Out Ericsson From Joint Venture
Wall Street Journal 10/06/11
Wall Street Journal 10/07/11
Wall Street Journal 02/10/12
Sony Mobile Aims For Fast Rollouts
Wall Street Journal 02/27/12
Putin and the effort to tackle a surge in smoking and dangers to public health in Russia
01/07/2011
About half of the smokers in Russia, 40% of the population and 60% of men, smoke one pack a day. This is a tremendous cost in smoking related illness and lost productivity for the Russian economy. This negatively affects the health of most Russians. New legislation will ban kiosk sales and advertising, and include graphic warnings on cigarette packaging. It will also ban smoking in public spaces and restaurants similiar to bans in effect in other European countries. The legislation is supported by a large majority of Russians including smokers. The government hopes to cut smoking by 15% by 2015 and says it will continue the work even if it takes a generation. China leads the world in sales of cigarettes, with Russia coming in Because of tobacco company lobbying it will take the personal support of Mr. Putin to get the legislation passed and enforced.
Grouped Articles
Role of Smoking Cited in China's Rising Lung Cancer Deaths
New York Times 11/18/13
List of Smoking-Related Illnesses Grows Significantly in U.S. Report
New York Times 01/17/14
Beijing Bans Public Smoking, but Enforcement Poses a Challenge
New York Times 06/01/15
Kremlin Cracks Down on Big Tobacco
Wall Street Journal 10/16/12
Medvedev Calls for Public Smoking Ban by 2015
New York Times 10/16/12
Chinese Smokers Get Dire Warning
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
The shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona, of the US House of Representatives
01/07/2011
The political climate in the US gets overheated and spills over into violence.
Grouped Articles
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords shot in Tucson rampage; federal judge killed
Washington Post 01/09/11
Arizona Orders Tucson to End Mexican-American Studies Program
New York Times 01/07/11
Bloodshed Puts New Focus on Vitriol in Politics
New York Times 01/08/11
Arizona Shooting Casts a Harsh Light on the State
New York Times 01/09/11
For Giffords, Tucson Roots Shaped Views
New York Times 01/14/11
The cost of insuring European government debt in 2011-2012
01/07/2011
Grouped Articles
In Europe, Angst Fills Sovereign Bond Gap
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
European Leaders Seek Bold Debt Deal, Despite Hurdles
New York Times 10/21/11
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