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How China's import cuts importing 8.5 million barrels a day down from 12.5 million and it's large oil reserve will keep oil prices low

07/15/2026

Not covered in the media for Hormuz is the combined response of US, China, India, Japan and the European Union to find alternatives to Hormuz making it less or not relevant to oil prices and oil supplies

07/10/2026

The Constructive Aspects of the situation in July 2026 from the Hormuz Crisis not covered in the Media

06/27/2026

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Founders of an Anti-Facebook Are Won Over

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New York Times - 02.20.2014 Original article ›
Brian X. Chen, Brian, X., Chen, Vindu Goel, Vindu, Goel
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Chen and Goelfeb provide insights into the life and experiences that led Ukrainian immigrant Jan Koum to found startup WhatsApp. After taking a break from work at Yahoo he decided to travel places including Argentina, where he found it especially difficult to communicate with friends in other countries by phone and messaging. The messaging service was a response to this desperately felt need on his own travels, leading to the conviction that it was best to offer it free and make it easy and convenient to use. A similiar situation on travels to Mexico, with little adequate information on hotels, led to another startup Trip Advisor.
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In Medtronic's Deal for Covidien, an Emphasis on Tax Savings

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New York Times - 06.16.2014 Original article ›
David Gelles, David, Gelles
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Medtronic's former CEO, Bill George, says Medtronic's plan to reincorporate in Ireland as part of the merger with Covidien is intended to make it possible to use cash piled up overseas. The cash overseas if repatriated to the U.S. would incur corporate taxes of 35%. Medtronic can use its overseas cash resources to finance the acquisition of Covidien. The combination of the two companies will enhance cash flow, says Medtronic's CEO, Omar Ishak. Covidien's overseas cash and future earning from its businesses is not subject to U.S. repatriation taxes. As a result the combined company following merger will have only 40% of total cash "trapped" overseas, compared to 60% before a merger.
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Housing Fever Can Work Both Ways

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New York Times - 10.06.2012 Original article ›
Robert J. Shiller, Robert, J., Shiller
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Yale's Robert Shiller, founder of the of the Shiller-Case survey, says that he does not see a turning point in the housing market at this time, based on the 5000 mailed questionnaires he sends out each year. He says this is not visible and hard to conclude from the responses. He also describes the bubble thinking and behaviours he sees from the responses, especially how people extrapolate into the long term the short term gains being made. Nowhere in these responses does he see the term bubble being used by respondents, as if it never existed.
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It's Good Work if You Can Get It—and Especially if You Can Keep It

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Wall Street Journal - 07.07.2012 Original article ›
Ben Casselman, Ben, Casselman
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With firms cautious about hiring the number of temporary workers is increasing. About one fourth of new jobs created in the second quarter of 2012 in the U.S. were for temporary workers. In June 2012 of the 80,000 jobs created a third were for temporary workers. About 8 million Americans work part-time. This is an increase of half a million since March 2012 for people unable to find a full time job. The number of full time workers has declined by 700,000 since March 2012, and self employed workers have increased by 381,000 since March 2012. This gives the picture of a labor market with employers unwilling to commit and hiring temps, using overtime to meet demand.
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India and France plan to develop small modular nuclear reactors

  
BBC News - 02.13.2025 Original article ›
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Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri says-

"We intend to be able to cooperate in co-designing the reactors, co-developing them and co-producing them, we feel this will allow us to tackle complications faced in other conventional projects," he said. This approach to build smaller modular reactors because it comes with less cost and which can be reassembled at the usage site is a new field. 

India is putting $1.2 billion in nuclear research.

India sets goal for 100GW of nuclear energy 2047.

Five Indian built nuclear reactors by 2033.

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As France returns to the polls, can Mélenchon’s left deprive Macron of a majority?

  
France 24 - 06.12.2022 Original article ›

Cassidy Hutchinson Says Trump Demanded to Be Driven to the Capitol on Jan. 6

  
WSJ - 06.28.2022 Original article ›
Scott Patterson, Siobhan Hughes, Sadie Gurman

Explained | The G7’s $600 billion plan to counter China’s Belt and Road Initiative

  
The Hindu - 06.28.2022 Original article ›
Diksha Munjal

Macron and Le Pen Trade Jabs and Lean Left as French Race Heats Up

  
NYTimes.com - 04.13.2022 Original article ›
Aurelien Breeden

NHS unions say plans for 2% pay rise next year could mean more strikes

  
The Guardian - 01.01.2023 Original article ›

There Are Signs Inflation May Have Peaked, but Can It Come Down Fast Enough?

  
WSJ - 07.23.2022 Original article ›
Gwynn Guilford
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This WSJ report shows that inflation and inflation expectations in the US may have peaked by July 2022. Gasoline prices have fallen from a mid May high of $5.02 a gallon by 10% and wheat futures prices are down 37%.

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Pat Cummins leads tributes to Warne, ‘a once-in-a-century type of cricketer’

  
The Guardian - 03.04.2022 Original article ›

Cost of living, purchasing power: What are Macron and Le Pen promising? - France 24

  
France 24 - 04.11.2022 Original article ›

South Africa Can’t Afford to Quit Coal. Will Rich Countries Pay for the Transition?

  
WSJ - 11.11.2021 Original article ›
Alexandra Wexler, Gabriele Steinhauser / Photographs By Daylin Paul For The Wall Street Journal

Judge Says Fani Willis Can Stay on Georgia Trump Case—if Deputy Steps Aside

  
WSJ - 03.15.2024 Original article ›
Jan Wolfe, Cameron Mc Whirter, Mariah Timms

Sony-Zee merger can hurt competition, more scrutiny needed, says Competition Commission of India

  
The Hindu - 09.01.2022 Original article ›
Reuters

Judge blocks Trump plan to deliver own closing argument in New York fraud trial

  
The Guardian - 01.10.2024 Original article ›

Middle East Crisis: Blinken Arrives in Mideast to Rally Support for Cease-Fire Plan

  
NYTimes.com - 02.05.2024 Original article ›
Zolan Kanno Youngs
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Blinken flies to Saudi Arabia as US strikes Houthi rebel missile systems targeting the shipping lanes in the Red Sea along Yemen (formerly Aden). The US seeks to bring the Gaza war to a close and negotiate a settlement.

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Opinion | How the Biden Administration Took the Pen Away From Facebook, Google and Amazon

  
NYTimes.com - 11.27.2023 Original article ›
Farah Stockman
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The Biden administration informs the WHO that it no longer supports the approach taken by previous administrations from Bush through Obama and Trump of not regulating Tech companies. Tech companies Google, Facebook and Apple have through heavy lobbying written the regulatory framework of no regulations. This has resulted in monopolistic behaviours, suppressing competition, ignoring customer needs, not considering privacy of information and other problems. Farah Stockman of the NYT traces how this happened and why the Biden administration is taking action.

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‘If you are vaccinated you can play’: Rafael Nadal short on sympathy for Djokovic

  
The Guardian - 01.06.2022 Original article ›

Biden warns Russia will ‘pay a heavy price’ if Putin launches Ukraine invasion – live

  
The Guardian - 01.20.2022 Original article ›
Joan E Greve, Hugo Lowell, Joanna Walters, Lauren Aratani, Sam Levine

Union Budget 2022: What does the budget offer the common man? | In Focus podcast

  
The Hindu - 02.02.2022 Original article ›
G. Sampath

If Russia Invades Ukraine, Can the U.S. Deliver on Sanctions? - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts

  
WSJ - 02.12.2022 Original article ›

He Survived a Beatdown From Congress. Can He Survive One From His Own Staff?

  
WSJ - 05.18.2024 Original article ›
Rebecca Ballhaus, Andrew Ackerman
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Martin Gruenberg heads FDIC when FDIC is the subject of WSJ investigation and Congressional hearings about practices that show little respect for women employees. These practices have not been completely changed to restore dignity and respect for women employees.

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How low-profile bull-fight fan Luis de la Fuente won over sceptical Spain

  
The Guardian - 07.14.2024 Original article ›
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Spain's coach at the Euro finals 2024 is De La Fuente of La Rioja,Spain, who is little known even in Spain. He came to prominence coaching the Spanish under 19 under 21 teams. This is how he came to know players like Dani Olmo and Unai Simon, Mikel Merino and Fabian Ruiz. All have delivered at critical moments for Spain as Spain play England in the Euro finals 2024.

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