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06/23/2026
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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Turkish Airlines management
07/30/2010
Grouped Articles
Turkish Airlines CEO to Take Leave
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2013
Identity Shift Giving Rise to 2 Turkeys
New York Times 11/30/2012
Turkish Air Charts Growth Path
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2010
Turkey and the European Union.
07/29/2010
Grouped Articles
Turkey, Germany Tensions Rise Over Protests
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2013
EU Backs Turkey Membership Path, Clumsily
Wall Street Journal 10/17/2013
Erdogan Aims to Ease EU Concerns
Wall Street Journal 01/22/2014
A country's welcome rise: Is Turkey turning its back on the West?
Economist 10/23/2010
A special report on Turkey: A fading European dream
Economist 10/23/2010
EU Seeks to Reinvigorate Ties With Turkey
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2014
China's Debt crisis
07/29/2010
The debt of local governments estimated at between 27% of GDP by Dragonomics and the China's National Audit Office, to a much larger 42% by Prof. Shih of Northwestern University.
Grouped Articles
Asia Goes on a Debt Binge as Much of World Sobers Up
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2013
China's 'Shadow Banks' Fan Debt-Bubble Fears
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
China's Silver Linings Playbook
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
Charlene Chu Is the 'Rock Star' of Chinese Debt Analysis
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
Wal-Mart Clothing.
07/28/2010
Wal-Mart's efforts to come up with an effective strategy for clothing sales.
Grouped Articles
A Fashion Identity Crisis at Wal-Mart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2010
Wal-Mart Executive Aims to Accelerate Growth Overseas
Wall Street Journal 06/27/2011
WikiLeaks documents on Afghanistan.
07/25/2010
Grouped Articles
WikiLeaks Rolled Dice to Raise Its Profile
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2010
View Is Bleaker Than Official Portrayal of War in Afghanistan
New York Times 07/25/2010
Pakistan Aids Insurgency in Afghanistan, Reports Assert
New York Times 07/25/2010
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
New York Times 07/31/2010
Gates on Leaks, Wiki or Otherwise
New York Times 12/01/2010
Costs of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq reach $1 trillion by 2010.
07/24/2010
Estimate by the Congressional Research Service.
Grouped Articles
The Wars That America Forgot About
New York Times 10/17/2010
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap
New York Times 07/24/2010
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
New York Times 07/31/2010
Wall Street Journal 08/11/2010
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/2010
The poor quality of official data on inflation and other indicators in India
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
It's India's Year of Inflation
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2014
Corrosive Inflation Eats at Developing World
Wall Street Journal 02/11/2014
India's Data Worries Need Urgent Solution
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2011
India's Inflation Is a Lesson for Fast-Growing Economies
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2011
Spain and wasteful regional spending on infrastructure projects
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
In Spain, a Symbol of Ruin at an Airport to Nowhere
New York Times 07/18/2012
Spanish Worries Feed Global Fears
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2012
Spanish Bond Rates Inch Higher Amid Fears
New York Times 07/20/2012
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2012
Spain Buries Itself In Unpaid Bills
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2012
Western companies and public procurement in China
07/22/2010
Companies from the U.S. and Europe feel shut out from the public procurement market in China because of government policies favoring local companies. A study by the E.U. Chamber of Commerce says European companies are unfairly shut out from public contracts.
Grouped Articles
Western Business Stands Up to China
New York Times 06/18/2015
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2015
Xi Jinping Hears Tough Complaints of American Business
New York Times 09/23/2015
Europe Firms Complain Over Access to China's Big Procurement Market
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2011
U.S. Warns China Is Closing Up Again
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2011
Foreign companies in China sound off on business policies
Washington Post 07/22/2010
Consumer Reports continues to educate a new generation of consumers in the 21st century.
07/22/2010
With 7 millon subscribers Consumer Reports, published by nonprofit advocacy group Consumer's Union, and based in Yonkers, New York, continues to provide completely independent opinion on products to consumers. Lexus 460 and the Apple Iphone have come under scrutiny in recent months. A new generation of younger subscribers looks to Consumer Reports, as did a previous generation.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Asian Handset Makers May Find Room to Shine
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
Spain's efforts to control regional spending
07/22/2010
Spain is a highly decentralized country with the central government in Madrid able to exercize little control on spending by the regions. The eurozone crisis and the higher than expected 8% deficit in Spain for 2011 is changing attitudes in the regions and in Madrid. The clause inserted in the constitution in 2011 with Germany's insistence for a balanced budget gives Madrid power to restrain spending. An agreement was reached with regional governments including Catalonia for new legislation on spending controls. Valencia was downgraded along with Spain in the recent downgrade of Spain's credit rating.
Grouped Articles
Europe to Vote on Tougher Rules for Currency
New York Times 09/27/2011
Rajoy Appeals to Catalonia to Stick With Spain
Wall Street Journal 09/23/2013
German Optimism Depends On Spanish Deficits
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2013
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Euro Zone Deficit Hits Target for First Time Since 2008
New York Times 04/23/2014
Madrid to Curb Spending by Powerful Regions
Wall Street Journal 01/18/2012
Maria Dolores de Cospedal, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region and Spain's struggle for "cleaned up accounts"
07/22/2010
A 27% unemployment rate and GDP declline at annual rate of 3.1% by June 2012 in Castilla-La Mancha create difficult conditions. Cospedal is the senior leader in the Partido Popular after prime minister Mariano Rajoy. She says she wants growth and employment, but her first priority is to have "cleaned up accounts" so that Spain's borrowing costs can be brought down. Lack of credible finances in the regions are a major problem in Spain recognized by all sides, but the drive to reestablish credibility comes at a time of rising unemployment.
Grouped Articles
Europe's Recession Sparks Grass-Roots Political Push
Wall Street Journal 05/21/2013
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
A Spanish Leader Emerges as a Crusader for Austerity
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2012
Spain Delays Plan to Ease Financing for Ailing Regions
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2012
Euro Zone Eases Budget Demand on Spain
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2012
In Spain, a Symbol of Ruin at an Airport to Nowhere
New York Times 07/18/2012
Civic and grassroots efforts in Spain to fight cronyism, corruption and wasteful government spending
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Europe's Recession Sparks Grass-Roots Political Push
Wall Street Journal 05/21/2013
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/2010
Online advertising.
07/29/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/29/13
Mixed Ad Message From Newspapers
Wall Street Journal 07/29/10
Hits and Misses From Madison Avenue
Wall Street Journal 12/23/10
The American Consumer in 2010-2013
07/29/2010
Spending habits in the post 2008 crisis period with a gradual recovery in spending but not enough of a recovery. And some erratic patterns in consumer behaviour of cost cutting on basic consumer goods and splurging on electronics and other goods.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/18/13
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Tech Gadgets Steal Sales From Appliances, Clothes
Wall Street Journal 08/03/10
Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back
Wall Street Journal 08/16/10
Battered, Bargain-Hungry Buyers Keep Retail Sales Weak
Wall Street Journal 08/14/10
Retailers Are Sold on Frugality
Wall Street Journal 08/18/10
Germany's "kurzarbeit" and government-business cooperation to tackle cyclical swings in the economy
07/29/2010
About half a million jobs were saved by one estimate through the German government sharing the costs of labor retention with industry during the last downturn. The program is known as "kurzarbeit" in Germany and is accepted by the German public, workers and business as a better way to handle the cyclical swings in the economy. The lack of a similiar program in the U.S. means a larger loss of jobs in the U.S., which is being painfully felt in 2011-2012. U.S. programs focussed on a stimulus measure and government spending, not on a program of joint cooperation between industry and government such as "kurzarbeit." There is no history of such cooperation in the U.S. and the government is seen more in the sense of intervention than cooperation with industry.
Grouped Articles
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Where Germany, U.S. differ: How much should government steer the economy? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 06/08/11
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/11
Growth in Euro Zone Stalls, Slowing Debt Crisis Solution
New York Times 08/16/11
Germany reaps rewards of entitlement cuts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/20/11
Wall Street Journal 11/21/11
BP under CEO Robert Dudley - 2011-2015
07/26/2010
Grouped Articles
BPâs $4.2 Billion Profit Beats Forecasts
New York Times 04/30/13
At BP, There’s Optimism in the Corner Office
New York Times 01/24/14
BP's Dudley Faces Daunting To-Do List
Wall Street Journal 07/26/10
Wall Street Journal 01/15/11
Not-Quite-New BP Faces Old Challenges
Wall Street Journal 02/02/11
Setback in Rosneft Deal Suggests BP Misread Russia
New York Times 04/09/11
The Theatre of Lies in U.S. policies towards the Middle East and South Asia
07/24/2010
With the huge cost of two wars in the region and failure to support democracy and economic opportunity in the region, questions about what the U.S. government is saying and the underlying realities. The failure of two administrations from opposite parties, and one with idealistic pretensions to do nothing more than continue old policies that utterly fail the people of the region.
Grouped Articles
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/13
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap
New York Times 07/24/10
New York Times 03/24/12
Feith and Cropsey: A Foreign Policy Failure to Acknowledge the Obvious
Wall Street Journal 10/18/12
Middle East Challenges Obamaâs âLight Footprintâ
New York Times 11/17/12
New York Times 02/05/11
Spain's economy 2010-2013
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Still Sputtering, Spain Turns Away From Cuts
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Spanish Job Market May Be Turning Around
Wall Street Journal 01/24/14
New York Times 07/28/11
Italy Seeks to Tackle Youth Jobless Problem
Wall Street Journal 08/22/11
Wall Street Journal 09/28/11
Regional elections in Spain- 2012-2013
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Spanish Vote Delivers Mixed Verdict
Wall Street Journal 10/22/12
Declining tax revenues after higher taxes and the burden of both higher interest payments and aid to regions is hurting Spain in 2012-2013
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Spain's New Tax Crackdown Makes It Personal
Wall Street Journal 02/09/13
Saying No to Austerity, Spain Unveils Tax Cuts
New York Times 06/20/14
Spain Braces for Renewed Austerity as Tax Take Hemorrhages
Unknown 07/10/12
Euro Zone Eases Budget Demand on Spain
Wall Street Journal 07/10/12
Spanish Bond Rates Inch Higher Amid Fears
New York Times 07/20/12
The debt of regional governments in Spain.
07/22/2010
With $200 billion in debt, local governments from Catalonia to Valencia, are facing more spending cuts in 2010. The local governments are looking at raising $57 billion in debt markets in 2010, the highest of any local governments in Europe except Germany.
Grouped Articles
Rajoy Appeals to Catalonia to Stick With Spain
Wall Street Journal 09/23/13
Spanish Towns Struggle Under Crushing Debts
Wall Street Journal 10/04/10
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
European Union Plans System for National Debt Crises
New York Times 10/29/10
The euro crisis: Spreading from Ireland to Iberia
Economist 11/27/10
Spain to Open Books in Bid to Calm Investors
Wall Street Journal 12/18/10
The U.S. consumer and consumer protection information
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Spain's economic growth
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Still Sputtering, Spain Turns Away From Cuts
Wall Street Journal 05/12/13
Spain: Budget Woes Hit Regional Governments
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Spanish Job Market May Be Turning Around
Wall Street Journal 01/24/14
In Europe, Even the German Powerhouse Is Losing Steam
New York Times 11/18/11
Spain's Budget Cuts Trigger Downturn
Wall Street Journal 01/31/12
Spain Spells Out Latest Plan to Bolster Health of Lenders
Wall Street Journal 02/03/12
Annual Survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China: 2010-2012
07/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/15
U.S. Firms Decry China's Heavy Hand
Wall Street Journal 01/19/11
Foreign companies in China sound off on business policies
Washington Post 07/22/10
Government's role in industry: The long arm of the state
Economist 06/25/11
Tallying the Toll of U.S.-China Trade
Wall Street Journal 09/27/11
China Speeds Economic 'Transformation'
Wall Street Journal 03/06/12
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