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Financial Outlook for Social Security in the U.S.
08/06/2010
The Social Security Fund is expected to need an infusion of $41 billion in 2010, with more coming out than going into the fund in 2011, and the situation worsening by 2015.
Grouped Articles
Detroit Vehicles Outperform Imports in Quality Study
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2013
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2010
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/2010
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/2010
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2010
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2011
The Bush tax cuts in 2010.
08/05/2010
In the face of rising deficits, and questions about the future solvency of Medicare and Social Security, there are questions about the Bush tax cuts which expire in December 2010 if not renewed. With high unemployment the consensus seems to be to leave the tax cuts in place for a limited period, and have serious conversation about taxes when a new presidential term begins. A Value added Tax has been suggested by Paul Volcker, similar to that in Europe.
Grouped Articles
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts
BusinessWeek 08/05/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Bush Tax Cuts: Now That's Rich
New York Times 08/22/2010
Why the Rich Donât Need a Tax-Cut Extension
New York Times 09/25/2010
Tax-Cut Vote Shows Democratic Divide
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2010
New York Times 12/02/2010
Infrastructure on the Indian side of the Himalayan mountains.
07/31/2010
Grouped Articles
India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival
New York Times 07/31/2010
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
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
The restructuring of the troubled landesbank banking sector in Germany.
07/21/2010
Landesbanks have suffered steep losses in 2008-2010. The much needed reorganization of this sector and the European stress tests for 91 banks in July 2010.
Grouped Articles
IMF Chief's Change of Tune on Bank Capital
New York Times 09/14/2011
Germany’s Battered Regional Lenders Tiptoe Back Into Risk
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2015
Will Stress Tests Overcome Resistance to German Bank Reform?
New York Times 07/21/2010
Some German Banks May Fall Short in Stress Tests
New York Times 04/08/2011
Stress Rules Hit 2 German Banks
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2011
Moody's Downgrades 10 German Lenders
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2011
Coal and the energy industry in China
07/18/2010
The generation of power in China hugely dependent on coal.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2013
Air Pollution From Coal Use Cuts Lifespans in China, Study Shows
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013
Colombia, China Close In on Coal and Railway Deal
Wall Street Journal 10/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2010
China Makes Environmental Case for Increasing Big Coal's Clout
Wall Street Journal 12/01/2013
The Poor Need Cheap Fossil Fuels
New York Times 12/03/2013
Need to roll over short term debt of close to $4 trillion will limit growth in the U.S. and Europe.
07/11/2010
A trend to short term borrowing and the competing role of banks and sovereign governments in bond issuance, is likely to put additional stress on capital markets worldwide. This is true especially in Europe which has $2.6 trillion to roll over by 2012, according to analysts. The stress will ber greater on less healthy financial institutions in Europe.
Grouped Articles
Sovereign-debt managers: Rollover roulette
Economist 10/16/2010
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/2014
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/2010
New Doubts on EU Bank Stress Tests
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2010
New York Times 08/21/2010
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/2010
A potential BP bankruptcy after the Deepwater Horizon rig Gulf oil spill
07/09/2010
The impact of large liability claims creates the possibility of bankruptcy.
Grouped Articles
BP Agrees to Pay $18.7 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015
BP Faces Up to $13.7 Billion in Fines in Deepwater Gulf Spill Case
Wall Street Journal 07/03/2015
Weighing the Possibility of Bankruptcy for BP
New York Times 07/09/2010
BP May Avoid Gross Negligence Conviction Over Gulf Oil Spill
Wall Street Journal 09/14/2011
Closing the Gulf in BP's Valuation
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2011
BP Shortcuts Led to Gulf Oil Spill, Report Says
New York Times 09/14/2011
The 2010 Deficit Commission and reduction in defense spending
07/09/2010
Grouped Articles
Pentagon's Next Mission: Cutting Back on Spending
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2010
The U.S. Military Needs Budget Certainty in Uncertain Times
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2015
The Pentagon Would Take $100 Billion Hit
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2010
Debt Commission Seeks Social Security Cuts and Tax Increases
New York Times 11/10/2010
Deficit-Cutting Chairmen Call Washington's Bluff
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
New York Times 11/11/2010
The impact of austerity measures on various parts of Britain.
07/03/2010
Impact of the Cameron government spending cuts across the UK.
Grouped Articles
U.K. Politicians Vie to Address Fall in Living Standards
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2013
British Towns and Institutions Reel From First Austerity Cuts
New York Times 08/09/2010
Radical Britain: The unlikely revolutionary
Economist 08/14/2010
As the Working Poor Become More Common in Britain, So Does Hunger
New York Times 01/02/2014
U-Turn in the U.K.: Big Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2010
Jack Monroe Has Become Britain’s Austerity Celebrity
New York Times 01/14/2014
The Indian Rupee
06/24/2010
India's currency the Rupee.
Grouped Articles
Rupee Recovers From Tuesday's Record Low
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2013
Delhi Taps IMF Veteran to Run Central Bank
Wall Street Journal 08/07/2013
Rajan Has Limited Rupee Options
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2013
Indian Markets Battered by Signs of End to Easy Money
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2013
Rupee's Slide Lures Indian Expats' Cash
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
As India's Rupee Drops, Foreign Firms Reel
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2013
Digital Copyright Issues- Evolution of the Law.
06/22/2010
Google upheld by a federal judge in New York, in a 3 year old law suit by Viacom. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act and court decisions.
Grouped Articles
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Viacom, Google Bury the Hatchet Over YouTube
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014
YouTube ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Ruling Sets Fair Use Guideline
New York Times 09/14/2015
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Japanese Regulator Approves Google-Yahoo Deal
New York Times 12/02/2010
The Indonesian economy- 2010-2015
08/05/2010
Grouped Articles
Abe Win Is Good for the Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/13
Indonesia Faces Price Rise as Currency Weakens
Wall Street Journal 09/04/13
Real Estate Heating Up in Indonesia
New York Times 10/15/13
Indonesia Reports Slowest Growth in 4 Years
New York Times 02/05/14
After Years of Inefficiency, Indonesia Emerges as an Economic Model
New York Times 08/05/10
Toyota results in 2010 after the recall crisis.
08/04/2010
Partial recovery but still rough patches in the road ahead.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 08/04/10
Toyota's Finance Unit Propels Results
Wall Street Journal 08/05/10
Wall Street Journal 11/06/10
U.S. Hits Toyota With Fine on Lapses
Wall Street Journal 12/20/10
Wall Street Journal 12/21/10
Wall Street Journal 12/27/10
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
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 10/17/10
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap
New York Times 07/24/10
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/10
New York Times 07/31/10
Wall Street Journal 08/11/10
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/10
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
Abysmal tax collection in Pakistan and the lack of economic development.
07/18/2010
Tax collection in Pakistan is one of the poorest in the world. This widens the quality of life for the vast majority of people and an afffluent few who run business interests and have agricultural holdings. Infrastructure and essential services such as power and water, roads and health care, all suffer, as a result.
Grouped Articles
Power Outages Hobble Pakistan's Biggest Exporters
Wall Street Journal 12/01/13
Pakistani Taxes Widen Divide Between Rich and Poor
New York Times 07/18/10
Key Party Rejoins Pakistan's Coalition
New York Times 01/07/11
Pakistan's troubled finances: Economic blasphemy
Economist 01/15/11
General Kayani Is Said to Cling to Job in Pakistan
New York Times 06/15/11
Pakistan's Central Banker Resigns
Wall Street Journal 07/15/11
The changing U.S. stock market in 2010 and beyond.
07/12/2010
Grouped Articles
Small Investors Flee Stocks, Changing Market Dynamics
Wall Street Journal 07/12/10
Wall Street Journal 07/12/10
Small Investors Flee Stock Market Even as Companies Recover
New York Times 08/21/10
'Macro' Forces in Market Confound Stock Pickers
Wall Street Journal 09/24/10
Stocks Face Dark Side of Gridlock in Capital
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Wall Street Journal 11/11/10
Huawei in the U.S. market.
07/09/2010
Efforts to change its image in the US for penetrating the US market.
Grouped Articles
Huawei Hires Foreign Executives in Global Push
Wall Street Journal 11/24/13
Huawei Enlists an Ex-Sprint Team
Wall Street Journal 08/24/10
Huawei Dials Up Strong Smartphone Sales in Global Push
Wall Street Journal 07/22/15
With Eyes on U.S. Deals, Huawei Adds Advisers
Wall Street Journal 07/09/10
Huawei and U.S. Partner Scale Back Business Tie-Up
Wall Street Journal 02/10/11
Panel Likely to Recommend Reversing Huawei Deal
Wall Street Journal 02/11/11
Volcker's advice on the writing of regulatory reform
07/09/2010
He advises writing broad rules that are harder for banks to circumvent.
Grouped Articles
Volcker Plans to Restore Faith in Government
New York Times 05/29/13
Volcker Rule to Curb Bank Trading Proves Hard to Write
Wall Street Journal 09/10/13
Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence
New York Times 07/09/10
The Volcker Rule on Bank Risks Approaches Its Final Edits
New York Times 12/03/13
Regulators Set to Approve Toughened 'Volcker Rule'
Wall Street Journal 12/04/13
New York Times 12/14/13
Japanese companies in the Indian market.
07/07/2010
Japanese companies are showing an increased interest in the Indian market.
Grouped Articles
Japan Seeks Deal to Sell Reactors to India
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
Modi Embraces Abe; Still Holds China Close
Wall Street Journal 09/10/14
India's Modi Visits Japan to Deepen Defense and Commercial Ties
Wall Street Journal 09/10/14
Japan's Exporters Eye Every Rupee
Wall Street Journal 07/07/10
Payday Approaches for Japan Infrastructure Giants
Wall Street Journal 01/05/11
Wall Street Journal 04/09/12
German chancellor Merkel's coalition government with the Free Democrats (FDP) in 2010-2013
06/28/2010
Grouped Articles
Germans Respond to Merkel's 'Motherly' Side
Wall Street Journal 08/23/13
Presidential Vote Will Test Merkel
Wall Street Journal 06/28/10
Merkel Looks to Recharge Her Ratings
New York Times 07/21/10
German Industries Rebuke Chancellor
Wall Street Journal 08/21/10
BusinessWeek 09/30/10
Crises Shake German Trust in Euro Zone
New York Times 11/26/10
U.S. state Louisiana's economy after the BP Oil Spill in 2010 and the collapse in oil prices in 2015
06/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Oil States’ Budgets Face Crude Awakening
Wall Street Journal 01/13/15
Drill Ban Clashes With Local Economy
Wall Street Journal 06/22/10
One Year After Spill, Some Signs of Life Emerge in the Gulf
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
Wall Street Journal 02/02/12
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