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06/23/2026
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France's Finance Minister Lagarde on the discipline and coordination needed for the euro to work.
03/03/2010
This discipline and tight fiscal coordination would be imposed on eurozone countries as part of the effort to make the euro experiment work. Lagarde is interviewed by Carney and Jolis of the WSJ.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
Charlie Rose Talks to Christine Lagarde
BusinessWeek 04/28/2010
Toward a United States of Europe
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2010
Wall Street Journal 12/20/2010
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2011
Europeâs Odd Couple: Sarkozy and Merkel
New York Times 01/13/2011
Greece's shipping industry, taxes and investment inside Greece
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
Greek Ship Owners Fear Syriza Tax Plan
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2015
Baltic Dry Freight Index Plummets Amid Commodities Slump
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2015
In Greece, Bailout May Hinge on Pursuing Tycoons
New York Times 02/26/2015
Greek Shipping Industry Frets Over Higher Taxes
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2015
The view of the debt crisis from inside Greece- June 2011
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Greek Debt Crisis: The Back Story
New York Times 08/13/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
New York Times 06/21/2011
Some Greeks Fear Government Is Selling Nation
New York Times 06/22/2011
Matthew Winkler Talks to George Papandreou
BusinessWeek 07/21/2011
Anger and Humiliation on Streets of Athens
Wall Street Journal 11/05/2011
Dutchman Bob Traa's mid-2009 IMF report on Greece and the warning light on Greece
03/03/2010
Analysts point to the lack of immediate action as the main reason the crisis is spiralling out of control. The IMF report in mid 2009 raised the alarm on Greece's financial situation. One estimate is for bondholders needing to take 85% haircut on loans to Greece, instead of the 50% agreed to under the EU plan in November 2011. The situation has worsened as ECB president Trichet and others in the EU pushed austerity plans on Greece without working out needed serious debt reduction of over half the debt in 2009. The idea of a default in the eurozone was considered unthinkable, leading to errors in judgement by decisionmakers.
Grouped Articles
Greek Debt Crisis: The Back Story
New York Times 08/13/2011
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/2011
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/2013
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/2013
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Wall Street Journal 10/07/2013
Why government fiscal discipline alone will not establish a sound financial framework for the Euro currency- the example of Spain
03/03/2010
Spain kept its deficits below the 3% mandated under EU treaties, till recently. Asset bubbles sustained because of bad lending by a country's banks and easy acess to credit from outside the country, are two problems not addressed by tighter budget controls in the revised rules being set after the Dec. 9 EU Summit. Spain's debt problem is to recapitalize these failing banks and debt of regional governments. Spain relied too much on a construction boom for growth, with productivity stalled. Ireland improved competitiveness and attracted foreign investment. This too unraveled in the face of an asset bubble from speculative lending by its banks.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/25/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
German Optimism Depends On Spanish Deficits
Wall Street Journal 09/25/2013
Euro Zone Deficit Hits Target for First Time Since 2008
New York Times 04/23/2014
Spain's Example Shows Limits of EU Targets
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2011
The Euro Zone's Double Failure
Wall Street Journal 12/15/2011
Failure of the ratings agencies to assess country risk for Greece
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
BusinessWeek 06/24/2010
S&P Cuts Greek Bank Ratings to Selective Default
Wall Street Journal 07/01/2015
Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes
New York Times 11/29/2011
Europe Walks Line on Ratings Firms
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2012
The faulty accounting at the heart of the Greece debt crisis and the lack of effective eurozone financial supervision
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
What does Germany want from the Euro and the European Union? The Euro issue facing Germany in 2011-2015
03/03/2010
German political leaders do not want a "transfer union." At the same time they want to keep the European Union, just as much as Chancellor Kohl and Chancellor Adenauer. Merkel, Schroeder, Schauble and other leaders agree on the need for the European Union. The question is how to bring fiscal discipline to the EU, even if this means redesigning the structure of the EU. The vision of a united Europe persists.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2010
Germany's Surplus Isn't the Problem
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2013
New York Times 05/22/2014
Greek Crisis Shows How Germany’s Power Polarizes Europe
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2015
Economist 08/08/2015
Charlemagne: Germany’s euro question
Economist 09/10/2011
Toyota Panel makes its recommendations for changes in global management structures
03/01/2010
Reforms and restructuring after the 2010 recalls. The Toyota panel said there needs to be one executive responsible for the entire U.S. operation. Before the crisis in vehicle safety Toyota had separate engineering, sales and production operations, but no head of the entire U.S. operation. Honda and Nissan have a head of U.S. operations. Another problem the panel sees is the insularity of the Japanese headquarters management. It recommends foreign directors be appointed to the board. Even after the safety crisis and a change in management structure to a smaller board, the lack of foreign directors remains a serious unaddressed problem.
Grouped Articles
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
Detroit News 03/01/2010
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2010
Toyota Director Aims to Speed Up Decision Making
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2013
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2010
Toyota Opts to Diversify Senior Posts
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2015
Lessons from the Toyota recalls and the pedal acceleration case
03/01/2010
Federal investigations concluded in Feb 2011 by NHTSA and NASA in the US show "pedal misapplications," not faulty electronics as the main culprit behind the unintended acceleration So what went wrong for Toyota. It was the lack of an open and fast response that hurt Toyota, and the need for humility with fast growth because even floor mats and driving behaviours have to be treated with respect where safety is the issue.
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/2010
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2010
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2010
Toyota Nears $1 Billion Deal to End Probe
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Obama Names Fatigue Specialist to Lead Traffic Safety Agency
New York Times 11/19/2014
Federal Auditor Finds Broad Failures at N.H.T.S.A.
New York Times 06/19/2015
Management lessons from the Toyota Recall Crisis
03/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/2010
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/2010
Toyota Director Aims to Speed Up Decision Making
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2013
Inside Toyota, Executives Trade Blame Over Debacle
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2010
Toyota Overhauls Its R&D Efforts
Wall Street Journal 04/10/2012
Toyota Reaches $1.2 Billion Settlement in Criminal Inquiry
New York Times 03/19/2014
The Framework for Egypt's Transition to Democracy.
02/28/2010
The drafting of a new constitution to be put to a referendum. Free and fair parliamentary elections within one year. An interim government and three member presidential council with one member from the military, suggests Mohamed ElBaradei.
Grouped Articles
Morsi Faces Ultimatum as Allies Speak of Military âCoupâ
New York Times 07/01/2013
Fouad Ajami: Egypt on the Brink—With No Clear Way Back
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2013
Prominent Egyptian Liberal Says He Sought Westâs Support for Uprising
New York Times 07/04/2013
New York Times 07/04/2013
Signs of Disarray Emerge in Egyptian Generalsâ Plan for Governance
New York Times 07/06/2013
Washington Post 07/21/2013
Leadership of the 2011 Egyptian protest movement
02/28/2010
El-Baradei as a leader of the unified opposition in Egypt, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood.
Grouped Articles
Prominent Egyptian Liberal Says He Sought Westâs Support for Uprising
New York Times 07/04/2013
New York Times 07/04/2013
Signs of Disarray Emerge in Egyptian Generalsâ Plan for Governance
New York Times 07/06/2013
In Egypt, U.S. Is Left With a Familiar False Choice
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013
Using Diplomatic Touch, an Outsider Challenges the Grip of Egypt’s Ruling Party
New York Times 02/28/2010
For Muslim Brotherhood, a Painful Day of Reckoning
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2013
The EU proposal for the ECB as banking regulator for all European banks
03/03/2010
EU proposals that would put the banking supervisory authority for European banks under the ECB for the Single Resolution Mechanism.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
ECB Nominates French Regulator for Euro-Zone Post
Wall Street Journal 11/23/13
ECB Nominates New Banking Regulator
New York Times 11/20/13
Shadow of Noose Speeds Up Banking Union
Wall Street Journal 12/16/13
Doubts Greet Plan for Euro Zone Bank Regulator
New York Times 07/01/12
Wall Street Journal 09/12/12
The ECB and banking supervision in the eurozone
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
ECB Hits the Road for Star Supervisors
Wall Street Journal 06/26/13
European Union Offers Berlin Compromise on Bank Proposal
New York Times 07/12/13
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Slow Path to Policing Europe Banks
Wall Street Journal 09/17/12
Wall Street Journal 09/12/12
Merkel Backs Bond-Buying Program
Wall Street Journal 09/18/12
Causes of the debt crisis in Greece and the failure to come to terms with the problem inside Greece
03/03/2010
A estimated one third of the workforce is in the public sector in Greece placing a large burden on the government budget. Nominal private sector labor costs went up by 62% in Greece compared to 15% in Germany for the period 2000-2008. Much of this was done through the government spending of borrowed money. The smaller private sector with only small productivity gains and the weak tax collection was never going to be able to support the large number of civil servants. Carney says the 30,000 reduction in the number of civil servants agreed to for 2010 has not been done, raising questions about implementation of the 150,000 in reductions required by the EU.
Grouped Articles
Greek Debt Crisis: The Back Story
New York Times 08/13/11
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Athens's Love Affair With the Euro Persists
Wall Street Journal 11/04/13
BusinessWeek 06/24/10
The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece
Wall Street Journal 07/10/10
In Greece, Bailout May Hinge on Pursuing Tycoons
New York Times 02/26/15
The European Banking Agenda in 2012-2014- deposit insurance and powers of banking supervision transferred to a European supervisory authority
03/03/2010
On the agenda during discussions in June between the EC, ECB and the German government, is deposit insurance for eurozone banks, and a supervisory financial authority for eurozone banks (Single Resolution Mechanism) within the EC with powers transferred from sovereign states to the the supervisory banking authority. These issues take priority because of fears of bank runs on banks in Greece, Spain and other countries. France is pushing for a new Eurozone Architecture that will form the basis of the euro currency.
Grouped Articles
ECB Hits the Road for Star Supervisors
Wall Street Journal 06/26/13
European Union Offers Berlin Compromise on Bank Proposal
New York Times 07/12/13
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
The Man Whoâll Do Triage on Europeâs Banks
New York Times 10/20/13
ECB Nominates French Regulator for Euro-Zone Post
Wall Street Journal 11/23/13
ECB Nominates New Banking Regulator
New York Times 11/20/13
IMF in the Eurozone financial crisis of 2010-2012
03/03/2010
Aid package to Greece and funds for other eurozone countries. The IMF's involvement in protecting the eurozone.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/11
EU Dismisses IMF's Criticism On Greek Bailout
Wall Street Journal 06/07/13
Policy âTroikaâ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
New York Times 06/07/13
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Greece Can Learn IMF Austerity from Turkey
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Past Rifts Over Greece Cloud Talks on Rescue
Wall Street Journal 10/07/13
New fiscal and budget controls in the Eurozone - 2012-2013
03/03/2010
Budget discipline measures for the eurozone taken at the Jan 30, 2012 summit and at other EU meetings.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Economist 05/13/10
Euro-Zone Budget Controls Proposed
Wall Street Journal 11/22/11
In euro zone crisis, Germany is the reluctant savior - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/04/11
European Leaders Agree to New Budget Discipline Measures
New York Times 01/30/12
Europe Needs the Bond Vigilantes
Wall Street Journal 04/05/12
The failure in credit ratings set for Greece
03/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Ratings Firms Misread Signs of Greek Woes
New York Times 11/29/11
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
S&P Cuts Greek Bank Ratings to Selective Default
Wall Street Journal 07/01/15
What Crisis? Big Ratings Firms Stronger Than Ever
Wall Street Journal 03/10/16
ECB study in April 2013 using 2009-2010 data showing the median household wealth in Germany at 50,000 euros, lowest in the eurozone
03/03/2010
The median for household wealth in Greece is 102,000 euros.
Grouped Articles
Elites Flock to Anti-Euro Party, Alternative for Germany
New York Times 04/14/13
Germany reaps rewards of entitlement cuts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/20/11
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
New York Times 05/26/10
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/13
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/13
Toyota's Committee for Global Quality headed by Akio Toyoda
03/01/2010
The Chief Quality Officer in the U.S. will sit directly across the table from the CEO with other Chief Quality Officers from Europe, Asia and Latin America. This is part of the new reorganization following the recall crisis of 2010. The idea is to have the CEO and the person most knowledgeable about the particular region's quality problems interact directly to resolve issues, and to provide for interaction between Quality Officers of different regions at one table to share information and problem solving strategies.
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/10
Toyoda Rues Excessive Profit Focus
Wall Street Journal 03/02/10
New York Times 06/02/10
Daiichi Sankyo
03/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Daiichi Sankyo to Sell Generic Drugs
Wall Street Journal 03/01/10
Sun Pharmaceutical to Buy Ranbaxy in $3.2 Billion Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/07/14
Daiichi Sankyo to Sell Troubled Ranbaxy
Wall Street Journal 04/08/14
The path to democratic government in Egypt after Mubarak
02/28/2010
The ouster of Mubarak. The military takes over, dissolving parliament, abolishing the constitution, and givng a 6 month timeframe for new elections.
Grouped Articles
Morsi Faces Ultimatum as Allies Speak of Military âCoupâ
New York Times 07/01/13
Fouad Ajami: Egypt on the Brink—With No Clear Way Back
Wall Street Journal 07/02/13
Egypt's Adly Mansour: Top Judge for Two Days, Now Interim President
Wall Street Journal 07/03/13
Jurist Sworn In to Lead Egypt Transition
New York Times 07/04/13
New York Times 07/04/13
U.S. Struggles for Leverage as Mideast Crisis Deepens
Wall Street Journal 07/08/13
Mohammed ElBaradei of Egypt
02/28/2010
Grouped Articles
Prominent Egyptian Liberal Says He Sought Westâs Support for Uprising
New York Times 07/04/13
New York Times 07/04/13
Signs of Disarray Emerge in Egyptian Generalsâ Plan for Governance
New York Times 07/06/13
Where Is the Muslim Brotherhood?
Wall Street Journal 11/26/11
Using Diplomatic Touch, an Outsider Challenges the Grip of Egypt’s Ruling Party
New York Times 02/28/10
ElBaradei Critiques the U.S., Yet Nurtures Ties
Wall Street Journal 02/03/11
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