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Mexico's 10% sugary drinks tax and Coca Cola in 2016
05/04/2016
Grouped Articles
Soda Sales in Mexico Rise Despite Tax
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2016
Eduardo Porter on how extremes are dangerous- populist policies failed to help the very people they were intended to help in Brazil, just as populist mortgage policy and extremes of free market deregulation hurt the American middle and working class
05/03/2016
Eduardo Porter of the NYT reflects on what happened in Brazil in chaos after soaring popularity of Lula as long as the commodities boom lasted, with no real foundations. The extremes of populist policies and of free markets without mindfulness of the risks can be dangerous to the livelihoods of the vast majority of people in the Americas. As Brazil struggles, Mexico with the opposite model struggles from lack of good management, Argentina emerges from decades of experimenting with extremes in either direction, and the U.S. mulls over its future direction in the general election of 2016, there is a moral for the Americas extremes without mindfulness are dangerous. Cruz and Sanders offer different versions of direction. Cruz and Sanders a version of policies too far in one direction, Trump channeling anger but lacking any clear statement of policy. The fate of nations and peoples hangs in the balance- needed is mindfulness and thoughtfulness in taking the path forward, clear of illusions that it will be easy going forward from mistakes in the past.
Grouped Articles
Populist Policies Let Brazil’s Tomorrow Slip Away
New York Times 05/03/2016
Brazil Workers’ Party, Leaders ‘Intoxicated by Power,’ Falls From Grace
New York Times 05/12/2016
What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy’s Right-Hand Man
The New York Times 06/20/2016
US election: Anger over Donald Trump gun rights remarks - BBC News
BBC News 08/10/2016
Brazil Police Recommend Ex-President’s Indictment on New Corruption Charges
WSJ 10/05/2016
Donald Trump Takes Conciliatory Tone at Postelection Rallies
WSJ 12/16/2016
Opioid crisis in the U.S.
05/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Opioid Prescribing Gets Another Look as F.D.A. Revisits Mandatory Doctor Training
New York Times 05/02/2016
Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
The New York Times 07/13/2016
Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
Washington Post 09/27/2016
The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
The New York Times 09/29/2016
The Children of the Opioid Crisis
WSJ 12/15/2016
How to Treat an Opioid Epidemic
WSJ 01/13/2017
Lego's management succession
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Lego’s Billionaire Owner Names Son as Successor
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Apple's services business in 2015-2016 taking on an important role
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Services Business Emerges as Key to Apple’s Core
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Dream Works CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
DreamWorks Animation Sale Leaves Jeffrey Katzenberg at a Crossroads
New York Times 04/28/2016
Iraq in 2016- effective partition of the country
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
With Iraq Mired in Turmoil, Some Call for Partitioning the Country
New York Times 04/28/2016
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps - BBC News
BBC News 12/07/2016
Restrictions on foreign NGO's in China in 2016
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Clampdown in China Restricts 7,000 Foreign Organizations
New York Times 04/28/2016
German government support for the electric car industry in 2016-2017
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Germany to Subsidize Electric Autos
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Germany’s Premium Car Makers Fumble Response to Electric Challenge
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2016
VW’s CEO Knows the Future Is Electric—His Company Isn’t So Sure
WSJ 08/01/2017
Rise of Electric Cars Threatens to Drain German Growth
WSJ 08/15/2019
Jim Vandehei of Politico on the difference between destructive disruption and constructive disruption that brings new ideas and leaves a better world
04/26/2016
Vandehei says most of the ideas used in the campaigns of Trump and Sanders are not new, and the effects of the 2008 financial crisis have been covered widely in the press. That the elites have ignored it, and Tump and Sanders have capitalized on this, does not mean America cannot come up with its own constructive ideas to solve existing problems than take risks going into the unknown. Both Trump and Sanders have drawn attention to the problems of poverty, working class Americans, trade, and wages, but lack constructive programs that would work. A 45% tariff on imports would not work, and poverty is bettter tackled with a growing global economy and private sector initiative. He says he is from two small towns, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Lincoln, Maine, and knows what it is like for ordinary Americans struggling to make it.
Grouped Articles
Bring on a Third-Party Candidate
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2016
What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy’s Right-Hand Man
The New York Times 06/20/2016
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/2016
Trump’s Empire: a Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties
The New York Times 08/20/2016
New Clinton, Trump budget numbers
POLITICO 09/22/2016
Donald Trump’s Tax Plan Would Boost Economy in Short Run but Not Long Term, Analysis Finds
WSJ 10/17/2016
Regulators and the Charter-Time Warner cable deal
04/26/2016
Grouped Articles
Regulators Recommend Approval of Charter-Time Warner Cable Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2016
Boeing strategies 2015-2017
04/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Boeing Ramps Up Push Into the Airplane Parts Business
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2016
Boeing’s Defense Chief Looks Beyond Fighters
WSJ 06/10/2016
Airplane Makers Automate to Meet Surging Demand
WSJ 07/08/2016
Boeing Boosts Its Profit Forecast After Strong Quarter
WSJ 07/26/2017
Boeing strategy in the airplane parts business
04/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Boeing Ramps Up Push Into the Airplane Parts Business
Wall Street Journal 04/25/2016
Pemex's liquidity crisis by January 2016, and appointment of new CEO Gonzalez Anaya
05/04/2016
Emilio Lozoya is replaced as CEO in May 2016 by a close associate of finance minister Videgaray, Gonzalez Anaya, who is expected to come up with $5.8 billion in spending cuts. Inefficiency and wasteful spending was not checked early enough at Pemex folowing the collapse in oil prices- leading to a liquidity crisis. A report in the WSJ cites a Pemex official who says Pemex was down to $8 million in cash at one point in Jan. 2016. The Mexican government reduces taxes for Pemex and pays suppliers during the liquidity crisis. Anaya cites one example of wasteful spending, an order to buy computers that was cancelled saving $171 million. Anaya says the computers should have been leased. that was cancelled resulting in savings of $171 million, which he says should be leased.
Grouped Articles
Pemex Chief: Mexico’s Oil Giant on Track to Meet Spending-Cut Goals
Wall Street Journal 05/04/16
Opioid prescribing issues and doctor training in the U.S.
05/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Opioid Prescribing Gets Another Look as F.D.A. Revisits Mandatory Doctor Training
New York Times 05/02/16
Senate Approves Bill to Combat Opioid Addiction Crisis
The New York Times 07/13/16
Tom Vilsack’s lonely fight for a ‘forgotten’ rural America
Washington Post 09/27/16
How to Treat an Opioid Epidemic
WSJ 01/13/17
America’s opioid epidemic is worsening
The Economist 03/07/17
Founder of Opioid Maker Sentenced to 5½ Years in Prison
WSJ 01/23/20
The legacy of Dilma Rousseff and the way forward for Brazil in 2017
04/29/2016
The boom years of the Lula administration supported by high commodity prices covered up serious problems in infrastructure, basic public services, education and health care. The collapse of commodity prices exposed real weaknesses in Brazil's economic structure. With this came a realization of the deep seated corruption of the ruling elite.
Grouped Articles
Economist 04/29/16
Populist Policies Let Brazil’s Tomorrow Slip Away
New York Times 05/03/16
Conservative’s Star Rises in Brazil as Polarizing Views Tap Into Discontent
New York Times 05/07/16
Brazilian President Rousseff’s Downfall Was Years in the Making
Wall Street Journal 05/12/16
Brazil Workers’ Party, Leaders ‘Intoxicated by Power,’ Falls From Grace
New York Times 05/12/16
Brazil Police Recommend Ex-President’s Indictment on New Corruption Charges
WSJ 10/05/16
2016 Olympic Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil- preparations during the Brazilian political crisis
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Olympians Are Ready, Even If Rio Isn’t
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
Michel Temer, Brazil’s Interim President, May Herald Shift to the Right
New York Times 05/12/16
Brazil’s Other Olympic Spirits: Anger, Anxiety and Indifference
The New York Times 08/04/16
Rio Olympics 2016: Did the IOC's gamble pay off or did Brazil fail to deliver?
BBC Sport 08/23/16
Team USA's Rio 2016 highlights and lowlights: our writers' verdicts
The Guardian 08/22/16
6 cities that rejected the Olympics | DW | 14.11.2018
DW.COM 11/14/18
Financial risks involved in Elon Musk's interconnected holdings in Space X, Tesla and Solar City, with large personal loans using his shares as collateral to support companies in difficulty
04/28/2016
Following the problems of Valeant Pharmaceuticals with shares dropping 14% in one day, this report in the WSJ looks at the risks Elon Musk is taking with personal loans using collateral in Tesla to support Solar City. Musk says its not a house of cards because he is only doing this because he feels he should take some of the risk when shareholders are taking risk. Yet the shareholders are closely connected with venture capital companies in which Elon Musk has connections and relatives all interconnected in this arrangement, creating an unusual and risky arrangement, says WSJ
Grouped Articles
Elon Musk Supports His Business Empire With Unusual Financial Moves
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
Elon Musk Faces Cash Squeeze at Tesla, SolarCity
WSJ 09/01/16
Tesla Bonds Tumble in Sign of Concern Over Finances
WSJ 08/21/17
Cash Gets More Precious at Tesla
WSJ 08/02/17
Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz's choice of Carly Fiorina, as running mate in April 2016, before the Indiana and California primaries
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
DreamWorks share price and financial performance
04/28/2016
DreamWorks Animation has taken impairment charges and incurred losses in 2014. Results have deteriorated since the losses on the film Rise of the Guardians in 2012, and recent losses on Penguins of Madagascar. With the animation studio's main talent CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg in China and other places in a frantic bid at expansion into related businesses, and not fully engaged creatively, the studio has lost focus, say insiders.
Grouped Articles
DreamWorks Animation Sale Leaves Jeffrey Katzenberg at a Crossroads
New York Times 04/28/16
Ford Motor performance 2016-2017
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Ford Doubles Profits for the Best Quarter in Its History
New York Times 04/28/16
Ford Replaces CEO Mark Fields With Jim Hackett Amid Pressure on Profit
WSJ 05/22/17
Jim Hackett, Ford’s New C.E.O., Has a History of Turnaround Stories
The New York Times 05/22/17
As GM Adjusts to Changing Auto Market, Its Sales Slide Behind Ford’s
WSJ 06/01/17
Bill Ford Thinks His Company Lacks Vision—and That He Can Fix It
WSJ 08/08/17
VW Powerpoint presentation of 2006 discovered in continuing investigation on how to foil emissions test
04/26/2016
The diesel emissions cheating scandal developments by April 2016, included this new development.
Grouped Articles
VW Presentation in ’06 Showed How to Foil Emissions Tests
New York Times 04/26/16
The ECB's bondbuying in 2016 and corporate bonds at interest rates of close to zero
04/26/2016
Unilever and Sanofi issue corporate bonds at rates close to zero in 2016.
Grouped Articles
Unilever Almost Borrowing for Free Following ECB Bond-Buying Plans
Wall Street Journal 04/26/16
European Central Bank Leaves Rates Unchanged
WSJ 09/08/16
Negative Rates Are Working (a Bit)
WSJ 09/07/16
ECB Move Prompts Volatile Trading in Eurozone Bonds, Euro
WSJ 12/08/16
Strong Eurozone Growth Shows Payoff of ECB Stimulus
WSJ 07/14/17
ECB to End Bond-Buying Program in December as Crisis-Era Policies Wind Down
WSJ 06/14/18
The Apple iWatch in its first year
04/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple’s Watch Outpaced the iPhone in First Year
Wall Street Journal 04/25/16
Apple: What Will Make the Stock Tick Again
Wall Street Journal 05/04/16
Apple Watch Series 2 Review: Still Not a ‘Need,’ Finally a ‘Want’
WSJ 09/14/16
The Cruz-Kasich arrangement to allocate resources with Cruz in Indiana primary, Kasich in New Mexico and Oregon primary
04/25/2016
The arrangement is based on the idea of which states profile fit the best for each candidate, Indiana similiar to Wisconsin for Cruz, and New Mexico and Oregon similiar to north eastern states like Ohio for Kasich.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 04/25/16
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