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06/23/2026
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Xi Jinping Tariff Negotiating Strategy with US Groups
Experts who agree that its beneficial for the U.S. to lift exports through devaluation of the currency.
10/15/2009
This includes Krugman, recent Nobel Prize winner, Morici, University of Maryland, Hatzius of Goldman and Kasman of JP Morgan. Other experts also welcome the depreciation ogf the dollar as long as it is not a sudden drop. With consumers strapped, quantitiative easing reaching its limits, the stimulus in place, rising unemployment in 2010 and very poor capacity utilization, exports are a sure way to lift the economy. Morici and Krugman see a Chinese disconnect with it siphonig growth away from other countries through keeping its currency low. Morici cites the example of solar panels where China requires 75% domestic content for imports.
Grouped Articles
Cities Adapt With Mixed Results
Wall Street Journal 09/27/2011
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
The Engine That Pulled Us Out of Recession
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2015
Cheaper Chinese Currency Has Global Impact
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2015
U.S. Strains Mount After China Devalues Yuan
Wall Street Journal 08/12/2015
Peter Morici: Behind the Dollar's Dog Days
BusinessWeek 10/15/2009
Comparisons of the U.S. Economy with Japan, considering the Federal Reserve's easy money policy and little lending by banks.
10/15/2009
Is the US economy already in a liquidity trap with exploding monetary growth and little consumer lending asks Christopher Wood. Views of other experts on the subject.
Grouped Articles
Target Is 'Flexible,' Says Japan Bank Chief
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2013
Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
Sluggish Economic Recovery Proves Resilient
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2014
Is the U.S. Economy Turning Japanese?
Wall Street Journal 10/27/2009
Economist 10/15/2009
Wall Street Journal 12/08/2009
Prof. Pape shows the escalation of bombings targeting western troops after Afghanistan troop level escalation in years since 2005.
10/15/2009
Prof. Pape of the University of Chicago points to the link between the escalation of bombings targeted at western forces as foreign occupiers and the increase in troops after 2005. About 100,000 foreign troops are on Afghan soil. A military presence without boots on the ground of this magnitude to be seen as foreign occupiers is needed as that will fail in Afghnistan, Pape says.
Grouped Articles
To Beat the Taliban, Fight From Afar
New York Times 10/15/2009
‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
New York Times 10/20/2009
New York Times 10/22/2009
Kerry Calls for Patient Strategy in Afghanistan
New York Times 10/27/2009
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/2010
Book review: ‘The Unquiet American: Richard Holbrooke in the World’ - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/13/2011
Goldman Sachs analysts marketing its products and providing research- in dual roles.
10/14/2009
Is Goldman promoting another bubble and investments of speculative nature, when investments in the nation's future, in infrastructure, technology and other productive investment is badly needed to secure America's future?
Grouped Articles
Steven Pearlstein - Don't Reinflate the Old Bubbles
Washington Post 10/14/2009
Goldman's Soft Sell: Its Warm, Fuzzy Side
Wall Street Journal 10/15/2009
Bailout Helps Fuel a New Era of Wall Street Wealth
New York Times 10/17/2009
New York Times 10/24/2009
New York Times 11/11/2009
BlackBerry Readies iPhone Challenge
Wall Street Journal 08/03/2011
Research in Motion's (RIM) Blackberry and its steady decline 2011-2013
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
BlackBerry Z10 Prices Drop to $49 Amid Weak Sales
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2013
Sales of BlackBerry's Q10 Keyboard Phone Fall Flat
Wall Street Journal 08/29/2013
BlackBerry to Slash Workforce by Up to 40%
Wall Street Journal 09/19/2013
For BlackBerry Employees, 'It's Not Low Morale. It's No Morale.'
Wall Street Journal 09/23/2013
BlackBerry Abandons Sale Process
Wall Street Journal 11/05/2013
BlackBerry Debt Deal Seen Designed to Avoid Vote
Wall Street Journal 11/05/2013
Carlyle Private Equity.
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Carlyle Fund Walloped in Commodities Rout
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2015
Clients of Carlyle Hedge Fund Seek to Pull Out Nearly $2 Billion
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2015
Carlyle Finds Hedge Funds Hazardous as Its Private Equity Business Dominates
New York Times 08/27/2015
Carlyle-Owned Hedge-Fund Firm Hands Investors a Big IOU
Wall Street Journal 10/29/2015
RailAmerica IPO Augurs Ill for Buyout Exits
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2009
Cheap Debt Fuels Private Equity Revival
New York Times 10/28/2010
The European Central Bank's action in the 2009 financial crisis and its aftermath.
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
ECB Soaks Up $250 Billion as Loan Levels Lag
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2009
Trichet to Leave a Difficult Legacy at Central Bank
New York Times 05/31/2011
Health care insurance industry.
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Aetna-Humana Merger Marks Sway of Health-Care Law
Wall Street Journal 07/04/2015
Health Insurers Emerge as Obama's Top Foe in Reform Effort
Washington Post 10/14/2009
A Hatchet Job So Bad It’s Good
New York Times 10/16/2009
Rising National Debt in the US could lead to much higher interest rates.
10/12/2009
Grouped Articles
Taking the National Debt Seriously
Wall Street Journal 10/12/2009
Economist 10/26/2009
Calling on Congress to stop the debt tsunami
Washington Post 12/18/2009
Obesity in America.
10/11/2009
Grouped Articles
Health Battle Over Soda Flares in Mexico
Wall Street Journal 08/28/2013
Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
New York Times 09/24/2010
Study Finds Nearly 29% of World Population Is Overweight or Obese
Wall Street Journal 05/30/2014
Americans Are Finally Eating Less
New York Times 07/24/2015
Putting America’s Diet on a Diet
New York Times 10/11/2009
Assessing the Chances for the Next Wave of Obesity Drugs
New York Times 10/17/2009
Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein.
10/10/2009
Goldman and its CEO continue to be unpopular with a public that is unhappy with the government help to the banks. Large bonuses make the situation even worse.
Grouped Articles
Goldman Bets Less and Takes Hit
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2011
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2013
Senior Executives at Goldman Had a Role in Mortgage Unit
New York Times 04/18/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2010
Exit Shows Blankfein Still Rows Goldman
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2013
A Moot Effort to Burnish the Reputation of Goldman Sachs
New York Times 10/23/2013
Armenia Turkey accords.
10/10/2009
This ends over acentury of hostility between the 2 countries and peoples, Christian Armenia and Muslim Turkey are neighbors sharing acommon border and ahistory marked by genocide during the First World War.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 10/10/2009
Turkey, Armenia Prepare to Take Step Toward Reconciliation
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2009
After Hitch, Turkey and Armenia Normalize Ties
New York Times 10/11/2009
Rift Between Turkey and France Over Genocide Bill Worsens
New York Times 12/23/2011
Identity Shift Giving Rise to 2 Turkeys
New York Times 11/30/2012
China's culture revolution.
10/09/2009
Grouped Articles
China's New Cultural Revolution
Wall Street Journal 10/09/2009
David Ignatius - Will China keep rising or succumb to its paranoia?
Washington Post 10/25/2010
Health care reform suffers from a huge gap with no change to the "fee -for-service" system used by physicians.
10/15/2009
With over one third of the cost of medical expenditures coming from doctors and hospitals, the complete absence of an effort to base care on quality, medical necessity and results, leaves the reform on shaky grounds.
Grouped Articles
Patients’ Costs Skyrocket; Specialists’ Incomes Soar
New York Times 01/18/14
Economist 10/15/09
Health 'Debate' Deserves a Failing Grade
Wall Street Journal 11/18/09
Finding the Nerve to Cut Health Costs
New York Times 12/09/09
President Obama writes a new health reform prescription
Washington Post 12/16/09
Health-care bill wouldn't bring real reform
Washington Post 12/17/09
Microsoft
10/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Microsoft Seeks to Take a Bite Out of Apple With New Stores
Wall Street Journal 10/15/09
Microsoft's Reign Isn't Set in Stone
Wall Street Journal 06/08/10
Sales of Video Game and Flagship Software Lift Microsoft
New York Times 10/28/10
Sales of Xbox and Kinect Help Lift Microsoft Earnings
New York Times 04/28/11
Microsoft Net Jumps 31%, but Windows Sales Decline
Wall Street Journal 04/28/11
Microsoft's Stock Deserves a Fresh Look
Wall Street Journal 04/30/11
British participation in Afghanistan war.
10/15/2009
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/13
Britain Plans to Send 500 More Soldiers to Afghanistan
New York Times 10/15/09
New York Times 10/07/11
Frankly Speaking on the great recession, the dollar and trade deficits 2009-2012
10/14/2009
Peter Morici of the University of Maryland and others express their view in 2009 on what needs to happen. The dollar Morici says needs to be devalued 40-50% against the yuan. He says that while China talks about an alternative reserve currency, it is part of the problem. And the crisis was caused by the U.S. demand that was inflated by the cheap yuan and then collapsed, says Morici.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/10
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/10
Cheaper Chinese Currency Has Global Impact
Wall Street Journal 08/12/15
China Takes a Smoother Path to Currency Devaluation
Wall Street Journal 11/25/15
Peter Morici: Behind the Dollar's Dog Days
BusinessWeek 10/15/09
Spanish banks- bad loans and reserves.
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
Moody's Questions Spanish Banks
Wall Street Journal 10/14/09
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/10
Spanish Bank Tackles Toxic Assets
Wall Street Journal 02/01/11
German Refusal on Bank Aid Mars European Summit
New York Times 10/19/12
IPO's and Buyout exits for Private Equity firms.
10/14/2009
Grouped Articles
RailAmerica IPO Augurs Ill for Buyout Exits
Wall Street Journal 10/14/09
Private Equity Finds Life After Debt
Wall Street Journal 11/11/10
That IPO Pop? Majority of 2011 U.S. Listings Are Underwater
Wall Street Journal 09/15/11
After Mitt Romney Deal, Company Showed Profits and Then Layoffs
New York Times 11/12/11
May Day Looms Large For Groupon
Wall Street Journal 12/28/11
Asia Clogged by Backlog of IPOs
Wall Street Journal 12/28/11
Co-opting or buying out of Afghan warlords or insurgents seen as difficult.
10/14/2009
A strategy that worked in Iraq may not work in Afghanistan.
Grouped Articles
Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder
Washington Post 10/14/09
‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
New York Times 10/20/09
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/10
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/10
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/10
New Afghan War Leader Helped Nurture Sunni Awakening in Iraq
Wall Street Journal 04/28/11
Mexico's power company and its takeover by Calderon.
10/12/2009
Efforts to bring power costs in line with efficient power suppliers by making Luz y Fuerza more efficient. Calderon takes on the union SME.
Grouped Articles
Pocketbook Issues Weigh on Mexico Voters
New York Times 06/30/12
Mexico Power Takeover Creates Sparks
Wall Street Journal 10/12/09
Mexico's Calderón Takes on Big Labor
Wall Street Journal 10/19/09
Mexico’s economy: Making the desert bloom
Economist 08/27/11
Stephens: The Paradoxes of Felipe Calderón
Wall Street Journal 09/28/12
Departing Mexican Leader Leaves a Mixed Legacy
Wall Street Journal 11/30/12
U.K. debt and deficits after the stimulus and bank recapitalization.
10/12/2009
Grouped Articles
U.K. Plans Sale to Cut Its Debt
Wall Street Journal 10/12/09
A Lack of Fiscal Fitness Is Weighing on the Pound
Wall Street Journal 10/14/09
Consumer credit for struggling families- looking at the the other side of the bailout.
10/10/2009
Grouped Articles
The 'Democratization of Credit' Is Over -- Now It's Payback Time
Wall Street Journal 10/10/09
New York Times 08/21/10
U.S. poverty rate reaches 15.1 percent - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/13/11
New York Times 10/11/11
Patent Office and changes to patent laws.
10/10/2009
Grouped Articles
Economist 08/08/15
Economist 08/08/15
New Chief of Patent Office Takes Aim at a Massive Backlog
Wall Street Journal 10/10/09
Senate Passes Patent System Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 03/09/11
U.S. Patent Agency Draws Blame for Tangle of Smartphone Lawsuits
Wall Street Journal 04/12/12
Quality Upgrade for Patent Process
Wall Street Journal 04/29/12
How inability to get farmers to trade land for fair compensation is holding up India's Industrial Revolution.
10/09/2009
About $98 billion in projects are at a standstill.
Grouped Articles
India's Main Opposition Party Names Candidate for Prime Minister
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Indian Road Hits Unexpected Bump
Wall Street Journal 09/07/10
Indian Politics Trip Up Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Overhaul Agenda
Wall Street Journal 08/14/15
BusinessWeek 10/09/09
India's Grain Storage Comes Up Short
Wall Street Journal 04/13/12
Angry, distressed farmers march to India's parliament | DW | 30.11.2018
DW.COM 11/30/18
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