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06/23/2026
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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
The Obama-Sarkozy town hall meeting in Strasbourg, France
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Sarkozy: France to Accept Guantanamo Prisoner
Washington Post 04/03/2009
The IMF in the global financial crisis of 2008
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
IMF Gains New Influence From Summit
Wall Street Journal 04/03/2009
Known for Tight Spending, I.M.F. May Have to Loosen Reins After G-20 Windfall
New York Times 04/05/2009
Jens Stoltenberg of Norway replaces Anders Rasmussen as head of the NATO defense organization in 2014
04/03/2009
A former prime minister of Norway replaces a head of NATO from Denmark.
Grouped Articles
Jens Stoltenberg, Ex-Norway Prime Minister, Is Named Head of NATO
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
New York Times 04/03/2009
Economist 04/08/2009
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2014
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Wall Street Journal 12/02/2014
Judge Steven Rhodes descision to reject Detroit paying $165 million to banks for cancelling swap contracts when the city needed money for basic services
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Judge Disallows Plan by Detroit to Payoff Banks
New York Times 01/16/2014
Detroit Debt Proposal Favors Pension Funds
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2014
For Detroit, New Stage in Its Race to Recover
New York Times 02/23/2014
Detroit WIns Judge's Nod for Contract Settlement
New York Times 04/11/2014
New York Times 04/03/2009
$200 Million Could Curb Pension Cuts in Detroit
New York Times 05/22/2014
Gordon Brown's policies in Britain
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Stumbling Toward the Next Crash
New York Times 12/18/2013
As G-20 Host, Brown Gets ‘Excellent’ Marks
New York Times 04/03/2009
On a Scale of 1-10, G-20 Scores a 7
New York Times 04/03/2009
Gordon Brown: The Great Clunking Stylist
BusinessWeek 01/27/2011
Cameron Tries to Shore Up Support in Hacking Scandal
New York Times 07/20/2011
Charlie Rose Talks to Gordon Brown
BusinessWeek 11/17/2011
NATO in 2010-2015
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance
New York Times 03/26/2014
Jens Stoltenberg, Ex-Norway Prime Minister, Is Named Head of NATO
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014
NATO to Firm Up Its Presence in Eastern Europe as It Halts Cooperation With Russia
New York Times 04/01/2014
New York Times 04/03/2009
Economist 04/08/2009
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2014
Russia experts and advisors to the Obama administration on the change in attitudes to Russia in Europe and the U.S. in 2014
04/02/2009
The Obama administration plans to take a new approach to Russia to contain Russian interventionist policies in the remaining two years of the second term and limit the relationship to working together on nuclear disarmament and vital issues. A loss of faith in the Obama administration and of president Obama in president Putin after a plan to reset relations on a sounder basis in 2008. This may be one of the costs of Russian president Putin's foreign policy- the cost to the Russian economy in reduced trade, foreign investment, and capital outflows from Russia.
Grouped Articles
In Cold War Echo, Obama Strategy Writes Off Putin
New York Times 04/19/2014
Promises of ‘Fresh Start’ for U.S.-Russia Relations
New York Times 04/02/2009
Russia Bonds Still Confront a Deep Chill
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2009
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014
Competing Visions for Russia’s Economic Future
New York Times 05/22/2014
‘America Must Always Lead,’ Obama Tells West Point Graduates
New York Times 05/28/2014
On a common approach for the U.S. and Germany in the relationship with Russia
04/02/2009
Grouped Articles
In Cold War Echo, Obama Strategy Writes Off Putin
New York Times 04/19/2014
U.S.-Russia Relations Come Full Circle After Ukraine
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2014
Promises of ‘Fresh Start’ for U.S.-Russia Relations
New York Times 04/02/2009
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2014
New York Times 05/05/2014
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble: Prepared to Raise Pressure on Russia
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2014
Can the cash-for-clunkers program in Germany backfire?
04/01/2009
Roland Berger, aGerman management consultancy firm says that sales for 2010 could drop as much as 20%, in a recent report. About 90,000 jobs could be affected.
Grouped Articles
In Europe, ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Drives Sales
New York Times 04/01/2009
Germans Debate Whether Car Trade-In Plan Will Backfire
Wall Street Journal 08/31/2009
Clunker Plans Are Risky Route, Central Bank Says
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2009
The Federal Reserve and policies favoring banks over homeowners in U.S. foreclosures
04/01/2009
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
New York Times 04/01/2009
Geithner's Plan: Loopholes Galore
BusinessWeek 04/01/2009
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
A detailed account of the unfolding crisis at Bankia bank in Spain during 2011-2014
04/01/2009
An account of the key players and the ufolding of critical events in the IPO offering for Bankia, and the unraveling of the bank in the months that followed, as the Spanish regulators and government failed to get a handle on problems and instead put their hope on an improving economy. On May 3, Mario Draghi warned about the problems at Bankia in Barcelona. On May 4, the heads of Spain's largest banks BBVA, Banco Santander and Caixa, told the government it had to takeover Bankia, setting in process the events leading upto the acceptance of $125 billion in EU aid to recapitalize Spain's banking system. Bankia was put together from seven failing cajas savings banks. The problems related to the housing bubble are seen throughout the cajas savings banks.
Grouped Articles
Spanish Banks More Vulnerable Than Italy's
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Investors in Bankia to Sue Bank of Spain Over Losses
New York Times 05/09/2013
Wall Street Journal 09/28/2011
The Pain in Spain Falls Mainly on the Cajas
BusinessWeek 02/25/2010
Economist 05/29/2010
Spain's Bankia Returns to Profit
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2014
Newspapers in the U.S. - the shift to digital from newsprint 2011-2013
04/01/2009
Grouped Articles
Seven Reasons For Optimism About the News Business
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
New York Times Company Sells Boston Globe
New York Times 08/03/2013
Sun-Times Files for Bankruptcy
New York Times 04/01/2009
Papers Try to Get Out of a Box
New York Times 04/13/2009
New Orleans Times-Picayune to limit printing to three days per week - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/25/2012
About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds
New York Times 11/16/2009
The 'Cash for Clunkers' program to boost auto sales in Europe and the U.S. during the 2008 global financial crisis
04/01/2009
Grouped Articles
In Europe, ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Drives Sales
New York Times 04/01/2009
The size of the debacle in the global financial crisis of 2008- 663,000 U.S. jobs lost in March 2009, according to the Labor Department
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Unemployment Rate Jumps to 8.5 Percent, 663K Jobs Lost in March
Washington Post 04/03/09
Yellen: Globalization, Technological Change Have Been Harmful to Many
WSJ 06/27/17
The informal economy in emerging market countries such as India and Brazil in the global financial crisis of 2008-2009
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Brazil’s ‘Teflon’ Leader Nicked by Slump
New York Times 04/03/09
India, Suddenly Starved for Investment
New York Times 05/05/09
Gordon Brown's views on the Eurozone financial crisis
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Stumbling Toward the Next Crash
New York Times 12/18/13
As G-20 Host, Brown Gets ‘Excellent’ Marks
New York Times 04/03/09
Charlie Rose Talks to Gordon Brown
BusinessWeek 11/17/11
NATO- Soviet relations
04/03/2009
Grouped Articles
Russia Accepts Invitation to Attend NATO Summit Meeting
New York Times 10/19/10
Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance
New York Times 03/26/14
NATO to Firm Up Its Presence in Eastern Europe as It Halts Cooperation With Russia
New York Times 04/01/14
New York Times 04/03/09
Wall Street Journal 08/18/14
Obama Pledges NATO Backing for Baltic Allies
Wall Street Journal 09/03/14
Swap contracts from 2005 intended to protect against rising rates costing Detroit $36 million a year in bankruptcy
04/03/2009
To get out of these swap contracts entered into with UBS and Bank of America in 2005- to protect against rising interest rates on a $1.4 billion variable interest loan for city's pension funds- Detroit already in bankruptcy has to come up with $230 million. Of a $350 million loan the city is negotiating with Barclays Capital in 2014, $230 million goes to UBS and Bank of America, leaving only $120 million for streetlights, police and basic services! Congress did not consider a public interest situation when giving banks a safe harbor on stay for collecting debts in bankruptcy, and there is not enough public education on this subject to get Congress to act, say experts.
Grouped Articles
'Safe Harbor' in Bankruptcy Upended in Detroit Case
New York Times 12/23/13
Judge Disallows Plan by Detroit to Payoff Banks
New York Times 01/16/14
Detroit Debt Proposal Favors Pension Funds
Wall Street Journal 01/31/14
Mediator in Detroit Bankruptcy Walks Fine Line Between City, Creditors
Wall Street Journal 02/15/14
Detroit files plan to fix debt, leave bankruptcy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/22/14
New York Times 04/03/09
Skepticism about the appointment of Jeffrey Immelt of GE (General Electric) to head the President's Council on Jobs
04/02/2009
Immelt was appointed to head the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness in January 2011. A review of blogs following the appointment by Harshaw of the New York Times showed skepticism considering the role GE is playing in transfer of jobs and technology to China, negligible corporate taxes paid by GE, GE's need for bailout funds of $16 billion for its finance unit, and the lack a position for removal of distortions in trade practiced by other trading partners including China.
Grouped Articles
Jeff Immelt’s Overhaul of GE Impeded by Falling Oil Prices
Wall Street Journal 03/03/15
New York Times 01/21/11
Volcker Out, Immelt in On Economic Board
New York Times 01/21/11
New York Times 01/23/11
Wall Street Journal 01/26/11
Comparative Advantage and American Jobs
Wall Street Journal 01/26/11
Old stories from the Depression of the 1930's revived in 2008
04/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Making Ends Meet in the Great Depression
New York Times 04/02/09
U.S. sanctions on Russia following the Russian occupation of the Crimea and fears of occupation of eastern Ukraine
04/02/2009
The planned sanctions at the early stages of the crisis are for Russian officials and groups taking part in the takeover of the Crimea and threat to eastern Ukraine, and not on the Russian economy. Russian intervention in the Russian speaking eastern Ukraine would lead to the U.S. pushing its case with the EU and Germany for broader sanctions. If a standoff occurs as happened by an earlier Russian intervention in Georgia to support a Russian speaking region, these limited personal sanctions would remain in place.
Grouped Articles
U.S. prepared to place unilateral sanctions on Russian officials, businesses - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/05/14
Western Businesses in Russia, Watchful and Wary
New York Times 03/07/14
Russia Moves Closer to Absorbing Crimea, Despite Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 03/18/14
Wall Street Journal 03/26/14
Pride, Prejudice and Putin's Predation
Wall Street Journal 03/26/14
Russia Says It Has Weathered the Worst of the Economic Storm
Wall Street Journal 04/03/14
Different approaches to banking crises- South Korea and the U.S.
04/01/2009
The U.S. leaned on S. Korea to make radical changes in its banking system in 1997, with takeover of banks by the government, closing of loss ridden banks, and creation of a new banking sector. The moves were compressed into a short time because of U.S. pressure. The large influence of bank lobbying in the US, in Republican and Democratic administrations, has led to a situation in which the U.S. banking sector is similiar to what it was before the 2008 crisis, with the same too-big-to fail banks- only larger now- and with unresolved bad housing loans.
Grouped Articles
Book portrays dysfunction in Obama White House - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/11
Seoul Forum Helps Heal IMF Wounds
Wall Street Journal 07/12/10
New York Times 04/01/09
Plan to Help Banks Clear Their Books Is Halted
New York Times 06/04/09
South Korea Makes a Quick Economic Recovery
New York Times 01/06/11
'Too Big to Fail' Is Simply Too Big
Wall Street Journal 10/19/11
Focus on poor countries during the global financial crisis of 2008- Rasmussen and Clinton at the Global Progressive Forum in the European Parliament in April 2008
04/01/2009
Grouped Articles
The Socialist Solution to the Crisis
Wall Street Journal 04/01/09
Economic Crisis Sweeps Eastern Ukraine
New York Times 04/08/09
Five rules to follow from editors of WSJ for cleaning up the banking system from the experience of 2008-2012
04/01/2009
Five rules from the editors of the WSJ on the mistakes to avoid in cleaning up the banking system after a housing bubble or other problems. The best way to approach the bailout or nationalization of failing banks.
Grouped Articles
Irreversible Damage: Why Little Action on Banking Can Do Great Harm.
New York Times 04/30/10
New York Times 04/01/09
Wall Street Journal 06/01/12
Joseph Stiglitz on U.S. president Obama and Treasury Secretary Geithner's policies favoring banks in the 2008 global financial crisis
04/01/2009
Grouped Articles
New York Times 04/01/09
Geithner's Plan: Loopholes Galore
BusinessWeek 04/01/09
Book Review: 'Stress Test' by Timothy F. Geithner
Wall Street Journal 05/12/14
New York Times 05/17/14
Treasury Chief Says He’s Open to Ousting Heads of Frail Banks
New York Times 04/06/09
New York Times 05/19/14
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