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06/23/2026
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Migrant worker Tan Guocheng and the strike at Honda Motor for higher wages
02/03/2009
A $7 pay raise at Honda was the last straw for Tan when he called on other workers to stop the production line and go on strike in May 2013. His parents own a small plot of land which makes about $2500 a month, too small for his brother, him and his sister. He studied at a vocational school in Changsha, Hunan province, and a employment agency put him in his job at Honda. His wages were about $175 a month, much smaller than other workers hired directly by Honda because the agency received some of his earnings. Following the strike Honda raised wages by 32%. Here David Barboza describes the experience and hopes of Tan Guocheng for a middle class life with decent wages.
Grouped Articles
In China, Unlikely Labor Leader Just Wanted a Middle-Class Life
New York Times 06/13/2010
Left-Behind Children of China's Migrant Workers Bear Grown-Up Burdens
Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014
China's Migrants See Jobless Ranks Soar
Wall Street Journal 02/03/2009
The cost of college education for migrant workers in China as one generation strives for better lives for the next
02/03/2009
Keith Bradsher describes the life of one family of migrant workers in China. The dad is a worker in coal mining, the mother works in farms nearby. The daughter has made it to sophomore in college but lacks optimism for the future because of the lack of jobs in China for new college graduates. The parents see the daughter as someone who would care for them in their old age as they hardly have any retirement savings.
Grouped Articles
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Peterson and Hanushek: The Vital Link of Education and Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
College Tuition Increases Slow, but Government Aid Falls
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
New York Times 10/22/2013
A Dearth of Work for China's College Grads
BusinessWeek 09/01/2010
Left-Behind Children of China's Migrant Workers Bear Grown-Up Burdens
Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014
Rio Tinto's Alcan aluminium acquisition
02/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Economist 02/02/2009
Rio Tinto Already Has Metallic Tinge
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2014
Rio Tinto Digs In as Rival Spins Off
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
For Mining Chiefs, Doomsday Scenarios Could Become Reality
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
Alcan Proves Costly to Rio Tinto
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2012
China's Iron Demand Turns Down Under
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2012
Mining company Rio Tinto overextended with the Alcan acquisition, hit hard in the 2008 global financial crisis
02/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Economist 02/02/2009
Rio Tinto Digs In as Rival Spins Off
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2015
For Mining Chiefs, Doomsday Scenarios Could Become Reality
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
Rio Tinto performance
02/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Rio Tinto's First-Half Profit Falls 71%
Wall Street Journal 08/09/2013
Rio Tinto's Time-Consuming Turnaround
Wall Street Journal 08/08/2013
Hard Labor Needed for Mining Renaissance
Wall Street Journal 01/22/2014
Rio Tinto's Walsh Still Faces Major Challenges Ahead
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2014
Economist 02/02/2009
Rio Tinto Already Has Metallic Tinge
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2014
The impact on Detroit of the global financial crisis of 2008- badly hit before, hit again
02/01/2009
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2009
$200 Million Could Curb Pension Cuts in Detroit
New York Times 05/22/2014
Crumbling, Destitute Schools Threaten Detroit’s Recovery
New York Times 01/20/2016
Rising Unemployment in the U.S. in 2009.
01/31/2009
The number of people on unemployment benefits hit 5.56 million on March 14, according to the Labor Department, with 662,000 new claims filed since then.
Grouped Articles
Stuck at Unemployed: When A Layoff Becomes a Lifestyle
Washington Post 06/06/2009
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2009
Months After Plant Closed, Many Still Struggling
New York Times 02/10/2009
Ex-G.M. Workers Try to Reboot Their Lives
New York Times 02/13/2009
Dead End in Detroit for White-Collar Workers
New York Times 02/17/2009
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2009
Women in Iraq
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Iraqi Women Vie for Votes, and a Taste of Power
New York Times 01/29/2009
Reconciliation and new coalitions among the religious factions in Iraq ahead of elections.
01/29/2009
Something amazing but more due to the fact that the public is growing tired of religious faction based politics, is the reaching across faction lines to form new coalitions starting with Mr. Maliki the prime minister. Even former insurgents are joining with groups they previously opposed. Iraq and efforts for sectarian unity as American withdrawal approaches.
Grouped Articles
Iraq's Vote Looks Set to Deepen, Not Heal, Rifts
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2013
Sectarian Attacks Return With a Roar to Iraq, Rattling a Capital Already on Edge
New York Times 08/17/2013
Senators warn Obama that Maliki may be leading Iraq back toward civil war - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/30/2013
The Iraqi Prime Ministerâs Plea to Americans
New York Times 10/29/2013
In Climate of Growing Fear, Iraqis Flee to Safer Ground
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2014
We Iraqis Need Equality, Not Apaches
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2014
Wells Fargo Bank legal settlements
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Wells Fargo to Pay $1.2 Billion in Mortgage Settlement
New York Times 02/03/2016
Wells: Legal Losses Could Top Reserves
Wall Street Journal 05/07/2011
Wells Fargo Settles a Mortgage Suit
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2012
New York Times 04/13/2012
Wells Fargo, Justice Department settle discrimination case for $175 million - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/13/2012
Wells Fargo
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
There’s Nothing Wrong With Being a Banker
New York Times 05/31/2014
Wells Fargo Nears Market-Value Milestone
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2014
Wells Fargo & Co. Is the Earth’s Most Valuable Bank
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2015
BusinessWeek 01/27/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2012
Wells Fargo's mortgage banking operations 2012-2013
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Wells Is Surfing a Mortgage-Banking Wave
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2012
Wells Fargo Posts Loss as Wachovia Takes Toll
New York Times 01/29/2009
In Wells Fargo’s Bogus Accounts, Echoes of Foreclosure Abuses
The New York Times 09/22/2016
ConocoPhillips performance
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Conoco's Empire Builder Rips It Apart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2011
Conoco Says Shutdown Will Take Another Day
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2011
Refining Puts Lid on Big Oil's Profits
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2012
ConocoPhillips's Tricky Two-Horse Strategy
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2013
Conoco's $31.76 Billion Loss Augurs More Oil-Industry Pain
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2009
Barboza's profile of Yuan Yandong, a worker at a Foxconn factory in China- changing working conditions and aspirations of China's young migrant workers in 2010-2014
02/03/2009
Grouped Articles
A Night at the Electronics Factory
New York Times 06/18/10
Lixin Fan, Trailing Chinese Migrant Workers
New York Times 08/27/10
Foxconn: How to Beat the High Cost of Happy Workers
BusinessWeek 05/05/11
Why Apple and Others Are Nervous About Foxconn
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
The Demanding Off-Hour Escapes of Chinaâs High-Tech Workers
New York Times 07/16/13
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/10
Plans to develop the world's largest lithium reserves in Bolivia for electric car batteries
02/03/2009
Grouped Articles
In Bolivia, Untapped Bounty Meets Nationalism
New York Times 02/03/09
The impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on S. Korea
02/02/2009
A 32% drop in exports in Jan. 2009 from the prior year for S. Korea. This shows the huge impact on the economies of S. Korea, Japan and China.
Grouped Articles
South Korean Exports Take Massive Hit
Wall Street Journal 02/02/09
Rio Tinto strategies
02/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Rio Tinto's First-Half Profit Falls 71%
Wall Street Journal 08/09/13
Rio Tinto's Time-Consuming Turnaround
Wall Street Journal 08/08/13
Rio Tinto's Walsh Still Faces Major Challenges Ahead
Wall Street Journal 02/25/14
Economist 02/02/09
Rio Tinto Already Has Metallic Tinge
Wall Street Journal 07/10/14
Rio Tinto Digs In as Rival Spins Off
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
Rio Tinto CEO Sam Walsh
02/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Rio Tinto's Walsh Still Faces Major Challenges Ahead
Wall Street Journal 02/25/14
Economist 02/02/09
Rio Tinto Digs In as Rival Spins Off
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
For Mining Chiefs, Doomsday Scenarios Could Become Reality
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
The impact of the 2008 global financial crisis on Russia
02/01/2009
Grouped Articles
As Economy Sinks, Russians Protest
New York Times 02/01/09
Idling Assembly Lines Keep the Kremlin Occupied With Unease
New York Times 02/02/09
Have Car, Need Briefs? In Russia, Barter Is Back
New York Times 02/08/09
Yaroslavl: A Russian Burg Turns Bearish
BusinessWeek 03/12/09
Severstal Eliminates Jobs as Strength of '08 Fades
Wall Street Journal 03/12/09
Russia Bonds Still Confront a Deep Chill
Wall Street Journal 04/04/09
U.S. GDP numbers by quarter, and the component breakdown, for 2009. What it says for the future.
01/31/2009
What the GDP quarterly numbers and breakdown say about the future.
Grouped Articles
Business Pullback Drives Drop in GDP
Wall Street Journal 04/30/09
U.S. Economy Began to Grow Again in the Third Quarter
New York Times 10/30/09
False Reading: Brisk GDP Growth Can't Last
Wall Street Journal 10/29/09
Wall Street Journal 10/30/09
Wall Street Journal 10/30/09
America's Grossly Distorted Product
Wall Street Journal 10/30/09
A peaceful resolution of the Iranian nuclear weapons crisis through a nuclear-free zone for the Middle East
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Iranâs Leaders Signal Effort at New Thaw
New York Times 09/18/13
Rouhani Says Iran Is Ready for Nuclear Talks, With Conditions
Wall Street Journal 09/25/13
Iran Opens Talks Offering Nuclear 'Endgame'
Wall Street Journal 10/16/13
New York Times 11/03/13
Iran's nuclear deal: The view from Tehran
Economist 04/05/15
Nuclear weapons: The new nuclear age
Economist 04/05/15
ConocoPhillips.
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/08/09
ConocoPhillips to Split Refining, Production Operations
Wall Street Journal 07/14/11
ConocoPhillips to Split in Two
Wall Street Journal 07/15/11
ConocoPhillips Bows to the Market's Wishes
Wall Street Journal 07/15/11
Conoco's Empire Builder Rips It Apart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/11
Conoco's $31.76 Billion Loss Augurs More Oil-Industry Pain
Wall Street Journal 01/29/09
ConocoPhillips strategy
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Conoco's Empire Builder Rips It Apart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/11
ConocoPhillips's Tricky Two-Horse Strategy
Wall Street Journal 01/06/13
Conoco's $31.76 Billion Loss Augurs More Oil-Industry Pain
Wall Street Journal 01/29/09
ConocoPhillips management
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Conoco's Empire Builder Rips It Apart
Wall Street Journal 07/28/11
Conoco Tries to Fuel More Natural-Gas Use
Wall Street Journal 09/14/11
ConocoPhillips's Tricky Two-Horse Strategy
Wall Street Journal 01/06/13
Conoco's $31.76 Billion Loss Augurs More Oil-Industry Pain
Wall Street Journal 01/29/09
Royal Dutch Shell
01/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Shell to Sell Part of Woodside Stake
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Wall Street Journal 02/03/11
Profit Jumps at Exxon and Shell
New York Times 04/28/11
Exxon Mobil's Turn to Shell Out Some Cash
Wall Street Journal 07/29/11
Shell Swings to Loss But Strikes Bullish Tone
Wall Street Journal 01/29/09
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