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06/23/2026
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Citigroup in Asia
01/20/2009
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Wall Street Journal 02/07/2014
Citigroup Under Pressure in Indonesia
Wall Street Journal 04/08/2011
New S&P Chief Knows Crisis and Change
New York Times 08/24/2011
Citigroup Seeks to Sell HDFC Stake
Wall Street Journal 02/23/2012
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2012
Citi Looks Toward Developing World
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2012
Paywall and digital subscriptions at the New York Times, Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal
01/20/2009
Grouped Articles
Seven Reasons For Optimism About the News Business
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2014
With App and Premium Plan, The Times Expands Online Offerings
New York Times 03/26/2014
For New York Times, a Gamble on Giveaways
Wall Street Journal 08/03/2015
Washington Post Plans a Paywall
Wall Street Journal 12/07/2012
These Times Demand Tough Action
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2009
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) strategies
01/20/2009
Grouped Articles
Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery
Wall Street Journal 05/14/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2013
New York Times 06/12/2013
Royal Bank of Scotland Names New Chief Executive
New York Times 08/02/2013
RBS Puts Too Much Stock in Its Bad Bank
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
RBS to Accelerate Sale of Citizens
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Credit conditions in the U.S. in 2008-2009
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Cost of Borrowing Zooms Up for Corporations
New York Times 01/19/2009
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2009
Galleon hedge fund and the insider trading case that involves executives from IBM, McKinsey and Intel.
01/19/2009
Moffatt of IBM, Goel of Intel, and Kumar of McKinsey are in the top management ranks of these companies.
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2013
Managing McKinsey Through Scandal
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2013
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/2014
A Star Partner's Galleon Arrest Shakes Up Ranks at McKinsey
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2009
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2009
Filing Says Tipster Got Info From Ex-Moody's Analyst
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2009
Risky bank lending to private equity and hedge funds and higher leverage in the U.S. -2009-2010.
01/19/2009
The return to risky investments and lending of financial institutions in the USA, as the 2008-2009 financial crisis recedes after heavy government intervention.
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2013
A Recent Surge of Leveraged Loans Rattles Regulators
New York Times 11/04/2014
The Private Equity Firm That Grew Too Fast
New York Times 04/24/2015
Citadel’s Ken Griffin Leaves 2008 Tumble Far Behind
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015
Wasted Opportunity: Hedge Funds Falter
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Banks' Loans To Funds Are Back at Levels Before Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2010
Valuing toxic assets in a database.
01/19/2009
Efforts to value toxic assets by collecting information in adatabase should have begun a long time ago.
Grouped Articles
It’s Worth the Trouble To Value Toxic Assets
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2009
A Crisis of Faith in Mervyn King, Britain's Central Banker
New York Times 02/06/2011
New York Times 01/19/2009
South Korea's president Lee and economic policy during the global financial crisis of 2008-2009
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
South Korean President Lee Replaces Finance Minister
Wall Street Journal 01/19/2009
Judge Rakoff and the Galleon hedge fund case.
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/27/2009
SEC Levels Insider Charges Against Ex-Goldman Director
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2011
New York Times 06/13/2011
Galleon Chief Sentenced to 11 Year Term in Insider Case
New York Times 10/14/2011
No Mr. Nice Guy—Just Ask Wall Street
Wall Street Journal 11/09/2011
US Banks and Accounting for Toxic Assets- 2011-2012
01/19/2009
US banks and the need to take unrealized losses with the earnings gains in 2011-2012.
Grouped Articles
'Toxic' Assets Still Lurking at Banks
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2011
A Crisis of Faith in Mervyn King, Britain's Central Banker
New York Times 02/06/2011
New York Times 01/19/2009
Commentary in U.S. media on Justice Roberts and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling for the Obama Health Care Law
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
Verdict on Kagan’s first year on Supreme Court - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2011
Kagan and Roberts: Similar Paths, Poles Apart
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2010
Chief Justice Roberts's Maneuvering Draws in Court's Liberal Bloc
Wall Street Journal 07/02/2014
Roberts’s Incremental Approach Frustrates Supreme Court Allies
New York Times 07/14/2014
The Supreme Court Saves Obamacare, Again
New York Times 06/25/2015
Angering Conservatives and Liberals, Chief Justice John Roberts Defends Steady Restraint
New York Times 06/26/2015
Obama 2007 videotape on a speech at Hampton University in Virginia on race relations and America
01/18/2009
The videotape shows Obama referring to the slow help given to Hurricane Katrina affected residents of New Orleans because they were black, praises pastor Wright, and gives a different picture of race relations than the president has given in public appearances. This videotape has resurfaced in the final weeks of the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign on news shows and raises questions about the president's own convictions, about how he could unify the country especially in light of the polarization that has taken place since 2008.
Grouped Articles
Views on Race Relations Sour, Especially Among Blacks
Wall Street Journal 07/24/2013
Blacks, Obama and the Election
New York Times 11/02/2014
Unrest Over Race Is Testing Obama’s Legacy
New York Times 12/08/2014
Obama’s Eulogy, Which Found Its Place in History
New York Times 07/03/2015
Resurfaced â07 Talk by Obama Renews Questions on Race
New York Times 10/03/2012
Poll shows widening racial gap in presidential contest - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/26/2012
Obama and T.S. Eliot- reflections on poetry of the author of "Dreams from My Father"
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
Young Obama, an Eliot Conservative
New York Times 05/08/2012
Two Stars, Meeting Across a Bible
New York Times 01/18/2009
Opinion | The Cost of Barack Obama’s Speech
The New York Times 05/01/2017
Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington D.C.
01/20/2009
Grouped Articles
What would MLK say to President Obama? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/28/11
Saluting a Dream, and Adapting It for a New Era
New York Times 08/28/13
Jamie Stiehm - Oval Office rug gets history wrong
Washington Post 09/04/10
For Obama and Indian Leader, a Friendly Stroll if Not a Full Embrace
New York Times 09/30/14
King’s words, all of them, to be restored - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/14/12
A D.C. Neighborhood, a World Away
Wall Street Journal 01/20/09
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) performance
01/20/2009
Grouped Articles
Bank Bailout Blues Stall U.K. Recovery
Wall Street Journal 05/14/13
Wall Street Journal 06/13/13
New York Times 06/12/13
Royal Bank of Scotland Names New Chief Executive
New York Times 08/02/13
RBS Puts Too Much Stock in Its Bad Bank
Wall Street Journal 11/02/13
RBS to Accelerate Sale of Citizens
Wall Street Journal 11/02/13
U.S. Regional economies- Washington D.C.
01/20/2009
Grouped Articles
Incomes fall in Montgomery and Fairfax counties - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/22/11
Washington area jobless rate fell to 5.4 percent in June - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/02/12
Why Washington Is Doing So Well
New York Times 08/04/12
Incomes Fell or Stagnated in Most States Last Year
Wall Street Journal 09/20/12
A D.C. Neighborhood, a World Away
Wall Street Journal 01/20/09
U.S. Hedge Fund manager John Paulson
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
The Year the Hedge-Fund Model Stalled on Main Street
Wall Street Journal 12/31/15
Trader Racks Up a Second Epic Gain
Wall Street Journal 01/28/11
John A. Paulson Makes $5 Billion Betting on Gold
New York Times 01/28/11
Paulson Funds Hit Hard by Recent Gold Selloff
Wall Street Journal 10/10/11
Hedge Funds that hope to make money off the "piigs" countries.
01/19/2009
These "piigs" countries are Portugal, Italy, Greece, Ireland and Spain that have huge debt for which default protection costs are rising amid the debt crisis in Dubai. See the link to Ireland and the austerity budget just announced and 12.5% unemployment.
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
Hedge Funds Make Some 'Piigs' Pay
Wall Street Journal 12/10/09
Countries' Debt Woes Pose Risk to Upturn
Wall Street Journal 12/09/09
Wall Street Journal 11/20/09
Wall Street Journal 03/03/10
Italy Agrees on $65 Billion in Austerity Measures
New York Times 08/12/11
Hedge Funds
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Hedge Funds Struggle With Steep Losses and High Expectations
New York Times 12/28/15
Wasted Opportunity: Hedge Funds Falter
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Hedge Fund Snapshots: Surviving the Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
In Lieu of Bailout, a New Strategy
New York Times 01/19/09
$52 billion of government money to go through AIG to banks and in turn to hedge funds for betting against the housing market.
01/19/2009
The Financial Products Group's 370 person staff at AIG earns bonueses of $400 million for AIG insurance sold at "fractions of a penny for every dollar covered, less than $10 million for $1 billion of insurance" (WSJ). It costs the government $52 billion to take care of this and $165 million in bonus check go out for retention incentives with binding contracts to these staffthe same week. Thats the kind of financial innovation that has exacerbated the turmoil and created acrisis of condfidence for financial markets in the USA by March 2009.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/10
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
In New Books, a Look at People and Places That Innovate
New York Times 09/04/10
Hank Greenberg Still in the Ring at 90, Battling A.I.G. Charges
New York Times 04/30/15
Wall Street Journal 06/16/15
In A.I.G. Case, Surprise Ruling That Could End All Bailouts
New York Times 06/15/15
The U.S. Public Private Investment Program as it looks in October 2009 will resolve only $12 billion of bad assets.
01/19/2009
Only $12 billion of bad assets will be resolved in the USA, out of an IMF estimated worldwide total of $1.4 trillion in bad assets remaining on the books of financial institutions. It leaves the problem of toxic assets as an overhang for the world financial system should things deteriorate. And it could beseen as a failure to address the problem.
Grouped Articles
Program to Buy Bad Assets Nearly in Place, U.S. Says
New York Times 10/05/09
New York Times 01/19/09
Hedge fund fraud and prosecutions
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Trial Win Adds to Momentum in Crackdown
Wall Street Journal 05/12/11
New York Times 06/13/11
In Shift, Prosecutors Are Lenient as Companies Break the Law
New York Times 07/07/11
Wall Street Journal 01/19/12
Hedge Funds and the 2008 bailout by the U.S. Federal Reserve
01/19/2009
Grouped Articles
Hedge Funders Are All a Little Nuts
Wall Street Journal 08/27/13
Hedge Funds' Investing Prowess Doesn't Live Up to Billing
Wall Street Journal 05/27/14
Many TALF Investors Wealthy and Unknown
New York Times 12/02/10
Fed Lending Benefited Banks Far and Wide
New York Times 12/04/10
Hedge Fund Snapshots: Surviving the Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
In Lieu of Bailout, a New Strategy
New York Times 01/19/09
Obama and race relations in America.
01/18/2009
Grouped Articles
President Offers a Personal Take on Race in U.S.
New York Times 07/19/13
Views on Race Relations Sour, Especially Among Blacks
Wall Street Journal 07/24/13
Deep Tensions Rise to Surface After Ferguson Shooting
New York Times 08/16/14
Eric Garner’s family thanks protesters as nationwide demonstrations continue - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/07/14
Wall Street Journal 12/08/14
Obama Mentions Racial Slur in Describing Fight Against Racism
Wall Street Journal 06/23/15
Racial polarization in the 2012 U.S. presidential election between Romney and Obama
01/18/2009
The figures tell the story- Romney gets 91% of his support from white voters. He is ahead by 23% over Obama among white voters- a Washington Post /ABC News poll showing Romney at 60% and Obama at 37% in the last week of Oct. 2012. Obama's support from white voters is dropping to the level in the Mondale-Reagan election when Mondale was in the 30's -Reagan 65% Mondale 35% among white voters in the 1980 election. Obama's victory in 2008 came from winning 43% of the white vote. Whites made up 74% of voters in ABC polling in 2008- the same number as in 2012. About a 2% shift towards Hispanics and other minorities is expected every 4 years according to experts as U.S. population becomes more diverse. The suburban women with college degrees with strong views about contraception and women's issues were a factor in helping build core support for the Democratic party and Obama to get to the 43%. Another factor is the younger women without college degrees who are now shifting towards Romney and the Republicans over economic issues. Surpprisingly after the foreclosures and high jobless rates hit minorities hardest support has still not fallen for Obama with these groups in polling results.
Grouped Articles
Views on Race Relations Sour, Especially Among Blacks
Wall Street Journal 07/24/13
Blacks, Obama and the Election
New York Times 11/02/14
Obama Mentions Racial Slur in Describing Fight Against Racism
Wall Street Journal 06/23/15
Poll shows widening racial gap in presidential contest - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/26/12
The Price of a Black President
New York Times 10/27/12
New York Times 10/27/12
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