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06/23/2026
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Consumer spending and the shift to lower paying and parttime jobs in the U.S. - 2010-2014
01/06/2009
Grouped Articles
Wealth Tide Doesn't Lift All Boats
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones
New York Times 04/27/2014
A part-timer boom, or blip? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/16/2014
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/2014
Elevated Level of Part-Time Employment: Post-Recession Norm?
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2014
Americans Pocketing What They Save on Gas, Retail Data Suggests
New York Times 01/14/2015
The U.S., European Union, and Russia- an Alternate View for 2014-2016
01/05/2009
Former Defense Secretary Gates offers an alternate view of U.S. and EU relations with Russia. His comments about Georgia could apply to Crimea in 2014.
Grouped Articles
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
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
This Is Just a Date, Not a Marriage
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2014
The Alternate View about U.S. and EU relations with Russia from Gates and German opinion
01/05/2009
An alternate view about U.S. and EU relations with Russia from former Defense Secretary Gates and German public opinion which looks at Georgia, Crimea, Ukraine, in the larger context of the postwar years beyond todays headlines.
Grouped Articles
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
Twin Shocks Shake Foundation of German Power
New York Times 04/18/2014
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
New York Times 05/05/2014
FDIC investigation of Washington Mutual (WaMu)
01/05/2009
A lawsuit is filed by the FDIC against 2 WaMu executives and their wives for their role in the mortgage crisis.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
J.P. Morgan Reaches $4.5 Billion Settlement With Investors
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2013
New York Times 04/01/2009
FDIC Sues WaMu Executives, and Wives
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2011
New York Times 08/22/2011
Fannie and Freddie don’t deserve blame for bubble - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/28/2012
U.S. Defense Secretary Gates
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
Foreign Affairs 01/05/2009
Former Defense Secretary Gates Is Elected President of the Boy Scouts
New York Times 05/22/2014
The U.S. Has No Global Strategy
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
The Libya Mission Was 'Never About Regime Change'
Wall Street Journal 03/27/2011
Wall Street Journal 06/01/2011
Taliban and peace talks in Chantilly, France
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Sharif and Karzai Try to Repair Ties
Wall Street Journal 10/30/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2014
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/2014
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2012
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
Ameriquest
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Housing Push for Hispanics Spawns Wave of Foreclosures
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2009
Countrywide, its founder Angelo Mozilo, and Bank of America
01/05/2009
Countrywide is now a unit of Bank of America. Countrywide became known for questionable practices in the mortgage lending business. Countrywide turns out to be a failed and dangerous acquisition for Bank of America.
Grouped Articles
BofA's Blunder: $40 Billion-Plus
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2012
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Court Weighs Penalty in Bank of America 'Hustle' Case
Wall Street Journal 12/06/2013
Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide Settles Fraud Case for $67.5 Million
New York Times 10/15/2010
Bank of America to Pay $6.3 Billion To Settle Mortgage Securities Suit
New York Times 03/26/2014
BofA Deal With U.S. Is Hung Up Over Penalties Tied to Countrywide, Merrill
Wall Street Journal 07/29/2014
The U.S. and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood party
01/05/2009
The economic crisis in Egypt after years of underinvestment in the economy. The Muslim Brotherhood is thrust into the role of economic policy maker after winning the parliamentary elections.
Grouped Articles
Morsi Faces Ultimatum as Allies Speak of Military âCoupâ
New York Times 07/01/2013
Prominent Egyptian Liberal Says He Sought Westâs Support for Uprising
New York Times 07/04/2013
New York Times 07/04/2013
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power
New York Times 07/04/2013
U.S. Struggles for Leverage as Mideast Crisis Deepens
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
In Egypt, U.S. Is Left With a Familiar False Choice
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2013
How the Muslim world sees America, early in the Obama administration.
01/05/2009
Not much has changed, and in Pakistan it has become more unfavorable after Obama speeches in Cairo and Ankara. The Islamic world and the Middle East has not changed much and some experts say the Arabs see Obama as more rhetoric than substance.
Grouped Articles
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/2013
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt’s coup - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/05/2013
Rice Offers a More Modest Strategy for Mideast
New York Times 10/26/2013
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
Leaving U.S. Allies Adrift as Chaos Rises
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2014
The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama
Wall Street Journal 11/29/2009
BMW strategies
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
BMW Launches Its First Mass-Production Electric Car
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2013
Luxury Auto Makers Fill Lineups With Dizzying Array of Models
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
Europeans Raise Pressure on Detroit
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2009
When the dust clears BMW may struggle to compete.
Detroit News 11/29/2009
Luxury-Car Makers Push Function More Than Flash
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2010
BMW Hopes to Catch the Upswing
New York Times 02/12/2010
Osama Bin Laden and Al Quaeda
01/05/2009
The death of Osama Bin Laden in a U.S. raid at Abbotabad in Islamaba on May 1, 2011. During 2011 the face of the Middle East and most Arab countries began to change with the democracy protests. The result is a region where ordinary Arabs are taking the first steps to determine their own future and look to good governance and democratic processes as critical elements in social and economic change. This leaves little room for the kind of movement Osama Bin Laden led. For the U.S., Arabs and the Muslim world the shift is to other priorities.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
New Test for U.S.-Pakistan Relations
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Bin Laden's Death Brings Calls for Afghan Pullout
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
In Assault on Bin Laden, Copters Departed From Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Operation Is Blow to al Qaeda, Taliban
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2011
Gates and Albright's hopes and plans for a new era in Russian-American relations
01/05/2009
Gates and Albright see a new era of Russian-American relations and President Medvedev of Russian shares the same hopes.
Grouped Articles
This Is Just a Date, Not a Marriage
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2014
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/2009
Foreign Affairs 01/05/2009
Obama Offered Deal to Russia in Secret Letter
New York Times 03/03/2009
Dmitry A. Medvedev - Russia's President on Building Russian-U.S. Bonds
Washington Post 03/31/2009
Promises of ‘Fresh Start’ for U.S.-Russia Relations
New York Times 04/02/2009
Robert Gates on reshaping the Pentagon for a new period
01/05/2009
Defense Secretary Gates gives his vision for changes to the Defense Department.
Grouped Articles
Foreign Affairs 01/05/09
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/09
The U.S. Has No Global Strategy
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
The U.S., EU and Islamic terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan- An Alternate view from Gates for 2014-2016
01/05/2009
Former Defense Secretary Gates offers an alternate view about how Islamic terrorism happened and how it should be seen in a larger context of the post war years.
Grouped Articles
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/09
Fareed Zakaria: Let’s be honest, Islam has a problem right now - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/10/14
The U.S. Has No Global Strategy
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Legal bills of American Banks
01/05/2009
Legal bills and litigation losses of US Banks after the financial crisis of 2008.
Grouped Articles
Bank of America's Earnings Cup Springs a Leak
Wall Street Journal 04/17/14
Bank of America to Pay $17 Billion in Justice Department Settlement
Wall Street Journal 08/21/14
Bank of America's $17 Billion Settlement Less Painful than It Looks
New York Times 08/21/14
Bank of America Mortgages Show Conflict and Trickery in Mortgages
New York Times 08/21/14
Record Bank of America Settlement Latest in Government Crusade
Wall Street Journal 08/22/14
Goldman: $3.4 Billion in Possible Litigation Losses
Wall Street Journal 03/01/11
Russian President Medvedev
01/05/2009
Only 45, even after a decade in the Russian leadership ranks, Medvedev represents a younger generation of Russian leaders. Medvedev's fascination with the British rock band Deep Purple since the age of 12, and his background as a teenage disc jockey, shows a break from the stodgy image of Russia in the past.
Grouped Articles
Ex-Aide to Medvedev and Putin Out at Kremlin
New York Times 05/08/13
Wall Street Journal 06/18/10
Medvedev Chooses Critic for an Interview Debut
Wall Street Journal 04/15/09
A Puzzle Over Intentions of Russia’s President
New York Times 05/03/09
Russia's Medvedev Meets Deep Purple
Wall Street Journal 03/23/11
Medvedev Makes a Slight Break With Putin
Wall Street Journal 05/19/11
VW's setback in the U.S. market for Passat and Jetta models in 2012-2013
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
VW's $1 Billion Bet on U.S. Factory Sputters
Wall Street Journal 09/06/13
Europeans Raise Pressure on Detroit
Wall Street Journal 01/05/09
Wall Street Journal 01/07/15
The Taliban in their Own Words.
01/05/2009
A Washington Post-Newsweek account of the Taliban's disintegration after the U.S. invasion post 9/11 and the way they gradually came together to pose the threat they now pose. See the link to NY Times accounts of how the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence operates behind the scenes to back the Taliban, which may provide the other side of the story how the Taliban gain the sophistication and support they need to reorganize. And the links to the failure of the Karzai regime that has played into Taliban leader Mullah Omar's hands.
Grouped Articles
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/14
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/14
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/15
The Taliban in Their Own Words | Print Article | Newsweek.com
Unknown 12/28/09
Taliban Shows Interest In Negotiated Settlement
New York Times 08/03/11
U.S. Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War
New York Times 12/25/11
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Jordan
01/05/2009
The Muslim Brotherhood as it faces a political and economic crisis in Egypt and Jordan.
Grouped Articles
Morsi Faces Ultimatum as Allies Speak of Military âCoupâ
New York Times 07/01/13
Jurist Sworn In to Lead Egypt Transition
New York Times 07/04/13
Prominent Egyptian Liberal Says He Sought Westâs Support for Uprising
New York Times 07/04/13
New York Times 07/04/13
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power
New York Times 07/04/13
Quiet of Morning Prayer Shattered by Violence in Cairo
Wall Street Journal 07/08/13
Taliban and peace talks with the U.S- 2011-2013
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
Sharif and Karzai Try to Repair Ties
Wall Street Journal 10/30/13
Wall Street Journal 06/10/14
Unruly Factions Hurt Taliban’s Bid to Capture Afghan Hearts, and Territory
New York Times 01/02/15
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/15
Taliban Shows Interest In Negotiated Settlement
New York Times 08/03/11
Vast improvements in counterterrorism operations against Al Quaeda.
01/05/2009
Britain's former head of overseas counter terrorism operations Barrett, who heads the UN group monitoring Al Quaeda and Taliban, says the capabilities and effectiveness of intelligence and operations have increased tremendously. This is happening just as younger Muslims of anew generation are less interested in religion and have no memory of earlier events, and their are fewer competent people in the militant groups.
Grouped Articles
Bin Laden's Death Brings Calls for Afghan Pullout
Wall Street Journal 05/02/11
Operation Is Blow to al Qaeda, Taliban
Wall Street Journal 05/02/11
U.S. Rolled Dice in bin Laden Raid
Wall Street Journal 05/03/11
White House Adviser Says U.S. Has 6 Months to 'Knock Out' Al Qaeda Leadership
New York Times 07/29/11
Pentagon Chief Sees Opportunities In Russia and the War on Terrorism
Washington Post 01/05/09
Bank of America mortgage unit
01/05/2009
The effort to cleanup 1.3 million delinquent loans, a large part of which came with the acquisition of Countrywide Financial in 2008. Countrywide led by Mozilo is said to be one of the largest firms behind the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
BofA's Blunder: $40 Billion-Plus
Wall Street Journal 06/29/12
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Finally, Borrowers Score Points
New York Times 06/11/10
Court Weighs Penalty in Bank of America 'Hustle' Case
Wall Street Journal 12/06/13
Angelo Mozilo of Countrywide Settles Fraud Case for $67.5 Million
New York Times 10/15/10
Bank of America to Pay $6.3 Billion To Settle Mortgage Securities Suit
New York Times 03/26/14
Is the Arab Revolution, the struggle for freedom in the Middle East, an opportunity for the West and for the Free World?
01/05/2009
Even in the hills above Darna, near Benghazi, Libya- where Islamic anti-Ghadafi fighters reviled the West- the mood is for friendly relations and being on the same side as the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. and European support for the democracy protests and movements throughout the Arab world has created a change in the Arab world for how America is seen. Did the U.S. support of autocratic regimes in the Arab world create tensions that were released through activities that targeted America? Could this be the opportunity that would turn things around for the West and the Free World's relations with the Arab and Muslim world? Could this be the beginnings of an opportunity that can bring back much needed peaceful relations with the Arab world and Muslims in South Asia?
Grouped Articles
âBeyond War,â by David Rohde
New York Times 05/03/13
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt’s coup - The Washington Post
Washington Post 07/05/13
New York Times 12/30/13
Fareed Zakaria: Let’s be honest, Islam has a problem right now - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/10/14
New York Times 11/19/14
A Syrian Refugee Lesson for Liberals
Wall Street Journal 11/17/15
VW U.S. and Mexico
01/05/2009
Grouped Articles
Japanese Car Makers Lose Their Midsize Edge
Wall Street Journal 05/07/13
VW's $1 Billion Bet on U.S. Factory Sputters
Wall Street Journal 09/06/13
Volkswagen Replaces U.S. Chief
Wall Street Journal 12/13/13
Wall Street Journal 09/12/10
Volkswagen Aims at Fast Lane in U.S.
Wall Street Journal 10/05/10
Volkswagen to Invest $7 Billion in North America
Wall Street Journal 01/14/14
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