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06/23/2026
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Globalization and markets are not always fair and the need to redirect resources and wealth to help poorer sections
08/25/2008
Globalizations effects on the economy are positive given the right conditions and good government policy. But markets are not always fair and the need for governments to redirect resources and wealth to the poorer sections.
Grouped Articles
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
Nobel Laureates Say Globalization's Winners Should Aid Poor
Wall Street Journal 08/25/2008
G-8 Stumbles Anew, Comes Up Short on Food Aid
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2009
A Tiny Tax Could Do a World of Good
New York Times 09/24/2009
The Economist 07/06/2017
Post war memories of soviet occupation in Eastern Europe.
08/21/2008
Memories on the streets of Prague and Warsaw.
Grouped Articles
For refugees, it’s destination Germany - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/06/2015
Georgian Crisis Brings Attitude Change to a Flush Poland
New York Times 08/21/2008
Amid Conflict in Georgia, Somber Memories for Czechs
New York Times 08/22/2008
Airlines cost cutting.
08/15/2008
Grouped Articles
American Airlines Hit By $7.1 Million in Fines
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2008
BusinessWeek 05/17/2009
Tesco India.
08/13/2008
Tesco's plans for retail stores in India.
Grouped Articles
Economist 05/20/2010
Grocery retailing in India: A long way from the supermarket
Economist 10/17/2014
Retailing in India: Bharti looks to Future
Economist 05/09/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/13/2008
Tesco's CEO-to-Be Unfolds Map for Global Expansion
Wall Street Journal 06/09/2010
Tesco's New CEO Clarke Is Company Veteran
Wall Street Journal 06/09/2010
Cold War and Republican views of the conflict in Georgia.
08/12/2008
A differing view of the conflict in Georgia that sees it through Cold War lens and geopolitics some of it of the grand sort.
Grouped Articles
Georgia Vote Cements Old Leader's Fall
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2013
War Puts Focus on McCain’s Hard Line on Russia
New York Times 08/12/2008
New York Times 08/12/2008
Wall Street Journal 08/13/2008
Welcome Back To the Great Game
Wall Street Journal 08/13/2008
China Stimulus Spending and investment in infrastructure- 2008-2011
08/02/2008
China's efforts to revive its economy with a large Stimulus Spending Plan.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/14/2010
Fixing a Perception Gap for the Underappreciated G-20
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2013
New York Times 04/03/2009
Chinese debt: The great hole of China
Economist 10/17/2014
Wall Street Journal 08/25/2015
China Lets Banks Lend 5% More This Year
Wall Street Journal 08/02/2008
Airlines industry after the global economic crisis in 2009.
08/01/2008
The declines in air travel and the condition of the airlines.
Grouped Articles
Airline Fees and Fares Turn Small Recovery Into Big Profits
New York Times 09/04/2010
Profits Tell of a Turnaround by Major Airlines, and Point to the Start of a New Era
New York Times 07/24/2014
High Fuel Costs Delay Airplane Orders
New York Times 08/01/2008
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2008
UAL Incurs Loss as Cost Of Fuel Rises
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2008
Economist 10/23/2008
Cutbacks at the state and local level and tax increases to offset much of the Stimulus impact in the USA.
07/28/2008
Much of the Stimulus impact may be eroded by the cutbacks at state and local levels.
Grouped Articles
Funds for Highways Plummet As Drivers Cut Gasoline Use
Wall Street Journal 07/28/2008
Facing Deficits, States Get Out Sharper Knives
New York Times 11/17/2008
Gov. Paterson to Propose $4 Billion in Taxes and Fees to Close Deficit
New York Times 12/15/2008
States Squeeze Cities, Spreading the Economic Pain
Wall Street Journal 12/18/2008
Jon S. Corzine - A Bold Stimulus Package -- $1 Trillion Bold -- Is Needed
Washington Post 12/24/2008
Budget Woes Hit Mass Transit as Tax Revenue Falls
Wall Street Journal 03/20/2009
The drug aspects of the Afghanistan war raising corruption and insurgent financing issues create an intractable situation.
07/27/2008
Aspects of war, government, foreign involvement, that complicate the situation with opium farming and drugs injected into the picture.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/16/2014
Afghanistan’s Unending Addiction
New York Times 10/26/2014
Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit From It
New York Times 02/15/2016
Penetrating Every Stage of Afghan Opium Chain, Taliban Become a Cartel
New York Times 02/16/2016
New York Times 07/27/2008
U.N. Sees Afghan Drug Cartels Emerging
New York Times 09/02/2009
Obama and McCain, Presidential candidates 2008, and their ties to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
07/23/2008
The important role Fannie and Freddie lobbyists play in the campaigns of Obama and McCain at the highest level would make one rethink of them as agents of change very seriously. Both are promoting their own careers but in this they were promoting their own careers at the risk of the national interest as without the hard and timely work in 3 to 4 weeks of Secretary Paulson, Ben Bernanke and others, the collapse of Fannie and Freddie would have endangered the American and one could also say the world economy.
Grouped Articles
How John McCain Turned His Clichés Into Meaning
New York Times 12/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 07/23/2008
For ’08 Rivals, a Skein of Ties to Loan Giants
New York Times 09/10/2008
Cost of Fannie And Freddie Keeps Rising
New York Times 06/19/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2011
Ontime performance of airlines.
07/08/2008
Grouped Articles
Flying Was Supposed to Be Better This Summer. It's Not
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2008
Glaxo partnerships with other pharmaceutical companies.
07/07/2008
Partnersuip wit Dr. Reddy's in India and South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare.
Grouped Articles
Glaxo Seeks Guidance From Health Systems
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2008
Glaxo and Pfizer Join Forces to Develop and Market H.I.V. Drugs
New York Times 04/17/2009
Glaxo Seals Marketing Pact With Dr. Reddy's
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2009
The Four Ps of Global Business Expansion
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Indiaâs Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Drug Patents
New York Times 03/06/2012
Wall Street Journal 05/11/2012
Business credit card debt surge and rising default means the 27 million U.S. small business owners are less likely to hire
07/05/2008
Between 2000 and 2009 there was a sixfold jump in the number of business credit cards to 29 million and the debt on these cards jumped four fold to $296 billion. Small business owners acquired the bad habit of using these cards for operating expenses. with rising default rates, small businessowners are less likely to hire and create jobs as they have done before.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/2011
Big Banks Cut Back on Loans to Small Business
Wall Street Journal 11/27/2015
Credit Card Overhauls Seem Likely
New York Times 07/05/2008
New Indian Middle Class Gets Caught In the Whirlwind of Revolving Credit
Wall Street Journal 10/28/2008
AmEx Gets Access to Bailout Fund
Wall Street Journal 11/11/2008
Risky Business for AmEx Holders
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2008
Abbott restructuring.
08/22/2008
Grouped Articles
Abbott Will Cut 1,000 Jobs in Efficiency Bid
Wall Street Journal 08/22/08
Abbott Labs to Split into 2 Companies
New York Times 10/20/11
Abbott to Split Into Two Companies
Wall Street Journal 10/20/11
Abbott Looks to Consumer for Growth
Wall Street Journal 05/03/12
Abbott Laboratories to pay $1.6 billion over illegal marketing of Depakote - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/08/12
Abbott to Pay $1.6 Billion Over Illegal Marketing
New York Times 05/07/12
The Russian side of the story on Georgia and the Europeans forming their own views of working with Russia.
08/16/2008
Russia presents its views to the American press. And the Europeans stick to keeping Euope including Russia together as coming before efforts to forge a new cold war consensus on limiting Russia.
Grouped Articles
Georgia Vote Cements Old Leader's Fall
Wall Street Journal 10/28/13
Georgia Dials Down Conflict With Russia
Wall Street Journal 08/01/15
Wall Street Journal 08/16/08
U.S. Diplomat, Close to Saakashvili, Plays Key Role in Conflict
Wall Street Journal 08/16/08
U.K. Takes Softer Tack In Dealing With Russia
Wall Street Journal 08/20/08
America Must Choose Between Georgia and Russia
Wall Street Journal 08/20/08
China's policy actions to address impact of global financial crisis 2008-2012
08/14/2008
Policy actions taken by China to address the global economic crisis's impact on Chinese growth rate including land policy for farmers and export rebates.
Grouped Articles
Trade Losses Rise in China, Threatening Jobs
New York Times 01/14/09
Global Trade Posts Sharp Decline
Wall Street Journal 01/14/09
Economist 01/15/09
Tax Cut Spurs 25% Rise in Chinese Auto Sales
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
China's Economic Torch Won't Outlast Olympics
BusinessWeek 08/14/08
New York Times 08/24/08
Russian intervention in Georgia to support ethnic Russians and the foreign policy implications.
08/12/2008
Would this mark a return to a Cold War atmosphere. It would not. What it does is mark the limits to what Russia sees as American and NATO efforts to integrate the formerly Soviet countries of Ukraine and Georgia into NATO and the European Union. Even this is not certain as it may be Putin's response to NATO intervention in Kosovo inside Serbia.
Grouped Articles
Georgia Vote Cements Old Leader's Fall
Wall Street Journal 10/28/13
Deeply Bound to Ukraine, Putin Watches and Waits for Next Move
New York Times 02/23/14
To understand Crimea, take a look back at its complicated history
Washington Post 02/28/14
Russia Plotting for Ukrainian Influence, Not Invasion, Analysts Say
New York Times 04/09/14
Tensions Are Writ Large Before Ukraine Showdown
Wall Street Journal 07/07/14
Wall Street Journal 09/03/14
Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York
08/06/2008
The former attorney general of New York, and now Governor of the state. Cuomo was faced with the financial crisis of 2008-2009, and now faces the difficult job of sorting out the state's finances.
Grouped Articles
Cuomo Boasts of New York’s Rebirth, but Hits Snags
New York Times 05/22/14
Cuomo Reflects in Memoir on Highs and Lows, Both Personal and Political
New York Times 10/08/14
A Tepid Thumbs Up Is the Best Many Can Muster for Cuomo
New York Times 11/02/14
At Funeral for Mario Cuomo, Praise for a Leader’s Role as a Humanist
New York Times 01/06/15
Andrew Cuomo Puts Bigger Challenges on His 2nd-Term Agenda
New York Times 01/01/15
New York Times 12/30/10
Bristol-Myers strategies
08/01/2008
Grouped Articles
Bristol Will Buy Diabetes Drug Maker
Wall Street Journal 06/30/12
Bristol-Myers to End Some Drug Discovery
Wall Street Journal 11/09/13
Bristol-Myers to Buy ZymoGenetics for $885 Million
New York Times 09/07/10
Bristol in Development Deal for Hepatitis C Treatment
Wall Street Journal 01/12/09
Bristol-Myers’ Pricey Pipeline
Wall Street Journal 07/24/15
Bristol-Myers: Big Spending Has Big Rewards
Wall Street Journal 11/30/15
The Uptick Rule and Short selling abuses in the U.S.
07/28/2008
The suspension of the Uptick Rule and the S.E.C.'s dire lack of enforcement all seem to suggest that the regulatory mission of the S.E.C. has been influenced by those who are being regulated. Conservatives running the government and regulatory agencies mistakenly assumed that lower regulation was somehow part of the new system of free enterprise that was delivering results. As long as the economy did well they saw no reason to question this, and in fact let regulation wither to the extreme provoking the crisis by letting excesses develop and accumulate. The abuses of excessive leverage under a Fuld at Lehman and of mortage sales under a Mozilo at Countrywide were barely understood by Cox and company at the SEC till they undermined the very foundations of free enterprise.
Grouped Articles
SEC Tries to Rebuild Its Reputation
Wall Street Journal 09/12/13
Agency Subpoenas Focus on 4 Rumors That Hit Lehman
Wall Street Journal 07/28/08
Wall Street Journal 08/21/08
NYSE Chief Leans Toward Uptick Rule
Wall Street Journal 10/02/08
U.K. Will Continue Ban on Short Selling
Wall Street Journal 10/23/08
Citigroup Tries to Stop the Drop in Its Share Price
New York Times 11/21/08
The Afghan war's and the stories of Schweich and Rory on the complication added by opium farming and general antiforeign sentiment.
07/27/2008
Opium farming in the south is supported by the politicians including Karzai and Afghan sentiment generally is against foreigners just as more troops are sought on the ground and in the USA the war is getting politicized for personal advantage by Presidential candidates who do not understand fully what is going on .
Grouped Articles
Afghanistan’s Unending Addiction
New York Times 10/26/14
Tasked With Combating Opium, Afghan Officials Profit From It
New York Times 02/15/16
New York Times 07/27/08
New York Times 07/30/08
Reports Link Karzai’s Brother to Heroin Trade
New York Times 10/05/08
Insurgents in Afghanistan Are Gaining, Petraeus Says
New York Times 10/01/08
Acquisitions by pharmaceutical companies and efforts to preserve the R&D environment researchers are accustomed to
07/24/2008
Grouped Articles
Roche's Big Hurdle with Genentech
BusinessWeek 07/24/08
Airlines industry in Europe and Asia.
07/15/2008
Grouped Articles
Some Airlines Take Off in Stormy Times
Wall Street Journal 07/15/08
Airline Profits Hit the Brakes
Wall Street Journal 09/21/11
Wall Street Journal 09/28/11
Carbon Emission Fees for Flights Upheld
New York Times 12/21/11
EU Keeps Airlines in Carbon Market
Wall Street Journal 12/22/11
In Asia, Budget Flights Multiply
Wall Street Journal 02/27/12
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the housing crisis
07/08/2008
Share prices of both companies drop precipitiously and could leave shareholders with pennies.
Grouped Articles
Fannie Mae to pay $59.4B to Treasury - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/13
Fannie Chief: Payout Must Not Delay Revamp
Wall Street Journal 05/10/13
The Housing Market Is Still Missing a Backbone
New York Times 08/10/13
Fannie, Freddie Payments Nearly Match Aid
Wall Street Journal 11/08/13
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Unfinished business
Economist 07/24/10
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Fannie?
Wall Street Journal 12/24/13
Credit card debt surges and the effects on U.S. consumer spending, followed by household debt reduction.
07/05/2008
The result is huge swings in consumer spending, first with rising debt and then with debt reduction and the cultural shift to different lifestyles.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/11
Deleveraging: It's Not Over Till It's Over
Wall Street Journal 03/11/09
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/14
Americans’ Debt-Cutting Levels Off
Wall Street Journal 12/12/14
An Ambiguous Omen, U.S. Household Debt Begins to Rise Again
New York Times 02/18/14
Americans Pocketing What They Save on Gas, Retail Data Suggests
New York Times 01/14/15
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