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06/23/2026
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Voices of caution about the economic recovery in the U.S. as underlying problems remain.
04/20/2008
Underlying problems in foreclosure rates, job losses, and toxic assets at banks remain unresolved, even as the stimulus spending plans and the Fed's putting money into the economy fast have helped restore some degree of confidence.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 10/10/2010
The Wage That Meant Middle Class
New York Times 04/20/2008
A Trap in Obama’s Spending Plan
New York Times 12/21/2008
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
New York Times 02/13/2009
New York Times 03/06/2009
Sony, Panasonic and the competition from Samsung and Vizio in the television business
04/15/2008
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2011
How Vizio Beat Sony in High-Def TV
BusinessWeek 04/22/2010
U.S. Upstart Takes On TV Giants in Price War
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
Panasonic Closes Plasma TV Plant in China
Wall Street Journal 01/11/2013
How Japan Lost Its Electronics Crown
Wall Street Journal 08/15/2012
Intel and Sony Ambitions for Internet TV Services Meet Skepticism
New York Times 09/29/2013
Gazprom performance
04/09/2008
Grouped Articles
In Reversal, Neighbors Squeeze Russia's Gazprom Over Natural-Gas Prices
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
Gazprom Looks Good for Only a Short-Term Romance
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Gazprom Faces Effects of Politics on Its Bottom Line
New York Times 04/22/2015
Wall Street Journal 08/31/2011
South Stream Wins Nod From Turkey
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2011
American cars in global markets
04/08/2008
Grouped Articles
Detroit Sets Bold Goal: Exporting U.S. Cars
Wall Street Journal 04/08/2008
The views and wisdom of Peter Bernstein.
03/30/2008
Peter Bernstein who turned 90, has watched financial markets from the fifties as they recovered from the war and depression. He sees little reassurance from looking at the past and thinking that "the seas will be flat again." He thinks its vital that President Obama tackle the household sector and mortgages first, with forceful action to stop foreclosures by government intervention and compulsory mortgage modification.
Grouped Articles
When the Long View Isn’t So Scenic
New York Times 03/30/2008
One Guy Who Has Seen It All Doesn't Like What He Sees Now
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2008
Put Away the Wish List, and Help Households Bounce Back
New York Times 11/09/2008
How a Modern Depression Might Look -- If the U.S. Gets There
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2009
Peter L. Bernstein, Explainer of Risks of Stocks, Dies at 90
New York Times 06/08/2009
A Year After a Cataclysm, Little Change on Wall St.
New York Times 09/12/2009
Franco-Chinese Institute for Nuclear Energy in China's Guangdong province.
03/27/2008
France is training Chinese nuclear engineers at an institute in China. France's effort to promote nuclear safety management, cooperation in the field of nuclear energy, and raise the quality of nuclear engineering education in China.
Grouped Articles
China National Nuclear to Raise $2.6 Billion in IPO
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2014
China Wants ‘Made in China’ Nuclear Reactors
Wall Street Journal 12/16/2014
French Train China Nuclear Experts
Wall Street Journal 12/29/2011
France's Election Heats Up over Nuclear Power
BusinessWeek 12/01/2011
French nuclear energy: Under pressure
Economist 12/17/2011
China Nuclear Firm Plans Up to $27 Billion IPO
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2012
The economy of Ireland after 2009.
03/27/2008
High unemployment, cutbacks in an austerity budget, emigration like it was before the 1980's, and a whole host of problems facing the Irish.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/23/2010
Ireland's Unemployed Head Back to the Farm
BusinessWeek 10/14/2010
Ireland: The End of the Miracle
BusinessWeek 03/27/2008
Dell Moving Irish Operations to Poland
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2009
Ireland's Boom Falls Hard in Global Crisis
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2009
Crisis Builds Irish Support for EU Pact
Wall Street Journal 02/17/2009
Lehman CEO Richard Fuld in 2013, eight years after the collapse of Lehman
03/18/2008
Grouped Articles
In Lehman's Shadow, Ex-CEO Fuld Carries On, Quietly
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2009
Introducing a Roundtable on Too Big to Fail
Unknown 10/25/2009
Death and Near-Death Experiences on Wall St.
New York Times 09/21/2008
Lehman Struggles To Shore Up Confidence
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2008
Lehman Finds Itself In Center of a Storm
Wall Street Journal 03/18/2008
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in the global financial crisis of 2008
03/18/2008
Grouped Articles
Lehman Channeled Risks Through âAlter Egoâ Firm
New York Times 04/12/2010
Fuld: SEC, Fed Knew All —Even If He Didn't
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2010
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/2013
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2009
Death and Near-Death Experiences on Wall St.
New York Times 09/21/2008
Lehman Brothers and Fed rescue
03/18/2008
Grouped Articles
Lessons from the Lehman Autopsy
BusinessWeek 03/24/2010
Fuld: SEC, Fed Knew All —Even If He Didn't
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2010
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/2013
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Introducing a Roundtable on Too Big to Fail
Unknown 10/25/2009
Death and Near-Death Experiences on Wall St.
New York Times 09/21/2008
Bear Stearns collapse and takeover by JP Morgan
03/17/2008
The collapse of bear Stearns and the takeover by JP Morgan with the Fed' backing. On March 18, 2008 speculation about Lehman being next.
Grouped Articles
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/2013
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Lehman Struggles To Shore Up Confidence
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2008
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/2013
Record Pact Is on the Table, But J.P. Morgan Faces Fight
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
Considering the Fairness of JP Morgan's Deal
New York Times 10/21/2013
Southwest Airlines after the global crisis of 2009.
03/17/2008
CEO Kelly on how Southwest plans to operate in the new environment and other stories.
Grouped Articles
Southwest Rethinks Plane Retirement, Shelves Outsource Plan
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2008
Southwest Posts a Fourth-Quarter Loss
New York Times 01/23/2009
Southwest Airlines CEO Says He's Not Ready to Call a Bottom
Wall Street Journal 04/17/2009
Q & A With Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly at SmartMoney.com
Unknown 09/29/2009
Airlines Are Driven to Nickel and Dime
Wall Street Journal 10/05/2011
Global Airlines Fly Into 'Storm'
Wall Street Journal 06/05/2012
Southwest Airlines Safety.
03/11/2008
Grouped Articles
Southwest Suspends 3 in Inspection Lapse
New York Times 03/11/2008
Southwest Suspends Workers Amid Probe
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2008
New Safety Setback Grounds Southwest Planes
Wall Street Journal 03/13/2008
Southwest Rethinks Plane Retirement, Shelves Outsource Plan
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2008
Political Pendulum Swings Toward Stricter Regulation
Wall Street Journal 03/24/2008
Southwest Planes Had Cracks an Inspection Might Have Found
New York Times 04/11/2008
Unemployment and partime unemployment in the U.S. economy 2008 and beyond.
04/18/2008
How unemployment is shaping up and how the underutilization rate and partime employment is changing the picture of employment in the USA.
Grouped Articles
Stuck at Unemployed: When A Layoff Becomes a Lifestyle
Washington Post 06/06/09
Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn
New York Times 04/18/08
Many Hispanics Are Hit Hard by Economic Slump
New York Times 05/13/08
A Hidden Toll on Employment: Cut to Part Time
New York Times 07/31/08
Retail Losses Sap a Jobs Safety Net
Wall Street Journal 11/11/08
Labor Data Show Pain Across Economy
Wall Street Journal 11/08/08
Gazprom and Italy
04/09/2008
Grouped Articles
Gazprom Looks Good for Only a Short-Term Romance
Wall Street Journal 07/12/10
ENI to Sell Stake in Gazprom Oil Unit
Wall Street Journal 04/07/09
Gazprom and Eni Plan Gas Pipeline in Libya
New York Times 04/09/08
Greenspan's role in the global financial crisis of 2008.
04/08/2008
The role that Greenspan's philosophy of letting markets do their own thing without any sort of restraint or checks played in the collapse in 2008 across the US, Europe and emerging markets.
Grouped Articles
His Legacy Tarnished, Greenspan Goes on Defensive
Wall Street Journal 04/08/08
Taking Hard New Look at a Greenspan Legacy
New York Times 10/09/08
Asian Officials Push Back Against Savings Glut Theory
Wall Street Journal 07/04/09
A Year After a Cataclysm, Little Change on Wall St.
New York Times 09/12/09
Summers Says More Regulators Could Join Fed to Police Risk
Wall Street Journal 09/12/09
Fed Chooses Staff Economist as Head of Bank Supervision
Wall Street Journal 10/21/09
Toyota's excess capacity and the pledge not to layoff workers in 2008-2009
04/02/2008
With so much excess capacity on the market can Toyota continue to keep all plants open?
Grouped Articles
Toyota Feels Pinch Along With Big 3 As Sales Dive
Wall Street Journal 04/02/08
Detroit Free Press 10/03/08
New York Times 11/19/08
Toyota Boss Faces First Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 07/01/09
How China's export manufacturers are setting up operations to market and sell in the domestic market.
03/27/2008
The story of Tandem, a bicycle manufacturer in Shunde, Guangdong province, and of other manufacturers targeting the domestic market.
Grouped Articles
China Inc. Looks Homeward as U.S. Shoppers Turn Frugal
Wall Street Journal 09/29/09
Why the Chinese don’t spend : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/10
China Dethrones Germany as Top Goods Exporter
Wall Street Journal 01/06/10
Gadget Giant's Evolution: Make, Then Sell
Wall Street Journal 08/21/10
Made in China Is Getting Expensive
Wall Street Journal 08/10/12
BusinessWeek 03/27/08
China and the Wukan experiment in Guangdong province in Jan. 2012
03/27/2008
Efforts to give expression to grass roots opinion and open up democratic processes in Guangdong province.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 02/03/12
Wukan Vote Offers Beijing a New Path
Wall Street Journal 03/05/12
Donât Believe Chinaâs Promises
New York Times 05/04/12
BusinessWeek 03/27/08
Hong Kong's closer ties with Guangdong and the Pearl River Delta 2010-2015
03/27/2008
Grouped Articles
Hong Kong Bonds With China Delta
Wall Street Journal 06/30/12
Hong Kong Mood Is Dour as President Hu Jintao Returns
New York Times 06/30/12
BusinessWeek 03/27/08
China's Export Machine Threatened by Rising Costs
Wall Street Journal 06/30/08
Lehman Brothers and the improper accounting that misled investors and led to its collapse.
03/18/2008
The use of Repo 105 transactions which concealed loans as sales of securities and moved them off the bank's balance sheet. About $50 billion was moved off the balance sheet in this way in 2007 and 2008. The practice started in 2001 and was accepted by its auditor Ernst & Young. The New York Attorney General is investigating Lehman and Ernst & Young.
Grouped Articles
Lessons from the Lehman Autopsy
BusinessWeek 03/24/10
Lehman Channeled Risks Through âAlter Egoâ Firm
New York Times 04/12/10
Fuld: SEC, Fed Knew All —Even If He Didn't
Wall Street Journal 04/20/10
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/13
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
From Lehman's Wreckage, New Lives
Wall Street Journal 09/12/09
U.S. Regional Economies- New York.
03/18/2008
Grouped Articles
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/13
Some See Biden’s ‘Third World’ Description of La Guardia as Too Kind
New York Times 02/07/14
Troubled Outlook for New York City Economy Turns a Lot Grimmer
New York Times 03/18/08
This Time, Slump Hits Well-Educated, Too
New York Times 04/05/09
For New York’s Newly Jobless, $430 Doesn’t Go Far
New York Times 04/19/09
Job Losses Show Wider Racial Gap in New York
New York Times 07/13/09
Lehman after one year in September 2009.
03/18/2008
The Lehman failure looked at a year later. But what of this crisis atmosphere that needed to be created by Paulson for reform, and for Congress to acto both on bailout and reforms? See the accompanying article in the NYT on the practically complacent and no action posture that has set in on American financial markets, and the lobbying of financial institutions in Congress and with the Obama government that supports such a posture.
Grouped Articles
Lessons from the Lehman Autopsy
BusinessWeek 03/24/10
Inside the End of the U.S. Bid to Punish Lehmann Executives
New York Times 09/08/13
Hedge Funds Are Among the Winners of the Lehman Spoils
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
In Lehman's Shadow, Ex-CEO Fuld Carries On, Quietly
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Introducing a Roundtable on Too Big to Fail
Unknown 10/25/09
Death and Near-Death Experiences on Wall St.
New York Times 09/21/08
Liquidity Trap in Japan and the U.S.
03/17/2008
With the demand curve for money horizontal further increases in the money supply do little to lower interest rates, or as in the current situation where the interest rates in the US are virtually at zero so that further increases in the money supply do little to stimulate the economy. As unemployment is growing and the financial sector weak, Bernanke and the Fed see other ways in which quantitative easing helps a recovery. Here Chritopher Woods compares today's situation in America to that of postbubble Japan. He says America is already in a liquidity trap. And the regulatory forbearance to cleanup the banking mess is similiar to that in postbubble Japan when it took the government years to get up the will and strength to straighten out the mess including breaking up the banks that are too big to fail.
Grouped Articles
Is the U.S. Economy Turning Japanese?
Wall Street Journal 10/27/09
Economist 10/15/09
Economist 12/30/09
Fed’s Bullard Raises Policy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 07/29/10
Opinions Are Split on Fed Policy Move
Wall Street Journal 11/01/10
Ben S. Bernanke - What the Fed did and why: supporting the recovery and sustaining price stability
Washington Post 11/04/10
Safety incidents and safety violations by airlines.
03/12/2008
Southwest and other airlines have faced FAA fines for aseries of safety violations.
Grouped Articles
Southwest Suspends Workers Amid Probe
Wall Street Journal 03/12/08
Political Pendulum Swings Toward Stricter Regulation
Wall Street Journal 03/24/08
Southwest Planes Had Cracks an Inspection Might Have Found
New York Times 04/11/08
Safety Pushes Stall at Embattled FAA
Wall Street Journal 06/26/08
American Airlines Hit By $7.1 Million in Fines
Wall Street Journal 08/15/08
Southwest Inspects Its Jets After Hole Forces Landing
New York Times 07/15/09
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