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Safety failure in the coal mining industry.
06/16/2010
The failure of the Massey Energy Company and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MHSA) to ensure safety at a coal mine in W. Virginia, resulting in the death of 29 coal miners.
Grouped Articles
Former Massey Coal Executive Sentenced to Prison
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2013
Jury Convicts Former Massey CEO Don Blankenship of Conspiracy
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2015
Former Massey Energy CEO Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2016
Massey Faults Regulators' Shift on Ventilation
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
George Papandreou's leadership during the Greece crisis- 2010-2011
06/15/2010
Papandreou has provided leadership on the issues facing Greece by walking the talk, with straight talk about the action needed, consulting economic experts in America who are in his inner circle, and working with European leaders for solutions. He has kept his profile modest and set a role model for his ministers and public officials.
Grouped Articles
George Papandreou Finds Balm for Greece Deficit
New York Times 06/15/2010
BusinessWeek 06/24/2010
At Impasse, Greek Leader Vows to Reset Cabinet
New York Times 06/15/2011
Greek Leader Faces Key Confidence Vote
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2011
New York Times 06/21/2011
Budget Discipline in Japan in 2010
06/11/2010
Spending is to be kept at 71 trillion yen for the next 3 years and the budget balanced in 10 years. This is critical to the Democratic Party government's credibility on spending, deficit and debt issues facing Japan.
Grouped Articles
Abe Set to Proceed With Tax Increase in Japan
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2013
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Japan Expects Higher Tax Revenue
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2015
In Budget Plan, Japan Proposes More Spending and Aims to Borrow Less
New York Times 01/14/2015
Japan Vows to Cap Budget at 71 Trillion Yen
Wall Street Journal 07/20/2010
Shaking up Japan: Bold, or plain reckless?
Economist 02/05/2011
Report of the Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon rig Gulf oil spill
06/05/2010
Grouped Articles
In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Rig
New York Times 06/05/2010
Recipes for Ruin, in the Gulf or on Wall Street
New York Times 06/11/2010
Chinese Walls, Pocked With Peepholes
New York Times 06/11/2010
Oil Executives Try to Explain Differences From BP
New York Times 06/15/2010
At BP, a History of Boldness and Costly Blunders
New York Times 07/12/2010
Oil Rigs’ Biggest Risk: Human Error
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2015
The economy of Italy in the euro-zone crisis of 2010-2014
06/03/2010
Grouped Articles
Italy Urged to Resist a Relapse in Spending
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
In Italy, High Payroll Taxes Stand in Way of Recovery
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2013
Italian Economy Stops Contracting
Wall Street Journal 12/10/2013
Can Italy Find Its Way? Resistance to Change Means Slow Recovery
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2014
E.C.B. Plots Strategy for Staving Off Deflation
New York Times 05/26/2014
Italy's Shot of Southern Discomfort
Wall Street Journal 06/03/2010
The Internet and Education.
06/03/2010
The role of the Internet in learning.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 07/27/2013
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity?
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Revolution Hits the Universities
New York Times 01/26/2013
Davos Considers Learningâs Next Wave
New York Times 01/27/2013
The Afghanistan war in mid to late 2010.
06/02/2010
Some successes in counterinsurgency do not make up for the lack of an alternative in governance that wins credibility in Afghanistan, among the people.
Grouped Articles
Strategy vs. Tactics in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 06/02/2010
Official Admits Militancyâs Deep Roots in Pakistan
New York Times 06/02/2010
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
McChrystalâs Fate in Limbo as He Prepares to Meet Obama
New York Times 06/23/2010
The Fury of a General, Released by Nature
New York Times 06/22/2010
Sharp Words Expose Rift Over War Policy
Wall Street Journal 06/21/2010
Andy Grove and the scaling up at home that American companies need to do.
05/29/2010
Andy Grove brushes off talk of sending technologies and jobs much needed at home to China, with the talk he hears of "a China strategy." He doesn't see how an America with high paying jobs and mass of unemployed could work. He says American companies have failed to scale up, the way Intel did in the seventies. For every Apple employee there are 10 employees in China working on Mac's, Iphones, and Ipads. The idea of manufacturing as not important is misguided and he would like to see America rebuild its industrial base.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Apple Says App Store Sales Rose 50% in 2014
Wall Street Journal 01/09/2015
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Andy Grove: How America Can Create Jobs
BusinessWeek 07/01/2010
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
Solutions to the Greece crisis.
05/27/2010
Would the solution adopted by Turkey in 2001 work? Devaluation of the currency is not an option for Greece. Turkey devalued the lira 54% in 2001.
Grouped Articles
Greece Can Learn IMF Austerity from Turkey
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/22/2010
European Debt Deal Has Flaws - News Analysis
New York Times 03/14/2011
For Greece, the Path to Restructuring Holds Pitfalls
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2011
Don't Bet on an Imminent Euro-Zone Debt Default
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2011
Expectations Grow for Greek Debt Restructuring
New York Times 04/18/2011
The failure of the Obama administration to respond adequately to the BP Oil Spill in Gulf waters.
05/27/2010
Slow, indecisive action by government agencies and relying too much on a failed BP approach.
Grouped Articles
Obama and the Dreaded Katrina Comparison
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Rig
New York Times 06/05/2010
A Disaster Reaches Beyond the Gulf Coast
New York Times 06/04/2010
Another Torrent BP Works to Stem: Its C.E.O.
New York Times 06/03/2010
Obama and BP at Risk Over Oil Spill
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Charlie Rose Talks to Vice-President Joe Biden
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the U.S.
05/27/2010
The Commodities Futures Trading Commission regulates the derivatives markets in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
Banks Criticize Strict Controls for Foreign Bets
New York Times 04/30/2013
How Wall Street Gamed Derivatives Reform
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
New Rule, Vacancy, for Wall Street Regulator
New York Times 11/05/2013
Can Big Banks Maintain the Status Quo on Derivatives?
New York Times 08/28/2010
CFTC's Energy-Industry Gadfly Gets His Way
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2010
Ex-Prosecutor to Head CFTC Enforcement
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2010
The Japanese economy and the rising yen in 2010-2012
05/27/2010
The yen reached 86 yen to the dollar by August 2010. Chinese government accumulation of Japanese bonds was amajor factor in the yen's rise in 2010. By August 2011 the yen experienced a new surge going up to 78 yen to the U.S. dollar resulting in intervention by the Bank of Japan in currency markets. Investor flight to safe havens such as the Swiss Franc and the Japanese yen with the debt crisis in the U.S. and the Eurozone. The impact on export markets. The newly elected LDP government of Shinzo took strong action to reverse this and improve export competitiveness in 2013.
Grouped Articles
Japan's Yen Rises Above War Jitters, Deflation
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Japan Faces Uphill Battle in Curbing Yen's Rise
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2010
Behind Japan's Allure: Stagnancy
Wall Street Journal 08/24/2010
Electric Cars Make Japan's Gas Engine Industry Anxious
New York Times 11/02/2010
Japanese manufacturers: Leaving home
Economist 11/20/2010
Nissan to 'Significantly' Reduce Japan Exports
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2011
Roubini on China, currency issues, and domestic consumption in China.
05/17/2010
By letting the yuan China can shift the benefits to households, who will have more purchasing power, and reverse the shift that has taken place in the last 10 years, with domestic consumption making up about 36% of GDP- down by about 10 points from ten years earlier. State owned companies gained at the expense of households, as did infrastructure spending, but it is leading to misallocation of investments and hurting households. As a result China will hit a growth wall in the next 2-3 years, says Roubini.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
New York Times 09/30/2010
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
New York Times 09/25/2010
China's mobile phone market.
06/16/2010
China's mobile phone market includes Nokia, Samsung, and also local Chinese companies like Tianyu which satisfy demand for lower prices and locally desired features. It can price the K-Touch touchscreen, at athird of the price of a similiar Taiwanese phone.
Grouped Articles
Apple Faces Dilemma Over Strategy in China
Wall Street Journal 04/24/13
Huawei Set to Launch New Smartphone
Wall Street Journal 06/18/13
A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging
New York Times 09/28/14
Xiaomi Makes a Profit on Its Cheap Smartphones
Wall Street Journal 11/06/14
Tianyu Leads Rise of China's Handset Makers
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
China's 3G Users Reach 25.2 Million
Wall Street Journal 07/20/10
Community Cleanup action for the BP Oil Spill.
06/15/2010
Grouped Articles
Spill Provides Marketing Opportunity for Dawn Detergent
New York Times 06/15/10
Obama, in Speech on Spill, Calls on Americans to Reduce Oil Dependence
New York Times 06/15/10
Views on the BP Oil Spill.
06/05/2010
What happened, why and how something like this can be prevented in the future.
Grouped Articles
In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Rig
New York Times 06/05/10
The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure
Wall Street Journal 06/11/10
Recipes for Ruin, in the Gulf or on Wall Street
New York Times 06/11/10
Chinese Walls, Pocked With Peepholes
New York Times 06/11/10
Nine Questions (and Provisional Answers) About the Spill
BusinessWeek 06/10/10
Oil Executives Try to Explain Differences From BP
New York Times 06/15/10
Mood of voters before the 2010 U.S. Congressional election.
06/03/2010
The mood is anti incumbent, generally showing adistrust of government and showing a significant shift towards Republicans among independent voters.
Grouped Articles
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Economist 10/23/10
The impact of the BP Oil Spill on different states in the U.S.
06/03/2010
Grouped Articles
A Disaster Reaches Beyond the Gulf Coast
New York Times 06/04/10
Another Torrent BP Works to Stem: Its C.E.O.
New York Times 06/03/10
BP's Big Spill: The Lost Summer
BusinessWeek 07/08/10
One Year After Spill, Some Signs of Life Emerge in the Gulf
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
Views on the U.S. Financial Crisis.
06/03/2010
What happened and why, and how to prevent such crises in the future.
Grouped Articles
Recipes for Ruin, in the Gulf or on Wall Street
New York Times 06/11/10
Chinese Walls, Pocked With Peepholes
New York Times 06/11/10
A High-Five for the Invisible Hand
New York Times 06/03/10
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Concludes
New York Times 01/25/11
Long-term understanding of the U.S. economic crisis - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/19/12
Anti-monopoly reviews of the Ministry of Commerce in China.
05/29/2010
Ministry of Commerce in China and anti-trust or anti-monopoly rules. The rules favor local players over large foreign companies.
Grouped Articles
Xi Gives America Inc. a Reality Check
Wall Street Journal 09/22/15
Pfizer Deal Highlights China's Clout
Wall Street Journal 05/29/10
Deflation threat in the U.S. in 2010.
05/27/2010
Negligible growth in incomes and the lowest increase in the consumer price index since 1962, with the eurozone crisis overhang, pose threat of deflation.
Grouped Articles
Risk of Deflation Feeds Global Fears
Wall Street Journal 10/16/14
The Recovery: Why Deflation Remains a Threat
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Real Disposable Income: Bad News for Democrats?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
New York Times 07/11/10
Economists React: How Big a Threat Is Deflation?
Wall Street Journal 07/16/10
Fed’s Bullard Raises Policy Concerns
Wall Street Journal 07/29/10
The U.S. housing market in 2010-2013
05/27/2010
According to Karl Case its basically flat in 2010 and quite fragile, with a lot of inventory out there. By 2012 the situation had not changed much, except for Washington D.C. with growth in employment, and a small spurt in 2011 in Phoenix from out of state and Canadian buyers. Prices in Las Vegas and other cities continued to decline and there were fears of more homes being released by banks from foreclosed properties in judicial states such as Florida.
Grouped Articles
Housing Rebound Grows as Prices Climb Sharply
Wall Street Journal 05/09/13
The economic performance of cities: Following the sun
Economist 05/16/13
Home Prices Rise, Producing a Buying Mood
New York Times 05/28/13
Housing Recovery Increasingly Prices Out First-Time Buyers
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
Economic Casualties: 'Missing Households'
Wall Street Journal 07/22/13
Home Prices Jump, but Headwinds Build
Wall Street Journal 07/31/13
Studies cited by Nicholas Carr show flood of information on Internet and the distraction reduce learning.
05/27/2010
Studies show Internet use can actually reduce learning and make people dumber, encourage shallow thinking. Nicholas Carr has written a book on this subject titled, "The Shallows." Carr has done some serious research on the subject and the book has received favorable reviews.
Grouped Articles
For Yahoo, a Chase to the Bottom
Wall Street Journal 05/27/10
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
Wall Street Journal 06/05/10
Wall Street Journal 06/04/10
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
New York Times 11/21/10
New York Times 12/29/11
Ban on deepwater drilling in the U.S. in 2010.
05/27/2010
After the BP oil spill Obama administration continues ban till No 30, 2010.
Grouped Articles
Obama and the Dreaded Katrina Comparison
BusinessWeek 05/27/10
Wall Street Journal 07/12/10
Path Clears for Deep-Water Drilling
Wall Street Journal 01/04/11
Wall Street Journal 04/16/11
Bob Dudley: Three Years After the Spill, BP Gets Bullish
Wall Street Journal 03/15/13
Marketing trends in the packaged foods industry.
05/26/2010
Marketers from Smuckers, General Mills, Kellogg and other to Kraft, are trying to bring new life to old brands like Macaroni and Cheese. And are doing this by showing emotiona attachment to not outgrow old habits for these staples.
Grouped Articles
General Mills Is Serving Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions, to Younger Consumers
New York Times 06/30/14
General Mills Profit Drops 25%
Wall Street Journal 09/18/14
General Mills to Remove Artificial Flavors, Colors from All Cereals
Wall Street Journal 06/23/15
Changing Consumer Tastes Continue to Weigh on General Mills
Wall Street Journal 07/02/15
Inside Kellogg’s Effort to Cash In on the Health-Food Craze
Wall Street Journal 09/01/15
General Mills Profit Rises, Helped by Cost Cuts
Wall Street Journal 12/18/15
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