Hillary Clinton's uphill battle for the 2016 presidential election

09/28/2014

For the most part Hillary Clinton's public life has been overshadowed by the presidency of her husband Bill Clinton, and by the presidency of Barack Obama. How she defines herself to ordinary voters facing the economic issues at home, and worried about U.S. weakness overseas, will determine to a large extent how she does in the 2016 presidential election.

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A Record of Resilience at Vanguard of American Presidential Politics

New York Times 09/28/2014

John Harwood, John, Harwood

Wall Street Journal 04/13/2015

Peter Nicholas And Laura Meckler, Peter, Nicholas, And, Laura, Meckler

China, the U.S. and Japan- the task of reestablishing peaceful cooperation in the Pacific region after the missteps of 2011-2013

07/09/2014

Meetings for the sixth round of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Bieijing between the U.S. and China, and Japanese prime minister's address to the Australian parliament in Canberra, at about the same time in July 2014, showing how the path of peaceful cooperation will have to be actively pursued to remain a reality. Underpinning the hopes of China, Japan and neighboring countries in Asia is the U.S. will and purpose for maininting the post war peace and stability for the benefit of all, that at times has been missing in the words and actions of the Obama administration. Lack of peace in the region would seriously affect China's effort to bring better incomes to the large majority of people still in the countryside and leave China stuck in middle income status of countries like Mexico, damage the prospects of improving incomes of billions of people in India, other parts of Asia and Latin America. In this sense the Japanese people have shown the wisdom of keeping the conditions of peace that have prevailed for the post war period, and the U.S. with undiminished will and purpose in its post war role can affirm the hopes of the people of the region, including the hope of people in China, India, Japan, S. Korea, and Latin America.

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U.S., China try to emphasize potential for cooperation - The Washington Post

Washington Post 07/09/2014

Simon Denyer, Simon, Denyer

Wall Street Journal 07/09/2014

Yuka Hayashi, Yuka, Hayashi

Questions about whether justice and accountability were accomplished in the U.S. Justice Department's settlement with Credit Suisse

05/19/2014

A WSJ editorial and a separate piece in the NYT question the assumption that justice and accountability were achieved in the U.S. government's settlement with Credit Suisse. The nagging question- is Attorney General Holder simply burnishing his image after failing to establish accountability and justice following the 2008 global financial crisis, which dealt a serious blow to America's middle class. Collective wrongdoing starts with individual actions, and holding individuals responsible establishes accountability, so that the public is protected from future actions of this nature. Somewhere since the crisis this principle has been lost in the Obama administration. A churn in management for failures is considered healthy for other American companies, and healthy for free enterprise, readers are likely to wonder why this is not so for the banks.

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Credit Suisse Pleads Guilty in Felony Case

New York Times 05/19/2014

Ben Protess, Ben, Protess, Jessica Silver Greenberg, Jessica, Silver Greenberg

Wall Street Journal 05/21/2014

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BaFin, German federal financial regulatory authority, and the problems at Deutsche Bank- regulators slow to act on information

03/28/2014

Eyk Henning of the WSJ points out the slow response of regulator BaFin to information about problems at Deutsche Bank that suggest a broken culture in a report on March 28, 2014. This comes 6 years after the WSJ first reported the LIBOR rate manipulation in 2008 leading to British and U.S. regulatory investigations. In April 2015 Deutsche Bank made a legal settlement for LIBOR rate manipulation of $2.5 billion with U.S. and British regulators. As the time when regulatory authority passes to the European Central Bank, and after a period of 7 years since the 2008 WSJ report, BaFin finally sends its report on the broken culture at the bank. A month later the two co-CEO's at the bank resign.

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Germany Blasts Deutsche Bank Executives Over Culture

Wall Street Journal 07/17/2015

David Enrich, David, Enrich, Jenny Strasburg And Eyk Henning, Jenny, Strasburg, And, Eyk, Henning

Wall Street Journal 03/28/2014

Eyk Henning, Eyk, Henning

Ukraine's crisis of poor governance- the new role of civic activists and young people in 2016

03/22/2014

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Clean-up crew

Economist 04/19/2016

Economist.Com

Wall Street Journal 03/22/2014

Stephen Fidler, Stephen, Fidler

Studies on mammograms by the British Medical Association and Harvard researcher Keating show lack of effectiveness of mammograms

02/11/2014

More mammograms are done the more cancer is suspected, with many women being treated when there was no cancer. Some lives are saved but the large number of women who begin treatment when they have no cancer shows the technology is still not there for effective screening without arousing fears that are not founded. Both studies confirm this from decades of data of women taking mammograms.

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More Doubts About Mammograms' Value Are Raised in Large Study

Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014

Melinda Beck, Melinda, Beck

New York Times 02/11/2014

Gina Kolata, Gina, Kolata

U.S. president Obama shifts to a limited agenda in 2014-2016 focussed on reducing disparities in income

01/28/2014

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In State of the Union Address, Obama Vows to Act Alone on the Economy

New York Times 01/28/2014

Peter Baker, Peter, Baker

Wall Street Journal 01/29/2014

Carol Lee, Carol, Lee, Peter Nicholas, Peter, Nicholas

Stanford Hoover Institution's Fouad Ajami on the Middle East policies of U.S. president Obama that led to sectarian conflict and increase in terrorism

10/24/2013

Without a residual U.S. presence in the Middle East acting as a restraining influence on Shiite militias, Sunni groups, other foreign powers, leading to an exacerbation of sectarian conflict by the Malliki government, created the conditions for the rise of terrorism. Only in 2015-2016 were the effects of this seen with the breakup of Syria and Iraq, and the millions of refugees making their way to Turkey, Jordan, and Europe, followed by the increase in terrorism in Europe and the U.S.

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Notable & Quotable: Fouad Ajami on the Sunni-Shiite Fight

Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016

Fouad Ajami, Fouad, Ajami

Wall Street Journal 10/24/2013

Fouad Ajami, Fouad, Ajami

Declan Walsh on why the firing of live ammunition on protesters in Cairo may end up as a watershed event for the Muslim world going forward

08/16/2013

Declan Walsh sees this in the context of the Muslim world. Janvoo sees this in the context of the world beyond, of Aisa and Latin America which have moved beyond the divisive politics of the past and away from military regimes- S. Korea, Thailand, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and one party PRI Mexico. The return of Gen. Park's daughter as president of S. Korea was a different one when she apologized for the behaviour of her father, even saying she coud not spit on the image of her father. Nieto's PRI is apologetic about its past and says its different, working with the opposition PRD and PAN parties on constitutional changes for reforming the econoy. Egypt and the Arab world is no exception. The Saudis and Emirates are able to deliver in economic terms as long as oil supplies and prices are high. Egypt has to find its own path and learn from the past to build the future.

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Other Nations Offer a Lesson to Egypt’s Military Leaders

New York Times 08/24/2013

Declan Walsh, Declan, Walsh

New York Times 08/16/2013

Charles A. Kupchan, Charles, A., Kupchan

The management styles of Jeff Bezos at Amazon and Paul English, co-founder of Kayak

07/25/2013

Bezos and English prefer small teams to get things done quickly. Layers of management are cut out and employees given freedom to test ideas.

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Paul English of Kayak, on Nurturing New Ideas

New York Times 07/25/2013

Adam Bryant, Adam, Bryant

Washington Post 08/08/2013

Craig Timberg, Craig, Timberg, Jia Lynn Yang, Jia, Lynn, Yang

Neglect of vital infrastructure needs in Germany and the U.S. 2006-2015

03/15/2013

A decade of neglected infrastructure needs in Germany and the U.S. as both countries face tight budget constraints and postponed priorities.

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A Slowdown on the Road to Recovery

Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013

Bob Tita, Bob, Tita

Wall Street Journal 03/15/2013

Nina Koeppen, Nina, Koeppen

China's plan to tap shale gas resources to 2020

01/16/2013

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China's Bid for Shale-Gas Riches in Doubt

Wall Street Journal 01/24/2013

Duncan Mavin, Duncan, Mavin

Wall Street Journal 01/16/2013

Russell Gold, Russell, Gold