Tesla Motors and the problem of meeting target deliveries at a time of low gas prices in 2015-2016

12/05/2014

Linked Articles

Tesla First-Quarter Car Deliveries Rise Above 10,000

Wall Street Journal 04/04/2015

John D. Stoll And Mike Ramsey, John, D., Stoll, And, Mike, Ramsey

Wall Street Journal 12/05/2014

Justin Lahart, Justin, Lahart

China and corruption under the Xi Jinping administration

12/02/2014

Transparency International gives China 36 points , a decline of 4 points in 2014. Since 2013 China has dropped 20 place in the Corruption Perceptions Index, only Turkey had a steeper drop in points in 2014. Transparency, independent judiciary, free speech, whistleblower protection, and accountable government are factors that determine ranking in the index.

Linked Articles

A Beijing House of Cards

Wall Street Journal 12/09/2014

Wsj Editorial, Wsj, Editorial

New York Times 12/02/2014

Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Didi, Kirsten, Tatlow

Dangers of credit fueled bubble in China- 2015-2016

10/17/2014

Bob Davis of WSJ sees the end of China's economic miracle in 2015-2016. He is pessimistic about the future. The Economist cites estimates of debt to GDP reaching 250%, and the IMF warns of the dangers of credit fueled growth citing examples of Ireland, Spain, Brazil and Sweden.

Linked Articles

The End of China’s Economic Miracle?

Wall Street Journal 11/24/2014

Bob Davis, Bob, Davis

Economist 10/17/2014

Economist.Com

Profiles in courage, women renewing large organizations- Christine Lagarde at the IMF and Ginni Rometty at IBM

08/25/2014

Lagarde says in an intervew in the Washington Post, that she believes women come into leadership at large organizations when the job is tough, requiring everything you can give.

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Christine Lagarde: ‘Don’t let the bastards get you’ - The Washington Post

Washington Post 08/25/2014

Jillian Cunningham, Jillian, Cunningham, Christine Lagarde, Christine, Lagarde

Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015

Monica Langley, Monica, Langley

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

More women without jobs in 2014 compared to 2010, and the 20% of U.S. households in 2014 either underwater or with less than 20% equity in their homes

05/19/2014

Most parts of the Democratic base badly damaged in the Obama administration's policy decisions in the housing and mortgage crisis of 2008-2009. A delayed economic recovery with weakness in consumer spending as one of the predictable outcomes of the policy decisions taken for homeowners.

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Economic Recovery Yields Few Benefits for the Voters Democrats Rely On

New York Times 05/19/2014

Jonathan Weisman, Jonathan, Weisman

Wall Street Journal 05/20/2014

Conor Dougherty, Conor, Dougherty

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

Christine Lagarde and John Lipsky on the need to move forward with the IMF reforms giving greater representation to emerging market countries in G-20

03/25/2014

Lagarde and Lipsky point out that this does not change the U.S. voting rights of 16%. They emphasize the stabilizing role the IMF has played for the global economy in crises and the more open thinking at the IMF on economic programs.

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The U.S. Should Ratify Its Agreement to IMF Reform

Wall Street Journal 04/02/2014

John Lipsky, John, Lipsky

Wall Street Journal 03/25/2014

Christine Lagarde, Christine, Lagarde

GE (General Electric) low tax rate of 4.2% in 2013, 10.3% in 2014, and the move to a normal tax rate in 2015

03/05/2014

An aggressive policy of tax reduction using GE Capital at GE leads to an astonishingly low tax rate. Shareholders see the uncertainty from GE Capital's volatile earnings and tax strategies with great skepticism. GE shares dropped to $6 during the 2008 global financial crisis because of GE Capital losses, and GE needed government rescue funds. The day CEO Immelt announced the decision to exit the banking business GE shares went up by 11%. GE's tax rate without the banking business will go up to about 20%.

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Price of Selling GE Capital? Tax Breaks

Wall Street Journal 04/14/2015

Ted Mann, Ted, Mann

Washington Post 03/05/2014

Jia Lyn Yang, Jia, Lyn, Yang

The events in Lviv and in the Square in Kiev Feb-20-21, 2014, that led to the collapse of the Yakunovych government in Ukraine

02/22/2014

A parallel diplomatic effort that may have been driven by the events in Lviv and in the Square and underestimated the depth of feeling in Ukraine and the organization of the protest movement.

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As His Fortunes Fell in Ukraine, a President Clung to Illusions

New York Times 02/23/2014

Andrew Higgins, Andrew, Higgins, Andrew E. Kramer, Andrew, E., Kramer, Steven Erlanger, Steven, Erlanger

Wall Street Journal 02/22/2014

Bertrand Benoit, Bertrand, Benoit, Laurence Norman, Laurence, Norman, Stephen Fidler, Stephen, Fidler

Predominance of rail over pipelines in transport of crude from Canada and the Bakken region till 2016

02/02/2014

Pressure to build pipelines comes from congestion and safety issues for the rail system in the U.S. In the short term rail still remains the main method of transport.

Linked Articles

In Dakota Oil Patch, Trains Trump Pipelines

Wall Street Journal 03/04/2014

Alison Sider, Alison, Sider

Wall Street Journal 02/02/2014

Chester Dawson, Chester, Dawson

McDonald's and a shift in nutritional habits in the U.S., especially in the younger age groups

01/17/2014

With about one third of the population in developed countries considered obese, there is greater awareness especially among younger people, about the need to read nutritional labels carefully, look for fresh food, and manage calorie intake. There is a shift also away from fast food to places where there is greater nutritional choice and to eating at home. The recession may have induced more people to consider eating less outside.

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Americans' Eating Habits Take a Healthier Turn, Study Finds

Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014

Melinda Beck, Melinda, Beck, Amy Schatz, Amy, Schatz

Wall Street Journal 08/25/2014

Julie Jargon, Julie, Jargon

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