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06/23/2026
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Ukraine + Russia Peace Reconstruction Effort Groups
Treasury Secretary Paulson and the U.S. Economy
01/28/2008
What Secretary Rubin did in the Clinton Administration during the Mexican economic crisis and the other Asian economic Secretary Paulson is now doing at home as the US faces its own economic risks.
Grouped Articles
Paulson’s Deal-Making Revives Treasury’s Relevance
New York Times 01/28/2008
Treasury’s Got Bill Gross on Speed Dial
New York Times 06/21/2009
HBO’s ‘Too Big to Fail’ and the politics of portrayal - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/24/2011
Homeownership Rate Declines to 15-Year Low
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2012
Mr. Rajan Was Unpopular (But Prescient) at Greenspan Party
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2009
Bank of England - selection process for a successor to Governor Mervyn King in 2012
01/28/2008
Grouped Articles
Canadian Steps In to Lead Bank of England
New York Times 06/30/2013
Finalists Emerge for Britain's Central Bank Job
Wall Street Journal 10/31/2012
Mark J. Carney Seeks Greater Challenges at Bank of England
New York Times 11/26/2012
Britain Picks a Canadian to Lead Bank of England
New York Times 11/26/2012
Trade Imbalance Worries Mervyn King, Departing British Central Banker
New York Times 12/10/2012
Bank of England Chief Changes Tack in Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2008
Statoil of Norway and Sonatrach of Algeria- collaboration in oil and gas projects and training
01/28/2008
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2008
The groups, Hispanics, Catholics, women and the strategy that put Obama over the top.
01/27/2008
Obama's Hispanic and Catholic strategies and their execution over 2006-2008.
Grouped Articles
Economic Recovery Yields Few Benefits for the Voters Democrats Rely On
New York Times 05/19/2014
Blacks, Obama and the Election
New York Times 11/02/2014
Donald Trump’s Gender-Based Attacks on Hillary Clinton Have Calculated Risk
New York Times 04/28/2016
Obama Sweeps to Historic Victory
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2008
Big Turnout of Latino Voters Boosted Obama
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2008
Democrats Gain With Religious Voters
Wall Street Journal 11/06/2008
The Fraying Obama Coalition
01/27/2008
Shift among women, Catholics, the less affluent, and other parts of society that formed the coaltion that elected the Obama administration in 2008.
Grouped Articles
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/2013
Poll Finds Obama Voters Leaning Republican
New York Times 10/27/2010
Elitism: The Charge That Obama Canât Shake
New York Times 10/30/2010
New York Times 10/31/2010
Democratic Coalition Crumbles, Exit Polls Say
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2010
How Obama Saved Capitalism and Lost the Midterms
New York Times 11/04/2010
Smart Infrastructure and savings in energy and water use, reduction in carbon dioxide emissions,
01/26/2008
IBM with its Smarter Planet initiative and companies like Cisco and GE are using technological advances in sensors and software to creat smart infrastructure. The stimulus spending makes this a high priority for companies and the governments around the world.
Grouped Articles
Bringing Efficiency to the Infrastructure
New York Times 04/30/2009
France, Unlike U.S., Is Deep Into Stimulus Projects
New York Times 07/07/2009
New York Times 08/01/2009
Infrastructure spending: False expectations
Economist 10/23/2010
Pitch for Rebuilding Infrastructure Carries Political Challenges
New York Times 01/24/2011
Solyndra Told White House in May It Was Healthy
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2011
The Bush stimulus in 2008
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
Economists Question Effectiveness Of Business Break in Stimulus Bill
Wall Street Journal 01/26/2008
Senate Weighs Changes As It Takes Up Stimulus Bill
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2008
Paulson’s Deal-Making Revives Treasury’s Relevance
New York Times 01/28/2008
Technology, new developments, and the future for the U.S. in 2010-2020
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
Behind I.B.M.'s Big Predictions
New York Times 12/26/2011
Rules for the New Ways of Watching - David Carr
New York Times 12/24/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2012
This is how you build a tech community - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2012
Belt-Tightening, but No Collapse, Is Forecast in Technology Spending
New York Times 01/26/2008
Itâs the P.Q. and C.Q. as Much as the I.Q.
New York Times 01/29/2013
Financing of U.S. startup companies, the secondary market and tech resurgence - 2010-2012
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
Eventbrite Funding Slows Its IPO Chase
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2013
T. Rowe Price Marks Down Most of Its Tech Startups
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2016
In Silicon Valley, Investors Are Jockeying Like It's 1999
Wall Street Journal 04/19/2011
Google Spending Millions to Find the Next Google
New York Times 07/19/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2012
This is how you build a tech community - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/2012
Obama, Hillary Clinton and the U.S. presidential election of 2016
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
Hillary Clinton Tacks Right of Obama on Foreign Policy
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2014
Hillary Clinton, for Richer or Poorer
Wall Street Journal 06/29/2014
Calculated Risks: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s ‘Hard Choices’
New York Times 06/20/2014
A Rift in Worldviews Is Exposed as Clinton Faults Obama on Policy
New York Times 08/11/2014
Hillary Clinton, Barbed and Bellicose
New York Times 08/11/2014
New York Times 08/11/2014
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's memoirs
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
Dick Cheney tries to fool the public again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/2015
Dick Cheney’s and Hillary Clinton’s Competing Versions of U.S.-Iran History
New York Times 09/08/2015
Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides
New York Times 11/04/2015
First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
New York Times 11/05/2015
In Cheney’s memoir, it’s clear Iraq’s lessons didn’t sink in - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/12/2011
Two Presidents Are Worse Than One
New York Times 01/26/2008
Russia in the global financial crisis of 2008-2009
01/25/2008
Grouped Articles
Idling Assembly Lines Keep the Kremlin Occupied With Unease
New York Times 02/02/2009
Yaroslavl: A Russian Burg Turns Bearish
BusinessWeek 03/12/2009
Severstal Eliminates Jobs as Strength of '08 Fades
Wall Street Journal 03/12/2009
Russia Bonds Still Confront a Deep Chill
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2009
Economic Crisis Sweeps Eastern Ukraine
New York Times 04/08/2009
Medvedev Chooses Critic for an Interview Debut
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2009
Technical cooperation and sharing resources and markets betwen state owned oil companies.
01/28/2008
State owned oil companies are increasingly working together to develop gas and oil fields in different parts of the world. Example is Sonatrach of Algeria and Statoil Hydro of Norway.
Grouped Articles
Statoil Profit Boosted by Higher U.S. Gas Prices
Wall Street Journal 04/29/14
Wall Street Journal 01/28/08
Statoil-Rosneft deal for joint projects in Russia
01/28/2008
Grouped Articles
Statoil Profit Boosted by Higher U.S. Gas Prices
Wall Street Journal 04/29/14
Statoil Warns of Delays in Russian Energy Projects
Wall Street Journal 08/26/14
Norway's Statoil Signs Arctic Deal With Russia's Rosneft
Wall Street Journal 05/07/12
Rosneft CEO Sechin Enters Spotlight After BP Deal
Wall Street Journal 11/01/12
Wall Street Journal 01/28/08
Bank of England policies in 2011-2016
01/28/2008
Grouped Articles
Canadian Steps In to Lead Bank of England
New York Times 06/30/13
In Shift, Bank of England Pledges Low Rates
Wall Street Journal 08/08/13
Britons Digest Carney's Message
Wall Street Journal 08/09/13
The Bank of England's Guidance Gamble
Wall Street Journal 08/09/13
Bank of England Retains Low Interest Rate
New York Times 10/10/13
BOE to Keep Rates Low Even After Jobless Goal Is Met
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
The Obama Nomination
01/27/2008
Grouped Articles
Obama Weathers a Test of Mettle
New York Times 01/27/08
The Education of President Obama
New York Times 10/12/10
With a GOP Congress, Obama's social side starts to thaw
Washington Post 12/25/10
President Obama, Searching for Vision
New York Times 04/09/11
The Price of a Black President
New York Times 10/27/12
Opinion | The Cost of Barack Obama’s Speech
The New York Times 05/01/17
The Obama organization and young people in 2010-2011.
01/27/2008
Grouped Articles
Generation 0 Faults Obama for Lack of Contact
New York Times 10/31/10
Why Obama Is Likely to Lose in 2012
Wall Street Journal 06/22/11
Why the center-left is fed up with Obama - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/11/11
Obama as a Hope, and as a President
New York Times 08/10/11
Obama’s ruthless campaign - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/08/12
Rove: The President's Fountain of Youth Is Drying Up
Wall Street Journal 09/05/12
The legacy of the George W. Bush administration in the U.S.
01/26/2008
Bush mentions his regrets about the handling of disaster relief during hurricane Katrina and the premature "Mission Accomplished" banner on an aircraft carrier. He makes no mention of financial deregulation and the lack of efforts to restrain the mortgage and housing bubble that led to the financial crisis of 2008.
Grouped Articles
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/13
Bush (43) Shares Spotlight With Bush (41) as Tribute Book Is Published
New York Times 11/11/14
Katrina may be a metaphor to some, but it’s still a reality to New Orleans - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/28/15
Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides
New York Times 11/04/15
First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
New York Times 11/05/15
George W. Bush returns to campaign trail for brother - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/16/16
U.S. Tech stocks 2011-2015
01/26/2008
Stocks of IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Texas Instruments and other tech companies in the U.S. that have lagged behind in the recovery in stock market prices in 2011, and have lower price earnings ratios in the neighborhood of 10 compared to the long term price earnings ratio of 16.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/08/13
Wall Street Journal 08/24/13
Wall Street Journal 11/17/13
Wall Street Journal 11/28/13
Four Reasons Why Nasdaq 4000 Differs From Tech Bubble
Wall Street Journal 11/26/13
Margin Cloud Casts Shadow Over Cisco
Wall Street Journal 02/14/14
Tech spending in this downturn 2008-2011
01/26/2008
Tech spending and spending on computer hardware and software as the economy enters a recession in 2008.
Grouped Articles
Belt-Tightening, but No Collapse, Is Forecast in Technology Spending
New York Times 01/26/08
Comeback Builds, but Computer Sector Remains at Risk
Wall Street Journal 10/15/09
Friedman on the U.S., innovation and tech advances
01/26/2008
Grouped Articles
In New Books, a Look at People and Places That Innovate
New York Times 09/04/10
New York Times 01/03/12
New York Times 01/28/12
How to Score the Presidential Debate
New York Times 10/16/12
New York Times 11/20/12
Belt-Tightening, but No Collapse, Is Forecast in Technology Spending
New York Times 01/26/08
The shift to web based information services and helping customers integrate work- the trend for technology companies.
01/26/2008
HP, Dell and Xerox are putting together a complete product that will help the customer deal with the tasks facing them in an integrated manner.This means hardware, software and people based knowledge services.
Grouped Articles
Xerox Planning Spinoff, Under Pressure From Carl Icahn
New York Times 01/28/16
Belt-Tightening, but No Collapse, Is Forecast in Technology Spending
New York Times 01/26/08
Xerox Buys Affiliated, Fueling Shift to Services
New York Times 09/29/09
Xerox Takes Gamble in Bid for ACS
Wall Street Journal 09/29/09
Wall Street Journal 09/30/09
Cisco Steps Up Rivalry With H-P
Wall Street Journal 10/02/09
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and criticism of preemptive action based on faulty intelligence
01/26/2008
Criticism of Cheney by Bob Woodward of the Washington Post. Woodward cites Cheney's memoirs about Cheney's call for a strike against Syria- when intelligence evidence of the presence of nuclear weapons activity was weak - as a tendency for overeaching and overreaction in the Bush administration.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Prepares for Solo Strike On Syria After Britain Balks
Wall Street Journal 08/30/13
Wall Street Journal 08/29/13
Dick Cheney tries to fool the public again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/09/15
Dick Cheney’s and Hillary Clinton’s Competing Versions of U.S.-Iran History
New York Times 09/08/15
Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides
New York Times 11/04/15
First President George Bush Swings at Son’s Aides, Rattling Clan
New York Times 11/05/15
Alexei Kudrin and other experts see the potential for a deep political and economic crisis in Russia 2011-2015
01/25/2008
Fears expressed by Kudrin and other experts at a Moscow conference about the impact of a recession in the eurozone and Greece's exit from the euro. Kudrin was a key figure in Russia anticipating and setting aside reserves in the sovereign fund to meet the adverse effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. The views expressed were that Russia's economy is shaky and could be seriously affected if European banks reduce their loans. Earlier he strongly opposed increases in military spending in a disagreement with prime minister Medvedev because of concerns about financial stability.
Grouped Articles
Ex-Aide to Medvedev and Putin Out at Kremlin
New York Times 05/08/13
Putin Pledges Stimulus for Russian Economy
Wall Street Journal 06/21/13
Russia's Growth Pace Continues to Weaken
Wall Street Journal 08/11/13
Russia Looks to Borrow to Plug Funding Gap
Wall Street Journal 09/19/13
Russia Is Facing Stagflation, Central Banker Says
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Russia Prepared to Let Ruble Slide
Wall Street Journal 01/30/14
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