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Anbang Insurance Group's bid for Starwood Hotels and Resorts in March 2016
03/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Starwood Gets Higher Offer From Anbang-led Group, Threatening Marriott Deal
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2016
Starwood’s Chinese Bidder Remains Opaque Both at Home and Abroad
Wall Street Journal 03/29/2016
China’s Anbang Drops Bid for Starwood Hotels
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2016
Starwood Bidding War Ends Abruptly, Yielding a Merger and a Puzzle
New York Times 03/31/2016
Chinese Banks Limit Exposure to Anbang
WSJ 06/15/2017
SoundCloud management
03/29/2016
Grouped Articles
SoundCloud Starts Subscription Plan, Taking On Spotify and Apple
New York Times 03/29/2016
U.S. president Obama on the state of journalism and the media in 2016- how it "corrodes our democracy and our society"
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Obama calls for more facts, fewer insults in speech to journalists - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/29/2016
Obama Urges Journalists to Cover the Substance of the Campaign
New York Times 03/28/2016
The Economist 10/08/2016
Final Debate: Donald Trump Declines to Commit to Respecting Results if He Loses
WSJ 10/20/2016
The New York Times 11/07/2016
China's future and the "middle income" trap in 2016
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
U.S. president Obama in a Cuba that looks like its still in the 1950's- generational change and the young people of Cuba
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Along With President Obama, the 21st Century Visited Cuba
New York Times 03/27/2016
Found in Moscow’s Flea Markets: Car Parts, Jeans and Bargain-Hunting Cubans
WSJ 06/07/2017
The trend towards new developments in artificial intelligence in 2016
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing
New York Times 03/27/2016
Ginni Rometty on How AI Is Going to Transform Jobs—All of Them
WSJ 01/17/2018
How the media created the Trump surge- $1.9 billion in media coverage according to the Times, a lack of proper vetting of the candidate, and missing the plight of struggling working class voters
03/26/2016
The media may have also made the mistake of thinking the Trump candidacy would fade, that it was some kind of television publicity move. Other reasons played a part- the fragmentation in the vote with many candidates, the lack of candidates who could seriously connect with voter anxiety about security, drugs, uncertainty about jobs, Trump's experience as a television personality simplifying issues with slogans. The media reflection comes in March 2016 with a series of wins by Trump in southern and midwestern states. Journalists like Tom Brokaw feel stymied by the change in attitudes of viewers who did not take vetting seriously when he tried, and veteran journalist Bob Schieffer also sees a change in attitudes. Voters seemed to be sending a message about the disconnect with them of the elites. The whole process dragged down civility and values in public life with the deterioration in the campaigning to very low levels by March 2016, leaving the media a lot to reflect on and correct.
Grouped Articles
My Shared Shame: The Media Helped Make Trump
New York Times 03/26/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
Obama calls for more facts, fewer insults in speech to journalists - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/29/2016
Obama Urges Journalists to Cover the Substance of the Campaign
New York Times 03/28/2016
In defense of the GOP - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
Softening on Trump? Remember this. - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/23/2016
The dollar's strength and profits of U.S. companies overseas in 2015-2016
03/26/2016
Apple's sales and profits were hurt by a strong dollar in 2015. This affected Apple's share price which declined in 2015.
Grouped Articles
Forget the New iPhone. For Apple, It’s All About the Dollar.
New York Times 03/26/2016
Apple: What Will Make the Stock Tick Again
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2016
Donald Trump - U.S. foreign policy
03/26/2016
Grouped Articles
In Donald Trump’s Worldview, America Comes First, and Everybody Else Pays
New York Times 03/26/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/28/2016
Donald Trump Calls for Dramatic Break With Current U.S. Foreign Policy
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Trump’s First Year: How Donald Trump Has Upended U.S. Foreign Policy
WSJ 01/17/2018
In His Foreign Policy, Trump Values Action Over D.C.’s Caution
WSJ 05/09/2018
Ten U.S. states that have not recovered 2008 recession job losses by 2016
03/25/2016
The states are Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Wyoming , New Mexico , Nevada, Maine Connecticut, West Virgina. New Jersey. Some of these states provided the support needed for Trump to win in the south and midwest.
Grouped Articles
Ten States Still Have Fewer Jobs Since Recession
New York Times 03/25/2016
The New York Times 06/06/2016
Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Wake Up
The New York Times 06/28/2016
Belgium and security of nuclear plants
03/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Belgium Fears Nuclear Plants Are Vulnerable
New York Times 03/25/2016
Energy sector loans with risk of default at U.S. banks reach 50% by March 2016
03/25/2016
Bank of America, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase and other banks are affected by the bad loans to the energy sector. This will affect EPS at the banks.
Grouped Articles
Coming to the Oil Patch: Bad Loans to Outnumber the Good
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016
The big bust in the oil fields - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/26/2016
The U.S. Justice Department and Iranian hacking charges in 2016
03/25/2016
Grouped Articles
U.S. Charges Seven Iranians in Hacking Attacks
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016
Journalism, the media, and American democracy- issues about quality of coverage in 2016
03/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Obama calls for more facts, fewer insults in speech to journalists - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/29/16
The New York Times 11/07/16
Our Journalists Share Their Most Memorable Interviews of 2017
The New York Times 12/18/17
The origins of the Hillary Clinton email scandal
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
How Clinton’s email scandal took root - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/28/16
Obama Says Hillary Clinton Wouldn’t Intentionally Endanger U.S. With Emails
New York Times 04/10/16
New York Times 04/23/16
Hillary Clinton Email Investigation Closed by Attorney General
WSJ 07/06/16
F.B.I. Papers Offer Closer Look at Hillary Clinton Email Inquiry
The New York Times 09/02/16
A new low, even for Donald Trump
Washington Post 11/11/16
Trump, Sanders, Clinton and Obama- voter sentiment in the U.S. for smaller U.S. engagement in the world
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/28/16
WSJ 05/22/17
Trump Adopts Obama Approach While Seeking to Undo a Legacy
The New York Times 10/14/17
Hillary Clinton in a contest with Donald Trump for the presidential election of 2016- uncertain result with the negative perception of both candidates over 50%
03/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Yes, Donald Could Beat Hillary
Wall Street Journal 03/28/16
Electoral Map Is a Reality Check to Donald Trump’s Bid
New York Times 04/02/16
Hillary Clinton won New York, but her image is underwater - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/20/16
Presidential Front-Runners Get Breathing Room After New York Vote
Wall Street Journal 04/20/16
New York Times 04/23/16
Barack Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
WSJ 06/10/16
California's minimum wage increase to $15 per hour by 2022
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
California Nears Deal to Adopt a $15 State Minimum Wage
New York Times 03/27/16
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/16
Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour
WSJ 10/02/18
Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America
NYTimes.com 08/28/20
A journey through a land of extreme poverty: welcome to America
The Guardian 12/15/17
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/17/15
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, iCivics online civic education group, and online interactive games
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
A Supreme Court Pioneer, Now Making Her Mark on Video Games
New York Times 03/27/16
Sandra Day O’Connor, First Woman on Supreme Court, Diagnosed With Dementia
WSJ 10/23/18
U.S. president Obama's visit to Cuba
03/26/2016
Grouped Articles
New York Times 03/26/16
Along With President Obama, the 21st Century Visited Cuba
New York Times 03/27/16
Fidel Castro’s Death Casts Doubt on Cuba’s Relations With U.S.
WSJ 11/26/16
Found in Moscow’s Flea Markets: Car Parts, Jeans and Bargain-Hunting Cubans
WSJ 06/07/17
Merrick B. Garland, U.S. president Obama's nominee for Supreme Court Justice in March 2016
03/26/2016
Merrick Garland, chief judge of the federal Appeals Court in Washington D.C., is the nominee of president Obama to fill the seat left open with the death of Justice Scalia. Here the NYT provides an account of Garland's background with a clerkship under a Supreme Court Justice and work in the Justice Department, and his unique ability to forge consensus by patiently waiting for the opportunity.
Grouped Articles
Merrick Garland Is a Deft Navigator of Washington’s Legal Circles
New York Times 03/26/16
For Merrick Garland, a methodical life of ambition - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/28/16
The Never-Ending Battle Over How to Read the Constitution
Wall Street Journal 04/02/16
Donald Trump and traditional Democrats voting in open Republican primaries
03/26/2016
A NYT report shows that the support of traditional Democrats in Blue states such as Massachusetts and in the midwest has helped propel Trump to a series of wins in Republican primaries in Jan-March 2016. There is also some correlation with a higher degree of racism, according to this NYT report. This is how Trump was able to combine wins in Mississippi and Massachusetts. Conversely states with higher serious churchgoers such as Utah and Texas have supported Ted Cruz. This theory has exceptions because of John Kasich's win in Ohio, Cruz's win in Maine and his close contest with Trump in Louisiana and Missouri, showing that a number of factors are at work, including Trump's ability to appeal to voter sentiment on issues, the fragmentation of the Republican vote, and the lack of connection with voters on issues of terrorism, security, struggling middle and working class people issues, of the other candidates. The profiles of Trump voters from his rallies show these concerns listed by his supporters.
Grouped Articles
Donald Trump’s Secret Weapon: Blue-State Voters
New York Times 03/26/16
How the G.O.P. Elite Lost Its Voters to Donald Trump
New York Times 03/28/16
Why Trump Can’t Break the G.O.P.
New York Times 04/02/16
Ohio, Long a Bellwether, Is Fading on the Electoral Map
The New York Times 09/29/16
Trump's billionaire cabinet could be the wealthiest administration ever
The Guardian 12/02/16
Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump
The New York Times 12/02/16
Tabloids National Enquirer in the March 2016 Republican primaries
03/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Ted Cruz Blames Donald Trump and ‘Henchmen’ for Tabloid Report of Affairs
New York Times 03/25/16
Microsoft artificial intelligence auto chatbot Tay- failures in artificial intelligence for comments and auto tagging
03/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Microsoft Muzzles Its Artificially Intelligent Twitter Persona
Wall Street Journal 03/25/16
Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing
New York Times 03/27/16
What happens in a possible contested Republican Convention nomination for President in 2016
03/25/2016
Grouped Articles
Ted Cruz Gains in Louisiana After Loss There to Donald Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/25/16
Washington Post 03/30/16
Washington Post 03/30/16
Corporations Grow Nervous About Participating in Republican Convention
New York Times 03/30/16
As Floor Fight Looms, G.O.P. Convention Delegates Become a Hot Commodity
New York Times 04/01/16
Washington Post 04/09/16
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