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06/23/2026
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Xi Jinping Tariff Negotiating Strategy with US Groups
Emissions and pollution as India industrializes- 2010-2020
05/10/2006
The emissions and pollution in India, and its impact on the environment and climate change.
Grouped Articles
Narendra Modi, Favoring Growth in India, Pares Back Environmental Rules
New York Times 12/04/2014
Here’s why Obama won’t get a climate deal with India this trip - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/24/2015
For Indians, Smog and Poverty Are Higher Priorities Than Talks in Paris
New York Times 12/09/2015
Climate Agency Sees China’s Efforts Paying Dividends
New York Times 10/07/2009
India Aims $1 Billion at Sacred but Filthy Ganges
New York Times 06/14/2011
India and China Drive Up Emissions Rates
New York Times 05/10/2006
Hertz strategies
05/10/2006
Grouped Articles
Hertz Uses Mascot in Effort to Make Rental Cars Cool
New York Times 05/03/2011
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2011
GM Will Seek Higher Prices On Cars Sold to Rental Firms
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2006
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2012
Emissions and pollution in developing countries.
05/10/2006
Efforts to reduce emissions and pollution in developing countries.
Grouped Articles
Buses May Aid Climate Battle in Poor Cities
New York Times 07/10/2009
Climate Agency Sees China’s Efforts Paying Dividends
New York Times 10/07/2009
Pollution in China's Tai Lake worse despite national push for environmentalism
Washington Post 10/29/2010
India and China Drive Up Emissions Rates
New York Times 05/10/2006
Lessons from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the example of South Korea and other countries.
05/09/2006
The lessons S. Korea shares with the G20 from its banking crisis in the late 1990's, with nonperforming loans of banks at 40-50% of GDP according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Banks had to be merged, closed or nationalized using BIS standards for reserves in a short time. It also led to asevere contraction in the Korean economy as banks not only stopped making loans but called in outstanding loans. This contraction reached minus 7% in the second and third quarters of 1998. The bigger challenge now is how to resolve the bad asset problem without seeing such huge hits to the American economy which would further depress the global economy and have unforeseen consequences. Already Comerice department estimates are for a 6.3% contraction in the US econmy for 4th quarter 2008.
Grouped Articles
Seoul Forum Helps Heal IMF Wounds
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2010
Emerging-Market Slide Tests How Much Nations Learned From Past
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2014
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
Treasury’s Got Bill Gross on Speed Dial
New York Times 06/21/2009
A Year After a Cataclysm, Little Change on Wall St.
New York Times 09/12/2009
Bernanke’s Bid for a Second Term at the Fed Hits Resistance
New York Times 01/23/2010
China's foreign exchange reserves and problems with inflation
05/09/2006
A recent IMF study points out that China's $3 trillion foreign exchange reserves are twice what China needs for traditional purposes such as supporting the economy in a financial crisis. According to China's central bank governor these reserves are making it difficult to control inflation. Experts also say this makes little sense for a developing country with low percapita incomes. Most of this money is invested in U.S. Treasury securities and is not put to productive uses.
Grouped Articles
China’s Economic Problems Unlike Those Elsewhere
New York Times 05/28/2013
China Keeps On Gobbling Up Treasurys
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
China Inflation Rises to a 19-Month High
New York Times 06/11/2010
A Top Manager Resigns from Foreign Exchange Agency
New York Times 01/28/2014
Wall Street Journal 08/25/2015
China’s Forex Reserves Fall by Record $93.9 Billion on Yuan Intervention
Wall Street Journal 09/08/2015
Toyota Management
05/09/2006
Management at Toyota. The Board of Directors and its memebers. outlook of the Board
Grouped Articles
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
Toyota Overhauls Its R&D Efforts
Wall Street Journal 04/10/2012
Toyota Opts to Diversify Senior Posts
Wall Street Journal 03/05/2015
Toyota Taps U.S. Sales Executives To Head North American Business
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2006
In Chinese Market, Toyota's Strategy Is Made in U.S.A.
Wall Street Journal 05/26/2006
Toyota Names First Foreigner to Board
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2007
Use of lighter materials in the aircraft industry
05/09/2006
Use of lighter materials by Airbus and Boeing.
Grouped Articles
Airbus Seals Titanium-Supply Pacts
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2006
Wall Street Journal 02/16/2012
Airbus, Boeing Walk a Fine Line on Jetliner Production
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2012
Rapid erosion of Sovereign Wealth Funds in 2009
05/09/2006
The rapid erosion of sovereign wealth funds is another aspect of the situation surrounding the present financial crisis in the global economy. From one of many causes, declining oil prices, supporting currencies, supporting local banks, stimulus spending, declining exports, or bad investments in western countries, there has been arapid erosion of Sovereign Wealth Funds.
Grouped Articles
Kuwait, Dubai Tackle Their Ills
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2008
Grim Outlook for Japan Economy: Barclays Economist
BusinessWeek 12/01/2008
Oil's Crash Stirs Unrest in Russia as Slump Hits Home
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2008
In Russia, Reserves Gain on Euro Rise
Wall Street Journal 12/25/2008
Saudi Arabia's Kingdom Holding Reports Big Loss
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2009
Big Mideast Funds Scale Back Investments
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2009
Ford going all out to Finance its Recovery- 2006
05/05/2006
Betting the whole company as collateral for as much financing as it can get in favorable credit market conditions.
Grouped Articles
Ford Bets the Firm That New Credit Is Key to Recovery - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 11/28/2006
Detroit News 11/28/2006
Ford Gets More Financial Flexibility - WSJ.com
Wall Street Journal 12/07/2006
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
Is Ford Rolling Backward With 'Way Forward'?
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2006
Wall Street Journal 09/29/2011
Ford's crisis point in April 2006.
05/05/2006
A chart compiled by J.P. Morgan in 2006 showed credit markets rated a default by Ford in three years as more likely than one for GM 43% to 34%. The same year 2006 when Alan Mulally was hired to change Ford. In 2009 all three Detroit automakers were in critical condition- only Ford avoided bankruptcy, which says that this chart was prescient about the conditions of the U.S. auto industry. The conditions in the auto industry before the government led bailout of GM and Chrysler and the planned bankruptcies.
Grouped Articles
Ford Speeds Up Succession Plan
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2014
Ford's Mulally Talks Mark Fields, Business in China and the New F-150
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2014
Is Ford Rolling Backward With 'Way Forward'?
Wall Street Journal 05/05/2006
BusinessWeek 05/25/2006
On the Road to Detroit's Big Pileup
New York Times 10/01/2011
Search Begins for Next CEO at Ford
Wall Street Journal 12/06/2011
HDFC Bank management
05/04/2006
Grouped Articles
How HDFC Bank Is Triumphing in India
BusinessWeek 12/08/2011
Indian Bank HDFC Plans To Merge With Centurion
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2008
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2007
Citigroup Deepens Ties To Indian Mortgage Firm
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2006
India's Slowing Growth Will Test Banks' Resilience
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2011
HDFC Bank Profit Rises Over 30%
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2012
India- Mortgage Lending Market
05/04/2006
Grouped Articles
Citigroup Deepens Ties To Indian Mortgage Firm
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2006
HDFC Bank strategies
05/04/2006
Grouped Articles
How HDFC Bank Is Triumphing in India
BusinessWeek 12/08/2011
Indian Bank HDFC Plans To Merge With Centurion
Wall Street Journal 02/25/2008
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2007
Citigroup Deepens Ties To Indian Mortgage Firm
Wall Street Journal 05/04/2006
India's Slowing Growth Will Test Banks' Resilience
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2011
Citigroup Seeks to Sell HDFC Stake
Wall Street Journal 02/23/2012
China and pollution of air and water.
05/10/2006
Use of coal-fired plants and more automobiles on Chinese streets and highways are worsening air quality in Chinese cities. Industrialization is taking its toll on air and water quality. 25% of lakes, rivers and streams have water too contaminated to be used for drinking water, according to areport by the China Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Grouped Articles
Pollution Is Radically Changing Childhood in Chinaâs Cities
New York Times 04/22/13
China Seeks to Calm Anxiety Over Rice
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Cadmium-Tainted Rice Discovered in Southern China
New York Times 05/21/13
Wall Street Journal 06/06/13
Air Pollution From Coal Use Cuts Lifespans in China, Study Shows
Wall Street Journal 07/09/13
Paying Auditors for Honest Appraisals
Wall Street Journal 07/18/13
Global leaders discuss climate change at UN in September 2009, ahead of Copenhagen talks.
05/10/2006
US expects China, India, Brazil to take up task of curbing emissions. China says its committed to the task and sees itself as a leader in "green technologies", but it sees reduction in terms of each dollar of GNP, so that as GNP grows the total emissions would rise.
Grouped Articles
China: Building Blocks for Climate Pact
New York Times 10/01/10
Smog Clears on China Energy Reform
Wall Street Journal 03/08/13
China’s Climate Change Plan Raises Questions
New York Times 11/12/14
Climate Accord Relies on Environmental Policies Now in Place
New York Times 11/12/14
G-8 Climate-Change Agreement Falls Short
Wall Street Journal 07/09/09
U.S. and China Vow Action on Climate but Cite Needs
New York Times 09/23/09
Detroit carmakers and sales to rental fleets
05/10/2006
The practice of sales to rental fleets is affecting the Detroit automakers adversely in terms of prices for new vehicles competing with rental fleet cars on the market after 6-12 months of use by rental car companies. Rental car companies buy about 2 million cars a year with a large concentration of vehicles from GM, Ford and Chrysler. In fact GM sold 41% of its vehicles to rental fleets in 2006- 600,000 cars.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Auto Sales Surge in December
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
GM Will Seek Higher Prices On Cars Sold to Rental Firms
Wall Street Journal 05/10/06
Ford Aims to Shake Up Family Car Market
Wall Street Journal 01/06/12
Wall Street Journal 01/11/12
Auto Makers' New Math Drives Net
Wall Street Journal 01/27/12
New Car Prices Rising Along With Sales
Wall Street Journal 02/03/12
China Investment Corporation (CIC) plans and strategies
05/09/2006
China's sovereign wealth fund with about $70 billion of the $200 billion in the fund allocated for foreign investments mostly of the portfolio kind.
Grouped Articles
Chinaâs Sovereign Wealth Fund Buys Shares in Major Banks
New York Times 10/10/11
Low-Key Politician to Take Helm of China's $500 Billion Fund
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
Economist 08/21/10
Central Huijin Raises $7.94 Billion in Bond Sale
Wall Street Journal 08/26/10
China Fund Shifts Focus From Energy
Wall Street Journal 02/19/14
China’s CIC Gearing Up Investment in Overseas Assets
Wall Street Journal 03/29/15
Russia's budget deficit, the Reserve Fund and foreign investment
05/09/2006
The Reserve Fund, Russia's sovereign wealth fund, is now down to $26 billion. This would only cover about half of the 2011 budget deficit. The need for foreign investment to pursue economic growth, meet development needs, and for oil exploration in the Arctic.
Grouped Articles
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 Prepared to Let Ruble Slide
Wall Street Journal 01/30/14
Competing Visions for Russia’s Economic Future
New York Times 05/22/14
Putin Trumpets Economic Strength, but Advisers Seem Less Certain
New York Times 10/02/14
Global Oil Glut Sends Prices Plunging
Wall Street Journal 10/15/14
Russia's effort to prevent the ruble from collapsing in 2009
05/09/2006
Russia used up a third of its foreign exchange reserves to defend the ruble, from November 2008 to early February 2009, as the global financial crisis escalated.
Grouped Articles
Russian Ruble Slips to 7-Month Low as Investors Grow Cold
Wall Street Journal 09/23/10
Yaroslavl: A Russian Burg Turns Bearish
BusinessWeek 03/12/09
Russia Bonds Still Confront a Deep Chill
Wall Street Journal 04/04/09
Medvedev Chooses Critic for an Interview Debut
Wall Street Journal 04/15/09
Russian Ruble Hits Fresh Record Low Against Dollar
Wall Street Journal 10/06/14
Russian Ruble Fall to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 10/10/14
China's foreign investment- 2011-2015
05/09/2006
Investments overseas by Chinese companies and the China Investment Corporation using China's large foreign exchange reserves.
Grouped Articles
Chinese Car Maker's Favorite Passenger: Uncle Sam
Wall Street Journal 04/29/13
China's Shuanghui to Buy Smithfield Foods
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
Morgan Stanley to Help Finance Shuanghui Bid
Wall Street Journal 05/30/13
The Smithfield Deal: China Bringing Home the American Bacon
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
China Brings Home the U.S. Bacon
Wall Street Journal 05/29/13
Smithfield Deal: Past Chinese Acquisitions Bode Well
Wall Street Journal 05/30/13
The U.S., Europe and Asia- conservation, public transportation, smaller cars and the gasoline tax
05/07/2006
The U.S. differs from Europe and the developed countries of Asia such as Japan and S. Korea in the way it approaches the gasoline price. Higher gasoline taxes changes the way these countries approach transportation- with the use of smaller cars, better public transportaton and large investments in public transportation, and an emphasis on conservation.
Grouped Articles
Abroad at the Pump, Circumspection by the Barrel
New York Times 05/07/06
Detroit Hopes Smaller Cars Can Give it More Horsepower
Wall Street Journal 04/23/12
Cars shrink under pressure from government and consumers.
Detroit News 01/09/10
Banco Santander Brazil
05/05/2006
Grouped Articles
McDonald's Cranks Up The Volume on 'Value'
Wall Street Journal 04/14/13
CEO Says Hilton Exploring New Hotel Brand for 2014
Wall Street Journal 12/13/13
Auto Lender's Drive Reaps a Fortune
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
Ana Patricia Botín to Take Over Banco Santander
Wall Street Journal 09/10/14
Ana Patricia Botín to Take Over Banco Santander
Wall Street Journal 09/11/14
Emilio Botin Who Built Up Santander Bank Dies at 79
New York Times 09/10/14
Asian airplane market growth and pilot demand
05/05/2006
Grouped Articles
With Jobs Scarce, U.S. Pilots Sign On At Foreign Airlines
Wall Street Journal 05/05/06
U.S. Moves Closer to Minority Majority
Wall Street Journal 08/31/11
HDFC Bank performance
05/04/2006
Grouped Articles
How HDFC Bank Is Triumphing in India
BusinessWeek 12/08/11
Indian Bank HDFC Plans To Merge With Centurion
Wall Street Journal 02/25/08
Wall Street Journal 07/11/07
Citigroup Deepens Ties To Indian Mortgage Firm
Wall Street Journal 05/04/06
India's Slowing Growth Will Test Banks' Resilience
Wall Street Journal 12/31/11
HDFC Bank Profit Rises Over 30%
Wall Street Journal 04/18/12
Vikram Pandit and Citibank
05/04/2006
Grouped Articles
Pandit Stakes Citi's Future on Emerging Markets
BusinessWeek 03/17/11
Wall Street Journal 06/05/09
Pandit Unveils a Citi of Dreams
Wall Street Journal 03/12/10
Citi's Pandit Pay for 2009: $128,750 + $1
Wall Street Journal 02/27/10
Pandit Is Running Out of Time to Clean Up Citigroup
New York Times 01/20/10
Economist 10/15/09
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