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Brazil's growing middle class, new aspirations and demands for better public services
01/03/2010
32 millon people have joined the middle class since 2003.
Grouped Articles
Thousands Gather for Protests in Brazilâs Largest Cities
New York Times 06/17/2013
Brazil's New Middle Class Takes to the Streets
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Brazil’s disappointing economy: Stuck in the mud
Economist 06/27/2013
Brazil’s Economic Crisis Beats the Emerging Middle Class Back Down
Wall Street Journal 11/10/2015
Booming economy, government programs help Brazil expand its middle class
Washington Post 01/03/2010
Economist 05/20/2010
U.S. and China- Trade Wars.
12/30/2009
American action against products from China that are dumped on the U.S. market. The unervalued Chinese currency and subsidized exports.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Economist 03/31/2010
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/2013
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
US-China trade relations: Speak less softly, carry a stick
Economist 09/25/2010
Serbia and the European Union.
12/29/2009
Visa free travel, entry into the EU, efforts to integrate Serbia into Europe.
Grouped Articles
Serbia, Kosovo Advance Toward Bloc
Wall Street Journal 04/23/2013
How to Mend Balkan Wounds for Good
New York Times 05/09/2013
Serbia's prime minister Charts an Uncertain Course West
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2015
Serbia’s Ruling Pro-European Party Appears Headed for a Win
New York Times 04/24/2016
A pro-Europe prime minister wins a second term in Serbia
Economist 04/29/2016
Unknown 12/29/2009
Corporate leaders and 2009.
12/28/2009
How corporate leaders see 2009 and how they coped with the downturn and what they look to for the future.
Grouped Articles
After Navigating Slump, Managers Ponder Next Moves
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2009
CEOs See Some Light After a Dismal 2009
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2009
New York Times 11/05/2011
P&G (Procter & Gamble) - India.
12/12/2009
Grouped Articles
P&G Sales Rise on Strong Demand in Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2014
P&G Tripped Up by Its Assumptions About Diapers in China
Wall Street Journal 08/14/2015
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Why Procter & Gamble Needs to Shave More Indians
BusinessWeek 06/09/2011
As Middle Class Shrinks, P&G Aims High and Low
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2011
P.& G. Sees the World as Its Client
New York Times 12/12/2009
Failure to control overbilling by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment and device makers in the health reform bill.
12/10/2009
Only $10 million annual increase to control fraud has been allocated in the bill. Its not likely to do much to control the overbilling and may be one more reason the health care reform bill will be a failure in controlling costs. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/21/2013
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/2010
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/2011
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2011
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/2011
Copenhagen and Business.
12/04/2009
Grouped Articles
Why Copenhagen Will Be Good for Business
BusinessWeek 12/04/2009
Media site pricing and revenue models.
11/16/2009
Grouped Articles
About Half in U.S. Would Pay for Online News, Study Finds
New York Times 11/16/2009
Adding Fees and Fences on Media Sites
New York Times 12/28/2009
The national mood in America- political processes and society.
09/29/2009
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/29/2009
New York Times 11/17/2009
New York Times 12/18/2009
Politics in the Age of Distrust
New York Times 01/22/2010
Indian pharmaceutical companies and patent challenges.
07/07/2009
Grouped Articles
India Orders Bayer to License Patented Cancer Drug
New York Times 03/12/2012
India Rejects Novartis Patent Claim
Wall Street Journal 07/07/2009
India Prepares EU Trade Complaint
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2009
India-E.U. trade pact could boost AIDS treatment costs, health workers say - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/11/2012
Indiaâs Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Drug Patents
New York Times 03/06/2012
AARP Study Says Price of Popular Drugs Rose 26%
New York Times 03/06/2012
The new Board at GM after the bankruptcy and under the leadership of Whitacre.
06/01/2009
An activist board at GM pushing for fast changes at GM.
Grouped Articles
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/2013
BusinessWeek 06/01/2009
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/2014
Angst Over GM's Activist Board
BusinessWeek 12/10/2009
BusinessWeek 12/02/2009
GM CEO takes bold steps He topples hierarchy, voes to repay loans.
Detroit Free Press 01/11/2010
Goldman Sachs, Paulson, and the S.E.C. suit in the Abacus case.
05/04/2009
Paulson had Goldman Sachs structure as ecurity out of handpicked bad apples in the mortgage securities market, Goldman then sells these securities to institutional investors without disclosing what Paulson had done and without disclosing that Paulson had bet heavily against them.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/2010
New York Times 04/17/2010
Abacus Deal: As Bad as They Come
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2010
Economist 04/29/2010
SEC Tries to Rebuild Its Reputation
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2013
Investing for 2010- strategies and prospects.
01/02/2010
Grouped Articles
Barry Ritholtz: Time, not timing, is key to investing success - The Washington Post
Washington Post 08/25/14
For Stocks in the Developed World, It Was a Decade of Zeros
New York Times 01/02/10
Four Reasons to Remain Cautious
Wall Street Journal 01/02/10
What the Past Can’t Tell Investors
New York Times 01/03/10
Beware the Crisis around the corner
Financial Times 01/04/10
Why a Legendary Market Skeptic Is Upbeat About Stocks
Wall Street Journal 09/10/11
Different impact of the global economic crisis of 2008-09 in developed and developing countries.
12/30/2009
The developing countries rebounded very quickly in 2009, while developed countries struggled.
Grouped Articles
Year in Review: Developed Economies Retake Growth-Engine Role
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Economist 12/30/09
Phaseout of GM's Pontiac and Saturn Brands.
12/29/2009
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/29/09
Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota and Republican presidential candidate
12/21/2009
Grouped Articles
Tim Pawlenty Gets No Respect- Interview.
Washington Post 12/21/09
Tim Pawlenty announces presidential bid - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/24/11
In Iowa, Pawlenty Campaign Takes the Road Less Traveled
New York Times 06/01/11
Pawlenty Stakes Out New Tax Ground
Wall Street Journal 06/08/11
Wall Street Journal 07/06/11
BusinessWeek 08/11/11
P&G (Procter & Gamble) product strategies.
12/12/2009
Grouped Articles
Rinse and Repeat Could Clean Up P&G
Wall Street Journal 05/24/13
P&G Doesn't Have 'Any Bigger Problem'
Wall Street Journal 05/24/13
P&G Chief Will Find It Tough to Turn Tide
Wall Street Journal 07/31/13
P&G to Cut Package Sizes for Diapers
Wall Street Journal 09/08/13
Procter & Gamble's Profit Rises on Higher Sales
Wall Street Journal 10/27/13
P&G Chief Wages Offensive Against Rivals, Risks Profits
Wall Street Journal 08/19/10
The state attorneys general in the U.S. and the subprime lending and foreclosure crises and mortgage settlements.
12/08/2009
Federal regulators and the Bush and Obama administrations failed miserably to help homeowners achieve loan modifications. This with the false belief that putting homeowners out of their homes would actually speed up a recovery, considering the huge scale of foreclosures in the USA , the high unemployment and other problems hitting the economy. Feldstein's consistent arguments for homeowner relief throughout 2008 and 2009- considering the large number of homeowners under water- as the mortgage crisis unfolded, were ignored by the Bush and Obama administrations. See the comparisons to Japan's lost decade, as the lack of recovery in housing adds to problems with job losses. The lawsuits, legal action and mortgage settlements facing banks as they make their way through the mortgage mess.
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/13
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Banks Keep their Mortgage Litigation Reserves a Secret
New York Times 01/16/14
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
BP’s Cuts May Wound Portfolio Recovery
Wall Street Journal 02/04/15
The Eikenberry cables and the war in Afghanistan.
11/28/2009
The language is strong and rejects McChrystal's appraisal that additional troops can make the difference considering the failure of the Karzai government and the poor prospects for the Afghan army.
Grouped Articles
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/10
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/10
Afghan Crisis Risks Splitting Country
Wall Street Journal 07/09/14
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect
New York Times 11/28/09
Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, to Get U.S. Aid in Return
New York Times 01/28/10
U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Worries on Afghan Plans
New York Times 01/26/10
The national mood in Britain- political processes and society.
10/16/2009
Grouped Articles
New York Times 10/16/09
New York Times 12/07/11
Conservatives Fare Poorly in British Races, London's Mayor Aside
New York Times 05/04/12
Pharmaceutical research and development in cancer drugs.
09/02/2009
Grouped Articles
Taking Risk for Profit, Industry Seeks Cancer Drugs
New York Times 09/02/09
Glaxo Tries Biotech Model to Spur Drug Innovations
Wall Street Journal 07/01/10
Medicare cuts and Doctors in 2010.
07/20/2009
Doctors facing cuts in Medicare payments.
Grouped Articles
Small Slice of Doctors Account for Big Chunk of Medicare Costs
Wall Street Journal 04/09/14
Small Group of Doctors Are Biggest Medicare Billers
Wall Street Journal 06/01/15
Doctors Chafe As Medicare Cuts Loom
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Preventing the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 10/23/09
Economist 10/15/09
The "Melt Up" U.S. stock market rally of late 2009 and its prospects.
06/06/2009
Farzad of BW says economic fundamentals don't justify the rally so it could fizzle out at any time in 2010 or 2011.
Grouped Articles
Number of the Week: Volatile August for Stocks
Wall Street Journal 09/03/11
Wall Street's Clearance Sale Leaves Few Bargains
Wall Street Journal 06/06/09
Behind the Great Stock Rally of 2009
BusinessWeek 11/24/09
Beware the Crisis around the corner
Financial Times 01/04/10
New York Times 01/04/10
U.S. Data Offer an Uncertain Compass
Wall Street Journal 01/04/10
Board failures and lack of action to make much needed changes after this helped cause the economic crisis of 2008-09.
06/01/2009
Board failures at companies like Fannie Mae, Countrywide, WaMu, GM and others which led to huge losses for taxpayers, communities, and laid off employees.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/11/13
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/13
BusinessWeek 06/01/09
An Unfinished Chapter at Countrywide
New York Times 08/23/14
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/14
What Iceberg? Just Glide to the Next Boardroom
New York Times 12/27/09
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