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Money from pharmaceutical companies to doctors.
12/31/2008
Grouped Articles
No Mug? Drug Makers Cut Out Goodies for Doctors
New York Times 12/31/2008
How debt can suddenly sink firms as business swings lead to a drying up of business.
10/14/2008
It can happen to GM and Chrysler, and a near miss for Ford and Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs is only pretending that it did not have a near miss after Lehman's collapse. The same can happen to an architectural firm Yamasaki as corporate real estate market collapses in 2009. The volatility and nervousness in financial markets in 2008 that shut companies out of credit markets and led to the government led auto industry bailout with planned bankruptcy filings.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/2011
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/2013
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2008
Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic
Wall Street Journal 11/24/2008
Wall Street Journal 03/14/2009
Morgan Stanley Comes Up Golden
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
Johnson Controls strategies
01/23/2008
One of the few auto parts companies that have continued to operate outside of bankruptcy protection.
Grouped Articles
Johnson Controls' Next Boss Would Pare Auto-Parts Units
Wall Street Journal 08/09/2013
Johnson Controls Tells Critics Take a Seat
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
Johnson Controls Considers Spinning Off Car Parts Unit
New York Times 06/10/2015
Johnson Controls to Spin Off Automotive Business
Wall Street Journal 07/25/2015
Johnson Controls Said to Be in Advanced Talks to Combine With Tyco
Wall Street Journal 01/25/2016
Tyco Merger Will Shift Johnson Controls’ Tax Liability Overseas
New York Times 01/25/2016
Improvements in Fuel Economy for carmakers in 2009 and beyond.
01/06/2008
With the government's investment in GM and its clear mandate for higher fuel efficency under the Obama administration, and with Ford's committment to fuel efficiency leadership, as well as the operation of Chrysler by Italian small carmaker Fiat, the move is towards smaller cars, large gains in fuel efficiency, and investment in hybrid cars.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/17/2014
Fuel-Efficiency Technology Gives Fiat a Boost in Bargaining to Acquire Chrysler Stake
Wall Street Journal 04/07/2009
With Gas Prices Less of a Worry, Buyers Pass Hybrid Cars By
New York Times 05/14/2015
Ford looks to lead pack in fuel eficiency.
Detroit Free Press 01/09/2010
Cars shrink under pressure from government and consumers.
Detroit News 01/09/2010
Small Engine shift signals big changes for buyers.
Detroit News 01/09/2010
China- Communist party leadership in 2010-2012
01/06/2008
The transition in 2012 to the new leadership of Xi Jinping Li Keqiang.
Grouped Articles
China Previews Rising Leadership
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2011
Xi Comes Out on Top After Bo Verdict
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2013
China's next leader: Xi who must be obeyed
Economist 10/23/2010
The Wonk With the Ear of Chinese President Xi Jinping
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2013
New York Times 04/09/2014
China Promotes a Top Party Official
New York Times 10/18/2010
China wage increases and government policy to promote domestic consumption.
01/05/2008
Wage increases of 20% at Hon Hai and upto 100% at Honda factories in China from wages that were kept low for the export market, are now the trend in China. The government policy is shifting to encourage such wage increases to promote domestic consumption and reduce an overreliance on export markets for growth. This is happening just as trade tensions are increasing with the USA.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy
New York Times 05/24/2013
Honda's Long-Haul Dilemma in China
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2010
Interview With Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada
Wall Street Journal 09/02/2010
Yuan's Rise Hurts China's Exporters
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
China Will Keep Growing. Just Ask the Soviets.
New York Times 10/24/2014
Adidos and Hotwind? In China, Brands Evoke Foreign Names, Even if They’re Gibberish
New York Times 12/26/2014
The growing low wage sector as downside of Germany's improving unemployment rate in 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in Germany in 2009 an 6.9% by 2013. Experts says this is a result of the rapid growth in the sector paying low wages.
Grouped Articles
'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
German Recovery Spurs Push for Higher Pay
Wall Street Journal 09/09/2010
Europe Moving Toward Small Steps to Promote Growth
New York Times 05/10/2012
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/08/2013
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2008
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
IKB Deutsche Industrie Bank and Sachsen LB
08/20/2007
German state-owned banks that engaged in reckless risktaking and had to be supported by the German central bank to prevent complete collapse.
Grouped Articles
Debt Puts German Banks in a Bind
Wall Street Journal 08/20/2007
Europeâs Mightiest Banks Still Grapple With Crisis
New York Times 06/27/2012
Chrysler's new Jeep Cherokee under Fiat management- 2010-2013
11/10/2006
With little to show that is new in its product lineup, Chrysler has a lot resting on its redesigned 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Grouped Articles
Chrysler's Jeep Faces Uphill Climb in China
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2013
Last Car Plant Brings Detroit Hope and Cash
New York Times 07/15/2013
Fiat, in Deal With Union, Will Buy Rest of Chrysler
New York Times 01/01/2014
Chrysler Weighs Jeep Expansion
Wall Street Journal 01/14/2014
Chrysler Puts Laser Focus on Defects
Wall Street Journal 05/09/2012
Many Hopes Ride on Makeover of the Grand Cherokee
New York Times 05/20/2010
Germany's Kurzarbeit plan and other methods of softening the impact of a recession on jobs and wages.
10/28/2006
About 1.5 million employees used the Kurzarbeit short work week schedules according to the German labor agency. In the latest month March 2010, 693,000 workers were on the Kurzarbeit short week schedule.
Grouped Articles
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/2010
Germany's economy: Angela in Wunderland
Economist 02/05/2011
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/21/2011
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/2011
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/2012
WSJ examination in 2010 of two decades of US oil exploration.
07/05/2006
Research by WSJ following the BP oil drilling disaster.
Grouped Articles
An Oil-Thirsty America Barreled Into 'Dead Sea'
Wall Street Journal 10/09/2010
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2011
Exxon Find Rekindles Domestic Oil Hunt
Wall Street Journal 06/09/2011
Oil Rigs Stage Exodus From Gulf of Mexico
Wall Street Journal 07/05/2006
Oil Drillers to Feel Pinch From Crude Fall
Wall Street Journal 08/10/2011
Shanghai's return to prominence as business location.
06/13/2006
Grouped Articles
Expo Offers Shanghai a Turn in the Spotlight
New York Times 04/29/2010
Expo Renews Focus on Shanghai's Foreign Side
Wall Street Journal 05/01/2010
Washington Post 12/14/2010
As China's Auto Market Booms, Leaders Clash Over Heavy Toll
Wall Street Journal 06/13/2006
Shanghai's Pudong, Once Soulless, Rises Up
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 01/31/2012
The Failure of Infrastructure Building under the Obama administration.
10/21/2008
Only a small portion- about one fifth according to one estimate- of the $787 Stimulus Bill was actually allocated for infrastructure building. And in some cases such as high speed rail only $8 billion was allocated, clearly insufficient to build a high speed rail system in te USA. And public perception is that infrastructure allocation has already taken place, so it has ceased to be a priority even though the nation's infrastructure needs rebuilding.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 09/06/11
A Slowdown on the Road to Recovery
Wall Street Journal 10/14/13
Obama's Infrastructure Plan: More Cash Could Hit the Road
BusinessWeek 09/08/10
Infrastructure spending: False expectations
Economist 10/23/10
Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses
New York Times 10/26/10
Pitch for Rebuilding Infrastructure Carries Political Challenges
New York Times 01/24/11
An exceptional and detailed look at President Obama and his first term in office.
01/28/2008
A long informal interview with Obama by Peter Baker of the New York Times, in October 2010. Baker covers all aspects of President Obama's first term in office, and compares Obama's situation with that of his predecessors, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. He uses his personal knowledge of other Presidents to throw more light on the Obama Presidency.
Grouped Articles
Germans Loved Obama. Now We Donât Trust Him.
New York Times 06/29/13
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
New York Times 10/29/13
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/13
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/13
BusinessWeek 04/06/09
Geithner Book Reveals Consensus, Not VIsion, During Financial Crisis
New York Times 05/21/14
Food prices in India.
01/19/2008
Inflation and the supply shock for food prices in India. The efforts of the RBI, India's central bank, to control inflation with a series of interest rate increases.
Grouped Articles
India's Central Bank Surprises Markets With Rate Increase
Wall Street Journal 09/21/13
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/13
It's India's Year of Inflation
BusinessWeek 07/22/10
Staying Away from Indian Bonds
Wall Street Journal 12/18/13
Wall Street Journal 09/04/10
Setting a Course for India's Inflation Nirvana
Wall Street Journal 01/23/14
Ford Explorer 2010- new model as a crossover.
01/06/2008
Ford hopes to revive the dying Explorer brand as a crossover built on the Taurus architectural base. The big change is in looks, and a fuel efficency jump from 15 to 25. Can Ford pull this off?
Grouped Articles
Ford Is Hoping to Give the Once-Great Explorer a Second Life
New York Times 05/27/10
Hybrids' Unlikely Rival: Plain Old Cars
BusinessWeek 02/23/12
Ford's EcoBoost Engine Excites Marketer
New York Times 01/06/08
Ford Hints at New Explorer With Concept
New York Times 01/06/08
China's difficult political-economic choices in the post 2010 period.
01/06/2008
The difficult choices in the new environment- transition to a new leadership, how to change the export model without serious disruptions, how to deal with western demands for balanced global growth, dealing with the inequality and corruption generated in the kind of growth China experienced (by the fiat of the State), opening up freedom of expression to curb corruption and to provide representation for hitherto blocked out voices, transition to freedom of expression and democratic processes without serious disruption to thegrowth needed for employment and improvements in the standard of living across all parts of society and regions, reducing or channelling to constructive ends prevailing nationalistic, anti-western or anti-Japanese sentiment. The new leadership of Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang is expected to be more outward looking than than of Hu Jintao and Wen Biao and comes at atime when China needs to make some difficult choices about future direction.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/01/13
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/13
Wall Street Journal 07/15/13
How China Lost Its Mojo: One Town's Story
Wall Street Journal 09/16/13
Chinaâs Economy, Back on Track
New York Times 10/04/13
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/13
Changes in China's factories in 2010-2013. Changing manufacturing.
01/05/2008
Conditions at Hon Hai and a strike at Honda are part of a changing picture of worker dissatisfaction with wages and discipline at Chinese factories. The period of low prices and worker discipline of the kind that prevailed for several decades of industrialization appears to be closing. The Chinese government is also having second thoughts as America and Europe are no longer the growing markets they used to be, and as it weighs a policy shift to domestic consumption.
Grouped Articles
China: A Billion Strong but Short on Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/02/13
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/13
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/13
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/13
Wall Street Journal 12/21/11
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/10
RBS and Lloyd's Banking Group and reckless management.
09/17/2007
Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyd's banking Group were part of the U.K. bank bailout. This was a case of poor decisions, reckless management and excessive risk taking without attention to possible consequences. Cameron and Osborne of the Conservatives and Mervyn King of the Bank of England voiced criticism of these behaviours that has cost the British taxpayer.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/13/13
New York Times 06/12/13
The future of Lloyds: Stuff happened
Economist 09/25/10
Past Sins Haunting Royal Bank of Scotland
New York Times 01/27/14
Legal Costs Set to Put RBS in the Red
Wall Street Journal 01/28/14
Wall Street Journal 01/28/14
Martin Feldstein and the mortgage crisis 2009-2010.
09/12/2007
See the solutions suggested by Feldstein to the crisis in a series of articles.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 09/12/07
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/08
Wall Street Journal 02/20/08
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/08
The Problem Is Still Falling House Prices
Wall Street Journal 10/04/08
Martin Feldstein - The Stimulus Plan We Need Now
Washington Post 10/30/08
Target stores.
05/07/2007
Retailing giant Target and changes in its strategy to adjust to the frugal American consumer. The new retailing environment in America.
Grouped Articles
Target Earnings Rise 14% on Pickup In Credit Cards, Cost-Cutting Efforts
Wall Street Journal 08/19/10
Target Tests Small Store for Urban Shoppers as Young People Pick Cities Over Suburbs
New York Times 01/16/14
Target's Data Breach Adds to CEO's Sack of Woe
Wall Street Journal 01/26/14
Target Earnings Slide 46% After Data Breach
Wall Street Journal 02/27/14
Wall Street Journal 05/07/07
Pharmacies Fight Tough Battle on Generic Prices
Wall Street Journal 12/22/08
Chrysler's new image under Fiat.
11/10/2006
Efforts to take Chrysler's image in anew direction that promotes greener cars and different demographics.
Grouped Articles
Chrysler's Hemi Engine Loses Favor
Wall Street Journal 07/07/10
Chrysler reveals upgraded 2011 Dodge Grand Caravan
Detroit News 10/28/10
Chrysler Rides Higher at Detroit Show
Wall Street Journal 01/11/11
Chrysler Says Its Brand Is Here to Stay
New York Times 01/10/11
Boss Sweats Details of Chrysler Revival
Wall Street Journal 01/31/11
Fiat Will Hike Stake in Chrysler
Detroit News 04/21/11
Pharmaceutical companies fighting generics.
10/22/2006
Pharmaceutical compaies are trying to make it harder for pharmacists to substitute generics.
Grouped Articles
Generic-Drug Firms Go Beyond Knockoffs
Wall Street Journal 06/15/13
Industry Fights Switch To Generics for Epilepsy
Wall Street Journal 07/13/07
Wall Street Journal 02/06/08
TriCor Case May Illuminate Patent Limits
Wall Street Journal 06/02/08
How a Drug Maker Tries to Outwit Generics
Wall Street Journal 11/17/08
Ending the Silence of Generic Drugmakers
BusinessWeek 06/24/10
Questions about China's one-child policy.
06/30/2006
The fertility rate is estimated by one the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences to be at most 1.6, having dropped from close to 3 when the policy was introduced in 1980. Does this policy make sense as the population ages ask critics in the Chinese media? The impact of demographics on China's future.
Grouped Articles
The Slowing of Two Economic Giants
New York Times 07/14/13
Washington Post 11/16/13
China to Ease Longtime Policy of 1-Child Limit
New York Times 11/15/13
Wall Street Journal 11/16/13
Calculating Shift to What May Really Be 1.5-Child Policy
Wall Street Journal 11/16/13
Nicholas Eberstadt: China's Coming One-Child Crisis
Wall Street Journal 11/27/13
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