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Politico- U.S. politics website
01/29/2016
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Politico implodes - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/29/2016
Recife, Brazil and the Zika Virus
01/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Tears and Bewilderment in Brazilian City Facing Zika Crisis
New York Times 01/29/2016
The Brazilian Doctors Who Sounded the Alarm on Zika and Microcephaly
Wall Street Journal 01/30/2016
How a Medical Mystery in Brazil Led Doctors to Zika
New York Times 02/06/2016
The Cameron government's approach to poverty in Britain
01/29/2016
Grouped Articles
New York Times 01/29/2016
Theresa May Is Poised to Be Britain’s Next Prime Minister
The New York Times 07/11/2016
The resignation of Akira Amari, economic revitalization minister in the Abe government, in Jan. 2016
01/28/2016
This follows other high profile resignations in the Abe government in 2015.
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Akira Amari, Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister, Resigns Amid Scandal
New York Times 01/28/2016
Bank of Japan's negative interest rate policy in Jan. 2016
01/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Bank of Japan Introduces Negative Interest Rates
Wall Street Journal 01/29/2016
Bank of Japan, in a Surprise, Adopts Negative Interest Rate
New York Times 01/28/2016
The U.S. and the Zika Virus
01/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Why the United States is so vulnerable to the alarming spread of Zika virus - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
Reports of Zika-Linked Birth Defect Rise in Brazil
New York Times 01/27/2016
Fox News, Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump- Megyn Kelly's questioning of Trump on denigrating women
01/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Trump says he won’t participate in GOP debate on Fox News - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/2016
Trump spurns a powerful player in GOP politics in falling-out with Fox - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/28/2016
Trump Ducks an Iowa Opportunity
Wall Street Journal 01/28/2016
With No Détente, Donald Trump’s Feud With Fox Takes Center Stage
New York Times 01/27/2016
Washington Post 01/29/2016
Trump’s toxic temperament should disqualify him from the presidency - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/29/2016
Bad debts in Italy's banking system in 2016
01/27/2016
Grouped Articles
The Banker Who Is No Longer Welcome in Restaurants
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2016
Saudi oil production policy in 2016, and the prospect of low oil prices for the long term
01/27/2016
With Iran expected to add its production to supplies following lifting of sanctions in 2016, the Saudis would lose market share if they cut production. The Saudis are also on opposite sides with Iran and the Shiite government in Iraq, in the Middle East conflict. Russia is also on the opposite side of this conflict. As a result the Saudis are likely to stick to policy of full production with no cutbacks for the long term. When the Saudis made the policy decision at OPEC meetings in 2014 to not cut back on production as prices declined, it may have been done with the idea of revising policy later on. In 2016 with added Iranian production, this flexibility is diminished. Russia's bombing campaign in Syria, and its ability to withstand sanctions and low oil prices because of a declining ruble, and the cutoff in diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, have put all sides in an economic war of attrition. The Saudis with $630 billion in reserves also see the ability to withstand low oil prices for the long term. Low oil prices help boost economies in the U.S, European Union, Japan, India, China, Turkey, and other countries as the global economy slows down in 2016.
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Saudi Arabia Keeps Pumping Oil, Despite Financial and Political Risks
New York Times 01/27/2016
Oil-Price Poker: Why the Saudis Won’t Fold ‘Em
Wall Street Journal 02/01/2016
Oil Output Freeze Is an Agreement With a Catch
New York Times 02/16/2016
Young Saudis See Cushy Jobs Vanish Along With Nation’s Oil Wealth
New York Times 02/16/2016
Weak Oil Prices Curbing Production
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2016
How OPEC lost control of the oil market - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/15/2016
Globalization and manufacturing job losses in the U.S. and Canada 2000-2015
01/26/2016
Wage stagnation in the manufacuring sector in the U.S. is another aspect of the globalization trends, as workers in the U.S. compete with low wage workers in emerging markets such as Mexico and China.
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What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/2016
After Michigan Loss, Hillary Clinton Sharpens Message on Jobs and Trade
New York Times 03/09/2016
Brexit: The Era of the Angry Voter Is Upon Us - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 07/06/2016
Trump era confronts organized labor with gravest crisis in decades
Washington Post 12/09/2016
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/2016
Mexico is growing less pessimistic about Donald Trump
The Economist 04/14/2017
Barack Obama's executive order on solitary confinement in U.S. prisons
01/26/2016
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Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/26/2016
Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/26/2016
Resilience of the Russsian economy to the fall in oil prices and the decline in the ruble in 2015-2016
01/25/2016
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Russia and Turkey Show Oil Prices Aren’t Everything
Wall Street Journal 01/25/2016
Oil Falls Most Since 2015 on Fears of Oversupply
WSJ 11/13/2018
Saudis Struggle to Share Pain of Pumping Less Oil
WSJ 11/30/2018
Britain's Guardian Media Group management
01/25/2016
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Guardian to Slash Costs and Renew Online Focus
New York Times 01/25/2016
The Republican Iowa caucuses in Jan. 2016
01/29/2016
Grouped Articles
New York Times 01/29/16
Republican Vote in Iowa Caucus Hinges on Newcomer Turnout
Wall Street Journal 02/01/16
Donald Trump’s surprisingly un-Trump Iowa concession speech - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/02/16
Wall Street Journal 02/02/16
Fury Shakes the Iowa Caucuses, Boosting Ted Cruz While Slowing Hillary Clinton
New York Times 02/02/16
Ted Cruz Wins Republican Caucuses in Iowa
New York Times 02/01/16
1MDB fund of Malaysia and a Swiss investigation
01/29/2016
Grouped Articles
Swiss Question Use of Malaysian Sovereign Fund Run by Prime Minister
New York Times 01/29/16
1MDB Scandal: Deposits in Malaysian Leader Najib’s Accounts Said to Top $1 Billion
Wall Street Journal 03/01/16
Switzerland Expands 1MDB Investigation
Wall Street Journal 04/13/16
Path of $681 Million: From Saudi Arabia to Malaysian Premier’s Personal Account
New York Times 04/15/16
Malaysia Prime Minister’s Confidant Had Central Role at Troubled 1MDB Fund
Wall Street Journal 04/19/16
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and religion
01/28/2016
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Why Bernie Sanders doesn’t participate in organized religion - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/28/16
Bernie Sanders’s Kibbutz Found. Surprise: It’s Socialist.
New York Times 02/05/16
Washington Post 04/15/16
The seventh U.S. Republican presidential television debate on Jan. 28, 2016, without Trump
01/28/2016
Grouped Articles
In Trump vacuum, Cruz emerges as top target at Iowa Republican debate - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/29/16
Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Clash Harshly, Filling Void on G.O.P. Debate Stage
New York Times 01/28/16
G.O.P. Debate Without Trump Draws 12.5 Million Viewers
New York Times 01/29/16
Xerox to spinoff its services business in 2016
01/28/2016
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Xerox Planning Spinoff, Under Pressure From Carl Icahn
New York Times 01/28/16
Xerox to Split in Two; Carl Icahn to Get Three Board Seats
Wall Street Journal 01/29/16
The future for conservatism and the Republican Party as seen at the American Enterprise Institute in 2016 with the popularity of Trump
01/27/2016
A resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute says the Republican Party and conservatism have missed the problems facing the working class, leading to the popularity of Trump. He sees dangers in the deportation of 11 million Hispanic Americans that Trump has called for, and says conservatism and Republican ought to mean many positive things to working Americans that have missed out on opportunities in the last decade- that it will take many years and more than one election cycle to change this. In fact Speaker Ryan called for a forum on poverty and inequality for working class people, only after Trump increased his popularity by appealing to older white Americans left out by changes in the economy in the last decade.
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Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/16
Wall Street Journal 01/27/16
New York Times 01/29/16
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/16
GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/25/16
As Donald Trump Rolls Up Victories, the G.O.P. Split Widens to a Chasm
New York Times 03/01/16
Views on Donald Trump and his campaign as U.S. presidential candidate in 2016
01/27/2016
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Wall Street Journal 01/27/16
Donald Trump’s surprisingly un-Trump Iowa concession speech - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/02/16
How Both Parties Lost the White Middle Class
New York Times 02/01/16
Donald Trump’s Campaign Blueprint: His Own Book
Wall Street Journal 03/03/16
Democratic Fictions About the GOP and Trump
Wall Street Journal 03/08/16
Wall Street Journal 03/08/16
The role of a strengthening dollar in setting U.S. Federal Reserve policy in 2016
01/27/2016
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Dollar’s Rise Poses Risk for Fed Plans
Wall Street Journal 01/27/16
Wary Fed Keeps Its Options Open
Wall Street Journal 01/28/16
Forget the New iPhone. For Apple, It’s All About the Dollar.
New York Times 03/26/16
The Fed’s Era of Easy Money Is Ending
The New York Times 03/13/17
Germans shifting more of savings to index funds and real estate in 2016 after years of low interest rates
01/26/2016
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Germany’s Cautious Savers Find New Taste for Risk
Wall Street Journal 01/26/16
Are Fund Managers Doomed? Making the Case for Passive Investing’s Triumph
WSJ 10/18/16
Wall Street’s “Do-Nothing” Investing Revolution
WSJ 10/18/16
Passport renewal for U.S. citizens in 2016
01/26/2016
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Passport Expiring Soon? Renew It Now, State Dept. Says
New York Times 01/26/16
Slowdown in Apple iPhone and iPad sales in 2015-2016
01/26/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple: Forget Peak Oil, What About Peak iPhone?
Wall Street Journal 01/27/16
Apple Says Sales of iPhones Have Slowed
New York Times 01/26/16
Apple’s Stalled Revenue Growth Puts Focus on Prices
Wall Street Journal 01/28/16
Overheard: Apple’s High Gross Margins
Wall Street Journal 03/22/16
Forget the New iPhone. For Apple, It’s All About the Dollar.
New York Times 03/26/16
Apple Petitions to Sell Refurbished iPhones in India
Wall Street Journal 05/06/16
Luis Almagro of Uruguay, president of the Organization of American States- setting a new tone for Latin American nations
01/25/2016
In Venezuela, Guatemala, and other Latin American nations Almagro has called for openness and democratic process to respect the sentiments of the people. Venezuela benefits from dialogue between the opposition and the government of Mr. Maduro to address the economic crisis of high inflation. President Maduro is now coming around to the conclusion that such large petroleum subsidies damage the country's finances. By speaking up where necessary after years of silence from the Bush and Obama administrations, Almagro shows a new confidence in Latin America to address its own problems without being prodded by the U.S. Doing this creates new confidence that Latin American nations and people can come to a better assessment of their needs and problems, and how to best address them. A Latin American voice has more credibility with the people of Latin America, especially when it comes from an unbiased assessment of the needs and problems of Latin America, and what is the best way to tackle them.
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A revitalized voice for the Americas - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/25/16
How Does Populism Turn Authoritarian? Venezuela Is a Case in Point
The New York Times 04/01/17
Venezuelan Court Revises Ruling That Nullified Legislature
The New York Times 04/01/17
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