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Faltering communications of policymakers at the People's Bank of China and in the government in Beijing with financial markets in 2016
01/06/2016
Following missteps in the summer of 2015 China's central bank PBOC officials faltered again as they sent different signals to financial markets in Shanghai- first PBOC failing to roll over a credit line of $19.9 billion to China Development Bank on Jan 4, 2015, and then with a sharp decline in the market triggering halt in trading mechnisms moving to inject the same amount into the financial system. Chinese officials are keenly ware of the need to increase productivity of business investment and reduce crippling oversupply in steel and other materials but not clear on how to proceed.
Grouped Articles
Beijing Muddles Markets With Mixed Signals
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
China Stocks: Trading Called Off for Second Time This Week
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Confused by China’s Yuan? It’s Intentional
Wall Street Journal 01/15/2016
How China’s Big Lending Push Comes Up Short
Wall Street Journal 03/01/2016
Women in Cologne, other German cities- the sexual assault cases fueling a debate on migrants and refugees in 2016
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Reports of New Year’s Eve Sexual Assaults Feed Into German Debate Over Migrant Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2016
Reports of Attacks on Women in Germany Heighten Tension Over Migrants
New York Times 01/05/2016
Germans outraged by mayor’s advice for women after raft of harassment - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/2016
German Authorities Investigating Three in Connection With New Year’s Eve Assaults
Wall Street Journal 01/07/2016
Cologne Mayor’s ‘Arm’s Length’ Advice on Sexual Attacks Stirs Outcry
New York Times 01/06/2016
Washington Post 01/08/2016
GM (General Motors) $500 million investment in ride sharing online service Lyft in 2016
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
GM Invests $500 Million in Lyft, Plans System for Self-Driving Cars
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
GM Enters Car-Sharing With Limited Rollout
Wall Street Journal 01/21/2016
Boss Talk: Lyft’s Logan Green on Building Uber’s ‘Happier’ U.S. Rival
Wall Street Journal 04/06/2016
Hillary Clinton and the role of Bill Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Bill Clinton: Asset or liability for his candidate-wife? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/05/2016
Clinton Campaign Underestimated Sanders Strengths, Allies Say
New York Times 01/16/2016
Bill Clinton, After Months of Restraint, Unleashes Stinging Attack on Bernie Sanders
New York Times 02/07/2016
Eight years later, Bill Clinton is causing headaches for his wife again - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/16/2016
Bill Clinton grapples uncomfortably with the then and the now - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/13/2016
Hillary Clinton’s Long, Grueling Quest
The New York Times 06/08/2016
Baxalta - Symphogen collaboration on cancer treatments in 2016
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Baxalta to Collaborate With Symphogen, as It Nears Shire Merger Deal
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
U.S. president Obama's executive action on gun control in January 2016
01/04/2016
Grouped Articles
Obama details executive action on gun restrictions - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/05/2016
Obama to Expand Gun Background Checks and Tighten Enforcement
New York Times 01/04/2016
President Obama’s gun reforms are sensible — but long overdue - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/06/2016
Obama’s Lofty Plans on Gun Violence Amount to Little Action
New York Times 02/07/2016
Trump Veers From Party Line on Gun Control
The New York Times 06/15/2016
Orlando Shooter Raised Suspicion at Gun Shops
WSJ 06/16/2016
U.S. - Saudi Arabia relations in 2015-2017
01/04/2016
Grouped Articles
U.S. in a Bind as Saudi Actions Test a Durable Alliance
New York Times 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Mission: Get Saudis, Iran to Make Nice
Wall Street Journal 04/20/2016
New York Times 04/22/2016
Saudis and Extremism: ‘Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters’
The New York Times 08/25/2016
Saudi Arabia, Ignoring Trump’s Slights, Will Give Him a Royal Welcome
The New York Times 05/18/2017
$110 Billion Weapons Sale to Saudis Has Jared Kushner’s Personal Touch
The New York Times 05/19/2017
Deep divisions in Catalan society and Catalonia's independence movement in 2016-2017
01/03/2016
A pro-independence party CUP repudiates the leadership of Arturo Mas after a corruption scandal in the government led by Mas. Spain's general elections led to an inconclusive result and no new government has been formed in Madrid.
Grouped Articles
New Elections Likely in Catalonia After Separatist Leader Is Rebuffed
New York Times 01/03/2016
Splits in Catalonia's pro-independence campaign before key vote
The Guardian 07/05/2017
Catalonia’s Referendum Is Culmination of a Former Journalist’s Lifelong Drive for Independence
WSJ 09/29/2017
In Catalonia’s wild-card bid to secede from Spain, youth want a big voice
Washington Post 09/29/2017
Spain expected to remove Catalan powers
BBC News 11/17/2017
Barcelona: A Global City in the Eye of a Separatist Storm
The New York Times 10/20/2017
Iran's relations with Saudi Arabia, and the UAE
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Bahrain, Sudan cut ties with Tehran as crisis widens in Saudi-Iran split - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Its Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
New York Times 01/03/2016
Domestic Issues Fuel Saudi-Iranian Crisis
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2016
Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces Crisis After Saudi Arabia Embassy Attack
New York Times 01/04/2016
U.S.- China relations and the U.S. presidential election of 2016
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Bringing U.S. Presidential Debates to a Chinese Audience
New York Times 01/03/2016
Campaign Season’s Anti-China Tone Is Likely to Cloud Meeting With Obama
New York Times 03/30/2016
Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scenes on Trump-Taiwan Call
The New York Times 12/06/2016
Why Trump needs to avoid collision course with China | Asia | DW.COM | 08.02.2017
DW.COM 02/08/2017
Trump Tells Xi Jinping U.S. Will Honor ‘One China’ Policy
The New York Times 02/09/2017
Beijing’s Patience Pays Off With Trump’s Reaffirmation of ‘One-China’ Policy
WSJ 02/10/2017
The outlook for U.S. stock and bond markets in 2016
01/02/2016
Experts say 2016 will continue to show the same uncertainties faced in 2015. In the past tepid performance such as that in 2015 has been followed by strong performance in subsequent years, according to analysts. Emerging markets showed a sharp decline in 2015, with continued uncertainty in 2016. The U.S. markets were essentially flat in 2015.
Grouped Articles
After a Tumultuous 2015, Investors Have Low Expectations for Markets
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
U.S. Stocks Post Worst Annual Losses Since 2008
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Why This Market Meltdown Isn’t a Repeat of 2008
Wall Street Journal 01/18/2016
BlackRock Chief: Markets Will Be ‘Fine’
Wall Street Journal 01/18/2016
Markets Are Scaring Themselves
Wall Street Journal 01/21/2016
Stretch of Market Volatility Makes It Stormy at the Top
The New York Times 07/15/2016
Basketball, Phil Jackson and poetry
01/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Phil Jackson, Pat Summitt, Mary Karr and a special triangular connection - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/2016
Terrorism threats including Berlin attack in Germany in 2015-2016
01/01/2016
Grouped Articles
Munich on High Alert After New Year’s Eve Terrorism Threat
New York Times 01/01/2016
Terrorism Suspects Are Posing as Refugees, Germany Says
New York Times 02/05/2016
After Attack on German Train, Fears Over Refugees, and From Them, Too
The New York Times 07/20/2016
The Economist 07/30/2016
Truck Rams Berlin Christmas Market, Leaving Nine Dead
WSJ 12/20/2016
Opinion: Attack on Berlin is bound to change Germany | News | DW.COM | 20.12.2016
DW.COM 12/20/2016
Stephen Bosworth, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, and the need for a new policy with North Korea in 2016-2017
01/06/2016
Stephen Bosworth was appointed by Hillary Clinton as U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy. He was one of the State Department's best diplomats, and after several postings overseas was Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. Here Prof. Drezner describes the policies that have not worked with North Korea of pressuring China on the DPRK and its nuclear weapons tesing. Drezner cites Chinese analysts who say that China does not want to see Korean unification because it would bring U.S. influence to its borders. South Korea plans to resume anti-DPRK broadcasts in 2016 in response to nuclear tests. The fact remains that South Koreans and Chinese both see the problems of renunification and have not taken serious steps- the South wary of the situation similiar to that of integration of Communist East Germany which took over a decade. Drezner credits diplomats of the reputation of Bosworth to keep dialogue alive with North Korea till a solution can be found, as pressuring China appears to have become a worn playbook.
Grouped Articles
The U.S. diplomatic corps loses a legend just when it needs him the most - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/16
North Korea Bomb Test Challenges U.S. Policy in Asia
Wall Street Journal 01/07/16
North Korea’s Hydrogen Bomb Claim Strains Ties With China
New York Times 01/06/16
Stephen W. Bosworth, U.S. Diplomat Who Helped Oust Ferdinand Marcos, Dies at 76
New York Times 01/08/16
U.S.-China Tensions Thwart Response to North Korea Threat
WSJ 09/09/16
Analyst: 'We need an entirely new North Korea strategy' | Asia | DW.COM | 09.09.2016
DW.COM 09/09/16
Yahoo's shutdown of online video portal Screen in Jan. 2016
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Yahoo Shuts Screen, Its Online Video Portal
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Yahoo: This Time It’s Personal
Wall Street Journal 01/07/16
China's stock market in 2016-2017
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Why China’s Market Fell So Much
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Uncertainty About Stock-Selling Ban Clouds China’s Markets
Wall Street Journal 01/06/16
China’s Stock-Market Interventions Postpone Grim Reality
Wall Street Journal 01/06/16
World stock markets slide as panic in China spreads - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/07/16
China Stocks: Trading Called Off for Second Time This Week
Wall Street Journal 01/07/16
Why China’s Market Illness Has Gotten More Contagious
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Hoover Institution's Fouad Ajami on the Middle East and the policies of the Obama administration
01/05/2016
Grouped Articles
Notable & Quotable: Fouad Ajami on the Sunni-Shiite Fight
Wall Street Journal 01/05/16
Honda's break with Takata and the Takata emails
01/04/2016
Grouped Articles
Takata Emails Show Brash Exchanges About Data Tampering
New York Times 01/04/16
A Cheaper Airbag, and Takata’s Road to a Deadly Crisis
The New York Times 08/26/16
Takata, Unable to Overcome Airbag Crisis, Files for Bankruptcy Protection
The New York Times 06/26/17
With 54 Million to Go, This Airbag Recall Is Never Going To End
WSJ 06/26/17
WSJ and NYT on Trump's real estate financial dealings and surviving a severe financial crisis in the 1990's
01/04/2016
This account by WSJ reporters shows how Trump survived a severe financial crisis in the 1990's involving his Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City- his dealings with the banks, financial maneouvring that helped him escape the worst effects of the crisis, and what it tells people about how Trump would perform running the U.S. government.
Grouped Articles
Trump and His Debts: A Narrow Escape
Wall Street Journal 01/04/16
What Donald Trump’s Plaza Deal Reveals About His White House Bid
New York Times 01/16/16
Donald Trump Soured on a Deal, and Hong Kong Partners Became Litigants
The New York Times 05/31/16
What Donald Trump Learned From Joseph McCarthy’s Right-Hand Man
The New York Times 06/20/16
Trump’s Empire: a Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties
The New York Times 08/20/16
If Trump Gets His Way, Real Estate Will Get Even More Tax Breaks
The New York Times 09/01/16
Discovery television channel
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Under New Leader, Discovery Channel’s Brand Reboot Shows Promise
New York Times 01/03/16
Discovery Communications Wants to Be the ESPN of Europe
Wall Street Journal 01/12/16
Coverage of the U.S. presidential election on the internet in China- 2015-2016
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
Bringing U.S. Presidential Debates to a Chinese Audience
New York Times 01/03/16
Sunni and Shiite sects of Islam
01/03/2016
Grouped Articles
How Do Sunni and Shia Islam Differ?
New York Times 01/03/16
Trump Softens Tone on Islam but Calls for Purge of ‘Foot Soldiers of Evil’
The New York Times 05/21/17
Fund raising by U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in 2015-2016
01/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Bernie Sanders raises more than $33 million in latest fundraising quarter - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/16
Clinton Campaign Underestimated Sanders Strengths, Allies Say
New York Times 01/16/16
Clinton, Sanders Offer Strikingly Different Messages on the Stump
Wall Street Journal 01/23/16
In 24 hours after Iowa caucuses, Sanders donors pony up $3 million, aides say - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/03/16
Clinton blasts Wall Street, but still draws millions in contributions - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/04/16
Bernie Sanders’s fundraising prowess boosts his post-New Hampshire efforts - The Washington Post
Washington Post 02/10/16
Television comedy's Bill Cosby
01/02/2016
Grouped Articles
The verdict is in — Bill Cosby’s legacy has been damaged beyond repair - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/02/16
Iran -Saudi relations after Saudi Arabia's action against leaders of Shiites in eastern Saudi Arabia
01/02/2016
Grouped Articles
Iranian Protesters Ransack Saudi Embassy After Execution of Shiite Cleric
New York Times 01/02/16
Saudi Arabia’s reckless regime - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/16
Bahrain, Sudan cut ties with Tehran as crisis widens in Saudi-Iran split - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/04/16
Saudi Arabia Cuts Its Diplomatic Ties With Iran
Wall Street Journal 01/04/16
Obama’s Mideast Plan Faces a New Hurdle
Wall Street Journal 01/04/16
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric’s Execution
New York Times 01/03/16
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