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Xi Jinping Tariff Negotiating Strategy with US Groups
Unemployment and long term unemployment for U.S. women over 50 years in 2015
01/01/2016
Close to half of the unemployed women over 50 years are long term unemployed, showing the severity of unemployment for older women in the U.S. in 2015.
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Over 50, Female and Jobless Even as Others Return to Work
New York Times 01/01/2016
Libya, Tunisia, Mali and the terrorism threat in 2015-2016
01/01/2016
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Jihadists Deepen Collaboration in North Africa
New York Times 01/01/2016
Libya Nominates 32 Cabinet Members for a Unity Government
New York Times 01/19/2016
A Divided Libya Struggles Against Islamic State Attacks
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2016
Tunisia's radicalized youth | Middle East | DW.COM | 21.12.2016
DW.COM 12/21/2016
The outlook for U.S. and international bond markets in 2016
12/31/2015
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After a Tumultuous Year for Investors, the Experts Look Ahead
New York Times 12/31/2015
China's Navy and reorganization of the military
12/31/2015
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China Says It Is Building Its Second Aircraft Carrier
New York Times 12/31/2015
President Xi Jinping’s Most Dangerous Venture Yet: Remaking China’s Military
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2016
Baba Ramdev's Patanjali brand Ayurvedic soaps, shampoos, and other consumer products in India
12/31/2015
Ayurvedic consumer products are showing growth of 12-15% in India. Western companies such as Unilever, P&G and Nestle are paying attention to the Ayurvedic trend in India.
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Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev’s Traditional Remedies Take on Big Brands in India
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2015
U.S. Treasury sanctions on Iran in Jan. 2016 following ballistic missile tests in Nov. 2015
12/31/2015
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Obama Administration Preparing Fresh Iran Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2015
U.S. Lawmakers Blast Delay on Iran Sanctions
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
Wall Street Journal 01/02/2016
US slaps new sanctions on Iran over missile test | News | DW.COM | 03.02.2017
DW.COM 02/03/2017
U.S. Sanctions Hit Iran’s Plan to Tap Giant Gas Trove
WSJ 10/05/2018
Iran Seeks to Rally International Support Against U.S. Pressure
WSJ 06/18/2019
Beiqui Foton Motor and a stalled project in India- Chinese companies overseas and lack of experience with local conditions
12/30/2015
Keith Bradsher looks at foreign investment by Chinese companies that have not worked because of lack of experience with local conditions. In the same area other companies including Bridgestone of Japan have made investments with better results.
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A Chinese Company in India, Stumbling Over a Culture
New York Times 12/30/2015
Fox News and CNN in 2015
12/30/2015
Fox News leads in cable news, and breaking news continues to draw viewers. However the median age for viewers of Fox News and CNN News channels is over 60 years showing the lack of younger viewers.
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Fox News Holds Its Lead in a Year of Growth for Cable News
New York Times 12/30/2015
Criticism in South Korea of the Dec. 2015 $8.3 million humanitarian 'comfort women deal' between prime minister Abe of Japan and prime minister Lee of South Korea
12/29/2015
The 46 South Korean survivors of that ordeal in the Second World War say they were not consulted. The deal was on a humanitarian basis not a reparation. Some South Koreans find the $8.3 million insulting. Japan insists that the 1965 agreement normalizing relations including renouncing reparations between the two countries is final. South Koreans see the need for an exception in this situation. Prime minister Abe's wife visited the Yasukuni shrine for world war dead. Mrs. Lee's husband worked in the Imperial Japanese Army creating negative connotations for Mrs. Lee in the media. As a result the agreement may have accomplished little in the way of creating goodwill which should have been uppermost in the minds of the two politicians rather than some sort of agreement that does not move the unfortunate memory into the past.
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South Korean and Japanese Leaders Feel Backlash From ‘Comfort Women’ Deal
New York Times 12/29/2015
Coming to Terms on Japan’s Wartime Sex Slaves
New York Times 12/30/2015
A Japan-South Korea Breakthrough
Wall Street Journal 12/30/2015
How the Saudis are coping with lower oil prices and revenues- cutting gasoline subsidies and other spending to reduce budget deficits in 2016
12/28/2015
Gasoline prices for some grades of gasoline sold in Saudi gas stations will increase by 50% as the Saudi Finance Ministry copes with dropping oil revenues. The 2016 budget shows adeficit of $87 billion compared to $98 billion in 2015. At this rate Saudi Arabia would exhaust its foreign exchange reserves of $640 billion by 2020. Saudi Arabia has a rapidly growing population which will increase budget pressures and local oil demand. Its defense spending to counter Iran and Russia in the Syria-Iraq conflict and in Yemen also affect spending. Lower oil prices are partly a result of the geopolitical conflict in the region and rivalry betweeen Iran backed by Russia and Sunnis led by the Saudi and Emirates, as well as technology in shale oil production. This comes at a good time for China as it slows, India as it increases its growth rate, and the U.S. and Eurozone as their economies recover from a deep recession, Japan as it improves its economy from low or no growth. For Russia it is seen as away to shift away from imports to domestic industry. For the Saudis an opportuntiy to cut subsidies and improve the productivity of spending.
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Saudi Arabia, Squeezed by Low Oil Prices, Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit
New York Times 12/28/2015
Oil Prices at $30 Bend Nations, But Which Ones Could Break?
Wall Street Journal 01/13/2016
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
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
The Pennsylvania email scandal and Attorney General Kathleen Kane
12/27/2015
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Pornographic email scandal roils Pennsylvania politics - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2015
The Washington Post's database and analysis of police shootings to better understand the situation in 2015
12/27/2015
The implementation of "sanctity of life" policies at police departments reduces police shootings but it is also shown to lead to increased crime, says WP. A quarter of the shootings were for mentally ill people and most were carrying a weapon, according to the Post's databas of all shootings in the U.S. Even the FBI lacks such a database and is only now collecting the information for such a database. Still the use of force for small infractions leading to police chases, can lead to better outcomes for officers and for people making the small infractions. In 2015 11 of 65 officers charged were convicted. The Post gives the example of a female officer Lisa Mearkle in Pennsylvania who says she only used her gun when the person she was chasing reached into his pocket. She was acquited by the jury because officers have to make split second decisions or risk their lives. In short the situation is much more complicated than the media makes it out to be, and their are many sides to the story, not merely racism.
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Police fatally shoot nearly 1,000 people in 2016 | The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/2015
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance
The New York Times 07/13/2016
WSJ 07/20/2016
Efforts by ICE to deport illegal immigrants from Central America in 2016 and campaign implications for Republicans and Democrats
12/25/2015
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A political bomb is about to blow up in the Democrats’ faces - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/25/2015
Central America Migrants Flee Crime and Poverty Despite U.S. Crackdown
WSJ 06/25/2018
Terrorism threats including Berlin attack in Germany in 2015-2016
01/01/2016
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Munich on High Alert After New Year’s Eve Terrorism Threat
New York Times 01/01/16
Terrorism Suspects Are Posing as Refugees, Germany Says
New York Times 02/05/16
After Attack on German Train, Fears Over Refugees, and From Them, Too
The New York Times 07/20/16
The Economist 07/30/16
Truck Rams Berlin Christmas Market, Leaving Nine Dead
WSJ 12/20/16
Opinion: Attack on Berlin is bound to change Germany | News | DW.COM | 20.12.2016
DW.COM 12/20/16
European stock market performance in 2015
12/31/2015
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European Markets to Finish 2015 Among World’s Top Performers
Wall Street Journal 12/31/15
After a Tumultuous Year for Investors, the Experts Look Ahead
New York Times 12/31/15
It’s Springtime for Investing in Europe
WSJ 05/03/17
U.S. stock market 4th quarter 2015
12/31/2015
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After a Tumultuous Year for Investors, the Experts Look Ahead
New York Times 12/31/15
After a Tumultuous 2015, Investors Have Low Expectations for Markets
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
U.S. Stocks Post Worst Annual Losses Since 2008
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Wasted Opportunity: Hedge Funds Falter
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
The outlook for U.S. and international stock markets in 2016
12/31/2015
Grouped Articles
After a Tumultuous Year for Investors, the Experts Look Ahead
New York Times 12/31/15
After a Tumultuous 2015, Investors Have Low Expectations for Markets
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Why This Market Meltdown Isn’t a Repeat of 2008
Wall Street Journal 01/18/16
BlackRock Chief: Markets Will Be ‘Fine’
Wall Street Journal 01/18/16
Markets Are Scaring Themselves
Wall Street Journal 01/21/16
Stretch of Market Volatility Makes It Stormy at the Top
The New York Times 07/15/16
France's police and the slow response to the terrrorist attacks in 2015
12/31/2015
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Response to Paris Attacks Points to Weaknesses in French Police Structure
New York Times 12/31/15
DW.COM 07/05/16
Climate change in 2015
12/30/2015
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New York Times 12/30/15
Obama and Xi Formally Commit U.S. and China to Paris Climate Accord
The New York Times 09/03/16
Paris climate deal: US and China announce ratification - BBC News
BBC News 09/03/16
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/16
Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Climate Change Dissenter, to Lead E.P.A.
The New York Times 12/07/16
Clean Energy ‘Moving Forward’ Despite Trump’s E.P.A. Pick, Experts Say
The New York Times 12/09/16
Iran- U.S. relations following the nuclear deal- Iran's ballistic missile testing and the U.S.S. Truman near Oman
12/30/2015
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Iran’s Missile Tests Remind the U.S. That Tensions Have Not Ended
New York Times 12/30/15
Wall Street Journal 01/02/16
Iran, Emerging From Sanctions, Faces Crisis After Saudi Arabia Embassy Attack
New York Times 01/04/16
14 Testy Months Behind U.S. Prisoner Swap With Iran
New York Times 01/17/16
U.S. Strike in Syria Raises Tensions With Iran
WSJ 04/07/17
Trump Recertifies Iran Nuclear Deal, but Only Reluctantly
The New York Times 07/18/17
Citigroup's open floor plan for offices in 2016
12/29/2015
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Citigroup’s New Office Plan: No Offices
Wall Street Journal 12/29/15
End of the Ebola crisis as WHO declares Guinea free of Ebola Virus in Dec. 2015
12/29/2015
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Guinea, ground zero of the Ebola outbreak, is now free of the deadly disease - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/29/15
Iran's shipment of its stockpile of uranium to Russia in Dec. 2015
12/28/2015
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Iran Hands Over Stockpile of Enriched Uranium to Russia
New York Times 12/28/15
The poor record of coming out to vote of Trump's base of support among less educated voters
12/27/2015
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Washington Post 12/27/15
Donald Trump's campaign strategies and the effects of globalization and free trade marginalizing vulnerable less educated workers
12/25/2015
Experts in Germany and the U.S. look at support for right wing parties and fringe movements in 2015 for areas adversely affected by cheap imports.
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 12/25/15
Washington Post 12/27/15
Trump Laid Out His Playbook 30 Years Ago
Wall Street Journal 01/25/16
What’s Our Duty to the People Globalization Leaves Behind?
New York Times 01/26/16
Here’s what a conservative policy agenda should look like in the Trump era - The Washington Post
Washington Post 01/27/16
Anxiety Fuels Donald Trump’s Supporters
Wall Street Journal 01/27/16
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