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How massive overspending on AI data centers to the tune of $1.5 trillion to 2028 is bad for retirees with their savings going into Tech issued corporate bonds with higher risk,not just bad for crowding out investment in vital needs of crumbling infrastructure of the Nation, Manufacturing, Housing, Cost of Living concerns, Renewable Energy.
11/16/2025
Uncertainty over returns, with revenue stream hazy and massive overspending is seen as a danger signal by a wide range of public opinion and experts shown here in Lyrarc.com in November 2025. All other priorities of the Nation are getting crowded out as 5 Tech companies engage in reckless competition at the expense of everybody else.
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The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/2025
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/2025
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/2025
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/2025
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/2025
Steve Jobs Tim Cook and shipping out of America' industrial base and with it America's leadership of the Free World
05/26/2025
America's industrial strength, it's industrial base, is one of the four pillars of America's leadership of the Free World. Without it the Free World will fall apart. The other pillars are it's education and it's health care. Underfunding of education with declining enrolment of men in college and lack of factory jobs comes with loss of the industrial base for taxes, taxes avoided by Apple and other companies. All these problems are becoming clear in 2025 as DJT calls for reindustrializing the Nation.
Grouped Articles
Trump, Apple relationship devolves with threats
The Hill 05/26/2025
Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
NYTimes.com 05/26/2025
Tim Cook’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse
WSJ 05/24/2025
Why cost of living is destroying the social compact in the US and Europe and upending governments in 2024-2025
02/24/2025
Used car prices are up 45% since 2019 putting used cars at average price $28000. It is not a discretionary cost, one needs a car to get to work in the US. There are cases of young people not able to pay soaring repair costs quitting work without transport. This is why there was so much discontent in 2024 after supply shocks and price gouging pushed up prices in 2024. Another factor evident in airline ticket pricing was demand and the excess income of the top 20 percent. In housing and apartment rentals supply shortages pushed up prices, demand and excess income of the top 20-30 percent pushed up prices beyond the reach of the rest, higher interest rates made it unaffordable to buy a home for most Americans.
Grouped Articles
Why There Is No Relief Ahead for High Used-Car Prices
WSJ 02/15/2025
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/2025
Action to cut single use plastic bags and packaging 2025
11/27/2024
Efforts to end the use of single use plastics that are a threat to health and the environment, land, rivers and oceans. The use of plastic water bottles has worsened the crisis. Supermarkets are slow in the US to ban plastic bags showing need for prudent regulation. Talks in Busan, South Korea, in Nov 2024 to find a solution to the plastics proliferation crisis. The plastics industry including plastics makers and recycling companies say things are under control with recycling goals, yet reports show only 30% of plastics is being recycled each year in 2024, and going back to the beginning of plastics 2 decades back only about 10% has been recycled.
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Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds
NYTimes.com 11/27/2024
Washington Post 06/10/2024
China Tries to Stem the Flow of Its Plastic Waste
WSJ 01/20/2020
Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis
WSJ 12/12/2018
New York Businesses Anticipate Plastic-Bag Ban
WSJ 02/27/2020
Supermarkets in France forced to ditch plastic and set up ‘refill stations’ selling unpackaged goods
The Times 04/01/2021
Novartis drug development 2010-2015
11/12/2010
Grouped Articles
Novartis Starts $5 Billion Share Buyback
Wall Street Journal 11/22/2013
Novartis Replaces Top Management in Japan
Wall Street Journal 04/04/2014
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Novartis's MS Drug Gets Approval from EU
Wall Street Journal 03/21/2011
How Novartis Plans to Avoid the 'Patent Cliff'
BusinessWeek 08/04/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2011
Google's U.S. federal tax liability of 18%. GE's low tax rate.
10/28/2010
The US tax rate for corporations at 35%, but the $1.5 billion federal tax liability of Google comes to an effective 18% tax rate. GE's consolidated tax rate of 11.6% from 2005 to 2009. This is also true of other large American companies, raising questions of fairness at a time of budget cuts in education, Medicaid and Medicare. Many U.S. companies, such as Apple, also use offshore tax havens to protect profits from taxes.
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Apple Avoided Taxes on Overseas Billions, Senate Panel Finds
Wall Street Journal 05/21/2013
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/2013
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/2013
The U.S. stock markets in 2010-2015 and the greater influence of macroeconomic forces.
09/24/2010
Declining influence of company earnings and the stock picking art, as stocks move in lockstep with each other, and the macroeconomic forces surrounding the US economy.
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Active Fund Managers Who Earn Their Keep - Barrons.com
Unknown 04/12/2013
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2013
Stockmarkets: Don’t worry, be happy
Economist 05/27/2013
Wall Street Journal 08/18/2013
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2013
Wall Street Journal 03/08/2014
France and Germany- efforts to define the European Union in 2010-2015
08/19/2010
Grouped Articles
Poll Shows European Union Loses Favor on Continent
New York Times 05/13/2013
New Attempt at French-German Amity Stumbles in Venice
Wall Street Journal 08/21/2013
New York Times 05/22/2014
Economist 08/08/2015
Charlemagne: The neighbours fall out
Economist 08/19/2010
BusinessWeek 09/30/2010
The Indonesian economy- 2010-2015
08/05/2010
Grouped Articles
Abe Win Is Good for the Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2013
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
Indonesia Faces Price Rise as Currency Weakens
Wall Street Journal 09/04/2013
Real Estate Heating Up in Indonesia
New York Times 10/15/2013
Indonesia Reports Slowest Growth in 4 Years
New York Times 02/05/2014
After Years of Inefficiency, Indonesia Emerges as an Economic Model
New York Times 08/05/2010
India's economy in 2010-2015
06/25/2010
Grouped Articles
No Ticker Tape Parade for Brazil's Currency Heroes
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2013
Indian Markets Battered by Signs of End to Easy Money
Wall Street Journal 08/17/2013
India Tackles Fear of a Market Crisis
Wall Street Journal 08/19/2013
A Summer of Troubles Saps Indiaâs Sense of Confidence
New York Times 08/18/2013
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
How Emerging Markets Can Get Their Mojo Back
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2013
China's local smartphone maker Tianyu
06/16/2010
Chinese mobile phone manufacturer. Tianyu introduced the touchscreen K-Touch which is a third of the price of similiar phones from Taiwan. Its knowledge of local conditons and features desired by Chinese buyers gives it an advantage. However firms like Ningbo Bird and TCL once dominated the Chinese market before 2005, and have fizzled out.
Grouped Articles
Tianyu Leads Rise of China's Handset Makers
Wall Street Journal 06/16/2010
For China’s Hottest Phone Maker, the Old Ways Work
WSJ 08/10/2016
Canada's real estate bubble in 2010-2015
05/06/2010
Grouped Articles
Global property markets: Boom and gloom
Economist 05/27/2013
Central Bankers Hone Tools to Pop Bubbles
Wall Street Journal 07/08/2013
Where Will the Next Financial Bubble Be?
BusinessWeek 05/06/2010
IMF Says Canada Housing Market Likely to Achieve ‘Soft Landing’
Wall Street Journal 04/30/2015
Canada Grapples With Housing Bubble Risk
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2016
Vancouver's Real Estate Bubble Trouble
BusinessWeek 06/24/2010
China's banking system in 2010-2015
01/12/2010
The effects of the stimulus spending binge and speculative behaviours of local governments and state owned companies, on the loans made by state owned banks.
Grouped Articles
Asia Goes on a Debt Binge as Much of World Sobers Up
Wall Street Journal 05/24/2013
China's 'Shadow Banks' Fan Debt-Bubble Fears
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
China's Silver Linings Playbook
Wall Street Journal 06/24/2013
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
China Central Bank Warns Banks on Liquidity
Wall Street Journal 06/25/2013
Credit Warnings Offer World a Peek Into Chinaâs Secretive Banks
New York Times 06/24/2013
Huge mismatch between profits of $20 billion and investment of $400 billion for AI in 2025 and $1.5 trillion in spending to 2028 that is crowding out investments in repairing America's crumbling infrastructure, manufacturing, renewable energy, housing, health, education
11/16/2025
Grouped Articles
The shutdown is over, but the nation’s aviation problems are not.
The Washington Post 11/16/25
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 11/15/25
Simple maths says the AI investment boom ends badly
Firstlinks 11/15/25
What Are the Implications if the AI Boom Turns to Bust? | TechPolicy.Press
Tech Policy Press 11/15/25
Opinion | You May Already Be Bailing Out the AI Business
The Wall Street Journal 11/12/25
Who Will Pay for the AI Revolution? Retirees
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
The US Cost of Living Crisis 2023-2025
02/24/2025
Cost of Living Crisis and huge gaps in income and wealth between the top 20 percent and the bottom 80 percent aggravate standards of living in America in a way not seen since the Second World War. About 45% increase in prices on cars, used cars, car repairs, housing rentals and groceries, in many household expenses, since 2019. Incomes of workers not having kept up with this kind of spiralling inflation. This is upending the social compact and leading to loss of faith in governments in the US and Europe. Change in governments in UK, France, Germany, and the US and a sense of unease among people.
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Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation
WSJ 02/09/25
Income and Wealth Gaps US 2025- Top 10 percent support 50 percent of consumer spending in 2024
02/24/2025
Top 20 percent in the US have $1.2 trillion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $35 trillion from 2019 to 2025. Bottom 80 percent have about $300 billion in excess income savings and increased Net Worth to $14 trillion in that period.
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The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/25
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, "Operation Atlantic Resolve," and the U.S. response to Russian president Putin in 2015-2016
06/06/2015
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the U.S. must be better prepared in coordination with its allies for the mix of propaganda, subversion and cyber programs used by Russian president Putin. It says this is not a return to the Cold War, but better preparation means it would be possible to tell when Russia was using these tactics, and when it was not.
Grouped Articles
Defense Chief: Subversion, ‘Big Lie’ Are in Russia’s Arsenal
Wall Street Journal 06/06/15
U.S. Pledges Equipment, Manpower to NATO Rapid-Response Force
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise
New York Times 04/20/16
It’s No Cold War, but Vladimir Putin Relishes His Role as Disrupter
The New York Times 09/30/16
Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/16
The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video
The Washington Post
Difficult policy choices for China in 2011-2015
11/12/2010
Grouped Articles
Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy
New York Times 05/24/13
Wall Street Journal 11/12/10
Beijing’s migrant workers: School’s out
Economist 09/03/11
China's Lessons From Mexico and Japan
Wall Street Journal 09/13/11
Still Reserved on China's Policy Shift
Wall Street Journal 12/01/11
China Speeds Economic 'Transformation'
Wall Street Journal 03/06/12
Britain's Labor Party in 2010-2015
09/25/2010
The election of Ed Miliband to head the party. The impact of the coalition government's austerity measures and deep cuts on Labor, and union support for Ed Miliband that enabled him to win. Shaky support for Liberal leaders in the coalition from their rank and file. Concern about the austerity measures and their impact on growth.
Grouped Articles
U.K.'s Labour Party Moves Back Toward Socialist Ideas
Wall Street Journal 09/25/13
Economist 02/04/14
Tax rates in Britain: François Miliband
Economist 02/04/14
Conservatives Fare Poorly in British Races, London's Mayor Aside
New York Times 05/04/12
Britain’s Surprisingly Unpredictable Election
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
In U.K. Election, It’s Jobs Boom vs. Stagnant Wages
Wall Street Journal 05/07/15
Vietnam's economy 2010-2015
09/22/2010
Grouped Articles
In Slowing Region, Vietnam Perks Up
Wall Street Journal 08/13/13
Vietnam Economy Ends Year on a Higher Note
Wall Street Journal 12/24/13
Capitalist Soul Rises as Ho Chi Minh City Sheds Its Past
New York Times 07/20/15
A Troubled State Flagship Makes Waves in Vietnam
Wall Street Journal 09/22/10
Vinashin's Default a Symptom of Vietnam's Growth Mania
Wall Street Journal 12/26/10
Behind Firm's Default: Vietnam's Growth Mania
Wall Street Journal 12/26/10
Financial Outlook for Social Security in the U.S.
08/06/2010
The Social Security Fund is expected to need an infusion of $41 billion in 2010, with more coming out than going into the fund in 2011, and the situation worsening by 2015.
Grouped Articles
Detroit Vehicles Outperform Imports in Quality Study
Wall Street Journal 05/13/13
Bullish Medicare Projection Doubted
Wall Street Journal 08/06/10
Alice Rivlin's Bid to Cut the Deficit
BusinessWeek 10/21/10
Key Tax Breaks at Risk as Panel Looks at Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/25/10
Deficit Panel's Leaders Push Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/08/10
Wall Street Journal 03/03/11
BP under CEO Robert Dudley - 2011-2015
07/26/2010
Grouped Articles
BPâs $4.2 Billion Profit Beats Forecasts
New York Times 04/30/13
At BP, There’s Optimism in the Corner Office
New York Times 01/24/14
BP's Dudley Faces Daunting To-Do List
Wall Street Journal 07/26/10
Wall Street Journal 01/15/11
Not-Quite-New BP Faces Old Challenges
Wall Street Journal 02/02/11
Setback in Rosneft Deal Suggests BP Misread Russia
New York Times 04/09/11
U.S. state Louisiana's economy after the BP Oil Spill in 2010 and the collapse in oil prices in 2015
06/22/2010
Grouped Articles
Oil States’ Budgets Face Crude Awakening
Wall Street Journal 01/13/15
Drill Ban Clashes With Local Economy
Wall Street Journal 06/22/10
One Year After Spill, Some Signs of Life Emerge in the Gulf
Wall Street Journal 04/18/11
Wall Street Journal 02/02/12
Britain's new 2010 Budget marks a big change from the past.
05/13/2010
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, put forward a budget with a 25% spending cut by 2015 in all departments except health and international aid. This marks a huge departure in years of spending by the Labor governments. The new Conservative-Liberal coalition government is determined to take austerity measures to reduce the national debt.
Grouped Articles
Britain's accidental revolution
Economist 05/13/10
U-Turn in the U.K.: Big Spending Cuts
Wall Street Journal 10/14/10
Britain Details Radical Spending Cuts, Citing Debt
New York Times 10/20/10
U.K. Plans New Taxes on Banks, Multinationals
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
Tough Slog to Balancing U.K.’s Budget
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
Overheard: Digging for Answers on Coal
Wall Street Journal 03/29/15
China's car market 2010-2015
01/12/2010
China's car market surpassed the size of the American market in 2009. Sales of cars in China's market increased at a breathtaking pace in the last decade, surpassing the U.S. Sales declined in 2015 with the economic slowdown.
Grouped Articles
Auto Sales Keep Humming in China
Wall Street Journal 05/09/13
Territorial Dispute Continues to Affect Japanese Car Sales in China
Wall Street Journal 09/11/13
Renault to Focus on Building SUVs in China
Wall Street Journal 12/16/13
Chinese Car Buyers Should Keep On Motoring
Wall Street Journal 12/26/13
China Car Sales Driven Lower by Slowing Economy
Wall Street Journal 09/11/15
China Tops U.S. in Vehicle Sales, Aided By Government Incentives
Wall Street Journal 01/12/10
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