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Cost of Living Concerns with 8-10% annual increase in electricity prices to 2030, pushing back renewable energy targets, neglecting essential investments in infrastructure, for a massive misallocation of capital, are major issues for Data Center Buildup of $2-$3 trillion by Tech companies.
11/16/2025
Tech companies are on a binge. But is it good for Society and the Nation? There are many warning signs.
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What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
Putin and Russia's shift in Ukraine policy with the impact of capital flight, western sanctions and a sharp slowdown in the economy by July 2014
07/11/2014
Polls show 66% of the Russian public opposes Russian forces going into Ukrainian territory. The rhetoric on Russian television has been toned down and Russian analysts say intervention in Ukraine would have dangerous consequences for Russia, that Russia needs to maintain its relations with the West. At the same time Putin will attend a summit of BRIC's leaders in Fortaleza, Brazil, with plans to set up a development bank, as the focus shifts back to the economy. Russia is expected to feel the impact of $75 billion in capital flight in the first half of 2014.
Grouped Articles
Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/2014
U.S. Escalates Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
Wall Street Journal 07/17/2014
Raising Stakes on Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions
New York Times 07/16/2014
Putinism Thrives on Dirty Money
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2014
Coordinated Sanctions Aim at Russia’s Ability to Tap Its Oil Reserves
New York Times 07/29/2014
True extent of exposure of foreign banks to Ireland still unknown.
11/23/2010
Grouped Articles
Irelandâs Debt to Foreign Banks Is Still Unknown
New York Times 11/23/2010
Europe Needs to Apportion Pain
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2011
Tests Show Irish Banks Still Ailing
New York Times 03/30/2011
The queen in Ireland: Irish, and British, eyes are smiling
Economist 05/21/2011
Ireland's Bonds Downgraded to Junk
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Rising state payroll taxes in the U.S. as borrowing from the federal government increases
11/20/2010
Rising state payroll taxes in the US in 2010 acts as a disincentive for hiring. The rising state payroll taxes go to paying back $41 billion in loans from the federal government needed to fund unemployment insurance.
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States Raise Payroll Taxes to Repay Loans
Wall Street Journal 11/20/2010
Job Tax Plan Lands With a Thud
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Obama Plans to Rescue States With Debt Burdens
New York Times 02/08/2011
Relief for States and Businesses
New York Times 02/09/2011
In Florida, the Unemployed May Face Deep Cuts in Benefits
New York Times 03/31/2011
In Missouri, Extension of Unemployment Pay Is Blocked
New York Times 03/31/2011
Decisions in law courts related to banks and shareholders
11/19/2010
The issues relaing to a misrepresentation of facts.
Grouped Articles
Jury Finds Bankers Misled on Loan Risk
Wall Street Journal 11/19/2010
What Blagojevichâs Sentence Says About Corruption and Greed
New York Times 12/08/2011
FDIC investigations of failed banks
11/17/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2010
Hard Call for FDIC: When to Shut Bank
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2010
The U.S. government's recovery of funds used to bailout insurers, banks, Fannie, Freddie, and auto companies
11/16/2010
The US government still has a ways to go to recover funds from the auto bailouts. AIG is still costly. Fannie and Freddie are an entirely different story, a debacle with huge additional funds needed.
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Freddie's Profit Soars on Housing Rebound
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2013
Fannie Mae to pay $59.4B to Treasury - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/09/2013
Fannie Chief: Payout Must Not Delay Revamp
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Cost of Bailouts Continues to Decline
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Fannie, Freddie Payments Nearly Match Aid
Wall Street Journal 11/08/2013
White House Rejects Fannie-Freddie Recapitalization Plans
Wall Street Journal 11/23/2013
European Union's support of Ireland in the banking crisis
11/12/2010
Grouped Articles
Ireland Faces Battle Over Europe Stability Treaty
New York Times 05/01/2012
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Wall Street Journal 11/12/2010
Fresh Loan Woes Buffet Irish Banks
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
Tests Show Irish Banks Still Ailing
New York Times 03/30/2011
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2011
U.S. Banks handling of foreclosures and mortgage securities.
10/16/2010
Grouped Articles
A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/31/2013
For foreclosure processors hired by mortgage lenders, speed equaled money
Washington Post 10/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2010
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/2014
Banks forced to buyback loans because of faulty documentation.
10/14/2010
Grouped Articles
One Mess That Can't Be Papered Over
New York Times 10/23/2010
Foreclosures: A Paperwork Fiasco - The Basics
New York Times 10/23/2010
Bank of Americaâs Foreclosure Mess Wonât Disappear Quickly
New York Times 10/22/2010
Wall Street Journal 10/26/2010
New York Times 10/26/2010
Commentary: Mortgages Lost in the Cloud
BusinessWeek 10/14/2010
Support for an Infrastructure Bank in the U.S.
09/06/2010
Felix Rohatyn author of the book "Bold Endeavors," makes the case for an Infrastructure Bank.
Grouped Articles
A Slowdown on the Road to Recovery
Wall Street Journal 10/14/2013
Obama Calls for $50 Billion Public Works Plan
New York Times 09/06/2010
Aging Infrastructure Plagues Nation’s Busiest Rail Corridor
New York Times 07/26/2015
The Case for an Infrastructure Bank
Wall Street Journal 09/15/2010
Where Infrastructure Estimates Come Up Short
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2010
Infrastructure spending: False expectations
Economist 10/23/2010
The restructuring of the troubled landesbank banking sector in Germany.
07/21/2010
Landesbanks have suffered steep losses in 2008-2010. The much needed reorganization of this sector and the European stress tests for 91 banks in July 2010.
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IMF Chief's Change of Tune on Bank Capital
New York Times 09/14/2011
Germany’s Battered Regional Lenders Tiptoe Back Into Risk
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2015
Will Stress Tests Overcome Resistance to German Bank Reform?
New York Times 07/21/2010
Some German Banks May Fall Short in Stress Tests
New York Times 04/08/2011
Stress Rules Hit 2 German Banks
Wall Street Journal 04/13/2011
Moody's Downgrades 10 German Lenders
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2011
Spain's banks
07/09/2010
Grouped Articles
Spanish Banks More Vulnerable Than Italy's
Wall Street Journal 07/13/2011
Spain's banks: Two cheers, three tiers
Economist 10/02/2010
Spain's Bankia Returns to Profit
Wall Street Journal 02/04/2014
Loan Growth Suffers at Spanish Banks
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2015
Spain to Approve Cajas Regulatory Overhaul
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2010
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/2010
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 11/27/24
Washington Post 06/10/24
China Tries to Stem the Flow of Its Plastic Waste
WSJ 01/20/20
Plastic Water Bottles, Which Enabled a Drinks Boom, Now Threaten a Crisis
WSJ 12/12/18
New York Businesses Anticipate Plastic-Bag Ban
WSJ 02/27/20
Supermarkets in France forced to ditch plastic and set up ‘refill stations’ selling unpackaged goods
The Times 04/01/21
Geoffrey Wood and other experts on the banking and financial crisis in Ireland
11/24/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/24/10
Wall Street Journal 11/24/10
Europe Needs to Apportion Pain
Wall Street Journal 03/17/11
Ireland becomes a test for E.U. crisis remedy - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/01/12
Long-term understanding of the U.S. economic crisis - The Washington Post
Washington Post 03/19/12
Ex-Anglo Irish Executives Charged
Wall Street Journal 07/23/12
The Default option in the Irish banking crisis.
11/23/2010
The option of default or a solution that involves a haircut for bondholders, for Ireland or other euro-countries facing debt crisis.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 11/23/10
'Contagion' and Other Euro Myths
Wall Street Journal 12/02/10
European banks: The last idealists
Economist 12/11/10
Ireland's Not-So-Grand Bargain Options
Wall Street Journal 02/25/11
Ireland's Bonds Downgraded to Junk
Wall Street Journal 07/13/11
Plan for Greece Favors Creditors
New York Times 07/25/11
A different view of the Federal Reserve's $600 billion easing decision in 2010.
11/19/2010
The unstated reason being a decline in real estate markets leading to a bad loans crisis for the banks.
Grouped Articles
What's Really Behind Bernanke's Easing?
Wall Street Journal 11/19/10
Book Review - All The Devils Are Here - By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
New York Times 11/19/10
Wall Street Journal 01/18/11
Wall Street Journal 02/09/11
Perry Suggests Fed is Almost Treasonous
New York Times 08/16/11
Wall Street Journal 09/22/11
New Round of Bank Stress Tests in 2010-2011
11/18/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/16/11
Stress Tests Won't Prevent the Next Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/19/14
Fed Orders 2nd Round of Stress Tests
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
Dimon Calls Foul on Risk Models
Wall Street Journal 03/11/11
Stress Rules Hit 2 German Banks
Wall Street Journal 04/13/11
15 of 19 Big Banks Pass Fedâs Latest Stress Test
New York Times 03/13/12
Contagion from the banking crisis in Ireland.
11/17/2010
The EU's efforts to prevent contagion spreading to Greece, Portugal and Spain. Effects on the euro.
Grouped Articles
Sweeping Irish Aid Package in Works
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
Banks' Exposure Stirs EU Contagion Worries
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
Fresh Loan Woes Buffet Irish Banks
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
EU Plan for Ireland Takes Shape
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
Ireland Crisis Might Give China Break It Seeks
Unknown 11/19/10
Efforts to fix the Irish banking crisis.
11/15/2010
The European Union and IMF efforts to help Ireland fix the problems with its banks.
Grouped Articles
In Ireland, Hope of Retroactive Relief
Wall Street Journal 06/29/12
Irish Resist EU's Push to Accept a Rescue
Wall Street Journal 11/15/10
Europe Steps Up Pressure for an Irish Bailout
Wall Street Journal 11/16/10
Sweeping Irish Aid Package in Works
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
Fresh Loan Woes Buffet Irish Banks
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
EU Plan for Ireland Takes Shape
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
Swiss banking and capital markets regulation
11/11/2010
Grouped Articles
Swiss Politicians Push for Stricter Bank Capital Rules
Wall Street Journal 11/04/13
Switzerland Tightens Bank-Capital Rules
Wall Street Journal 11/11/10
Reregulation: A dangerous embrace
Economist 05/22/11
Economist 05/14/11
Wall Street Journal 06/04/11
A Fight to Make Banks More Prudent
New York Times 12/20/11
The faulty foreclosure paperwork crisis that is hitting U.S. banks.
10/14/2010
Grouped Articles
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
Foreclosure Crisis Slams Into Banks
Wall Street Journal 10/15/10
Out of Maine, a National Foreclosure Freeze
New York Times 10/14/10
Florida Foreclosure Lawyers Are Scrutinized Over Procedures
New York Times 10/15/10
New York Times 10/14/10
New York Times 10/14/10
Deutsche Bank
09/11/2010
Grouped Articles
Deutsche Bank Hit By Legal Costs
Wall Street Journal 10/30/13
German Financial Watchdog Bites Back
Wall Street Journal 03/28/14
Deutsche Bank Chairman Paul Achleitner on the Future of the Bank, Industry
Wall Street Journal 05/14/15
Deutsche Bank's Deft Pre-Basel Timing
Wall Street Journal 09/11/10
Deutsche Bank's Way With Numbers
Wall Street Journal 02/04/11
Deutsche Bank on trial: Rhyme and reason
Economist 03/26/11
Ireland's banks after the EU bailout
08/31/2010
Grouped Articles
Support of Anglo Irish Bank Strains Ireland
New York Times 08/31/10
Ireland's Banks Are in Position to Shrink
Wall Street Journal 11/23/10
Tests Show Irish Banks Still Ailing
New York Times 03/30/11
Ireland's Bonds Downgraded to Junk
Wall Street Journal 07/13/11
Fear, Rumors Pummel Europe Bank Shares
Wall Street Journal 08/11/11
Sean Quinn and Irelandâs Boom and Bust
New York Times 01/07/12
Need to roll over short term debt of close to $4 trillion will limit growth in the U.S. and Europe.
07/11/2010
A trend to short term borrowing and the competing role of banks and sovereign governments in bond issuance, is likely to put additional stress on capital markets worldwide. This is true especially in Europe which has $2.6 trillion to roll over by 2012, according to analysts. The stress will ber greater on less healthy financial institutions in Europe.
Grouped Articles
Sovereign-debt managers: Rollover roulette
Economist 10/16/10
How Righteousness Killed the World Economy
New York Times 10/12/14
Crisis Awaits Worldâs Banks as Trillions Come Due
New York Times 07/11/10
New Doubts on EU Bank Stress Tests
Wall Street Journal 07/20/10
New York Times 08/21/10
Tom Keene Talks with David Stockman
BusinessWeek 08/12/10
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