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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.
Grouped Articles
What we know about energy use at U.S. data centers amid the AI boom
Pew Research Center 11/16/2025
How India could get the Trade Deal with the US by buying oil from US and Saudis/UAE and allowing imports of non grain and non dairy agricultural products
08/28/2025
US sanctioned India with 50% tariff for buying Russian oil saying it finances RUssia's war against Ukraine and daily deadly missile strikes. ein dollar terms are now insignificant at $2-the 3 billion. In fact India is already shifting to getting more of its imports from the Middle East. India could also import additional oil from the US and make changes to import non grain and non dairy agricultural products from the US in large volumes such as almonds, walnuts, pistachios, blueberries, cherries that it's upper middle class population of 250 million could benefit from the nutritional benefits. US in its fight against the pharmaceutical companies high pricing could change laws to bring in Indian pharmaceutical products at 10-15% price above Indian prices set by the government to meet needs of its large population. In pharma product pricing India leads the whole world and this benefit would lower the cost of living in the US tremendously. Both sides would benefit in a WIn-WIn relationship in trade- THIS IS ACHIEVABLE FOR THE INTERESTS OF AMERICANS AND INDIANS. IT ONLY REQUIRES VISION OF BOTH SIDES.
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India's benefit from Russian oil imports exaggerated; actual gain at just $2.5 bn
The Economic Times 08/28/2025
Opinion | America’s Fearsome Farm Lobby Has Nothing on India’s
The Wall Street Journal 08/27/2025
Hacking into U.S. databases by Russia and the U.S. presidential election of 2016
10/11/2016
Intrusion into U.S. databases by Russia seen as an effort to influence the U.S. election process. In 2014 cyber security issues with China were brought up in meetings between president Obama and China's president Jinping, and efforts made to reach an agreement to prevent recurrence.
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Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/2016
The Washington Post - Breaking news and latest headlines, U.S. news, world news, and video
The Washington Post
Senate and House Leaders Call for Inquiry of Russian Hacking in Election
The New York Times 12/12/2016
C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence
The New York Times 12/12/2016
Russian Hackers and American Hacks
WSJ 12/11/2016
Donald Trump Chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
WSJ 12/13/2016
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 11/19/2010
Book Review - All The Devils Are Here - By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
New York Times 11/19/2010
Wall Street Journal 01/18/2011
Wall Street Journal 02/09/2011
Perry Suggests Fed is Almost Treasonous
New York Times 08/16/2011
Wall Street Journal 09/22/2011
Alternative deficit commission report by Rivlin-Domenici
10/21/2010
Grouped Articles
Another Deficit Plan Targets Taxes
Wall Street Journal 11/17/2010
Sheila C. Bair - Will the next fiscal crisis start in Washington?
Washington Post 11/26/2010
Tax-cut deal has liberal Democrats fuming
Washington Post 12/07/2010
CBO: U.S. budget deficit to reach $1.5 trillion in 2011, highest ever
Washington Post 01/26/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/03/2011
To Cut the Deficit, Look to Social Security
New York Times 04/04/2011
New capital inflows into India in 2010-2011 and capital controls.
08/05/2010
Concerns that fickle capital that leaves quickly could be focussing on India, in the absence of tightened financial controls. The rise in the rupee by 5%. Concerns of Stiglitz and others.
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Rajan Has Limited Rupee Options
Wall Street Journal 08/06/2013
Mom-and-Pop Investors Bolt Emerging Markets
Wall Street Journal 08/22/2013
Rupee Throws Oil on India's Subsidy Problem
Wall Street Journal 08/21/2013
Emerging Stocks' Emerging Problems
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2013
India Prime Minister Rules Out Capital Controls
Wall Street Journal 08/30/2013
India's Central Banker Lobbies Fed
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2013
Digital Copyright Issues- Evolution of the Law.
06/22/2010
Google upheld by a federal judge in New York, in a 3 year old law suit by Viacom. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act and court decisions.
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Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Viacom, Google Bury the Hatchet Over YouTube
Wall Street Journal 03/19/2014
YouTube ‘Dancing Baby’ Copyright Ruling Sets Fair Use Guideline
New York Times 09/14/2015
Google Wins Key Copyright Ruling
Wall Street Journal 06/22/2010
Japanese Regulator Approves Google-Yahoo Deal
New York Times 12/02/2010
How the Toyota Recalls benefit Detroit and other carmakers followed by the reemergence of Toyota globally in 2012-2014
02/11/2010
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2013
Toyota Bounces Back With Strong Profits
New York Times 05/08/2013
Toyota Gains in Mixed Month for U.S. Auto Sales
Wall Street Journal 04/02/2015
With Toyota in Trouble, Rivals Gain
New York Times 02/11/2010
Toyota may fall in sales ranks.
Detroit News 02/12/2010
Bill Ford's challenge: stay lean, hungry, and innovative.
Detroit News 02/12/2010
Analysis by The Economist and other expert opinion in 2010 of the economic prospects for Europe and the U.S.
01/11/2010
The Economist looks at the near term trends- unemployment not down as much in Britain in August and consumer spending holding up in Britain- as evidence a recovery is looming. And it cites the Suppy Managment Index up slightly in the US. Most other experts see a difficult situation in 2011 as the stimulus fades and local governments cut back- economists such as Stiglitz, Shiller, Krugman, Feldstein and others, and businessmen like Malone.
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Brazil's north-east: Catching up in a hurry
Economist 05/21/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2015
The world economy: The odd decouple
Economist 09/04/2010
The U.S. Economy: Stuck in Neutral
BusinessWeek 10/14/2010
BusinessWeek 10/14/2010
America's economy: Not by monetary policy alone
Economist 10/28/2010
Why high unemployment in the U.S. is expected for 2010-2014
06/06/2009
Structural problems like a mismatch of skills between maufacturing and construction sectors worst hit since 2008 and growing sectors like healthcare is one problem. Geographic factors and difficulty selling homes in states like Michigan is another. The tighter credit from a return of banking sector losses from bad home equity loans that is expected in late 2010 will keep the recovery from taking hold keeping unemployment high. The economic uncertainty following repeated budget battles between political parties also affects business investment.
Grouped Articles
90 Million Americans Not Working
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2013
Hiring Slowdown Blurs Growth View
Wall Street Journal 01/20/2014
Confronting Old Problem May Require a New Deal
New York Times 01/28/2014
More Men in Prime Working Ages Don't Have Jobs
Wall Street Journal 02/06/2014
New York Times 04/05/2012
Hiring Is Strong and Jobless Rate Declines to 6.1%
New York Times 07/03/2014
Errors made- US and Japanese economy comparisons for a lost decade.
02/13/2009
Japan's economy suffered badly after a flood of credit and bad loans, resulting in deflation and a lost decade. The comparison with what the US faces now.
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Japan Is a Model Not a Cautionary Tale
New York Times 06/09/2013
Japanese Prices Rise, Signaling Rebound
Wall Street Journal 07/26/2013
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
In Japan’s Stagnant Decade, Cautionary Tales for America
New York Times 02/13/2009
New York Times 10/30/2014
Abe: U.S., Japan Close to TPP Trade Deal
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2015
Martin Feldstein on the risks for the American Economy after failures in the Obama Economic plan.
09/12/2007
Failures to address problems on the housing front, especialy the problems for 15 million homeowners under water- see the links to opeds by Feldstein suggesting focus on these issues throughout 2008-2009. And the focus on health care which diverted attention from this problem and the problem facing bad loans in commercial real estate. Other problems are failure to get bank lending up for businesses. And the failure of Obama health care plans to control the increase in the nation's surging health care spending, instead increasing the deficit to unsustainable levels. Public sentiment as shown in WSJ/NBC polls confirm Feldstein's sense of the situation.
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New York Times 12/08/2013
From President Obama, Economic Clarity but Little Courage
Washington Post 04/15/2009
Wall Street Journal 09/12/2007
How to Stop the Mortgage Crisis
Wall Street Journal 03/07/2008
Wall Street Journal 02/20/2008
Enough With the Interest Rate Cuts
Wall Street Journal 04/15/2008
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 11/16/25
This Is How the AI Bubble Bursts
Yale Insights 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
When AI Hype Meets AI Reality: A Reckoning in 6 Charts
The Wall Street Journal 11/14/25
Cyber security and hacking by Russia in 2016
10/11/2016
Grouped Articles
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
Senate and House Leaders Call for Inquiry of Russian Hacking in Election
The New York Times 12/12/16
C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence
The New York Times 12/12/16
Russian Hackers and American Hacks
WSJ 12/11/16
Trump’s Approach: A Fresh Start or Crazy Reckless?
The New York Times 12/14/16
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.
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Seeing Cost of Saber Rattling in Ukraine, Putin Alters Course
New York Times 07/11/14
U.S. Escalates Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Crisis
Wall Street Journal 07/17/14
Raising Stakes on Russia, U.S. Adds Sanctions
New York Times 07/16/14
Putinism Thrives on Dirty Money
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Wall Street Journal 07/22/14
Coordinated Sanctions Aim at Russia’s Ability to Tap Its Oil Reserves
New York Times 07/29/14
Municipal bond issuance by local governments and states in the US- 2010-2012
11/18/2010
Grouped Articles
California Bond Woe Bodes Ill for States
Wall Street Journal 11/18/10
The Weak Get Weaker as Muni Bonds Are Sold Off
Wall Street Journal 12/19/10
Pained Muni Investors Cry Uncle
Wall Street Journal 12/22/10
Recession-bruised states' revenue sank 30 percent in 2009, Census Bureau reports
Washington Post 01/05/11
Bond Buyers' Eyes Are on Illinois
Wall Street Journal 01/07/11
Illinois Deficit Leads to Talk of Big Tax Increase
New York Times 01/09/11
Foreclosure halt by judges, attorneys general and sheriffs across the U.S.
10/19/2010
In the absence of proper documentation public officials are questioning the foreclosure processes as currently carried out.
Grouped Articles
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/10
New York Times 05/19/14
Foreclosure mess prompts growing number of public officials to slow down process
Washington Post 11/11/10
States, mortgage lenders in talks over fund for borrowers in foreclosure mess
Washington Post 11/17/10
Flawed Mortgage Papers May Pose Economic Risk, Panel Says
New York Times 11/20/10
Only 1 in 4 Got Mortgage Relief
Wall Street Journal 02/28/11
Costs of the war in Afghanistan and Iraq reach $1 trillion by 2010.
07/24/2010
Estimate by the Congressional Research Service.
Grouped Articles
The Wars That America Forgot About
New York Times 10/17/10
The War: A Trillion Can Be Cheap
New York Times 07/24/10
Rethinking the Afghanistan Warâs What-Ifs
New York Times 07/31/10
New York Times 07/31/10
Wall Street Journal 08/11/10
Afghanistan's troubled national army: Fixing the unfixable
Economist 08/21/10
Studies cited by Nicholas Carr show flood of information on Internet and the distraction reduce learning.
05/27/2010
Studies show Internet use can actually reduce learning and make people dumber, encourage shallow thinking. Nicholas Carr has written a book on this subject titled, "The Shallows." Carr has done some serious research on the subject and the book has received favorable reviews.
Grouped Articles
For Yahoo, a Chase to the Bottom
Wall Street Journal 05/27/10
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
Wall Street Journal 06/05/10
Wall Street Journal 06/04/10
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity?
BusinessWeek 06/03/10
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
New York Times 11/21/10
New York Times 12/29/11
Stalling and inaction by Toyota during the recall crisis.
02/01/2010
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/10
Toyota chief's deep bow of apology awaited - MarketWatch
Unknown 02/05/10
Toyota’s Top Executive Under Rising Pressure
New York Times 02/06/10
New York Times 02/06/10
Lawsuit Over a Crash Adds to Toyota’s Difficulties
New York Times 02/05/10
Toyota’s Slow Awakening to a Deadly Problem
New York Times 02/01/10
Failure to control overbilling by pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment and device makers in the health reform bill.
12/10/2009
Only $10 million annual increase to control fraud has been allocated in the bill. Its not likely to do much to control the overbilling and may be one more reason the health care reform bill will be a failure in controlling costs. Pricing of pharmaceutical products and healthcare services as the major unsolved problem in the U.S.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 12/21/13
BusinessWeek 12/10/09
How the Senate bill would contain the cost of health care : The New Yorker
New Yorker 01/04/10
In Battle Over Health Law, Math Cuts Both Ways
New York Times 01/07/11
House Approves Health Law Repeal
Wall Street Journal 01/20/11
A grim diagnosis for our ailing U.S. health care system - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/28/11
Goldman Sachs, Paulson, and the S.E.C. suit in the Abacus case.
05/04/2009
Paulson had Goldman Sachs structure as ecurity out of handpicked bad apples in the mortgage securities market, Goldman then sells these securities to institutional investors without disclosing what Paulson had done and without disclosing that Paulson had bet heavily against them.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 04/01/10
New York Times 04/17/10
Abacus Deal: As Bad as They Come
Wall Street Journal 04/20/10
Wall Street Journal 04/20/10
Economist 04/29/10
SEC Tries to Rebuild Its Reputation
Wall Street Journal 09/12/13
Lobbying by the U.S. pharmaceutical and healthcare industry.
06/25/2008
Grouped Articles
Obama's Health Expert Gets Political
Wall Street Journal 07/24/09
Wall Street Journal 06/25/08
Drug Industry Adapts to Democrats' Mounting Clout
Wall Street Journal 10/24/08
William Daley Brings Management Experience as Chief of Staff
New York Times 01/06/11
India and America, Two Peas in a Pod
New York Times 11/08/11
White House visitor logs show lobbying going strong - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/21/12
Acquisitions by Indian pharmaceutical companies.
02/09/2006
Grouped Articles
Indian Drugmakers Target Niche Markets
Wall Street Journal 04/19/16
Indian Drug Maker Vies for Betapharm
Wall Street Journal 02/09/06
Indian Companies Hit Their Stride
BusinessWeek 09/17/07
Indiaâs Supreme Court to Hear Dispute on Drug Patents
New York Times 03/06/12
No Miracle Cure From Pharmaceutical Mergers
Wall Street Journal 04/07/12
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