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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
Trump plan to end tax on Social Security benefits is a fatal mistake
08/17/2024
Senator Larson says it is a fatal mistake as lost revenue is not made up leading to a Medicare insolvency in 2031, and Social Security insolvency in 2033. Social security benefits will then by law will be cut in 2033 by 25%, a dangerous step tragic for many on Social Security who are pushed into poverty.
Grouped Articles
CNBC 08/17/2024
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget 08/17/2024
Trump wants to cut income taxes on Social Security. Here's how that would impact your benefits.
CBS News 08/17/2024
Newly created business firms, small business and job creation in the USA in 2009-2011
11/18/2010
The reason why the unemployment rate is so high and why there are so many jobless people.
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The Next First (and Only) 100 Days
New York Times 12/10/2011
Big Banks Cut Back on Loans to Small Business
Wall Street Journal 11/27/2015
Few Businesses Sprout, With Even Fewer Jobs
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2010
Few Banks Seek Funds for Small Businesses
Wall Street Journal 03/31/2011
For Small Businesses, Recession Isn't Over
Wall Street Journal 07/06/2011
Job Search Stretches Past a Year for Millions
Wall Street Journal 07/22/2011
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
Roubini on China, currency issues, and domestic consumption in China.
05/17/2010
By letting the yuan China can shift the benefits to households, who will have more purchasing power, and reverse the shift that has taken place in the last 10 years, with domestic consumption making up about 36% of GDP- down by about 10 points from ten years earlier. State owned companies gained at the expense of households, as did infrastructure spending, but it is leading to misallocation of investments and hurting households. As a result China will hit a growth wall in the next 2-3 years, says Roubini.
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Wall Street Journal 10/04/2011
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/2010
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2010
New York Times 09/30/2010
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/2010
New York Times 09/25/2010
Historic accord with Russia for cooperation on a new antimissile network for Europe in 2010
03/06/2009
The historic accord reached at the Lisbon NATO conference in November 2010. The anti-missile network will also cover Russia as cooperation develops. The main threat is now seen to be from Iran.
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Russia Accepts Invitation to Attend NATO Summit Meeting
New York Times 10/19/2010
Obama Renewing U.S. Commitment to NATO Alliance
New York Times 03/26/2014
Obama Weighs Reviving Nuclear Pact as NATO Moves to Engage Russia
Wall Street Journal 03/06/2009
Russia Lifts Its Ban on Delivery of S-300 Surface-to-Air Missile System to Iran
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2015
Russian Missiles for the Ayatollah
Wall Street Journal 04/14/2015
Putin Lifts Ban on Russian Missile Sales to Iran
New York Times 04/13/2015
Pine Tree Legal Assistance, and Nicolle Bradbury of Denmark, Maine, challenge a GMAC foreclosure, which sets off legal challenges across the USA.
01/05/2009
Attorney Generals of many states across the US initiate challenges to foreclosures, after the successful challenge in the Maine case.
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A Toxic Subprime Mortgage Bond's Legacy Lives On
Wall Street Journal 09/13/2013
Fannieâs and Freddieâs Foreclosure Oversight Questioned
New York Times 10/19/2010
Out of Maine, a National Foreclosure Freeze
New York Times 10/14/2010
Banks Ignored Signs of Trouble in Foreclosures
New York Times 10/13/2010
Florida Foreclosure Lawyers Are Scrutinized Over Procedures
New York Times 10/15/2010
New York Times 10/14/2010
Fuel Efficiency Technology development
05/03/2006
The search for gains in fuel efficiency by looking beyond engine components to other parts of a vehicle.
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Auto Engineers Look Beyond Engines
Wall Street Journal 11/16/2010
Wall Street Journal 04/22/2011
Obama administration set to raise fuel efficiency standards, but by how much? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2011
Lawmakers Weigh Tightening Fuel-Economy Rules
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2006
New Mileage Rules Debated by Carmakers and White House
New York Times 07/03/2011
White House Offers Auto Makers Concession to Win Mileage Support
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2011
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
Public response to hacking of Democratic National Committee (DNC) E Mails and Russian involvement
07/29/2016
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'Deeply Troubling': Ex-Ambassador, Intelligence Officials Blast Trump Russia Comments
NBC News 07/28/16
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
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
Transfer of advanced technology to China and the prospect of competing with China in world markets.
11/17/2010
The issue of transfer of technology by U.S., European and Japanese companies to gain access to the Chinese market. The prospect of developing new competitors in the same industry competing in international markets.
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Xi Jinping Hears Tough Complaints of American Business
New York Times 09/23/15
Train Makers Rail Against China's High-Speed Designs
Wall Street Journal 11/17/10
China Squeezes Foreigners for Share of Global Riches
Wall Street Journal 12/28/10
G.E. to Share Jet Technology With China in New Joint Venture
New York Times 01/17/11
Hu's Feel-Good Tour of U.S. Is Likely to Be a Bit Chilly
Wall Street Journal 01/19/11
U.S. Shifts Focus to Press China for Access to Markets
New York Times 01/18/11
Mongolia.
09/30/2010
Mongolia huge mineral resources, from coal to uranium. Economic growth relies mainly on shipping commodities to China. The Chilean or Canadian model for Mongolia.
Grouped Articles
Mongolia Deepens Investment Ties With China
Wall Street Journal 10/27/13
China’s Slowdown Hits Price of Iron Ore
Wall Street Journal 12/01/14
Charlie Rose Talks to Mongolia's Prime Minister
BusinessWeek 09/30/10
Hot Commodity: Research on Prices
Wall Street Journal 04/26/12
Worker gains in the U.S. for the decade 2000-2010.
01/01/2010
Net additions to jobs in the first decade of the 21st century is zero says Neil Irwin of the Washington Post. Numbers for the decades since the 40's shows continuous job growth before that.
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U.S. economy took a dive in the 2000s, a lost decade for workers
Washington Post 01/01/10
New York Times 01/03/10
Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers
Washington Post 01/02/10
New York Times 02/11/11
Four Common Unemployment Myths
Wall Street Journal 04/06/12
The Taliban in their Own Words.
01/05/2009
A Washington Post-Newsweek account of the Taliban's disintegration after the U.S. invasion post 9/11 and the way they gradually came together to pose the threat they now pose. See the link to NY Times accounts of how the Pakistan Inter Services Intelligence operates behind the scenes to back the Taliban, which may provide the other side of the story how the Taliban gain the sophistication and support they need to reorganize. And the links to the failure of the Karzai regime that has played into Taliban leader Mullah Omar's hands.
Grouped Articles
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/14
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/14
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/15
The Taliban in Their Own Words | Print Article | Newsweek.com
Unknown 12/28/09
Taliban Shows Interest In Negotiated Settlement
New York Times 08/03/11
U.S. Preparing for Pakistan to Restrict Support for Afghan War
New York Times 12/25/11
Improvements in Fuel Economy for carmakers in 2009 and beyond.
01/06/2008
With the government's investment in GM and its clear mandate for higher fuel efficency under the Obama administration, and with Ford's committment to fuel efficiency leadership, as well as the operation of Chrysler by Italian small carmaker Fiat, the move is towards smaller cars, large gains in fuel efficiency, and investment in hybrid cars.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 01/17/14
Fuel-Efficiency Technology Gives Fiat a Boost in Bargaining to Acquire Chrysler Stake
Wall Street Journal 04/07/09
With Gas Prices Less of a Worry, Buyers Pass Hybrid Cars By
New York Times 05/14/15
Ford looks to lead pack in fuel eficiency.
Detroit Free Press 01/09/10
Cars shrink under pressure from government and consumers.
Detroit News 01/09/10
Small Engine shift signals big changes for buyers.
Detroit News 01/09/10
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