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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.
Grouped Articles
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
U.S. Defense Spending in a world of Budget Deficits- post 2010.
07/09/2010
A shift in mood to a smaller defense budget that can be sustained in the long run. Smarter spending as the solution to budget constraints in a deficit world.
Grouped Articles
Shrinking Budget Forces Army Into New Battlefield
Wall Street Journal 05/10/2013
Defense Industry Shrugs Off Early Cuts
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
Pentagon Lays Out Ways to Slash Spending
Wall Street Journal 08/01/2013
U.S. Military Eyes Cut to Pay, Benefits
Wall Street Journal 11/18/2013
The U.S. Military Needs Budget Certainty in Uncertain Times
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2015
Pentagon's Next Mission: Cutting Back on Spending
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2010
Views on the BP Oil Spill.
06/05/2010
What happened, why and how something like this can be prevented in the future.
Grouped Articles
In Gulf, It Was Unclear Who Was in Charge of Rig
New York Times 06/05/2010
The Oil Disaster Is About Human, Not System, Failure
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2010
Recipes for Ruin, in the Gulf or on Wall Street
New York Times 06/11/2010
Chinese Walls, Pocked With Peepholes
New York Times 06/11/2010
Nine Questions (and Provisional Answers) About the Spill
BusinessWeek 06/10/2010
Oil Executives Try to Explain Differences From BP
New York Times 06/15/2010
Ban on deepwater drilling in the U.S. in 2010.
05/27/2010
After the BP oil spill Obama administration continues ban till No 30, 2010.
Grouped Articles
Obama and the Dreaded Katrina Comparison
BusinessWeek 05/27/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/12/2010
Path Clears for Deep-Water Drilling
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2011
Wall Street Journal 04/16/2011
Bob Dudley: Three Years After the Spill, BP Gets Bullish
Wall Street Journal 03/15/2013
The new administration of Naoto Kan in Japan.
02/24/2010
A new administration committed to reverse decades of heavy public spending and issuance of debt to finance it. Public debt at $9.7 trillon is bout twice the national GNP. Kan assumed the prime ministers position when Hatoyama resigned, after only 8 months in office.
Grouped Articles
Once Mighty Party Falls, and Worries Grip Japan
New York Times 02/24/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/10/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2010
Japanâs Prime Minister Warns That Debt Could Bring a Crisis Like That of Greece
New York Times 06/11/2010
Japan's New Leader Seeks Bipartisan Attack on Debt
Wall Street Journal 06/12/2010
Japan Enlists Executives as Envoys
Wall Street Journal 06/15/2010
The Eikenberry cables and the war in Afghanistan.
11/28/2009
The language is strong and rejects McChrystal's appraisal that additional troops can make the difference considering the failure of the Karzai government and the poor prospects for the Afghan army.
Grouped Articles
McChrystal article renews attention to split with Biden over Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Weakening, possible firing of McChrystal compounds sense of peril in Afghanistan
Washington Post 06/23/2010
Afghan Crisis Risks Splitting Country
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2014
Afghans Offer Jobs to Taliban Rank and File if They Defect
New York Times 11/28/2009
Afghan Tribe, Vowing to Fight Taliban, to Get U.S. Aid in Return
New York Times 01/28/2010
U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Worries on Afghan Plans
New York Times 01/26/2010
Ford Explorer 2010- new model as a crossover.
01/06/2008
Ford hopes to revive the dying Explorer brand as a crossover built on the Taurus architectural base. The big change is in looks, and a fuel efficency jump from 15 to 25. Can Ford pull this off?
Grouped Articles
Ford Is Hoping to Give the Once-Great Explorer a Second Life
New York Times 05/27/2010
Hybrids' Unlikely Rival: Plain Old Cars
BusinessWeek 02/23/2012
Ford's EcoBoost Engine Excites Marketer
New York Times 01/06/2008
Ford Hints at New Explorer With Concept
New York Times 01/06/2008
The need for haircuts for private debt to make an effort to solve the problem of the fifth of US homeowners under water.
09/30/2010
Carmen Reinhart points out that the government can only assume private debt at a realistic price. Without principal reductions there appears to be no solution to the problem of the fifth of homeowners in the US who are under water. This keeps acting as a drag on the economy.
Grouped Articles
BusinessWeek 09/30/10
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/10
To Fix the Housing Crisis, Read the Data
New York Times 11/04/11
Deepening Crisis Over Euro Pits Leader Against Leader
Wall Street Journal 12/30/11
Forgiveness of Debt Could Yield Savings
Wall Street Journal 07/30/12
China's mobile phone market.
06/16/2010
China's mobile phone market includes Nokia, Samsung, and also local Chinese companies like Tianyu which satisfy demand for lower prices and locally desired features. It can price the K-Touch touchscreen, at athird of the price of a similiar Taiwanese phone.
Grouped Articles
Apple Faces Dilemma Over Strategy in China
Wall Street Journal 04/24/13
Huawei Set to Launch New Smartphone
Wall Street Journal 06/18/13
A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging
New York Times 09/28/14
Xiaomi Makes a Profit on Its Cheap Smartphones
Wall Street Journal 11/06/14
Tianyu Leads Rise of China's Handset Makers
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
China's 3G Users Reach 25.2 Million
Wall Street Journal 07/20/10
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
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.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 10/04/11
Europeâs Debt Crisis Is Casting a Shadow Over China
New York Times 05/17/10
An Accord (and Lessons) to Remember
Wall Street Journal 09/21/10
New York Times 09/30/10
Yuan Revaluation for China's Own Sake
Wall Street Journal 10/02/10
New York Times 09/25/10
Views of America's renewal needs and what can be done.
02/05/2010
Eric Schmidt of Google and others like James Cameron on NASA share their ideas.
Grouped Articles
Erasing our innovation deficit
Washington Post 02/09/10
James Cameron - The right way forward on space exploration
Washington Post 02/05/10
The third-party stump speech we need - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/26/11
Rich Karlgaard: The Future Is More Than Facebook
Wall Street Journal 05/17/12
How debt can suddenly sink firms as business swings lead to a drying up of business.
10/14/2008
It can happen to GM and Chrysler, and a near miss for Ford and Morgan Stanley. Goldman Sachs is only pretending that it did not have a near miss after Lehman's collapse. The same can happen to an architectural firm Yamasaki as corporate real estate market collapses in 2009. The volatility and nervousness in financial markets in 2008 that shut companies out of credit markets and led to the government led auto industry bailout with planned bankruptcy filings.
Grouped Articles
A Warning Light to Alert the I.M.F.
New York Times 09/21/11
After a Financial Flood, Pipes Are Still Broken
New York Times 09/14/13
Morgan Stanley Memo by John Mack
Wall Street Journal 10/14/08
Anatomy of the Morgan Stanley Panic
Wall Street Journal 11/24/08
Wall Street Journal 03/14/09
Morgan Stanley Comes Up Golden
Wall Street Journal 07/22/11
Maquiladoras- foreign owned factories across the Mexico-U.S. border.
05/22/2006
The maquiladoras have recovered in 2010 after the layoffs during the global recession. These factories are competitive with China and orders can be filled faster because of fast Interstate highway connections.
Grouped Articles
Mexico and China look to trade away old rivalry - The Washington Post
Washington Post 04/18/13
Mexico, China Seek to Jump-Start Trade
Wall Street Journal 06/04/13
The Rise of a Chinese Worker's Movement
BusinessWeek 06/10/10
As Ties With China Unravel, U.S. Companies Head to Mexico
New York Times 05/31/14
U.S. Companies Are Still Rushing to Juárez
BusinessWeek 06/10/10
Chinese Factories Now Compete to Woo Laborers
New York Times 07/12/10
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