World News Insights
1-3 Minute Gist
Search, personalize, or simply browse. Follow the world around you from gist and context to insights.
Who we are | Our Credo | Ways of using Lyrarc | FAQ | Send Feedback | First Letter From the Editor
Sign up. It's free and easy to use
Create an account
to personalize your feed of articles and topics.
Browse Articles or use Lyrarc's US patented "Groups" and "Links" for new insights. A Lyrarc Group of Articles on a topic gives insights into particular angles shown in the Group Title. A Lyrarc Link shows more specific insights for 2 articles.
All Topics Groups
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
The Food Shortages in North Korea
11/24/2010
The food shortages in North Korea have influenced the actions of the Kim regime.
Grouped Articles
U.S. and Allies to Tie North Korea’s Rights Record to Nuclear Talks
New York Times 05/27/2015
New Focus on North Koreaâs Food Shortage
New York Times 11/24/2010
Starving N. Korea begs for food, but U.S. has concerns about resuming aid
Washington Post 02/22/2011
Wall Street Journal 03/26/2011
North Korean Food Crisis to Be Eased by Europe Aid
New York Times 07/03/2011
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Is Dead
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2011
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.
Grouped Articles
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
Failure of the N.H.T.S.A. in the Toyota unintended acceleration and braking failure complaints.
02/10/2010
The NHTSA failed to take any action against Toyota when the company stalled for years in providing information from Japan to NHTSA investigators. Safety complaints were left unanswered, and investigations incomplete, and no effort was made to require Toyota to provide answers from Japan where quality matters are centralized. It took Toyota a long time to make the recalls and acknowledge the truth of complaints.
Grouped Articles
Detroit News 03/01/2010
Toyota Nears $1 Billion Deal to End Probe
Wall Street Journal 02/08/2014
Obama Names Fatigue Specialist to Lead Traffic Safety Agency
New York Times 11/19/2014
Federal Auditor Finds Broad Failures at N.H.T.S.A.
New York Times 06/19/2015
Safety Agency Scrutinized as Toyota Recall Grows
New York Times 02/10/2010
Regulators Hired by Toyota Helped Halt Investigations (Update3)
BusinessWeek 02/12/2010
Avatar, James Cameron's movie, as a movie with aglobal dimension in sales.
01/05/2010
Sales in countries like Russia, Brazil, and other places overseas helped push sales over $1 billion, with foreign sales comprising two thirds of sales. The movie's anticapitalist message also fits the times and is especially popular overseas, with greedy capitalists trying to mine amineral on another planet and displacing the people living there.
Grouped Articles
Behind Momentum of 'Avatar' Is a Growing Audience Abroad
Wall Street Journal 01/05/2010
Another Top Police Official Resigns in British Scandal
New York Times 07/18/2011
The "Melt Up" U.S. stock market rally of late 2009 and its prospects.
06/06/2009
Farzad of BW says economic fundamentals don't justify the rally so it could fizzle out at any time in 2010 or 2011.
Grouped Articles
Number of the Week: Volatile August for Stocks
Wall Street Journal 09/03/2011
Wall Street's Clearance Sale Leaves Few Bargains
Wall Street Journal 06/06/2009
Behind the Great Stock Rally of 2009
BusinessWeek 11/24/2009
Beware the Crisis around the corner
Financial Times 01/04/2010
New York Times 01/04/2010
U.S. Data Offer an Uncertain Compass
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2010
How much of a factor were low interest rates under Greenspan in creating a bubble in housing prices?
01/02/2009
Fed chairman Bernanke was a Fed Governor who advocated low interest rates at the time. His response. Expert opinion.
Grouped Articles
Wanted: A Boring Leader for the Fed
New York Times 08/20/2013
What's Needed in the Next Fed Chief
New York Times 09/15/2013
Fed chief Bernanke urges better financial regulation to prevent crises
Washington Post 01/04/2010
Lax Oversight Caused Crisis, Bernanke Says
New York Times 01/04/2010
The Fed and the Crisis: A Reply to Ben Bernanke
Wall Street Journal 01/10/2010
Bernanke’s Bid for a Second Term at the Fed Hits Resistance
New York Times 01/23/2010
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 07/11/14
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
The demographic crisis Japan faces.
11/20/2010
Japan's rapidly ageing population. The lower proportion of the working age population over time relative to the older population.
Grouped Articles
Japan Raises Sales Tax to Tackle Debt
Wall Street Journal 08/12/12
A special report on Japan: Into the unknown
Economist 11/20/10
A special report on Japan: On the down escalator
Economist 11/20/10
A special report on Japan: The dearth of births
Economist 11/20/10
A special report on Japan: Bring on the cultural revolution
Economist 11/20/10
A Debate Arrives With Japan Politician's Baby
Wall Street Journal 01/06/11
U.S. politics and Toyota
02/19/2010
Efforts in Congress and in the government that favor domestic makers at a time of Toyota recalls.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 02/19/10
Toyota Gets on Trump’s Good Side With $1.6 Billion U.S. Factory
WSJ 08/04/17
Stories of prisoners fighting for Human Rights, Democracy and Good Governance.
02/07/2010
From Burma, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, Haiti and other places where human rights advocates have spent time in prison. The stories all are inspired by the day when Nelson Mandela was released from prison after 27 years, and the smile on his face, after years of repression and confinement.
Grouped Articles
Unable to Visit With Mandela, Obama Honors His Legacy
New York Times 06/29/13
New York Times 06/29/13
Nelson Mandela’s Captive Audience: Freedom’s Dominoes
New York Times 02/07/10
Xia Yeliang: The China Americans Don't See
Wall Street Journal 10/26/13
Actor's Journey in Mandela's Shoes
Wall Street Journal 11/22/13
Subianto Haunted by Past Abductions
Wall Street Journal 07/05/14
The U.S. federal mortgage loan modification program in 2010.
06/12/2009
The dim prospects for mortgage loan modification programs of the Obama administration. Two out of three loan modifications under the federal Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) program expected to fail, and the failure under HAMP to move quickly by dealing directly with homeowners.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/31/13
The Case Against the Bernanke-Obama Financial Rescue
New York Times 05/16/14
High Default Rate Seen for Modified Mortgages
Wall Street Journal 06/16/10
New York Times 08/21/10
Obama Successes Outweighed by Job Losses
New York Times 10/26/10
State Attorneys General Take Helm in Mortgage Mess
New York Times 10/29/10
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
An exceptional and detailed look at President Obama and his first term in office.
01/28/2008
A long informal interview with Obama by Peter Baker of the New York Times, in October 2010. Baker covers all aspects of President Obama's first term in office, and compares Obama's situation with that of his predecessors, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. He uses his personal knowledge of other Presidents to throw more light on the Obama Presidency.
Grouped Articles
Germans Loved Obama. Now We Donât Trust Him.
New York Times 06/29/13
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
New York Times 10/29/13
As Bush Settles Into Dallas, Golf Tees and Family Time Now Trump Politics
New York Times 11/02/13
Fouad Ajami: When the Obama Magic Died
Wall Street Journal 11/15/13
BusinessWeek 04/06/09
Geithner Book Reveals Consensus, Not VIsion, During Financial Crisis
New York Times 05/21/14
We took a different way to help millions around the world build educated informed mindsets that affects and shapes their lives. For a future that is open, global and digital, with everyone having access to high quality information. We believe in the renewal of America, renewal of Europe, the renewal of India, the rest of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The renewal of our supply chains, health, education, infrastructure, as we rebuild our countries after the pandemic. Literacy and knowledge we believe cannot thrive and grow in a world of web bots, web crawlers, or AI. This requires human curiosity, human learning, and human imagination. We take as inspiration the saying- “One has to be free, and as broad as sky. One has to have a mind that is crystal clear, only then can truth shine in it.” Every contribution whether big or small is precious- in this crisis and ahead.
Support Lyrarc from as small as $1
Terms and Conditions | Copyright Policy | Privacy Policy | Contact Us