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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
Why cost of living is destroying the social compact in the US and Europe and upending governments in 2024-2025
02/24/2025
Used car prices are up 45% since 2019 putting used cars at average price $28000. It is not a discretionary cost, one needs a car to get to work in the US. There are cases of young people not able to pay soaring repair costs quitting work without transport. This is why there was so much discontent in 2024 after supply shocks and price gouging pushed up prices in 2024. Another factor evident in airline ticket pricing was demand and the excess income of the top 20 percent. In housing and apartment rentals supply shortages pushed up prices, demand and excess income of the top 20-30 percent pushed up prices beyond the reach of the rest, higher interest rates made it unaffordable to buy a home for most Americans.
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Why There Is No Relief Ahead for High Used-Car Prices
WSJ 02/15/2025
The U.S. Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People
WSJ 02/24/2025
America has forgotten it is American workers who built America
09/28/2023
Entry level tier wages for auto workers at $17 an hour in 2022 as the UAW union goes on strike in 2023. At $34,000 a year entry level young auto workers make less than the $35,000- 40,000 a year for families set as the Federal Poverty Level by the Department of HHS. Lincoln and TR-FDR would see this as outrageous as American workers built American factories and America since the Industrial Revolution. America has forgotten its workers and worker's families, worker's children. Two thirds of children with the vast majority from the workers families not able to pass ACT reading comprehension at the 4th grade, and 50 % of retired people having zero savings. Not the America of Lincoln or TR-FDR.
Grouped Articles
Trump’s pitch for autoworker votes in car heartland is short on autoworkers
The Guardian 09/28/2023
Biden Joins Autoworkers on Picket Line in Michigan
NYTimes.com 09/27/2023
Biden Joins UAW Picket Line Ahead of Trump Visit, Opening 2024 Election Fight
WSJ 09/26/2023
Five Clues to Where the UAW Strike Is Headed Next
WSJ 09/23/2023
Battle Over Electric Vehicles Is Central to Auto Strike
NYTimes.com 09/17/2023
Whatever the UAW Strike Outcome, Elon Musk Has Already Won
WSJ 09/16/2023
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
China's rapidly growing use of energy.
07/18/2010
According to the IEA China passed the USA in energy use in 2009.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2010
China’s Global Search for Energy
New York Times 05/21/2014
Wall Street Journal 09/07/2010
China Is Said to Plan Strict Goals to Save Energy
New York Times 03/04/2011
China Takes a New Interest in Energy Efficiency
New York Times 06/15/2011
Chinese-funded hydropower project sparks anger in Burma - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/08/2011
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 05/27/2010
Does the Internet Make You Dumber?
Wall Street Journal 06/05/2010
Wall Street Journal 06/04/2010
'The Shallows': Is the Net Fostering Stupidity?
BusinessWeek 06/03/2010
Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction
New York Times 11/21/2010
New York Times 12/29/2011
Customer Innovation Centers.
12/27/2009
Centers that 3M has around the world that promote face to face interaction with customers, and enable adeeper awareness of how customers use a company's product.
Grouped Articles
3M Goes on Spending Spree in Bid to Ramp Up Growth
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2010
3M Brings Along the Basics As It Balances New and Old
Wall Street Journal 11/01/2010
3M’s Image Problem: Its Products Are Everywhere, but Often Overlooked
Wall Street Journal 03/11/2015
Seeing Customers as Partners in Invention
New York Times 12/27/2009
3M to Gain Broader Presence in Office-Supply Sector
Wall Street Journal 01/04/2012
CEO's Growth Pitch for 3M Proves Hard Sell
Wall Street Journal 01/23/2012
Robert Shiller on the Mood of America and the Economy.
03/02/2008
Its the hearts and minds of the people that are the thing takes makes an economy or country tick not just use or overuse in recent years of financial incentives. Shiller and other economists make this point.
Grouped Articles
Robert Shiller: A Skeptic and a Nobel Winner
New York Times 10/19/2013
How a Bubble Stayed Under the Radar
New York Times 03/02/2008
The Real Mandate Is to Bridge the Wealth Gap
New York Times 11/09/2008
To Build Confidence, Aim for Full Employment
New York Times 12/14/2008
Animal Spirits Depend on Trust
Wall Street Journal 01/27/2009
It Pays to Understand the Mind-Set
New York Times 03/29/2009
Changes in China's factories in 2010-2013. Changing manufacturing.
01/05/2008
Conditions at Hon Hai and a strike at Honda are part of a changing picture of worker dissatisfaction with wages and discipline at Chinese factories. The period of low prices and worker discipline of the kind that prevailed for several decades of industrialization appears to be closing. The Chinese government is also having second thoughts as America and Europe are no longer the growing markets they used to be, and as it weighs a policy shift to domestic consumption.
Grouped Articles
China: A Billion Strong but Short on Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Manufacturers Survive by Moving to Asian Neighbors
Wall Street Journal 05/02/2013
China Factories Try Karaoke, Speed Dating to Keep Workers
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2013
Strains Show in China's Job Market
Wall Street Journal 06/11/2013
Wall Street Journal 12/21/2011
Unrest May Signal New Phase in China Economy
New York Times 05/29/2010
Road construction in China falling behind pace of automobile use.
06/13/2006
Grouped Articles
Chinese Car Buyers Should Keep On Motoring
Wall Street Journal 12/26/2013
Wall Street Journal 10/23/2010
China Traffic Jam Could Last Weeks
Wall Street Journal 08/24/2010
A Driver Explosion Leaves China No Closer to Finding a Fast Lane
New York Times 12/22/2010
Beijing Cracks Down on Car Buyers
Wall Street Journal 12/23/2010
For Auto Industry, Questions About Beijingâs Road Ahead
New York Times 12/29/2010
Shift to fuel efficient engines will reduce oil demand in China.
04/12/2006
The gradual phasing out of polluting and inefficient one cylinder engines called "inkfish" used by poorer people. About 36 million of these types of low tech engines are currently sold.
Grouped Articles
China Has Big Eyes, Little Stomach for Oil
Wall Street Journal 08/27/2015
China's Thirst for Oil Could Come Up Short
Wall Street Journal 06/01/2010
Wall Street Journal 07/18/2010
Obama administration set to raise fuel efficiency standards, but by how much? - The Washington Post
Washington Post 05/13/2011
As the Price of Gasoline Takes Off, Oil and Auto Firms Trade Barbs
Wall Street Journal 04/12/2006
New Mileage Rules Debated by Carmakers and White House
New York Times 07/03/2011
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.
Grouped Articles
Even Disney Is Worried About the High Cost of a Disney Vacation
WSJ 02/09/25
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 11/27/24
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
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, "Operation Atlantic Resolve," and the U.S. response to Russian president Putin in 2015-2016
06/06/2015
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says the U.S. must be better prepared in coordination with its allies for the mix of propaganda, subversion and cyber programs used by Russian president Putin. It says this is not a return to the Cold War, but better preparation means it would be possible to tell when Russia was using these tactics, and when it was not.
Grouped Articles
Defense Chief: Subversion, ‘Big Lie’ Are in Russia’s Arsenal
Wall Street Journal 06/06/15
U.S. Pledges Equipment, Manpower to NATO Rapid-Response Force
Wall Street Journal 06/22/15
Russia Bolsters Its Submarine Fleet, and Tensions With U.S. Rise
New York Times 04/20/16
It’s No Cold War, but Vladimir Putin Relishes His Role as Disrupter
The New York Times 09/30/16
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
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 05/21/13
Appleâs Web of Tax Shelters Saved It Billions, Panel Finds
New York Times 05/20/13
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Lawmakers Square Off Over Taxes
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Ireland Defends Tax Laws to Critics at Home and Abroad
New York Times 05/21/13
The Corrosive Effect of Apple’s Tax Avoidance
New York Times 05/23/13
Foreign Institutional Investors in India.
07/18/2010
The declining use of p-notes is a good sign as foreign institution's think long term. 2010 foreign investments in stock markets in India should exceed the previous record of $18 billion in 2007.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 05/11/13
Retail FDI to Benefit Middlemen, Says Basu
Wall Street Journal 12/16/11
Emerging Stocks' Emerging Problems
Wall Street Journal 08/23/13
Skidding Rupee Endangers India's Slowing Economy
Wall Street Journal 08/28/13
As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment
New York Times 02/07/12
India's Modi Articulates Vision for Economic Change
Wall Street Journal 09/30/14
JetBlue's experiential marketing effort.
05/09/2010
Using flyer comment such as the favorable opinions about legroom in a special location called experience in the JetBlue website.
Grouped Articles
JetBlue Dares to Poke Fun at Its Competitors
New York Times 10/13/10
JetBlue CEO in Hot Seat as Airline Lags Rivals
Wall Street Journal 05/13/14
JetBlue Asks Its Fliers to Keep Spreading the Word
New York Times 05/09/10
Wall Street Journal 02/08/12
Board failures and lack of action to make much needed changes after this helped cause the economic crisis of 2008-09.
06/01/2009
Board failures at companies like Fannie Mae, Countrywide, WaMu, GM and others which led to huge losses for taxpayers, communities, and laid off employees.
Grouped Articles
New York Times 05/11/13
The 40-Year Club: America's Longest-Serving Directors
Wall Street Journal 07/16/13
BusinessWeek 06/01/09
An Unfinished Chapter at Countrywide
New York Times 08/23/14
G.M.’s Board Is Seen as Slow in Reacting to Safety Crisis
New York Times 09/07/14
What Iceberg? Just Glide to the Next Boardroom
New York Times 12/27/09
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
Germany's Kurzarbeit plan and other methods of softening the impact of a recession on jobs and wages.
10/28/2006
About 1.5 million employees used the Kurzarbeit short work week schedules according to the German labor agency. In the latest month March 2010, 693,000 workers were on the Kurzarbeit short week schedule.
Grouped Articles
The Price of Saving Jobs in Germany
BusinessWeek 07/29/10
Germany's economy: Angela in Wunderland
Economist 02/05/11
Fixing America's Economy: Nine Ideas from Around the World
BusinessWeek 06/08/11
Wall Street Journal 11/21/11
The Age of the Superfluous Worker
New York Times 11/24/11
Bayer: Pressure on Prices Has Bad Side Effects
Wall Street Journal 02/07/12
China and pollution of air and water.
05/10/2006
Use of coal-fired plants and more automobiles on Chinese streets and highways are worsening air quality in Chinese cities. Industrialization is taking its toll on air and water quality. 25% of lakes, rivers and streams have water too contaminated to be used for drinking water, according to areport by the China Ministry of Environmental Protection.
Grouped Articles
Pollution Is Radically Changing Childhood in Chinaâs Cities
New York Times 04/22/13
China Seeks to Calm Anxiety Over Rice
Wall Street Journal 05/22/13
Cadmium-Tainted Rice Discovered in Southern China
New York Times 05/21/13
Wall Street Journal 06/06/13
Air Pollution From Coal Use Cuts Lifespans in China, Study Shows
Wall Street Journal 07/09/13
Paying Auditors for Honest Appraisals
Wall Street Journal 07/18/13
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