Ashwini Bhide, 1995 IAS batch, tireless worker for the millions of Mumbai residents looking for better modern Rail

07/13/2022

Ashwini Bhide was the head of the Metro Rail project in Mumbai and the first woman to be profiled by WSJ in this way - as a tireless worker for getting modern Rail with the latest technology to Mumbai after decades in which millions of Mumbai residents had to put up with old, dilapidated, incomplete rail subway services. It is work that meets the aspirations of Young India and which would make Mohandas Gandhi proud a century later. It shows that India can deliver on the kind of infrastructure needed for making project Make in India work.

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Newsmaker | Fadnavis ensures pet Metro project on track, puts Ashwini Bhide back in driver’s seat

The Indian Express 07/13/2022

WSJ 05/08/2023

Corinne Abrams | Photographs By Vivek Singh For The Wall Street Journal

Pope Francis meets U.S. president Trump at the Vatican to share views on topics ranging from poverty to climate change

05/25/2017

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Trump Meets With Pope Francis After Policy Clashes

WSJ 05/24/2017

Carol E. Lee, Francis X. Rocca

The New York Times 05/24/2017

Mark Landler, Jason Horowitz

Trump's business empire- overleveraging, debt, excessive risk, and shrouded in mystery, what the WSJ calls "a narrow escape"

08/20/2016

The business dealings of Trump do not reveal the wisdom and financial best business practice that will be needed to get the middle and working class in the U.S. back on its feet, and to build the country's infrastructure and defense needs.

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Trump and His Debts: A Narrow Escape

Wall Street Journal 01/04/2016

Peter Grant, Peter, Grant, Alexandra Berzon, Alexandra, Berzon

The New York Times 08/20/2016

Susanne Craig

Jeremy Corbyn and the proposal in 2015 for a National Investment Bank in Britain to make investments in education, health services and infrastructure

09/11/2015

A new leader of the Labor Party in Britain proposes a National Investment Bank. Some of the funding would come from an estimated 20 billion pounds of tax debt, 20 billion pounds in tax evasion, and 80 billion pounds in tax avoidance, according to experts in the Labor Party. Corbyn says he would reverse the introduction of fees for university education by previous Labor governments and has publicly apologized for the fees. The fees plan would cost about 7.1 billion pounds and be paid for by a 2.5% increase in the corporate tax, slower deficit reduction or increase in the insurance tax, says Corbyn. Germany continues to provide free university education.

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Leftist Jeremy Corbyn elected leader of Britain’s Labour Party - The Washington Post

Washington Post 09/12/2015

Griff Witte, Griff, Witte

New York Times 09/11/2015

Stephen Castle, Stephen, Castle

The challenges facing K-12 education in the U.S. in 2015 with a larger proportion of children from less affluent and poor backgrounds, and two thirds of American children failing math and reading proficiency required levels in 8th grade for 2015

01/17/2015

With a majority of children in California, Texas, and some midwestern states in the U.S. from less affluent or poor backgrounds, and about two thirds of all American students failiing to meet required proficiency in math and reading at 8th grade, the educational challenge of of creating a well qualified work force to build America's future is daunting. Eight years of policy changes in education and private efforts have failed to produce adequate results.

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U.S. student performance slips on national test - The Washington Post

Washington Post 10/28/2015

Emma Brown, Emma, Brown

Washington Post 01/17/2015

Lyndsey Layton, Lyndsey, Layton

China, the U.S. and Japan- the task of reestablishing peaceful cooperation in the Pacific region after the missteps of 2011-2013

07/09/2014

Meetings for the sixth round of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Bieijing between the U.S. and China, and Japanese prime minister's address to the Australian parliament in Canberra, at about the same time in July 2014, showing how the path of peaceful cooperation will have to be actively pursued to remain a reality. Underpinning the hopes of China, Japan and neighboring countries in Asia is the U.S. will and purpose for maininting the post war peace and stability for the benefit of all, that at times has been missing in the words and actions of the Obama administration. Lack of peace in the region would seriously affect China's effort to bring better incomes to the large majority of people still in the countryside and leave China stuck in middle income status of countries like Mexico, damage the prospects of improving incomes of billions of people in India, other parts of Asia and Latin America. In this sense the Japanese people have shown the wisdom of keeping the conditions of peace that have prevailed for the post war period, and the U.S. with undiminished will and purpose in its post war role can affirm the hopes of the people of the region, including the hope of people in China, India, Japan, S. Korea, and Latin America.

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U.S., China try to emphasize potential for cooperation - The Washington Post

Washington Post 07/09/2014

Simon Denyer, Simon, Denyer

Wall Street Journal 07/09/2014

Yuka Hayashi, Yuka, Hayashi

Boeing and lessons learned from the $50 billion Dreamliner project- (2) meeting customer needs for balancing new features with cost

11/16/2012

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Delta Flies New Route to Profits: Older Jets

Wall Street Journal 11/16/2012

Susan Carey, Susan, Carey

Wall Street Journal 07/30/2013

Jon Ostrower, Jon, Ostrower

German chancellor Merkel and the EU plan for aid to Spain's banks in Oct. 2012

10/18/2012

Merkel turns down an effort pushed by France and Spain at the Oct. 2012 EU leaders meeting for direct aid to Spanish banks. Instead money has to go from the European Stability Mechanism fund to Spain after a request by Spain for aid. The aid request by Spain would be met under program of conditionality set by the IMF, EU and ECB. Spain is delaying a request for aid as borrowing rates on Spanish bonds declined to about 5% by late October 2012. The Rajoy government in Spain faces regional spending problems and separatis sentiment in addition to high unemployment and a worsening situation with its banks. Merkel faces elections for chancellor in Germany in Sept. 2013 and says more time is needed to setup the eurozone banking supervisory authority- to be set up in the course of 2013 with the legal setup completed by Jan 2013 as a concession to France. This would push banking supervision and financial architecture till after the election.

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German Refusal on Bank Aid Mars European Summit

New York Times 10/19/2012

James Kanter, James, Kanter

Wall Street Journal 10/18/2012

Matthew Dalton, Matthew, Dalton

The Mass at Reims Cathedral in France then and now 50 years later for a lasting reconciliation between France and Germany

07/06/2012

German chancellor Adenauer and French president De Gaulle met at Reims Cathedral in May 1962 The service commemorating the 50th anniversary of that historic meeting and service was held recently. It was an occasion to bring together two leaders with diverging opinions on the eurozone financial crisis, Merkel and Hollande. Their mentors Jacques Delors of France and Helmut Kohl of Germany played an important role in setting up the EU and its institutions.

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Fifty Years Later, a New Chance for Reconciliation

Wall Street Journal 07/06/2012

William Boston, William, Boston, Susann Kreutzmann, Susann, Kreutzmann

New York Times 07/08/2012

Steven Erlanger, Steven, Erlanger

The July 2012 Report by an independent parliamentary panel on the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster and prime minister Naoto Kan's testimony

05/28/2012

The report calls the disaster "a profoundly man-made event," and "a disaster 'Made in Japan,' " citing cultural factors that contributed to the accident. It is sharply critical of TEPCO and the Japanese government's response. Both the report and the testimony of the prime minister at the time of the accident, Naoto Kan, refer to the 'nuclear bloc' or 'nuclear village' in Japan that promotes nuclear energy. Some of its actions are dangerous to safety, such as locating the nuclear safety agency NISA inside the same ministry that promotes nuclear power, a critical flaw. Ironically Germany made the decision to make a gradual shift out of nuclear power after looking at the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster and near collapse in Japan, while Japan is reactivating its nuclear plants to meet energy needs without having obtained public confidence in the system of nuclear energy including the essential safety actions. The result is a profound credibility gap about the nuclear plant industry, and public opposition in Japan.

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Report blasts Japan’s preparation for, response to Fukushima disaster - The Washington Post

Washington Post 07/06/2012

Chico Harlan, Chico, Harlan

New York Times 05/28/2012

Martin Fackler, Martin, Fackler

De Anza College in Cupertino, California where a Apple co-founder got his start and the implications of tax avoidance strategies

04/28/2012

A U.S. Senate Report in May 2013 points to tax avoidance strategies by Apple, and Apple CEO Tim Cook appears before a Senate hearing. EU leaders meet in Brussels to address the problems of tax avoidance by digital companies which aggravate the budget deficits of EU countries, especially at a time of cutbacks in infrastructure spending and education that supports the digital companies access to to human resources. De Anza College in Cupertino is where on of the Apple cofounders went to school. The head of the college describes the effects of cutbacks in funding on the college. On the other side of the Atlantic Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden's prime minister makes a similiar case saying the digital companies need access to infrastructure and educational centres which makes the payment of taxes used to fund this necessary for the whole system not to fall into dysfunction.

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Apple's Tax Strategy Aims at Low-Tax States and Nations

New York Times 04/28/2012

Charles Duhigg, Charles, Duhigg, David Kocieniewski, David, Kocieniewski

Wall Street Journal 05/22/2013

Gabriele Steinhauser, Gabriele, Steinhauser, Sam Schechner, Sam, Schechner

Former Fed chairman Volcker on the Volcker Rule and the ban on proprietary trading by banks

10/27/2011

Volcker's letter of comments on the Rule and the interview with Pete Rose. Here he says why this will make financial markets a safer place and why it will lead to healthy financial markets. The financial industry is opposing the Volcker Rule.

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Volcker to Push Back on Banks' Trading

Wall Street Journal 02/13/2012

Scott Patterson, Scott, Patterson

BusinessWeek 10/27/2011

Charlie Rose, Charlie, Rose