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Failure of the tech boom to create jobs in the U.S. and the anger of voters in 2016
10/13/2016
The three large tech companies Apple, Google and Facebook together only employ 75,000 employees yet take up a large part of the capital allocation in the U.S. Experts say the tech boom failed to meet the expectations about it in the 1990's, with the resulting lack of jobs and anger spilling out into the political arena by 2016.
Grouped Articles
America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs
WSJ 10/12/2016
Big government is the new West Coast craze
Washington Post 11/06/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
The New York Times 11/08/2016
12/19/2016
Experts say laws not enough as Germany fights bots and fake news | Germany | DW.COM | 25.11.2016
DW.COM 11/25/2016
Cyber security and hacking by Russia in 2016
10/11/2016
Grouped Articles
Why the US fears Russia is hacking its presidential election - BBC News
BBC News 10/11/2016
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 12/12/2016
C.I.A. Judgment on Russia Built on Swell of Evidence
The New York Times 12/12/2016
Russian Hackers and American Hacks
WSJ 12/11/2016
Trump’s Approach: A Fresh Start or Crazy Reckless?
The New York Times 12/14/2016
The Alt-Right movement and its linkup with Donald Trump's 2016 U.S. presidential campaign
09/20/2016
Articles describing how the Trump campaign and the Alt-Right are drawn to each other and how it has presented rebellious sentiment during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Predominantly a social media movement in its expression, it also combines elements of mysogynistic expression and contempt for current values.
Grouped Articles
The Economist 09/17/2016
Trump Rhetoric Poses Dangers to American Democracy - SPIEGEL ONLINE
SPIEGEL ONLINE 10/19/2016
Both Old and New Media Are Failing Voters
WSJ 11/03/2016
The New York Times 11/07/2016
The Guardian 11/06/2016
Washington Post 11/08/2016
Asian-Americans in the 2016 U.S.presidential election with a preference for a candidate with moderate views- a significant influence in states such as New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Nevada and California
08/22/2016
The Asian-American voters now number about 9 million, up 16% from the 2012 U.S. presidential election, and the fastest growing immigrant group. They can be an important influence in some states.
Grouped Articles
In Clinton vs. Trump, the Overlooked Impact of Asian-Americans
WSJ 08/22/2016
As Donald Trump Repels Minority Voters, G.O.P. Fears Its Future in the West
The New York Times 08/26/2016
Democratic Dream of Two Blue Coasts? Clinton Is in Striking Distance
The New York Times 08/25/2016
Changes in China's manufacturing in 2016-2017 with shift to industrial robots- effects of the one child policy
08/16/2016
Grouped Articles
China’s Factories Count on Robots as Workforce Shrinks
WSJ 08/16/2016
Supply chains are undergoing a dramatic transformation
The Economist 07/30/2019
Apple technology in the classroom and its $100 million investment in U.S. classrooms in 2015
05/12/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple’s New Classroom Experiment
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2016
Apple India strategies
05/06/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple Petitions to Sell Refurbished iPhones in India
Wall Street Journal 05/06/2016
Tim Cook, the interview: Running Apple 'is sort of a lonely job'
Washington Post 08/16/2016
Samsung Plans Fresh India Investment as It Looks to Upset Apple’s Cart
WSJ 06/07/2017
Apple Scraps Like an Underdog in Second Biggest Mobile Market
WSJ 06/22/2017
India Looks to Curb U.S. Tech Giants’ Power
WSJ 08/13/2018
Facebook and deploying open source technologies to cut the cost of building and running the world's telecommunication systems
04/24/2016
The telecommunications systems cost about $150 billion a year to build and operate. Facebook plans to invest in efforts under its TIP program in partnership with Nokia to cut the costs to a small fraction of this, a project in several phases that is already underway.
Grouped Articles
Facebook Aims to Drive Down Tech Prices to Expand Its Reach
New York Times 04/24/2016
China shuts down Apple services iTunes Music and iBooks store to promote local companies and local content
04/21/2016
In an effort to implement president Xi Jinping's policy of reducing the influence of western companies such as IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Qualcomm in China's core industries, more restrictive policies and efforts to get the companies to share technology were introduced in 2015. Apple was relatively an exception. In April 2016 China's ministry responsible for internet and culture shut down Apple services for books and music. Apart from favoring local companies Huawei, Alibaba, Tencent, this reduces foreign culture's influence in China, a policy favored by the government to maintain what it sees as "positive influence," by local providers.
Grouped Articles
Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
New York Times 04/21/2016
China Sales Slide Eats Into Apple Revenue
Wall Street Journal 04/28/2016
Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
Wall Street Journal 05/13/2016
Beijing: Apple iPhone Violated Chinese Patent
WSJ 06/17/2016
Tim Cook Pledges More Apple Investment in China
WSJ 08/16/2016
Two SIM Cards and Better Selfies: How China’s Smartphones Are Taking On Apple
WSJ 06/07/2017
Efforts to nurture a startup cuture in Japan
04/11/2016
Grouped Articles
Japan Tech Hunts for Restart Button
Wall Street Journal 04/11/2016
Letters to the Editor WSJ on Andy Grove of Intel Corp.- Grove's high integrity and today's lower standards
03/30/2016
Grouped Articles
Andy Grove: Not Only Very Smart, but Very Honorable
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
China's chip industry plans for 2025
03/25/2016
China's plans to catchup with South Korea and Japan by investing $24 billion in its chip and semiconductor industry.
Grouped Articles
China Moves to Contend in Chip Making
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2016
Trump Plans New Curbs on Chinese Investment, Tech Exports to China
WSJ 06/25/2018
Trump Plans New Curbs on Chinese Investment, Tech Exports to China
WSJ 06/25/2018
Andy Grove- Silicon Valley pioneer
03/21/2016
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2016
Andrew S. Grove, Intel Chief Who Spurred Semiconductor Revolution, Dies at 79
New York Times 03/21/2016
Notable & Quotable: ‘Only the Paranoid Survive’
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2016
Wall Street Journal 03/22/2016
Economist 03/24/2016
Andy Grove: Not Only Very Smart, but Very Honorable
Wall Street Journal 03/30/2016
U.S. president Obama on "The Way Ahead" in October 2016 after 2 terms in office
10/12/2016
The first term of president Obama was taken up mostly in meeting the 2008 financial crisis. Much remains to be done says president Obama after his second term, as the economic recovery needs to be brought home to all Americans, job opportunities improved, growing inequality addressed, productivity increased. He says many foreign leaders ask him about the the populist trends and sentiment for protectionism growing in the U.S. and he has given a lot of thought to this. He summarizes his ideas in an Essay in The Economist magazine of Oct 8-14th 2016.
Grouped Articles
The Economist 10/08/16
The Guardian 11/06/16
‘American Democracy Is Bigger Than Any One Person,’ Obama Says
The New York Times 11/16/16
The White House’s claim that 800,000 manufacturing jobs were added during Obama’s presidency
Washington Post 12/09/16
Hacking into U.S. databases by Russia and the U.S. presidential election of 2016
10/11/2016
Intrusion into U.S. databases by Russia seen as an effort to influence the U.S. election process. In 2014 cyber security issues with China were brought up in meetings between president Obama and China's president Jinping, and efforts made to reach an agreement to prevent recurrence.
Grouped Articles
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
Donald Trump Chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State
WSJ 12/13/16
The European Union Commission's ruling that Ireland must recover 13 billon in back taxes from Apple following Apple's astonishingly low tax rate of .005% for 2013 in Europe
08/30/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple should repay Ireland 13bn euros, European Commission rules - BBC News
BBC News 08/30/16
Apple must now pay its taxes. This is a vindication of protest | Owen Jones
The Guardian 08/30/16
Apple ordered to pay up to €13bn after EU rules Ireland broke state aid laws
The Guardian 08/30/16
Apple owes $14.5 billion in back taxes, European authorities say
Washington Post 08/30/16
Why U.S. taxpayers may pay most of the bill for Apple’s $14.5 billion tax judgment
Washington Post 08/30/16
EU’s Apple Tax Hit: Ire In Ireland, Confusion Elsewhere
WSJ 08/30/16
Capitalism and globalization that leaves many behind- the refocus planned at the G-20 meeting in China
08/17/2016
Dangers to the global economy from many left behind by the tech and trade changes of the last 2 decades that have benefitted some sectors and groups and hurt others. Turning to populist political appeals those who feel left behind and suffer the effects of a lack of intergenerational mobility could lead the world into a period of protectionism and nationalist upheaval. This would reverse many of the changes that delivered prosperity for the four decades after World War II.
Grouped Articles
Globalization: Capitalism Should Be Nicer | ZEIT ONLINE
ZEIT ONLINE 07/29/16
World Trade Set For Slowest Yearly Growth Since Global Financial Crisis
WSJ 09/27/16
WTO lowers trade growth forecast | Business | DW.COM | 27.09.2016
DW.COM 09/27/16
More Wealth, More Jobs, but Not for Everyone: What Fuels the Backlash on Trade
The New York Times 09/28/16
12/19/16
On Globalization, China and Trump Are Closer Than They Appear
WSJ 01/27/17
Apple India management
05/06/2016
Grouped Articles
Apple Petitions to Sell Refurbished iPhones in India
Wall Street Journal 05/06/16
Samsung Plans Fresh India Investment as It Looks to Upset Apple’s Cart
WSJ 06/07/17
Apple Scraps Like an Underdog in Second Biggest Mobile Market
WSJ 06/22/17
India Looks to Curb U.S. Tech Giants’ Power
WSJ 08/13/18
Apple's services business in 2015-2016 taking on an important role
04/28/2016
Grouped Articles
Services Business Emerges as Key to Apple’s Core
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
China's effort to reduce the role of IBM, Cisco, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Apple in China in 2015-2016 as part of reducing foreign influence in key tech sectors
04/21/2016
A bigger role for Huawei, Alibaba and Tencent in the internet and tech industry in China under the Xi Jinping government by 2016. This is part of Jinping's directive for "positive voices that promote healthy, positive culture that is a force for good." Apple iBooks and iTunes stores are shut down as part of this directive.
Grouped Articles
Apple Services Shut Down in China in Startling About-Face
New York Times 04/21/16
China Sales Slide Eats Into Apple Revenue
Wall Street Journal 04/28/16
Microsoft Shuts Chinese Web Portal as It Shifts Focus There
Wall Street Journal 05/13/16
Tim Cook Pledges More Apple Investment in China
WSJ 08/16/16
For Apple’s iPhone 7, China Is a Challenge
WSJ 09/08/16
12/19/16
Intel Corp.'s 12,000 layoffs in 2016
04/20/2016
Grouped Articles
Intel to Cut 12,000 Jobs, Puts Focus on Cloud
Wall Street Journal 04/20/16
Pricing in the cloud computing business- strategies of Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft
04/10/2016
Grouped Articles
Billing by Millionths of Pennies, Cloud Computing’s Giants Take In Billions
New York Times 04/10/16
Microsoft Gets Lift From Cloud Gains
WSJ 07/19/16
Microsoft Profit Jumps, Fueled by Cloud Computing
WSJ 07/20/17
The trend towards new developments in artificial intelligence in 2016
03/27/2016
Grouped Articles
Silicon Valley Looks to Artificial Intelligence for the Next Big Thing
New York Times 03/27/16
Ginni Rometty on How AI Is Going to Transform Jobs—All of Them
WSJ 01/17/18
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