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Management Skills 101- Vivek Gupta of a software firm in Pune, India on not hiring someone like you, hiring women, and taking risks
03/07/2015
Grouped Articles
Vivek Gupta of Zensar Technologies: Beware of Hiring People Just Like You
New York Times 03/07/2015
How to Attract Female Engineers
New York Times 04/27/2015
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/2017
Power to Indian women entrepreneurs | Wo+men | DW.COM | 21.04.2017
DW.COM 04/21/2017
Opinion | Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O.
The New York Times 08/11/2017
Debt, credit ratings and borrowing costs- Nigeria
02/10/2015
Grouped Articles
Africa’s Bond Bonanza Finds Fewer Takers
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2015
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Debt, credit ratings and borrowing costs- Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana
02/10/2015
Grouped Articles
Africa’s Bond Bonanza Finds Fewer Takers
Wall Street Journal 02/10/2015
U.S. - Nigeria relations
01/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Rifts Between U.S. and Nigeria Impeding Fight Against Boko Haram
New York Times 01/24/2015
Investing strategies for 2015
12/19/2014
Grouped Articles
How Investors Can Prepare for 2015
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
A 2015 ‘Rebalancing’ Act for Investors
Wall Street Journal 01/01/2015
Lessons From Fund Managers in Their 70s, 80s
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Why This Old Bull Market May Not Be Ready to Die
Wall Street Journal 04/26/2015
Smart Moves in a Pricey Stock Market
Wall Street Journal 05/03/2015
Five Things: What Investors Shouldn’t Do Now
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2015
An unambiguous positive effect on the global economy of the 2014-2015 decline in oil prices
12/08/2014
The positive effect on the U.S. measured in percentage of GDP of savings from oil import bills- 0.5%. For Germany 0.8%, Japan 1.2%, China 0.8%, India 1.8%, South Korea 2.4%. A much needed boost for Japan, India, China, and the eurozone at a critical time of flagging economic growth.
Grouped Articles
Falling Oil Prices Spur New Bets on Global Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal 12/08/2014
As Oil Falls, a Look at the Risks
Wall Street Journal 12/09/2014
Oil Prices Slip Further After IEA Report
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2014
Oil Jobs Squeezed as Prices Plummet
Wall Street Journal 12/28/2014
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Decline in Nigeria's currency, the Naira, as oil prices drop in 2014-2015
12/03/2014
A 10% drop in Nigeria's currency by Dec. 2014. Foreign exchange reserves drop to $2 billion in Dec. 2014 putting Nigeria in a precarious financial situation.
Grouped Articles
Nigeria’s Tumbling Currency a Victim of Falling Oil Prices
Wall Street Journal 12/03/2014
Oil Prices Slip Further After IEA Report
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2014
Fall in Oil Prices Threatens Africa’s Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal 12/12/2014
Nigeria’s Central Bank Restricts Currency Trading to Prop Up Naira
Wall Street Journal 12/19/2014
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Iran’s Nuclear Deal Could Open Oil Flood
Wall Street Journal 03/17/2015
Funding to fight the Ebola Virus
11/13/2014
Grouped Articles
Obama Administration Asks Lawmakers for $6.2 Billion to Fight Ebola
Wall Street Journal 11/13/2014
Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery Plan
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2015
Saudi oil price strategies in 2014-2016
10/15/2014
Grouped Articles
As Oil Prices Plummet, Saudi Arabia Faces a Test of Strategy
New York Times 10/15/2014
Refining Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy
Wall Street Journal 11/03/2014
Saudi Price Cut Upends Oil Market
Wall Street Journal 11/04/2014
Energy Quakes as OPEC Stands Pat
Wall Street Journal 11/28/2014
OPEC’s Weapon of Mass Inaction
Wall Street Journal 11/28/2014
Free Fall in Oil Price Underscores Shift Away From OPEC
New York Times 11/28/2014
The CDC and U.S. lack of preparedness for the Ebola Virus
10/15/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 10/16/2014
The Ebola Twilight of Public Institutions
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2014
Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital Training, Experts Say
New York Times 10/15/2014
A daily account of the Ebola Virus crisis in the U.S. - Oct.-Dec. 2014
10/15/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 10/16/2014
Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital Training, Experts Say
New York Times 10/15/2014
Liberia, Ravaged by Ebola, Faces a Future Without It
New York Times 05/08/2015
E-books on iPads and reading to children or toddlers
10/11/2014
If screen time is not good for children under 2 is it ok to use an iPad to read to them. The larger question of reading to children preK and 2-8 when reading skills are developing and interests being formed. The role of parents, libraries and books with the social interaction offered in the library environment as supplemental or well integrated with iPad reading.
Grouped Articles
Is E-Reading to Your Toddler Story Time, or Simply Screen Time?
New York Times 10/11/2014
The Great Gift of Reading Aloud
Wall Street Journal 07/15/2015
Long Line at the Library? It’s Story Time Again
New York Times 11/01/2015
The New York Times 08/02/2017
Food shortages, food price inflation reducing access to food, and the prospect of increasing malnutrition in Africa in 2014-2015
10/10/2014
Following the Ebola crisis in West Africa is another crisis related to food shortages and food price inflation reducing access to food for needy families across all of Africa from Uganda to South Africa.
Grouped Articles
Rising Food Prices Make Africa Fight Ebola on Empty Stomach
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2014
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Liberia, Ravaged by Ebola, Faces a Future Without It
New York Times 05/08/2015
Young, Urban and Poor: Africans Fight Back
WSJ 02/05/2019
Exxon and learning "to get the oil out of the rock in the most cost efficient way" - declining costs of shale oil production and the future for oil prices 2015-2020
03/06/2015
Grouped Articles
Exxon Mobil: Shale to the Chief
Wall Street Journal 03/06/15
U.S. Producers Ready New Oil Wave
Wall Street Journal 03/14/15
Non-U.S. Shales Prove Difficult to Crack
Wall Street Journal 03/19/15
OPEC’s Problem: There Is No Minister of Shale
Wall Street Journal 06/03/15
Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More
WSJ 09/27/16
How American Shale Drillers Flipped OPEC’s Script
WSJ 05/24/17
Debt, credit ratings and borrowing costs for African countries- Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Angola, Rwanda
02/10/2015
Bond issuance by African countries which was only $1 billion in 2000, reached $11 billion in 2013, $8 billion in 2014, with the pace slowing in 2015 as the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates in late 2015. African countries need infrastructure financing. IMF and World Bank loans are providing additional financing. African countries compete for western investors with Romania, Bolivia, Guatemala and other smaller developing countries.
Grouped Articles
Africa’s Bond Bonanza Finds Fewer Takers
Wall Street Journal 02/10/15
Wall Street Journal 03/25/15
African Pensions Funds Invest in Infrastructure Projects
Wall Street Journal 05/08/15
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/17
Young, Urban and Poor: Africans Fight Back
WSJ 02/05/19
U.S. - Nigeria defense relations
01/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Rifts Between U.S. and Nigeria Impeding Fight Against Boko Haram
New York Times 01/24/15
Nigeria Votes in Sharply Contested Presidential Election
New York Times 03/28/15
Nigeria and the Boko Haram insurgency in the Muslim north
01/23/2015
Grouped Articles
Beleaguered, Nigerians Seek to Restore a General to Power
New York Times 01/23/15
Rifts Between U.S. and Nigeria Impeding Fight Against Boko Haram
New York Times 01/24/15
Boko Haram Generates Uncertainty With Pledge of Allegiance to Islamic State
New York Times 03/07/15
African Training Exercise Turns Urgent as Threats Grow
New York Times 03/07/15
Nigeria Votes in Sharply Contested Presidential Election
New York Times 03/28/15
Boko Haram’s Abduction of Girls Still Grips Nigeria
Wall Street Journal 04/14/15
The effects of lower oil prices in 2015 - (4) the effect on African countries
12/12/2014
Oil exporting countries in West Africa such as Nigeria, Ghana and Angola lose oil revenues, oil importing countries in East Africa such as Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa benefit with lower oil import bills.
Grouped Articles
Fall in Oil Prices Threatens Africa’s Economic Growth
Wall Street Journal 12/12/14
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
Wall Street Journal 03/25/15
Businesses Seek Out New African Frontiers
Wall Street Journal 04/01/15
Africa and commodity prices: No longer the kiss of death
Economist 04/30/15
Nigeria's currency, the Naira
12/03/2014
Grouped Articles
Nigeria’s Tumbling Currency a Victim of Falling Oil Prices
Wall Street Journal 12/03/14
Nigeria’s Central Bank Restricts Currency Trading to Prop Up Naira
Wall Street Journal 12/19/14
Wall Street Journal 03/25/15
Technology and Health - how smartphones, tablets and PC's affect the spine and neck
11/22/2014
Medical experts say the pressure on the neck doubles for every inch we bend over to look at a screen on a smartphone, tablet or PC. This reaches 60 pounds at a 60% degree angle bending over posture for the neck.
Grouped Articles
‘Text neck’ is becoming an ‘epidemic’ and could wreck your spine - The Washington Post
Washington Post 11/22/14
Efforts to build Liberia's healthcare system from scratch in the Ebola crisis by the international community
10/16/2014
Grouped Articles
In Liberia, U.S. Soldiers Race Ebola
Wall Street Journal 10/16/14
New York Times 10/31/14
Liberia’s Ebola Crisis Puts President in Harsh Light
New York Times 10/30/14
Liberia, Ravaged by Ebola, Faces a Future Without It
New York Times 05/08/15
Liberia Conquers Ebola, but Faces a Crisis of Faith
New York Times 05/09/15
Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery Plan
Wall Street Journal 07/11/15
The calculations of the Saudis, Russia, Iran and Iraq, Venezuela, and other OPEC members as oil prices decline in Oct.-Dec. 2014
10/15/2014
Each side the Saudis, the Russia, and Iran is looking at the drop in oil prices and how much it can absorb using sovereign reserves as lower prices leads to budget deficits in 2015-2016. Russia and Iran face greater problems with western sanctions, and falling currency values exacerbating rising inflation. Other OPEC countries such as Venezuela and Nigeria face a crisis from falling revenues. In the U.S. this will affect shale oil production as less efficient producers shut down plants, with the overall outlook of lower oil prices being positive.
Grouped Articles
Fall in Oil Prices Poses a Problem for Russia, Iraq and Others
New York Times 10/15/14
The Oil Price Swoon Won’t Stop the Shale Boom
Wall Street Journal 10/23/14
As Oil Prices Plummet, Saudi Arabia Faces a Test of Strategy
New York Times 10/15/14
Refining Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy
Wall Street Journal 11/03/14
Saudi Price Cut Upends Oil Market
Wall Street Journal 11/04/14
OPEC Members Nearing Compromise on Supply Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/26/14
OPEC supply, oil demand and oil prices 2014-2017
10/15/2014
Grouped Articles
IEA Cuts Outlook for Oil-Demand Growth by 22%
Wall Street Journal 10/15/14
Refining Saudi Arabia’s Oil Strategy
Wall Street Journal 11/03/14
OPEC Members Nearing Compromise on Supply Cuts
Wall Street Journal 11/26/14
Energy Quakes as OPEC Stands Pat
Wall Street Journal 11/28/14
Iraq Agrees on Kurdistan Oil Deal
Wall Street Journal 12/02/14
Saudi Arabia Sees Oil Prices Stabilizing Around $60 a Barrel
Wall Street Journal 12/04/14
iPads vs. paper books for reading to children or how to integrate iPads with paper books and libraries for a fuller experience
10/11/2014
The role of reading in a child's development is crucial for the child's future, with parents reading to children an activity to be encouraged and fostered by society in every way. How can parents use electronic technology of iPads to shift some of the television time to the wider selection of books and programs of educational value for children? Training children to make wise and useful choices of educational value from the wide proliferating selection on the internet is itself an exercize that is needed, just as the exercize of showing children how to make wise and useful eating choices is needed.
Grouped Articles
Is E-Reading to Your Toddler Story Time, or Simply Screen Time?
New York Times 10/11/14
The Great Gift of Reading Aloud
Wall Street Journal 07/15/15
Long Line at the Library? It’s Story Time Again
New York Times 11/01/15
The New York Times 08/02/17
The internal debate in Islamic societes for a way forward using the best in Islam and Islamic history
10/10/2014
Grouped Articles
Fareed Zakaria: Let’s be honest, Islam has a problem right now - The Washington Post
Washington Post 10/10/14
New York Times 11/19/14
Teaching Islam’s ‘Forgotten’ Side as Germany Changes
New York Times 01/09/15
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