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Nigeria's 2015 presidential election
03/28/2015
Grouped Articles
Nigeria Votes in Sharply Contested Presidential Election
New York Times 03/28/2015
Muhammadu Buhari Defeats Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria Election
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2015
In Nigeria’s Election, Muhammadu Buhari Defeats Goodluck Jonathan
New York Times 03/31/2015
Muhammadu Buhari, a Familiar, and Now Less Divisive, Choice in Nigerian Election
New York Times 03/31/2015
Nigeria’s election: Three cheers for democracy
Economist 04/05/2015
Share the Pork, Be President for Life
New York Times 03/29/2015
Michelle Obama and the "Let Girls Learn" Initiative in 2015 for the 62 million girls not in school
03/16/2015
Grouped Articles
Let’s Ensure That Every Girl Can Learn
Wall Street Journal 03/16/2015
Michelle Obama’s Graduation Speeches Show Her Personal Side
New York Times 04/10/2016
The New York Times 10/21/2016
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 02/10/2015
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
African Pensions Funds Invest in Infrastructure Projects
Wall Street Journal 05/08/2015
Opinion: 'Marshall Plan with Africa' creates enormous expectations | Germany | DW.COM | 18.01.2017
DW.COM 01/18/2017
Young, Urban and Poor: Africans Fight Back
WSJ 02/05/2019
How to use the retirement years- a useful guide to retirement thats exciting and draws on your passions and interests
12/29/2014
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 12/29/2014
The Biggest Mistake People Make Nearing Retirement
WSJ 10/25/2016
The Biggest Surprises in Retirement
WSJ 02/13/2017
South Africa's elelctricity company Eskom- cash shortages, lack of investment and power shortages crimping the economy 2014-2016
12/14/2014
Growth forecast shows growth slowing to 2.5%, not enough to make a dent in unemployment over 25%. A drop in the value of the Rand, lower mining commodity prices for exports, reduces any benefits from lower oil prices in 2014-2015.
Grouped Articles
South Africa Faces Credit Scrutiny Amid Blackouts
Wall Street Journal 12/14/2014
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Businesses Seek Out New African Frontiers
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2015
Africa and commodity prices: No longer the kiss of death
Economist 04/30/2015
Weak Power Grids in Africa Stunt Economies and Fire Up Tempers
New York Times 07/02/2015
Zambia Copper Producer Halts Production Over Power Shortages
Wall Street Journal 08/04/2015
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 12/12/2014
Oil Prices Tumble to Fresh Lows
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Wall Street Journal 01/06/2015
Wall Street Journal 03/25/2015
Businesses Seek Out New African Frontiers
Wall Street Journal 04/01/2015
Africa and commodity prices: No longer the kiss of death
Economist 04/30/2015
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 10/16/2014
New York Times 10/31/2014
Liberia’s Ebola Crisis Puts President in Harsh Light
New York Times 10/30/2014
Liberia, Ravaged by Ebola, Faces a Future Without It
New York Times 05/08/2015
Liberia Conquers Ebola, but Faces a Crisis of Faith
New York Times 05/09/2015
Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery Plan
Wall Street Journal 07/11/2015
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
West Africa (Liberia, Sierra Leone) and the Ebola Virus crisis
10/01/2014
Grouped Articles
A Hospital From Hell, in a City Swamped by Ebola
New York Times 10/01/2014
U.S. Will Increase Production of the Ebola Drug ZMapp, but May Not Meet Demand
New York Times 10/01/2014
U.S. Aid Effort in Liberia Barely Off the Ground as Ebola Rages
New York Times 10/02/2014
Rising Food Prices Make Africa Fight Ebola on Empty Stomach
Wall Street Journal 10/10/2014
In Liberia, U.S. Soldiers Race Ebola
Wall Street Journal 10/16/2014
New York Times 10/31/2014
Tackling health risks such as Ebola Virus in Lagos, Nigeria
08/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Ebola's Threat Forced Nigeria's Lagos to Scramble
Wall Street Journal 08/02/2014
U.S. Will Increase Production of the Ebola Drug ZMapp, but May Not Meet Demand
New York Times 10/01/2014
U.S. Aid Effort in Liberia Barely Off the Ground as Ebola Rages
New York Times 10/02/2014
Guinea, ground zero of the Ebola outbreak, is now free of the deadly disease - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/29/2015
The struggle to get Ebola vaccine to rebel-held areas of Congo
The Economist 11/30/2018
Startup companies in Africa
07/10/2014
Grouped Articles
Africa's Challenges Are Tech Startups' Opportunities
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2014
Children and global obesity
05/30/2014
Grouped Articles
Study Finds Nearly 29% of World Population Is Overweight or Obese
Wall Street Journal 05/30/2014
The impact of a stronger U.S. dollar on Africa- the situation in Uganda, Zambia, Nigeria, S. Africa, and other countries with depreciating currencies
03/25/2015
The lack of $30 million in dollar funds leads to closing of a refinery and long lines in Lusaka,, Zambia. A large supermarket in Kampala, Uganda, has empty shelves for imported products as it becomes costlier to import with a depreciating currency. Flights on a Portugal run airline into Angola now cost more. Infrastructure improvements are being delayed because of the extra cost. Throughout Africa one can see the impact of an appreciating U.S. dollar.
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 03/25/15
Businesses Seek Out New African Frontiers
Wall Street Journal 04/01/15
African Pensions Funds Invest in Infrastructure Projects
Wall Street Journal 05/08/15
Mining Collapse Cripples Africa’s Dreams of Prosperity
Wall Street Journal 03/04/16
IMF’s African Push Reopens Old Wounds
Wall Street Journal 03/05/16
Nigeria Grapples With Abrupt End to Rapid Growth
Wall Street Journal 04/12/16
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 03/07/15
How to Attract Female Engineers
New York Times 04/27/15
The real issues at Women20 | Business | DW.COM | 26.04.2017
DW.COM 04/26/17
Power to Indian women entrepreneurs | Wo+men | DW.COM | 21.04.2017
DW.COM 04/21/17
Opinion | Sundar Pichai Should Resign as Google’s C.E.O.
The New York Times 08/11/17
China's big problem in 2015- 8000 local government financing vehicles running up debt even when about half of borrowing goes to rollover old loans
01/28/2015
As the debt is run up it takes more units of borrowing to create one unit of investment. Over 4 units of borrowing in 2015 compared to less than 2 units of borowing before 2007, is what it now takes to create one unit of investment, according to JP Morgan. Where this adds to the glut in building or if its just a pet project or dream of city mayors the productivity of the investment is much lower, with additional risks in borrowing. And the collateral to support it of land sales is now increasingly unreliable with developers making cuts as property markets are slowing. The central government fearing slowing growth is pushing problems down the road, say experts. The IMF estimates that local government debt will reach 56% of GDP by 2019. The danger is that this will depress China's growth to below 5-6% in coming years witht a lot of the new borrowing simply going to rollover old loans, a situation Japan faced in the 1990's when the expression zombie loans was coined. This has implications for major manufacturing exporters Germany, Japan, the U.S., and for commodity exporters Australia, Canada, Brazil, S. Africa, Chile, which may look to India, Indonesia and other developing countries for exports.
Grouped Articles
Debt That Once Boosted Its Cities Now Burdens China
Wall Street Journal 01/28/15
China’s First-Quarter Growth Slowest in Six Years at 7%
Wall Street Journal 04/15/15
A Warning on China Seems Prescient
New York Times 08/24/15
China facing full-blown banking crisis, world's top financial watchdog warns
The Telegraph 09/19/16
China’s Economy Grows 6.9%, but Warning Signs Persist
The New York Times 04/17/17
Moody’s Cuts Its China Rating for the First Time Since 1989
WSJ 05/24/17
Investing strategies for 2015
12/19/2014
Grouped Articles
How Investors Can Prepare for 2015
Wall Street Journal 12/19/14
A 2015 ‘Rebalancing’ Act for Investors
Wall Street Journal 01/01/15
Lessons From Fund Managers in Their 70s, 80s
Wall Street Journal 01/06/15
Why This Old Bull Market May Not Be Ready to Die
Wall Street Journal 04/26/15
Smart Moves in a Pricey Stock Market
Wall Street Journal 05/03/15
Five Things: What Investors Shouldn’t Do Now
Wall Street Journal 08/23/15
South Africa's economy in 2014-2017
12/14/2014
Deteriorating prospects for foreign investment in South Africa for 2015. Economic growth is forecast by the IMF to remain below 2.5% for years till the power situation is tackled. Growth is estimated in 2014 at a mere 1.4%, not enough to reduce high unemployment of over 25%. Lower commodity prices for mining exports, and a decline in the value of the rand reduce any benefit from lower oil prices. The government of president Zuma is seen as ineffective in tackling power shortages, and making changes at electricity company Eskom which suffers from cash shortages.
Grouped Articles
South Africa Faces Credit Scrutiny Amid Blackouts
Wall Street Journal 12/14/14
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
Weak Power Grids in Africa Stunt Economies and Fire Up Tempers
New York Times 07/02/15
The Betrayal of Mandela’s Promise
Wall Street Journal 08/20/15
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 11/13/14
Donors Pledge $3.4 Billion for Ebola Recovery Plan
Wall Street Journal 07/11/15
A daily account of the Ebola Virus crisis in the U.S. - Oct.-Dec. 2014
10/15/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 10/16/14
Lax U.S. Guidelines on Ebola Led to Poor Hospital Training, Experts Say
New York Times 10/15/14
Liberia, Ravaged by Ebola, Faces a Future Without It
New York Times 05/08/15
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
Zambia- setting a first with the first white president of an African nation
10/06/2014
Grouped Articles
Zambian politics: White man, burdened
Economist 10/06/14
Emerging market perceptions changing in 2014-2015 with new leaders or political changes
10/01/2014
New leaders in India and Indonesia in 2014 have given a new confidence to investors, whereas leaders in Brazil, Turkey and South Africa have lost investor confidence. Erdogan for Turkey, Zuma for South Africa, and Rousseff for Brazil, do not inspire the same level of confidence. Other leaders who have changed investor perceptions for emerging markets are Putin in Russia with the sanctions. The rapidly changing situation with democracy protests in Hong Kong is eroding investor confidence in China as well, as Jinping in China is seen as adopting the Putin Way.
Grouped Articles
Markets Diverging in Emerging World
Wall Street Journal 10/01/14
Putin Trumpets Economic Strength, but Advisers Seem Less Certain
New York Times 10/02/14
Russian Companies Clamor for Dollars to Repay Debt
Wall Street Journal 10/10/14
Why this teenager is a threat to Erdogan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 12/27/14
Turkey’s economy: Saved by the well
Economist 01/18/15
Monetary policy in India: The cycle turns
Economist 01/18/15
South African writer and Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer
07/14/2014
Grouped Articles
Nadine Gordimer, Winner of South Africa's First Nobel Prize in Literature, Dies at 90
Wall Street Journal 07/14/14
Nadine Gordimer, Novelist Who Took On Apartheid, Is Dead at 90
New York Times 07/14/14
Looking Back at Nadine Gordimer's Life and Work
New York Times 07/14/14
Walter Mead on America's needed role in the world in 2014
06/02/2014
Grouped Articles
Wall Street Journal 06/02/14
As Crises Pile Up, a President Sticks to His Deliberative Approach
New York Times 09/06/14
The Roots of the Migration Crisis
Wall Street Journal 09/11/15
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