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Steve Jobs Tim Cook and shipping out of America' industrial base and with it America's leadership of the Free World
05/26/2025
America's industrial strength, it's industrial base, is one of the four pillars of America's leadership of the Free World. Without it the Free World will fall apart. The other pillars are it's education and it's health care. Underfunding of education with declining enrolment of men in college and lack of factory jobs comes with loss of the industrial base for taxes, taxes avoided by Apple and other companies. All these problems are becoming clear in 2025 as DJT calls for reindustrializing the Nation.
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Trump, Apple relationship devolves with threats
The Hill 05/26/2025
Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades
NYTimes.com 05/26/2025
Tim Cook’s Bad Year Keeps Getting Worse
WSJ 05/24/2025
The Future of Work - worklife balance, Feirabend, (breaking off from work at 5.01), 30 hour weeks and longer careers
09/13/2023
What does the future of work look like. Ideas from Laura Carstensen of the Stanford Center for Longevity who says rather than follow an outdated norm of education in the early part of life, work in the middle part of life and leisure in the latter part of life, it makes sense to mix education, work and leisure throughout life. Feierabend is the German practice of breaking off from work at 5.01 pm so that one can go outdoors for exercise and fresh air. All this with nutrition and exercise, healthy living, contributes to a more productive satisfying life that includes time for family, parents and children.
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Serious rethink of existing global supply chains
10/05/2021
Redesign of global supply chains is underway.
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Supply chain crisis causes rethink at multinationals
10/03/2021
‘A perfect storm’: supply chain crisis could blow world economy off course
The Guardian 10/02/2021
East Asia’s Economies Face Slowing Growth and Rising Inequality, World Bank Warns
WSJ 09/28/2021
The World Relies on One Chip Maker in Taiwan, Leaving Everyone Vulnerable
WSJ 06/19/2021
For Clean Energy, Buy American or Buy It Quick and Cheap?
NYTimes.com 05/11/2021
How "Made in America" was lost in making the chips that power smartphones, laptops and devices in cloud computing
12/22/2020
The story of how America went from making 75% of the world's chips in 1990 for electronic devices to 12% in 2020. And of China's rise from zero or negligible to becoming the largest maker of chips in the same period. The failure to protect American technology is the major lesson from this period as America looks at regaining the advantage and becoming once more the leader in technology and manufacturing.
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Intel Not Inside: How Mobile Chips Overtook the Semiconductor Giant
WSJ 12/22/2020
How Nvidia’s CEO Cooked Up America’s Biggest Semiconductor Company
WSJ 12/22/2020
Why Fewer Chips Say ‘Made in the U.S.A.’
WSJ 12/22/2020
"Total" contact tracing's key role in controlling the coronavirus pandemic
05/26/2020
The case of Germany, South Korea, Kerala state in India, Taiwan, show it works to limit spread and helps reopening. Britain after some errors is back to contact tracing as the No. 1 mission, India depends on contact tracing to limit clusters and close them off. France and the U.S. are fumbling with the use of apps and discussions on privacy, where Germany moved ahead with only the phone and no app, low tech as in Kerala, but good health systems which the state has invested in. Britain and France, and the U.S. suffered from neglect of their health systems during the years when tech was "cool" and money got misallocated away from essential public services.
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The first wave: How Germany’s coronavirus contact tracers helped to ease its lockdown
The Times 05/26/2020
Human contact tracing provides valuable clues to COVID-19 infections | DW | 27.05.2020
DW.COM 05/27/2020
Dr. Redfield, head of the U.S. Centre for Disease Control
05/20/2020
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C.D.C.’s Dr. Robert Redfield Confronts Coronavirus, and Anger
NYTimes.com 03/13/2020
A Failed Deception: The Early Days of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 05/20/2020
Lockdowns and quarantine- buying time for the testing and cluster isolation attack on cornonavirus
03/27/2020
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India 'super spreader' quarantines 40,000 people
BBC News 03/27/2020
Bloomberg to help New York build 'army' of COVID-19 tracers - France 24
France 24 04/22/2020
The Critical Variable in Keeping Coronavirus in Check
WSJ 04/20/2020
Five tests that will guide us out of coronavirus lockdown
The Times 04/30/2020
Ford Motor's disaster in the Chinese market by 2019- management out of touch with China's love of technology
07/23/2019
Ford management turnover at CEO and head of China operations and executives from Europe/ U.S. transplanted to China lacking touch with local conditions led to the disaster in the Chinese market with $1.5 billion in losses in 2018 and loss of about half of the Chinese market by 2019. Exuberant expansion as a latecomer hurt Ford, Peugeot and Hyundai, as the Chinese market declined in 2018-2019 with the new Trump administration in conflict with China over trade goals.
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Carmakers' Rush to China Could Fuel Another Bubble
New York Times 02/27/2011
Ford’s Shrinking China Business Is Hurting Its Global Ambitions
WSJ 07/22/2019
China’s Car Slump Leaves Foreign Auto Makers With Idle Factories
WSJ 12/25/2018
Ford: Riding High on China’s SUV Boom
Wall Street Journal 04/18/2016
Ford to Pour $1.8 Billion Into Smartcars for China
Wall Street Journal 10/13/2015
China’s motor industry: The coming crash
Economist 04/25/2015
Work life balance in Japan
06/29/2019
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In Japan, It’s a Riveting TV Plot: Can a Worker Go Home on Time?
NYTimes.com 06/18/2019
The U.S. trade deficit in 2019 up to $891 billion in 2019 February, even with the Trump tariffs on imports
03/06/2019
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U.S. Posts Record Annual Trade Deficit
WSJ 03/06/2019
Trump promised to shrink the trade deficit. Instead, it exploded.
Washington Post 03/06/2019
Trump Could Raise Tariffs on China. Here’s How China Could Respond.
NYTimes.com 05/09/2019
Pakistan's Imran Khan and Mr. Modi of India in the escalating crisis of 2019
03/02/2019
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The mixed signals from Pakistan
The Hindu 03/01/2019
Pakistan Detains Two Men India Calls Terrorists, Bans Militant Group
WSJ 03/05/2019
Global auto industry in 2018
08/28/2018
Grouped Articles
Global Car Sales Hit Speed Bump as Demand Slows and Trade Tensions Loom
WSJ 08/28/2018
Kim Jong-Un and North Korea's opening to the U.S., South Korea and Japan in 2018
05/09/2018
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Opinion | What Is Kim Jong-un’s Game?
05/08/2018
South Korean General to Serve as Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Unit
WSJ 06/22/2018
DJT US 25% auto import tariff April 2, 2025
03/30/2025
The impact of the 25% DJT US auto import tariff comes after NAFTA and USMCA Trade Treaty did little to prevent the outshoring of US jobs and manufacturing to Mexico and Canada. German and South Korean companies made about 80% to 60% of cars sold in the US in Mexico or in their home country. The outshoring was used by American and foreign companies as a way to keep American automobile wages low as American companies could threaten workers asking for higher wages with loss of jobs by outshoring the production. This happened for two decades under the elder Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. The US International Trade Commission estimates in a 2024 study that this 25% tariff would increase revenues by 5% and prices by 5% in the US for cars. Higher prices over 10% would be borne by affluent buyers of BMW's, Benz and Audis. Because US auto plants have excess capacity and operate at 60% in 2025 they could quickly increase American production without increasing prices as American manufacturers car sales increase. Hyundai plans to invest $21 billion in US plants from 2025. UAW union supports this move by DJT and trade advisers Lighthizer, Jamieson USTR, and Navarro.
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Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if car prices rise in the US
BBC News 03/30/25
Transcript: UAW president Shawn Fain on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," March 30, 2025
03/30/25
How Trump’s Tariffs Are Hitting Big Car Producers, in Charts
WSJ 03/27/25
Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs
WSJ 03/28/25
Escaping the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others
12/29/2021
If and how it is possible to escape the algorithm based social media platforms TikTok, Facebook and others, harmful for girls and the young, and to mental health, diversity, and education that leads to upward mobility, is the subject of a WSJ series in 2021.
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The TikTok Spiral, Part 1: Descent - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/27/21
The TikTok Spiral, Part 3: Escape the Algorithm - Tech News Briefing - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 12/29/21
‘The Corpse Bride Diet’: How TikTok Inundates Teens With Eating-Disorder Videos
WSJ 12/17/21
Teens Are Developing Tics. Doctors Say TikTok May Be A Factor. - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts
WSJ 11/08/21
Facebook Faces Official Questions in India Over Policing of Hate Speech
WSJ 10/28/21
Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony Builds Momentum for Tougher Tech Laws
WSJ 10/05/21
How women can navigate the waters to find a family friendly workplace and get men to share in household chores. This is important for women's Mental Health.
09/24/2021
During the pandemic women increasingly stayed at home while men continued to work. Figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics show women ended up with doing even more household chores than men in 2020 compared to 2019. As a result women during the coronavirus feel worn out or burned out in addition to losing income. WSJ offers ways women can tackle this problem both by getting men to share in household chores, and finding employers who are family friendly as the coronavirus pandemic declines in 2022.
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How to Find a Family-Friendly Workplace
WSJ 09/24/21
Women Still Do More of the Housework. Here’s How to Share the Load.
WSJ 09/23/21
Germany- low tech coronavirus contact tracing that works for reopening the country
05/27/2020
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Human contact tracing provides valuable clues to COVID-19 infections | DW | 27.05.2020
DW.COM 05/27/20
The first wave: How Germany’s coronavirus contact tracers helped to ease its lockdown
The Times 05/26/20
Who is Dr. Harlem Brundtland? Compared to her does the WHO today flunk, and even Dr Fauci, Dr Redfield fall short
05/20/2020
Dr. Harlem Brundtland was head of the WHo during the SARS crisis which originated in China in 2003. Her swift action included questioning China's suppression of the openness of its scientific and medical community at the time, alerting the world to take action to control the epidemic. The U.S. clearly brings up Dr. Brundtland as the model that was not followed in its letter to the WHO of May 18, 2020. Dr. Redfield, head U.S. CDC was alerted by Dr. Gao Fu head of China's CDC and its medical scientific community on Dec. 31, 2019, and through Dr. Redfield the American medical scientific community including Dr. Fauci, in an early warning of what was to happen. Dr Brundtland is a three time prime minister of Norway starting with the first term in 1981 and ending with the third term in 1996. She was head of the Labor Party and had a distinguished record including her work in climate change, sustainable development and other issues. The WHO earned much respect under her leadership of the organization.
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‘The only way forward for WHO is...’: Full text of Trump’s letter to WHO chief
Hindustan Times 05/19/20
A Failed Deception: The Early Days of the Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan - DER SPIEGEL
SPIEGEL ONLINE 05/20/20
Trump gives WHO ultimatum over virus handling
BBC News 05/19/20
False tradeoff between economy and lockdowns- the pandemic economics of the 1918 pandemic
04/06/2020
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Opinion | Bet Big on Treatments for Coronavirus
WSJ 04/05/20
China's views on the Hong Kong protest movement in August 2019
08/07/2019
Grouped Articles
China Warns Hong Kong It Will Intervene if Situation Deteriorates
WSJ 08/07/19
Hong Kong Movement That Thrived Without Leaders Veers Out of Control
WSJ 08/14/19
Yoga and meditation the right and ages old way
07/23/2019
Grouped Articles
New to yoga? Do these 5 things to protect your back, shoulders and wrists
NBC News 07/23/19
5 exercises that target and tone the inner thighs
NBC News 07/23/19
Prince Akihito and Japan's effort to build peaceful relations with China, South Korea and other Asian neighbors after 1975
05/07/2019
Grouped Articles
The Long Shadows of a Failed War
NYTimes.com 04/30/19
Trump Kim Jong-Un summit talks in Hanoi, February 2019
03/02/2019
Grouped Articles
Even Before Trump and Kim Met, Nuclear Talks Had Run Aground
WSJ 03/02/19
How the Trump-Kim Summit Failed: Big Threats, Big Egos, Bad Bets
New York Times 03/02/19
North Korean Launch Site Is Being Built Back Up Again
WSJ 03/06/19
Mindfulness and meditation in the business world
01/12/2019
Grouped Articles
Talking Mindfulness on the C.E.O. Beat
New York Times 01/12/19
The talks between president Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un in Singapore, June 2018
06/15/2018
Grouped Articles
Moon Jae-in’s Gamble on North Korea Bears Fruit
WSJ 06/15/18
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