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U.S. Plays Catch-Up on High-Speed Rail
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Spanish trains whisk passengers from Madrid to Barcelona in little more than two and one-half hours. Japan has bullet trains. China is building a vast network of ...
United States, China, Peter Gertler, California, USD, All keywords...
nytimes.com
3 days ago
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Malaysian Muslims Go for Gold, But It's Hard to Make Change
Malaysia—Umar Vadillo bounds into a hotel room here in northern Malaysia with several stacks of gold and silver coins in his hands and slaps them down on a coffee table. ...
Umar Vadillo, Dow Jones, Dow Jones & Company Inc., Malaysia, Twitter, All keywords...
online.wsj.com
5 days ago
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Taiwan to Block Sale of A.I.G. Unit
PARIS — The Taiwan financial regulator said Tuesday that it would block the $2.15 billion sale of Nan Shan — American International Group’s life insurance unit on the island — ...
American International Group, A.I.G., Taiwan, Nan Shan, Primus Financial Holdings, All keywords...
nytimes.com
1 week ago
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Monetarists Follow Milton Friedman to the Grave: Caroline Baum
Milton Friedman, Nobel Laureate in Economics, died in 2006. Monetarism, the school of thought he founded, seems to have died with him, judging from recent comments. Academics, such as Princeton’s ...
Milton Friedman, US Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, Caroline Baum, Alan Blinder, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 week ago
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Morgan Stanley Says Government Defaults Inevitable
Investors face defaults on government bonds given the burden of aging populations and the difficulty of increasing tax revenue, according to a Morgan Stanley executive director. “Governments will impose a ...
Arnaud Mares, London, Greece, United States, Morgan Stanley, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 week ago
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GM IPO filing expected Tuesday
The initial prospectus, expected to be for $100 million, is likely to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, two people said, asking not to be ...
General Motors Co, United States, USD, NEW YORK, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, All keywords...
reuters.com
3 weeks ago
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China Cuts Long-Term Treasuries By Most Ever as Yields Drop
China cut its holdings of Treasury notes and bonds by the most ever, raising speculation the plunge in U.S. yields that sent two-year rates to a record low has made ...
China, United States, USD, Japan, Bloomberg Television, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
3 weeks ago
8.
Another Threat to Economy: Boomers Cutting Back
America's baby boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—face a problem that could weigh on the economy for years to come: The longer it takes for the economy to recover, the ...
Twitter, United States, Dow Jones, Dow Jones & Company Inc., MARK WHITEHOUSE, All keywords...
online.wsj.com
3 weeks ago
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TARP Panel Says France, Germany Aided By AIG Bailout
France and Germany reaped the benefits of the U.S. government’s rescue of American International Group Inc. without sharing any financial risk, according to a committee led by Elizabeth Warren, a ...
Elizabeth Warren, American International Group Inc., Germany, France, U.S. Treasury Department, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
3 weeks ago
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U.S. Trade Deficit Unexpectedly Widens to $49.9 Billion in June
A swelling trade gap, less stockpiling and weaker construction indicate the U.S. economy slowed even more in the second quarter than the government estimated last month, economists said. Webman also ...
USD, United States, China, Washington, Department of Commerce, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
4 weeks ago
11.
With Stocks, It's Not the Economy
From the beginning of May until late June, stock markets worldwide declined sharply, with losses surpassing 10%. The first weeks of July brought only marginal relief. Ominous voices began to ...
United States, Greece, Investment bank, Credit Suisse, China, All keywords...
time.com
1 month ago
12.
Gathering Storm: America and China in 2020
Each week adds a new item to the growing list of grievances between the United States and China. The value of China’s currency, arms to Taiwan, human rights in Tibet, ...
China, United States, Beijing, America, Taiwan, All keywords...
worldaffairsjournal.org
1 month ago
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Technology Stocks Cheapest to S&P
Biggs said he’s worried the U.S. may enter a recession for the second time in three years and has reduced the risk of his investments as a result. He said ...
S&P 500, USD, Bloomberg, Technology, United States, All keywords...
bloomberg.com
1 month ago
14.
China won't dump U.S. Treasuries or pile into gold
In the third in a series of statements explaining its work to the Chinese public, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange sought to allay concerns in the outside world that ...
China, United States, State Administration of Foreign Exchange, USD, Bank, All keywords...
reuters.com
2 months ago
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Myths of Austerity
What’s the evidence for the belief that fiscal contraction is actually expansionary, because it improves confidence? (By the way, this is precisely the doctrine expounded by Herbert Hoover in 1932.) ...
America, Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times, Europe, Greece, Director, All keywords...
nytimes.com
2 months ago
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