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BERNANKE PLAYS DOWN INFLATION FEARS DURING MARCH 15 FED MEETING DEBATE

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APRIL 5, 2011, 3:03 P.M. ET Fed Minutes Show Inflation Debate By JEFFREY SPARSHOTT And JEFF BATER Federal Reserve officials judged that the U.S. economy was gaining traction when they met three weeks ago, but highlighted the potential negative impact of rapidly rising commodity prices on inflation expectations, consumer spending and business investment. “A significant […]

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RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FOUND IN FISH NEAR JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANT

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APRIL 5, 2011, 3:09 P.M. ET By JURO OSAWA and YOREE KOH in Tokyo and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI in Kesennuma, Japan WSJ’s Yumiko Ono reports on fears surrounding the Japanese’s government’s decision to dump more than 11,000 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Heard on the Street Tepco’s Crisis Should Power Utility Deals Earthquake

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THE WEST’S SLOW-MOTION DEMOGRAPHIC TSUNAMI

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WASHINGTON TIMES March 21,  2011 The West’s slow-motion demographic tsunami We can thank Providence that the earthquake was not 150 miles closer to Tokyo, else Japan’s dead might number in the millions. Prime Minister Naoto Kan calls it the worst crisis since World War II. Yet, horrendous as it is, it does not, thus far,

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RADIATION LEAKS AT JAPANESE NUCLEAR PLANT

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Dangerous breach suspected at Japanese nuke plant Published March 24, 2011     | Associated Press A suspected breach in the reactor core at one unit of a stricken Fukushima nuclear plant could mean more serious radioactive contamination, Japanese officials said Friday, revealing what may prove a major setback in the mission to bring the leaking plant

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WHAT GE WAS THINKING IN 2011

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MARCH 19, 2011 Into the time machine to see how a major company coped with its black swans By HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR. The following memo was unearthed as part of the litigation, now entering its 50th year, over the Great Japan Nuclear Incident of 2011. Addressed to General Electric’s then-CEO Jeff Immelt, the memo

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SUPPLIES RUN SHORT FOR JAPANESE QUAKE SURVIVORS

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MARCH 14, 2011, 9:20 A.M. ET By PHRED DVORAK And ATSUKO FUKASE in TokyoAnd ERIC BELLMAN in Sendai Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesJapanese sailors rescue Hiromitsu Shinkawa Sunday, two days after the 60-year-old was washed to sea on the roof of his Minamisoma home by a tsunami caused by a powerful earthquake. Thousands are feared dead. Japan’s

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