APRIL 25, 2011 Notable & Quotable Journalist Charles Lane writing on China’s high-speed rail project in the Washington Post. Journalist Charles Lane writing April 22 in the Washington Post: For the past eight years, Liu Zhijun was one of the most influential people in China. As minister of railways, Liu ran China’s $300 billion high-speed
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APRIL 17, 2011, 1:01 P.M. ET By ANDREW BROWNE EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE:The U.S. Federal Reserve has pumped hundreds of billions of dollars into the American economy, hoping to stimulate growth, but much of the liquidity has spilled into foreign markets as investors seek higher returns in faster-growing regions. The flood of money has also
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MARCH 31, 2011 An assault on Estonia in 2007 disrupted banking and other services for over a week. By WARREN GETLER Last week, the European Union revealed that its headquarters had come under a major cyber attack, likely state-sponsored, on the eve of the EU summit. Earlier this month, the French announced that they had
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latimes.com Virtual war a real threat The U.S. is vulnerable to a cyber attack, with its electrical grids, pipelines, chemical plants and other infrastructure designed without security in mind. Some say not enough is being done to protect the country. By Ken Dilanian, Washington Bureau March 28, 2011 Reporting from Washington When a large Southern
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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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Charles Krauthammer: The professor’s war By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER 2011-03-24 President Obama is proud of how he put together the Libyan operation. A model of international cooperation. All the necessary paperwork. Arab League backing. A Security Council resolution. (Everything but a resolution from the Congress of the United States, a minor inconvenience for a citizen of
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WASHINGTON TIMES Pentagon study sees element By Bill Gertz– The Washington Times February 28, 2011 Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system. The unclassified 2009
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U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TED POE, REPUBLICAN, OF TEXAS
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FEBRUARY 25, 2011 The average American factory worker today is responsible for more than $180,000 of annual output, triple the $60,000 in 1972. By MARK J. PERRYMr. Perry, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan, Flint, is also a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Is American manufacturing dead? You might think
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