Dear Friends:
I would like to share with you some of the comments posted
by myself in the WSJ Journal Community about important headlines of the Wall
Street Journal from May 4 to May 10.
The comments are about politics, economy, business, social
issues, education and technology in the United
States, Europe and
the world.
As you can see for the RECOMMENDATIONS, the majority of
these comments generated a good reaction of other members of the Journal
Community.
Domingo Trassens
Analyst
World Rethink
May 10, 2015
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BLOG COMMENTS: 2015/05/04–
2015/05/10
MY COMMENT: German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the only
western leader who has the resolution to confront Russian President Putin about
crucial issues. 11 Recommendations 05/10/2015 03:26:15 PM
MY COMMENT: The case of the Department of Veterans Affair
and the others commented in this story are only some of a list of scandals that
are sinking us in a swamp with very bad smell.
It is regrettable,
but for some politicians, politics is not the art and science of managing the
public affairs according the interests of the country. They manipulate the
politics according to their own interests. 1 Recommendation 05/10/2015 02:08:49 PM
MY COMMENT: This story titles the victory of British
Prime Minister David Cameron like “The Tory Lesson for America.”
The reading of the
results in the British voting was different across Europe.
For example,
Frankfurter Allgemeine – newspaper of Frankfurt, financial capital of the EU – titled the
victory with this statement: “Das neue Modewort heißt Brexit” (“The new buzzword
is Brexit”.)
Financial Times (UK),
The Guardian (UK) and other European newspapers also talk about “Brexit”.
According to
Macmillan Dictionary : “Brexit” is a blend of “British” and “exit”.
British Prime
Minister David Cameron has raised the possibility of a ‘Brexit', a British exit
from the European Union.” 1 Recommendation 05/10/2015 01:26:49 PM
MY COMMENT: When we read the dramatic stories of the
women who were captives of Boro Haram , we feel the indifference of the western
world for the people who are suffering slavery across our same planet now in
2015. 4 Recommendations 05/09/2015 03:42:26 PM
MY COMMENT: Maybe the Clinton Foundation can distribute
some money among the poor people of this neighborhood.
In general, our
Foundations make efforts to relieve poverty areas abroad, but they don't see
the misery and social problems of our own streets and neighborhoods. 7 Recommendations
05/09/2015 02:56:45 PM
MY COMMENT: Good news from Liberia! The World Health Organization has declared
this African country free of Ebola.
Always the epidemics
are terrible for the patients and for who care for their health.
Every time that
medical doctors and paramedics fight against an infectious disease, they take a
risk their own health. Some of the tragic victims of Ebola were professionals
linked with the epidemic.
Now, we have to hope
similar news from Guinea and Sierra Leone, where Ebola epidemic didn't end. 1
Recommendation 05/09/2015 01:08:56 PM
MY COMMENT: David Cameron (+28%) made a good election,
but the Liberal Democrats (-49%) and Labour (-25%) made a very bad election.
We have to remember
that before Cameron, the Labour was government and in the first election when
Cameron climbed, he needed the support of the Liberal Democrats.
The current results
show that Liberal Democrats and Labour don’t have good answers to the
expectations of the British citizens. 2 Recommendations 05/08/2015 01:42:18 PM
MY COMMENT: The bill giving Congress the right to weigh
on the negotiations about the Iranian nuclear program is a warning to the White
House independently that President Obama can veto it.
Very important! It
shows the lawmakers have consensus in a very conflicting issue that can change
the geography of the Middle-East. 3 Recommendations 05/07/2015 03:10:44 PM
MY COMMENT: If Alibaba continues in its current
direction, in short time, it will shake the Internet business across the globe.
The appointment of
Daniel Zhang as a new CEO is a clear indication that Alibaba is looking for an
international place in the e-commerce.
By the way, Jack Ma,
founder of Alibaba, is a Chinese entrepreneur very active and with a lot of
ambition. This year, he was keynote speaker of CeBIT 2015, the German computer show
of Hannover. 1 Recommendation 05/07/2015 12:52:27 PM
MY COMMENT: This is a tragic story that will produce
tears in Sharon Soofi, mother of Nadir Soofi, till the last days of her life.
As parents, we
cannot change the destiny of our children when they are adult, if they want to
be criminals or terrorists.
Behind the ideas and
behaviors of an adult person there are motivations that come from different
sources: education, work, reading, religious and political beliefs and personal
frustrations.
Nadir Soofi was the
owner of his horrible destiny. 6 Recommendations 05/07/2015 11:56:05 AM
MY COMMENT: After all that we saw in the political arena during
the last months, now we have to redefine the meaning of words like: “honesty”,
“integrity”, “honor”…
From my point of
view, on the voting day, the most important is not to vote a liberal or
conservative candidate. It is choose for an honest candidate. 4 Recommendations
05/07/2015 09:44:38 AM
MY COMMENT: The idea of creating a digital single market
is good in theory, but the European Union has to solve a lot of problems before
advancing in the development of a solid digital market.
As we saw during the
last few years, there are serious discrepancies among the members of the
community about basic subjects to run together like a homogeneous political and
economic block. (Sometimes, when they discuss important topics in the European
Parliament, they look like the animals of a zoo shouting ones against others.)
But if the only
reason of the “digital single market” is to block the operations of Google,
Amazon and others in Europe, in the end, they will put down the interest
of the American leaders for the European market. 1 Recommendation 05/06/2015 02:57:00 PM
MY COMMENT: The news says: “Candidate Clinton signs on to
the campaign to rewrite the First Amendment to limit political speech.”
In these
circumstances, Hillary is not acting as “Candidate Clinton”. She is acting as
“President Hillary Clinton”.
She launches the
campaign in this moment because she is confident that she will be the next
president. From the other side, the rewriting of the First Amendment could give
her a good tool to block the criticism of her opponents when she will be in the
White House and work for a second term. 1 Recommendation 05/06/2015 02:29:39 PM
MY COMMENT: Today in the economic world, frequently the
rivals are also business partners.
The news says that
BMW AG, Audi AG and Daimler AG’s Mercedes Benz are preparing a formal bid for
the Nokia’s Here Map Service together with China’s Baidu.
As we know, the
mapping systems are important to run self-driving cars and in-car digital
services.
It looks like the
three German car makers want to have in their own hands the control an
important tool for their future businesses.
If the bid works and
they take the control of the Nokia’s map service, they will avoid a forced
partnership with Google that is trying to be the “king” of the digital map
systems.
1 Recommendation 05/06/2015 01:40:48 PM
1 Recommendation 05/06/2015 01:40:48 PM
MY COMMENT: Definitively, cloud computing is a new “hope”
for technology providers with flat revenues in the conventional niches of their
businesses. 1 Recommendation 05/05/2015 02:59:55 PM
MY COMMENT: The entrance of Ben Carson (brain surgeon) and
Carly Fiorina (former HP CEO) in the Republican presidential campaign can open
the agenda of subjects in debate to issues that the classic politicians don't
discuss. 2 Recommendations 05/05/2015 02:35:37 PM
MY COMMENT: This is the first warning that the enemy is
among us also in the United States.
As we saw before in
the attack of the Islamic extremists in Paris, the devils are spreading their links to
each corner of the free world.
We will lose our
freedom and civil rights that as western citizens we have enjoyed for long
time. 1 Recommendation 05/05/2015 02:24:26 PM
MY COMMENT: Mike Huckabee enters in the presidential
campaign as Republican and the news says “Former Arkansas governor’s campaign
will intensify competition for evangelical Christian vote.”
If Mr. Huckabee
wants to become the new American president, he must have answer to the
expectations of voters of very different profiles. 3 Recommendations 05/05/2015 01:53:40 PM
MY COMMENT: Carly Fiorina has experience in big
businesses transactions like the Compaq acquisition when she was HP CEO. But
she never worked in the public administration or ruled a city or town.
From the other side,
she left Hewlett-Packard in a bad moment of the company.
Maybe she is a good
political leader, but we don’t… 1 Recommendation 05/04/2015 03:06:02 PM
MY COMMENT: A city involved in continuous protests and
riots is a bad place to make business.
In the end,
everybody will lose in Baltimore, but the agitators and protesters don’t care if they destroy the
economy and jobs of the city. 6 Recommendations 05/04/2015 02:49:59 PM
MY COMMENT: Governor Christie and former Secretary of
State Clinton have some spots in their respective political careers, but the “deleted
emails” are protecting the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. 5
Recommendations 05/04/2015 02:36:04 PM
MY COMMENT: John Chambers – the man who put Cisco Systems
in the top of the hill – is leaving the networking company on July 26.
In the helm of Cisco, Chambers drove his company always forward including during times of storms for the technology industry.
His successor – one of his disciples – is Chuck Robbins. Good luck! 1 Recommendation 05/04/2015 02:14:25 PM
In the helm of Cisco, Chambers drove his company always forward including during times of storms for the technology industry.
His successor – one of his disciples – is Chuck Robbins. Good luck! 1 Recommendation 05/04/2015 02:14:25 PM
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SOURCES:
1) External Sources: Wall Street Journal, The New York Times,
Tweeter and PBS NewsHour.
2) Own Sources: My own research for previous publishing
projects like TTT of Comlab Corp, Spanish English Club online and others.
Website: http://world-rethink.blogspot.de/
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