Reading List:

 

Journal Articles:

Journal of Business And Economics:  A Two Country Comparison of Online Shopping Behavior
Journal of Business and Economics: Cyber-Shopping Levels the Playing Field in Global Retailing


Magazine Articles:

Fortune:  The $55 Trillion Time Bomb
Financial Times:  French Economy Weakens; Deficit Up
Financial Times:  World Central Banks Step In To Calm Markets
Business Week:  Germany Won't Help US With Bailout
Fortune:  How One Bank Avoided the Meltdown
Fortune:  Can Steve Jobs Save the iPod?
Business Week:  Germany Dreads Financial Meltdown
Business Week:  Samsung May Buy SanDisk
Business Week:  EU Deaths Outnumber Births By 2015
Business Week:  Paris Tourism UP Despite Woes
Business Week:  Coke's New Design Direction
Newsweek:  Turkey's Constitutional Crisis
The Economist:  Poland Trying To Reduce Deficits
The Economist:  VW vs. Porsche in Court
Business Week:  Are MultiNationals Good For America?
Business Week:  International Isn't Just IBM's First Name
Business Week:  Managing the Global Workforce
Fortune:  Meet the PayPal Mafia
Business Week:  Siemens Braces for a Slap from US
Business Week:  Taking The Pulse of Marketing
Business Week:  The Sales/Marketing Dance
Business Week:  Dell's Marketing Makeover
Business Week:  Marketing to Teens Online
Business Week:  Trick or Treat for FED?
Financial Times:  We are Overpaid (CEO Pay)
Business Week:  Inside the Hidden World of Earmarks
Forbes:  Hypermarkets:  Lessons From a Global Retailer
Forbes:  JPMorganChase:  Building the Global Bank
Forbes:  Mexico Leaders Visits India to Boost Ties
Business Week:  Columbia, Investment Hotspot
Business Week:  China Defends Export Quality
Business Week:  Can Anyone Steer This Economy?
Business Week:  What Global Economic Slowdown?
Fortune:  Sony Outlines PS3 Plans
Forbes:  Fed Holds Steady
Workforce Management:  Creating Tomorrow's Workforce
Forbes:  Forbes Global High Performers
Fortune:  Daewoo and GMs Profitable Partnership
Fortune:  It's Good To Be The Boss (female CEOs)
Business Week:  BMWs Dream Factory
Business Week:  Should You Invest in These Countries?
Business Week:  Sweden's Balancing Lessons for Europe
Business Week:  How China Fend's Off Foreign Banks
Business Week:  What's in GM's Rearview Mirror?  Toyota.
Business Week:  US, EU Urged to Break Deadlock
Business Week:  Merck Donates Vaccine to Nicaragua
Business Week:  Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation3 by 20%
US News:  The World Is Not Flat
Fortune:  Patently Unfair (Indian generic competition)
Business Week:  Disney Facing Competition in Hong Kong (culture)
Business Week:  Speed Dating For Suits
Business Week:  Wal-Mart's German Retreat
Business Week:  Behind the Coke/Pepsi Pesticide Scare in India
The Economist:  The Battle for the Older Voter (Britain pension crisis)
Economist:  Windows Shopping (Online Retailing Going Crazy in Europe)
Financial Times:  Global Thirst For US Brands Unabated
 

Newspapers/Other:

U.S. State Department: Current Travel Warnings

Washington Post:  Why Deflation Is a Threat
NY Times:  37 States Face Deficits
Yahoo News:  Citigroup Lays Off 50,000 Workers
NY Times:  Euro Zone Officially in Recession
NY Times:  Tough Times for EU
SL Tribune:  Resist Union Calls for Auto Bailout
CNBC:  Where Do You Draw the Line?
Herald Trib:  Lobbyists Swarm Treasury for Piece of Bailout
NY Times:  Currencies Slump as Stocks Sink Worldwide
NY Times:  Stock Markets Crashing Worldwide (scroll down)
Washington Post:  In France, A Major Slowdown
USA Today:  Economy Rocking Chinese Factories
Bloomberg:  Icelanders Empty Food Shelves on Currency Woes
Bloomberg:  LIBOR Mystifies Americans
LA Times:  California May Need $7 Bailout
Brietbart:  Congress Passes $25 Billion For Automakers
Bloomberg:  Fed Pumps $650 Billion Into Banks
NY Times:  EU Regulators Move to Rescue Banks
Reuters:  WAMU Largest Bank Failure Ever
NY Times: Asian Bank Run
NY Times:  Polls Show Americans Very Concerned
Bloomberg:  China Shuns Paulson's Free Market Push
Bloomberg:  LIBOR Jumps As Banks Hoard Cash
Politico.Com:  Paulson Plan to Cost $1,000,000,000,000+
London Times:  US Bailouts To Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions
USA Today:  Yet Another Government Bailout
NY Times:  US Court Now Less Cited By Foreign Systems
Pew Research:  Unfavorable Views in EU Re: Jews, Muslims
Bloomberg:  Germany's Deutsch Bank Acts To Limit Exposure
NY Times:  Abroad, Bailouts Seen As Detour From Capitalism
Bloomberg:  China Recalls Poison Milk After Deaths
NY Times:  FED Rescues Private Insurer AIG
Bloomberg:  Russia Halts Trading, Markets Slide
Bloomberg:  ECB Not To Follow Active US Role Model
Bloomberg:  Dollar Rises Vs. Euro to Year High
NY Times:  Real Estate Woes Extend to China
NY Times:  First Bear Stearns, Now Lehman Brothers..
Financial Times:  CBO: Cost of Bailout Must Be On Budget
NY Times:  EU Aims At Sexual Stereotyping in Ads
NY Times:  Who Else Can Pile On For A Rescue?
NY Times:  Union Protests Job Cuts At Renault
Financial Times:  Foreign Manufacturers Turning to US
Washington Post:  Stunning Use of Federal Power (Bailout)
NY Times:  Washington Putting Aside Free Market Ideology
MSNBC:  Greenspan:  Fed Not a Magical Piggy Bank
Financial Times:  Nokia Issues Strong Earnings Warning
Bloomberg:  African Food Prices Affect 14 Million People
Bloomberg:  Mortgage Foreclosures Hit 3 Decade High
USA Today:  Mexico To Halt Beef Exports To US
NY Times:  Even at $10 a Gallon, Hard Habit to Break
London Times:  Euro Tumbles as EU Morale Slumps
Census Bureau:  New Income and Poverty Statistics
Financial Times:  Inflation Fears Keep ECB From Cutting Rates
Reuters:  More People Poverty Stricken
NY Times:  Russia Backs Off WTO Commitments
USA Today:  Corn Demand Hurts Tequila Production in Mexico
Bloomberg:  UK House Prices Plunge, May Be in Recession
London Times:  UK Economic Growth Weakens
London Times:  Queen Can't Afford to REDECORATE
Financial Times:  Oil Prices Force P&G to Rethink Supply Chain
Bloomberg:  UK Prepares Sanctions Against Zimbabwe
Bloomberg:  South African Inflation Over 10%
Bloomberg:  Rupee Slides Worst Since 1993
Bloomberg:  Costco to Open 1st Australian Store
Reuters:  McCain Promotes NAFTA in Canada
Financial Times:  Czech Refusal on Treaty Looks Troublesome
London Times:  Panic in China as Oil Prices Rise 18%
London Times:  Brown, Sarkozy Argument Escalates
USA Today:  EU Agrees To Lift Sanctions on Cuba
Washington Post:  On The Road To $7 Gas
Financial Times:  EU Inflation at 16 Year High
Bloomberg:  Free Trade Era May Be Ending
London Times:  Ireland Rejects EU Constitution
Pew Research:  Changing Attitudes Around the World
Bloomberg:  French Govt. May Sell Shares in Gambling Company
Washington Post:  Trade Deficit Soars
NY Times:  Progress, But Miles To Go in China
NY Times:  New Monitoring for LIBOR
NY Times:  Standing Up for Workers in Japan
The Independent:  How the Oil Crisis Has Hit The World
Washington Post:  Hard Line Lunacy on Cuba
NY Times:  Airlines See "Desperate Times"
MSNBC:  Racial Composition of America
London Times:  Northern Rock Doubles Debt Staff
USA Today:  Trading Probe Extended at Airbus
CS Monitor:  Europe Balks at $8 per Gallon Gas
USA Today:  What Makes Up the Price of Gasoline?
Washington Post:  French To Keep 35 Hour Workweek
Washington Post:  French Fishermen Block Ports
Washington Post:  Rising Grain Prices Provoke Panic
AFP:  Oil Prices to Double by 2012- Canada
Deseret News:  Govt. Cooking Books on GDP, Inflation
NY Times:  Housing Woes Spread Around World
London Times:  UK Standard of Living Exceeds US
Washington Post:  The End of Free Trade
NY Times:  The Social Cost of the Subprime Crisis
NY Times:  Airbus Deal Set
Washington Post:  The Myth of Upward Mobility
NY Times:  Jet Pollution Controls Approved in EU
NY Times:  Chinese Prices Surge, Again
USA Today:  Strike Hobbles France
Reuters:  Merck To Pay $4 Billion Vioxx Settlement
Bloomberg:  Sarkozy Says Falling Dollar Risks Trade War
NY Times:  House Passes Gay Protections
Washington Post:  Recession's Hidden Virtues
BBC:  Foreclosure Wave Sweeps America
USA Today:  Everywhere Chemicals Alarm Parents
USA Today:  Indians Decry Gap Child Labor
SL Tribune:  Farm Pork Subsidies
Reuters:  US in Recession, Major Investor Says
NY Times:  Today's Harvest of Shame (Farm subsidies)
USA Today:  Skanska's American CEO Has European Insight
Reuters:  EU Ministers Discuss US Economy, Falling Dollar
ABCNews: 1% of the Population Controls a Third of the World's Wealth
Herald Tribune:  Weak Dollar Results in Buyouts of US Firms
NY Times:  Everyone Pays, In Dollars
NY Times:  Songs at Starbucks
NY Times:  Nokia To Buy NavTeq to $1.8 billion
Financial Times:  Democracy in Retreat Worldwide
ABC News:  Why the Dollar is Losing Value
London Telegraph:  China Threatens "Nuclear Option" Dollar Sales
London Times:  Saudis Fear Dollar Collapse
NY Times:  Euro Reaches All Time High Against Dollar
ABC News:  Globalization Gone Wild- Hooters In China!
ABC News:  Cuba Embargo Issue Goes To UN
Washington Post:  EU Court Rejects Microsoft Appeal
NY Times:  The Need for Regulation For ALL Imports
Washington Post:  Emerging Global Trends
Washington Post:  Farm Subsidies Folly
USA Today:  What to Tip, in 77 Countries
AFP:  Disney Violates Chinese Labor Laws
AP:  Dollar Hits New Low Against Euro
ABC News:  From India To The Carribean
NY Times:  Hyundai Revamping US Marketing
NY Times:  Starbucks Finally in Russia
NY Times:  Toymakers Want Uniform Safety Standards
Washington Post:  Asians Accuse China of Bullying
Washington Post:  Bush Supports APEC Climate Proposal
Reuters:  US Workers World's Most Productive
DeseretNews:  Growth Not Flowing Into Wages
NY Times:  Foreigners Want Say in US Market Rules
NY Times:  Wages Up for Young Chinese
ABC News:  US Drops Ball on Afghan Soccer Effort
NY Times:  Taiwan's Acer To Buy Gateway
London Telegraph:  Summers Says US May Be Heading For Recession
NY Times:  China's Growth=Pollution
London Times:  China Threatens Nuclear Option of Dollar Sales
NY Times:  Mattell Recalls 900,000+ Toys From China
AP:  House OKs Prescription Drug Imports
NY Times:  Fake Potter Books All Over China
NY Times:  Kenyan Farmers' Fate Caught Up In US Rules
Bloomberg:  Japan Investors Face Paralysis
Bloomberg:  Bear Stearns Blocks Investor's Exit From Fund
Washington Post:  Aquafina Uses Tap Water
Washington Post:  For Moscow Circus, Privatization Hurts
NY Times:  Toymaking in China, Mattel's Way
NY Times:  Senate Panel Pressures Trading Partners
NY Times:  EU Accuses Intel of Violating Antitrust Laws
USA Today:  EU Winemakers Under Pressure, Subsidies Questioned
NY Times:  Paulson Says US Firms Hurt By High Taxes
AP:  US Probing Oil Operations In Nigeria
Bloomberg:  Dollar Slide Helps Bush, Coca-Cola
USA Today:  GM Pulls Ahead of Toyota
Bloomberg:   Caterpillar Falls on Cost Increases, Demand Reductions
NY Times:  Dow Director Quits over Murdock Purchase
NY Times:  US Economy Slumping Due To Real Estate
NY Times:  China Grows 11.9%
NY Times:  China Closes 3 Plants on Safety Concerns
Bloomberg:  Honda, Nissan In Talks With Thailand
Bloomberg:  India Infrastructure Plan May Fail To Attract FDI
Bloomberg:  Argentina President Wooing NY Business
Bloomberg:  Pakistan to Double FDI
NY Times:  China Blocks Imports of US Meat
NY Times:  Troubles In India For Automakers
NY Times:  Tougher Safety Rules for Imports
NY Times:  Chinese Reformer Executed
Pew Research:  America's Image Overseas Plunges
Bloomberg:  Oil To Stay High For Years
Bloomberg:  Google's Bid To Buy Doubleclick Reviewed by EU
NY Times:  BofA To Stand Trial Over Parmalat
Bloomberg:  EU to Destroy Grape Vines, Reduce Surplus
NY Times:  Bush Works With Dems On Trade Accords
SL Tribune:  Lack Of Leisure Time Is A US Crisis
USA Today:  US Files Trade Protests Against China
London Times:  How US Subsidies Hurt Farmers Overseas
Polling Report:  US Attitudes Toward Free Trade
The Spectrum:  5 Year Old Euro Rivals Other Currencies
Bloomberg:  Germany's PM Rejects Calls for Higher Wages
Bloomberg:  Global Expansion Threatened by Inventory Glut
Bloomberg:  Dollar Falls As Manufacturing Plummets
Washington Post:  Fair Trade Foolishness
London Telegraph:  Airbus Could Trigger Nuclear Option on Currencies
Reuters:  GAO Chief Warns of Economic Disaster
London Times:  How the Euro Is Killing Europe
NY Times:  Vietnam's Roaring Economy
LA Times:  A Dying Population
USA Today:  Airbus To Cut Costs, Streamline