What We’re Reading
Date: 01 May 2015
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Get recommendations from New York Times reporters and editors, highlighting interesting stories from around the web. In this installment, great reads from Sam Dolnick, James Estrin and others.
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Morning Agenda: Salesforce Said to be Preparing for Takeover Offers
Date: 30 April 2015
By DEALBOOK
Dealbook
Salesforce Said to be Preparing for Takeover Offers | Goldman Sachs Backs Bitcoin Company | Programmer’s Trial Resumes After 2 Jurors Removed | Secret Shutting Down
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Morning Agenda: Greenberg Still in the Ring
Date: 01 May 2015
By DEALBOOK
Dealbook
Greenberg Still in the Ring | New York Fed Official to Leave | Maltese, and E.U., Citizenship for a Mere $1.3 Million | China Rethinks Banks’ Safety Net
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Everything I Know About Journalism in 395 Words
Date: 01 May 2015
By MARGARET SULLIVAN
Margaret SULLIVAN
My advice (unsolicited, free and subject to the usual caveats about free, unsolicited advice) to journalism students.
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Crime, Clinton and a New Era
Date: 01 May 2015
By AMY CHOZICK
Amy CHOZICK
News Analysis; urgent debate about race, poverty and prison population, highlighted by street protests in Baltimore, has called into question the tough-on-crime policies initiated under administration of Pres Bill Clinton; Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has condemned vicious cycle of poverty and incarceration, implicitly steering Democratic Party away from ideology of her husband's 1994 crime bill.
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When Good News Is No News
Date: 30 April 2015
By GAIL COLLINS
Gail COLLINS
Gail Collins Op-Ed column observes celebration of Supreme Court decision upholding Florida law prohibiting judges from personally soliciting donations underscores how low expectations have fallen for clean elections; notes judges can still form campaign committees to do their fund-raising; offers measures that would represent true reform of judicial elections, including public financing.
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Ideology and Integrity
Date: 01 May 2015
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Paul KRUGMAN
Paul Krugman Op-Ed column holds character trait most valuable in nation's next president should be a willingness to reassess commonly-held perceptions and admit wrongdoing; laments this open-mindedness is generally lambasted in media, and referred to as 'flip-flopping' rather than applauded as learning from experience; says while issues instead of character should have greater focus in campaign, this intellectual integrity is essential in a leader.
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Finland Questions Origin of Vessel Found Lurking in Its Waters
Date: 30 April 2015
By DAN BILEFSKY
Dan BILEFSKY
Finnish officials say nationality of underwater vessel, whose appearance provoked discharge of naval depth charges as a warning, remains unknown; military response spurs speculation in Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that vessel may be Russian submarine.
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