> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # March 7, 2018 - URL: https://www.thejanusobserver.com/march-7-2018/ - Published: 2018-03-07T12:00:23.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-25T20:04:16.000Z - Author: Jonathan Janus - Tags: Uncategorized, Anbang, Auto Industry, Big Banks, China, Debt, Environment, Expats, KFC, Middle East, Motion Picture & Video Industries, Real Estate, Venezuela, #Migrated-1792957904788, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-25 19:52 # Perspective [Bloomberg Businessweek - Asian Cities Dominate Expat Salary Rankings - Andy Hoffman and Zoe Schneeweiss 2/26](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/asian-cities-dominate-expat-salary-rankings?utm%5Fcontent=economics&utm%5Fcampaign=socialflow-organic&utm%5Fsource=twitter&utm%5Fmedium=social&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-economics) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/bloomberg_expat-salaries-by-city_2-26-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/bloomberg%5Fexpat-salaries-by-city%5F2-26-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [US Census Bureau - Stats for Stories - Academy Awards 3/4](https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/2018/academy-awards.html?CID=CBSM+SFS&ref=thejanusobserver.com) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/uscb_stats-for-stories-academy-awards_3-4-18-w-283.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/uscb%5Fstats-for-stories-academy-awards%5F3-4-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice [Bloomberg Businessweek - Anbang Out With a Whimper - Nisha Gopalan 2/22](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-23/anbang-out-with-a-whimper?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [FT - How the Middle East is sowing seeds of a second Arab spring - Andrew England and Heba Saleh 3/4](https://www.ft.com/content/a6229844-1ad3-11e8-aaca-4574d7dabfb6?desktop=true&segmentId=7c8f09b9-9b61-4fbb-9430-9208a9e233c8&ref=thejanusobserver.com#myft:notification:daily-email:content) [](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/ft%5Farab-world-sowing-seeds-of-second-spring%5F3-4-18-1.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [NYT - State Dept. Was Granted $120 Million to Fight Russian Meddling. It Has Spent $0\. - Gardiner Harris 3/4](https://nyti.ms/2CXKdJy?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Markets / Economy [Bloomberg Businessweek - KFC's Big Screw-Up Left Restaurants Without Chicken - Christopher Jasper and Eric Pfanner 2/28](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-01/kfc-s-big-screw-up-left-restaurants-without-chicken?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [WSJ - Big Banks Enter Branch Warfare - Aaron Back 3/5](https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-banks-enter-branch-warfare-1520245801?mod=djemHeardEUH&ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "Banks are entering a new period of growth, bolstered by healthy capital levels, less burdensome regulation and higher interest rates. Branch openings will remain a key competitive tactic for banks. As for Wells Fargo, with the Federal Reserve capping its growth and new sales controversies still emerging, it looks like a sitting duck to rivals." [](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fus-big-bank-branch-numbers%5F3-5-18-1.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Real Estate WSJ - Daily Shot: BofAML - Genworth Mortgage Insurance: US First-time homebuyers 3/6 [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_bofaml-genworth-mortgage-insurance_us-first-time-homebuyers_3-6-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fbofaml-genworth-mortgage-insurance%5Fus-first-time-homebuyers%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) WSJ - Daily Shot: BofAML - NAR: US Home Affordability and Mortgage Payment Components 3/6 [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_bofaml-nar_us-home-affordability-and-mortgage-payment-components_3-6-18-w-188.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fbofaml-nar%5Fus-home-affordability-and-mortgage-payment-components%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) WSJ - Daily Shot: John Burns RE Consulting - Home Price Relative Values 3/6 [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_john-burns-re-consulting-home-price-relative-values_3-6-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fjohn-burns-re-consulting-home-price-relative-values%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Finance WSJ - Daily Shot: John Burns RE Consulting - Changes in American Debt 3/6 [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_daily-shot_john-burns-re-consulting-changes-in-american-debt_3-6-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fdaily-shot%5Fjohn-burns-re-consulting-changes-in-american-debt%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Environment / Science [Economist - The known unknowns of plastic pollution 3/3](https://www.economist.com/news/international/21737498-so-far-it-seems-less-bad-other-kinds-pollution-about-which-less-fuss-made?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist_plastic-waste-mismanagement_3-3-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist%5Fplastic-waste-mismanagement%5F3-3-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [Economist - Only 7% of the world's plastic is recycled - Daily Chart 3/6](https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2018/03/daily-chart-2?cid1=cust/ddnew/email/n/n/2018036n/owned/n/n/ddnew/n/n/n/nna/Daily%5FDispatch/email&etear=dailydispatch&ref=thejanusobserver.com) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist_7-percent-of-worlds-plastic-is-recycled_3-6-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/economist%5F7-percent-of-worlds-plastic-is-recycled%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [WEF - The Arctic is sending us a powerful message about climate change. It's time for us to listen - Jennifer Francis, Jeremy Wilkinson, and Gail Whiteman 3/5](https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/arctic-melting-beast-from-the-east-why-we-should-be-worried?utm%5Fcontent=bufferf83a6&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fsource=twitter.com&utm%5Fcampaign=buffer) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wef_daily-arctic-temperature_3-5-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wef%5Fdaily-arctic-temperature%5F3-5-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # Automotive [Bloomberg Businessweek - The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data - Gabrielle Coppola and David Welch 2/20](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-20/the-car-of-the-future-will-sell-your-data?ref=thejanusobserver.com) - "As smarter vehicles become troves of personal information, get ready for coupon offers at the next stoplight." # China [WSJ - China Spends More on Domestic Security as Xi's Powers Grow - Josh Chin 3/6](https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-spends-more-on-domestic-security-as-xis-powers-grow-1520358522?mod=djemalertNEWS&ref=thejanusobserver.com) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj_china-expenditures-on-domestic-security_3-6-18-w-113.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/wsj%5Fchina-expenditures-on-domestic-security%5F3-6-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com) # South America [Bloomberg - Venezuelans, Go Home: Xenophobia Haunts Refugees - Ezra Fieser and Matthew Bristow 3/5](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-03-05/venezuelans-go-home-xenophobia-spreads-as-refugees-flee-crisis?ref=thejanusobserver.com) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/bloomberg_venezuelan-migration_3-5-18-w-300.png)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/df/b1/dfb1dfbb-f8fb-4ec3-bf5b-87cf7344bdd1/content/images/2026/10/bloomberg%5Fvenezuelan-migration%5F3-5-18.png?ref=thejanusobserver.com)