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January 2013

Alibaba plans logistics network

by The RightSite,  http://rightsite.asia/en/article/alibaba-plans-logistics-network-0 E-commerce giant aims to fill demand for deliveries as online shopping grows in popularity Alibaba Group […]

Is the Refi ‘Apocalypse’ Really Upon Us?

By Diana Olick   Mortgage rates today are very low, but U.S. borrowers have a very short memory. They forget […]

How Big Should Government Be?

There are a couple of fundamental questions at the bottom of Washington’s ongoing battles over deficits and debt: (1) How […]

Commodities Rise While U.S. Stocks Fluctuate Before Fed

By Stephen Kirkland, Rita Nazareth & Sarah Pringle – Bloomberg Commodities rose and U.S. benchmark stock indexes fluctuated near five-year […]

How to Cut Megabanks Down to Size

IT is a prevailing myth in Washington: big bailouts are over for good. Never again, the line goes, could giant […]

TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

The Next Great Bubble about to Collapse

Senator Orrin Hatch warns that the bubble has the power to “destroy the retirement savings of millions of Americans.” Famed […]

Draghi in Davos: eurozone will recover in second half

The eurozone economy will recover in the second half of the year if structural reforms are kept up, ECB President […]

Chinalco Mining raises $400 million from Hong Kong IPO

Chinalco’s Peru unit draws strong demand, leading the retail tranche to be about 25 times covered, while cornerstone investors take […]

Social Impact Investing Will Be the New Venture Capital

by Sir Ronald Cohen and William A. Sahlman, HBR Blog, blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/01/social_impact_investing_will_b.html, During the past century, governments and charitable organizations have […]