Ukraine and the ‘Little Cold War’

By George Friedman, The Next 100 Years, We must consider the future of Eurasia after the fall of the Soviet […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 07 Mar 14 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

How Poland Became Europe’s Most Dynamic Economy

By Stephan Faris November 27, 2013 The oldest coffee shop in Warsaw has been in operation nearly without interruption since the end […]

By Aidualc | 26 Dec 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey: The Search for Belonging and Ballistic Missile Defense in Romania

By George Friedman During the Cold War, Romania confused all of us. Long after brutality in other communist countries declined, […]

By MarketAngel | 09 Jul 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

OTC market in Central Europe to exceed €5bn in 2013

  In 2011 OTC (over-the-counter) product pharmacy sales in Central Europe (CE)[1] were worth €4.4bn, a 5% year on year […]

By pmr | 05 Jul 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The OTC market in Poland: 3% growth expected in 2012-2014

The OTC market in Poland is expected to grow at the average annual rate of some 3% in 2012-2014. Although […]

By pmr | 04 Jul 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Increase in imaging diagnostics market in Central Europe despite recession

The increase in value between 2009 and 2012 in the overall imaging diagnostics market, understood as sales of equipment in […]

By pmr | 02 Jul 13 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Home appliances, consumer electronics and digital media retail market in Poland is worth PLN 23.7bn

The financial crisis has negatively influenced the value of the home appliances, consumer electronics and digital media retail market. It […]

By pmr | 01 Jul 13 | Posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The Next Big Breakout Economies

By Sharon Kahn , From Chazen Global Insights, When most of us think of “breakout nations,” the BRIC juggernauts come […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Bric stocks: their time will come (soon)

by Stefan Wagstyl, From FT Blog, The underperformance of Bric equities is becoming an embarrassment for investors who are long […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 May 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Wood – The fuel of the future? Environmental lunacy in Europe

From the Economist, WHICH source of renewable energy is most important to the European Union? Solar power, perhaps? (Europe has […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 09 Apr 13 | Posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)