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May 2011

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

By Aidualc | 18 May 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

BrasilAgro Cancels Share Sale, Citing ‘Deteriorating’ Market Conditions

BrasilAgro – Cia. Brasileira de Propriedades Agricolas, a Brazilian farmland company, said it canceled plans to sell additional shares after […]

By spochoa | | Posted in Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Colombia’s BVC eyes an aggressive international strategy

Colombia’s Pacific Infrastructure Inc. is targeting the Toronto Stock Exchange for a $250-million initial public offering this fall to finance […]

By spochoa | | Posted in Announcements, Commodities, Latin America | Comments (0)

Lower H-P outlook and economic concerns sink Dow

Matthew Craft and David K. Randall, AP Business Writers, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 4:51 pm EDT NEW YORK (AP) […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America, Stocks | Comments (0)

Homebuilders missing out on economic recovery

erek Kravitz, AP Real Estate Writer, On Tuesday May 17, 2011, 5:51 pm EDT WASHINGTON (AP) — For homebuilders, it […]

By DennisGao | | Posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

China’s bid for man-made sun

by David Stanway Duan and his state-funded team of scientists are on a quest for the Holy Grail of nuclear […]

By Aidualc | 17 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

From Buffett to Cohen, How Big Investors Are Betting

From WSJ, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB – News) Inc. took a stake in MasterCard Inc. (NYSE: MA – News) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Commodities, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Real Estate, Stocks | Comments (0)

Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Foreign-Exchange Reserves as Dollar Falls

Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank, said Asia needs to use its reserves more productively regardless of […]

By Aidualc | 16 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Stock Market Is Not the Economy

1. The Stock Market Is Not the Economy Was chatting with Minyanville Professor Conor Sen this morning about the market […]

By Aidualc | 15 May 11 | Posted in Investment Wisdom, North America | Comments (0)

Tech in China: Worth the Risk?

Some of tech’s largest companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo (YHOO) have expanded into China with hopes of […]

By Aidualc | 14 May 11 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)