Oxstones Investment Club™SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft Corp. is nearing a deal to buy the popular Internet telephone service Skype in what […]
Purple Crayon: Commodity Crash Field Position
The Purple Crayon isn’t just my homage to an ancient French children’s story , although, let’s face it, the books […]
Japan’s Economy Struggles for Air
By Edward Hugh With the arrival of the first real Japanese data since the tsunami struck, the immensity of the […]
Nigerian Banks Winning Mobius With Asia-Like Growth in Africa
By Renee Bonorchis and Nasreen Seria, Bloomberg, Twenty-four miles northwest of Accra in Ghana, Anthony Botchway rips a pineapple plant […]
Bin Laden Peace Dividend for Middle East?
The killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could mean enhanced leverage for the United States in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, […]
The Libyan War, American Power and the Decline of the Petrodollar System
By Prof. Peter Dale Scott, From globalresearch.ca site, The present NATO campaign against Gaddafi in Libya has given rise to […]
A Bull Market in Rental Housing
Five years into the real-estate bust, the market for single-family homes seems weaker than ever. According to the most recent […]
No “Miracle” Cures from Inflation; Impossible to Inflate Out of this Mess
By Mike “Mish” Shedlock, globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com, Inquiring minds are reading The “Miracle” of Compound Inflation by John Mauldin. Here are a […]
Why Barbie Flopped in Shanghai
As Mattel and others trying to expand in China and India have learned, the right blend of localization and globalization […]
Has the Commodities Bubble Popped?
When I read recently that people were lining up to cash in their sterling silverware and heirloom silver tea services, […]