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May 2011

Foreign Companies to List Shares in Shanghai

By Gordon Chang,  Forbes Blog, China securities regulators have compiled a list of 10 companies that will be allowed to […]

Pacific Biosciences’ $600 Million Decoder Ring

Its technology may finally fulfill the dream of gene sequencing Founder Stephen Turner in laser-resistant shades Gregg Segal   By […]

Avoid These Three Critical Portfolio Mistakes

By Michael Thomsett On taking profits and cutting losses. Every investor faces an array of challenges in managing the portfolio. […]

Active management the new buy-and-hold?

  ‘Astounding growth’ for managers who employ active strategies, NAAIM prez says By Dan Jamieson With two huge bear markets […]

How Bin Laden Failed to Wreck the U.S. Economy

by Daniel Gross In an era when global markets process failure, success, and shocking events with ever-increasing speed, it’s not […]

Should You Worry About a U.S. Default?

By CATHERINE RAMPELL Mary F. Calvert for The New York Times Carmen M. Reinhart says ratings agencies have a poor […]

Investors Ignore Risks in Pursuit of Growth in China

By MELANIE LEE and CLARE BALDWIN | REUTERS, SHANGHAI — When the Chinese social networking site Renren goes public in […]

A Quick Tour Of The World’s Booming Farmland Markets

Farmland prices in the UK increased 13% in 2010 alone, according to the Knight Frank Farmland Index. High quality land […]

Facebook Drives Second Market Broking $1 Billion Private Shares

By Richard Teitelbaum, Bloomberg, Barry Silbert was born to trade. By age 10, he was swapping baseball cards at collectors […]

Live-Blogging the Berkshire Annual Meeting

OMAHA, Neb. — It’s time once again for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual shareholder meeting, the two-day frenzy of Warren Buffett aficionados […]