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October 2011

Home Prices Heading for Triple-Dip

The besieged housing market has even further to fall before home prices really hit rock bottom. According to Fiserv (FISV […]

Occupy Wall Street Hits K Street

By Ari Berman, thenation.com If you want to understand how the top 1 percent have accumulated such power in American […]

China searches for the next Steve Jobs

By Kathrin Hille in Beijing, FT, When Dave McClure, a venture capital investor from Silicon Valley, spoke at an internet […]

From the Mediterranean to the Hindu Kush: Rethinking the Region

By George Friedman The territory between the Mediterranean and the Hindu Kush has been the main arena for the U.S. […]

Billionaire Dethrones Kings in Beer to Burgers as Batista Model

By Fabiola Moura,Bloomberg, The Burger King hamburger chain made a dramatic decision in August. It dethroned the King — the […]

Private label market in Poland continues to expand

According to estimates presented in the latest PMR report entitled “Private label in Poland 2011. Market analysis and development forecasts […]

Colonial Bargains in Latin America—from $115,000

By Margaret Summerfield, International Living, Whenever I travel to any of Latin America’s colonial cities, I can’t help but compare […]

Development of private healthcare market in Ukraine more rapid than that of Russia in 2011 to 2013

The private healthcare markets in Russia and Ukraine are at the initial stage of development. Informal spending is widespread and […]

Worthless Stocks from China

On an April afternoon in 2009, in his home office outside Austin, Tex., John Bird was hunched over his computer […]

Uruguay, Rhymes with “You’re a Buy”

By Ronan McMahon and Margaret Summerfield Lately, the credit rating agencies haven’t been doing much for International Living’shome country of […]