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October 2015

Japanese men find love with virtual girlfriends

Some Japanese men are wooing girlfriends who don’t exist. While they can only interact with their partner through a pre-written […]

Yuan devaluation could weigh on Chinese buyers of US homes

Shanshan Wu already owns three houses back home in China. But the 36-year-old has spent the last two months in […]

Could negative rates be next on the Fed’s policy menu?

Alex Rosenberg Last week, the Federal Reserve spooked markets by preserving the monetary policy status quo. Yet a few central […]

With SecondMarket acquisition, Nasdaq moves closer to liquidifying private shares market

Nasdaq (NDAQ: NSQ) announced that it would acquire private transaction platform, SecondMarket. Founded in 2004, SecondMarket was the 2nd most active […]

10 companies enriching shareholders — and the planet

A quiet corporate revolution is underway: Companies are beginning to compete to change the world for the better. The drive […]

China Mall 2020 Report to Explore Future of China Retail

by Michael Cole After covering China’s real estate market on a daily basis for more than three and a half […]

Investors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity

Gazing out of a turboprop high above his company’s main asset — 34,000 acres in the Mojave Desert with billions […]

China says to promote equity crowdfunding to support startups

BEIJING (Reuters) – China will promote greater use of equity crowdfunding for startups to encourage entrepreneurship in the world’s second-largest […]

Is the refugee crisis an opportunity for an aging Europe?

Europe is facing the biggest inflow of migrants in decades. The number of refugees from conflict zones in Syria, Iraq, […]

This is the best time to borrow money in history

This is the best time to borrow money in recorded history. That’s right: Interest rates are lower today than they were […]