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Rent for $130 a Month Colombia’s Low-Cost Coffee Region

By Wendy DeChambeau, International Living, “Pereira is a small city with just about everything you could want from a large […]

Real Time Settlement, A Unique Piece of The BlockChain

  One of the things I never understood about back office financial payment systems was settlement.  Why did it take so […]

Could sanctions spur Russia’s ascent to agricultural superpower?

MOSALSK, RUSSIA — The very first thing Alexander Sayapin has to say to a Western journalist who’s made a long trek […]

Robots deliver fun with hotel room service orders, and they don’t expect a tip

Your hotel’s newest bellhop may be a robot. A Santa Clara, Calif., start-up and its “autonomous robot helpers” received $15 […]

Chinese medicinal herbs provide niche market for US farmers

DELMAR, N.Y. — Expanding interest in traditional Chinese medicine in the United States is fostering a potentially lucrative new niche […]

Is OneMain the Next Non-Prime Lending Winner?

By Jon C. Ogg The world of lending has become quite different since the recession. There are now websites and financial services companies […]

Zimbabwe Becomes Beijing’s First African Colony With Adoption Of Chinese Yuan

To say that Zimbabwe has not had much luck with its monetary system experiments, would be an understatement. After its […]

Global investors to up real estate allocations, says survey

More than half of investors plan to increase real estate allocations within multi-asset portfolios, according to a major new report […]

A Crisis Worse than ISIS? Bank Bail-Ins Begin

By: Ellen_Brown At the end of November, an Italian pensioner hanged himself after his entire €100,000 savings were confiscated in a bank “rescue” […]

Some Countries See Migrants as an Economic Boon, Not a Burden

MONTREAL—Lined with cafes and bustling with newcomers, the streets of this eclectic port city, where French and English are spoken […]