Piketty’s inequality story in six charts

PIKETTY’S INEQUALITY STORY IN SIX CHARTS POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY In this week’s magazine, I’ve got a lengthy piece about “Capital […]

By Aidualc | 08 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Rich Chinese overwhelm U.S. visa program

By Sophia Yan   HONG KONG (CNNMoney) A dramatic surge in interest from wealthy Chinese is threatening to overwhelm a […]

By Aidualc | 04 Jul 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

This chart shows which countries produce the most electricity from renewable energy

By Simran Khosla, Global Post, Using data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, we found which countries are producing the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Jun 14 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Lunch With T. Boone Pickens

By Morgan Housel, Motley Fool, Two years ago, rapper Drake offered his 14 million Twitter followers some life advice. “The […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 22 Apr 14 | Posted in Commodities, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The 10 best countries for business

Up-and-coming Canada vaults ahead in this annual list of the world’s most business-friendly nations. But did it best the US? […]

By MarketAngel | 21 Apr 14 | Posted in Food for Thought, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

For Chinese, It’s Going to Cost More to Become Canadian

By Adam Minter  Tuesday, Feb. 11 was a bad day for Chinese millionaires seeking a quick, cheap route to a new […]

By MarketAngel | 04 Apr 14 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

The 5 Greenest Countries On Earth (And All Of The Rest), Ranked

By Ben Schiller, CoExist, Want to live in a beautiful nation that protects your health? It turns out Switzerland is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Feb 14 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Countries With The Most Immigrants

The United States has always been regarded as a nation of immigrants. Recently-published figures from the United Nations support this […]

By MarketAngel | 11 Dec 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, Statistics | Comments (0)

Happiest and saddest countries 2013

The Prosperity Index Everywhere you look in this world there are signs of instability, destruction, hopelessness. Syria is in civil […]

By MarketAngel | 10 Dec 13 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The Future of OPEC

Pump jacks in the Kurdish town of Derik, on the border with Turkey and Iraq, Nov. 25. (ACHILLEAS ZAVALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Dec 13 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Latin America, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)