China expands reach in East Europe

By Antoaneta Becker LONDON – When China’s ambassador to Bulgaria assumed his post in mid-September, he made headlines reminding the […]

By Aidualc | 08 Nov 10 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Emerging Markets Consumers Fill Their Carts

by Jon Markman, Market Watch, Commentary: Got ‘Hot-Kid’ milk? You soon may as global brands spread For most of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Nov 10 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)

How Does China’s Manufacturing Keep Growing?

By Douglas A. McIntyre, 247wallst.com China’s manufacturing sector somehow keeps growing. The expansion even accelerated in October. The central government’s purchasing […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 02 Nov 10 | Posted in Asia, Private Equity, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

See How Four Asian Cities Monopolized Global Trade In 15 Short Years

By Vincent Fernando, CFA, Business Insider Here’s a fantastic graphic produced by Transport Trackers, the Hong Kong-based research and advisory […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Nov 10 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Real Estate, Statistics, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

The 25 Most Important Alternative Energy Companies

From 247wallst.com Alternative energy is big business — and getting bigger. The industry includes hundreds of companies that make a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 30 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s Five-Year Plan and Leadership Transition

From Brookings Institute China’s Communist Party recently released a new five-year plan and introduced to the world the next Chinese […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Private Equity, Real Estate, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Chinese Supercomputer Likely to Prompt Unease in U.S.

By DON CLARK A newly built supercomputer in China appears poised to take the world performance lead, another sign of […]

By Bo | 28 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Apple Opens Chinese App Store

By LORETTA CHAO BEIJING—Apple Inc. announced Tuesday that it launched an online store and a simplified-Chinese version of its App […]

By Bo | | Posted in Asia, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ten Years Ago Paul Tudor Jones Had An Acute Case Of Plantar Fasciitis

By Bess Levin, DealBreaker This story and more in Tudor’s latest letter to investors. Our extraordinary times offer extraordinary opportunities, […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 27 Oct 10 | Posted in Asia, Commodities, Food for Thought, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Stocks, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Here’s Why The Yuan Will Never Be The World’s Reserve Currency

By Michael Pettis, Business Insider The seemingly imminent and inexorable rise of the renminbi as a major, even dominant, reserve […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)