The Greatest Country on Earth

What the United States can learn from the tiny island nation of Mauritius. By Joseph E. StiglitzPosted Monday, March 7, […]

By Aidualc | 10 Mar 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Commodities, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Currency Wars Retreat as Fighting Inflation Makes Emerging Markets Winners

By Garth Theunissen and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg, As recently as last month, governments of emerging economies from South Africa […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 08 Mar 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

India: Kingdom of Dreams

From Mobius Blog, Throughout my travels, I have visited some countries that never cease to amaze me every time I […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Mar 11 | Posted in Asia, Regions, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

In Africa, can Brazil be the anti-China?

By David Lewis, Reuters, NIMBA-BUCHANAN RAILWAY, Liberia (Reuters) – In the muggy forest of central Liberia, a gang of workers […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 Feb 11 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Roubini’s Next Crisis Makes Food for Thought

By William Pesek, Bloomberg, Forget Egypt for a moment. Skip the water crisis in China. Look past angst on the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 19 Feb 11 | Posted in Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Challenging year ahead for the Czech construction industry

construction industry, Czech Republic, transport infrastructure

By pmr | 16 Feb 11 | Posted in Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Real Estate, Regions, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

How to Profit From the Path of Progress

By Ronan McMahon, The Daily Reckoning, Verdant green tropical forest sweeps down to golden-sand beaches washed by the rich blue […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 15 Feb 11 | Posted in Finding Oxstones, Latin America, Real Estate | Comments (0)

Romanian telecoms market waiting for growth

The telecommunications market in Romania is recovering after the sharp decline experienced in 2009. Although the cumulative value of revenues […]

By pmr | | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

Telecoms market in CIS region to reach €39bn in 2011

The CIS telecommunications market is recovering after the crisis period. In euro terms, the market closed 2010 with double-digit growth, […]

By pmr | | Posted in Eastern Europe, Private Equity, Regions, Statistics | Comments (0)

The Youth Unemployment Bomb

From Businessweek, Peter Coy, In Tunisia, the young people who helped bring down a dictator are called hittistes — French-Arabic […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Feb 11 | Posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)