The Chinese Kleptocracy Is Like Nothing In Human History

John Hempton, Bronte Capital | China is a kleptocracy of a scale never seen before in human history. This post […]

By Aidualc | 20 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Talks resume amid debt crisis during G20 summit

World leaders are resuming talks at the G20 summit in Mexico after a day of tense words over Europe’s debt […]

By M Guliyev | 19 Jun 12 | Posted in Asia, Latin America, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Global financial system

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The global financial system (GFS) is the financial system consisting of institutions and regulators that […]

By M Guliyev | 14 Jun 12 | Posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

I’m Worried

By David Kotok,  cumber.com site, A note to readers. This 2000-word commentary is a longer-term view; think in terms of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 13 Apr 12 | Posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Iran’s Strategy

By George Friedman, Stratfor website, For centuries, the dilemma facing Iran (and before it, Persia) has been guaranteeing national survival […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Apr 12 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Competition In Brazil Increases, Bummer For DirecTV

In September 2011, Brazil’s government passed a law that is expected to expand pay-TV services in the country. [1] According […]

By M Guliyev | 24 Dec 11 | Posted in Food for Thought, Latin America | Comments (0)

China cuts reserve ratio in move to inject cash

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio for its commercial lenders on Wednesday for the first […]

By M Guliyev | 30 Nov 11 | Posted in The Big Picture | Comments (0)

China to take new steps on currency

By Ben Rooney, China will make new commitments on its exchange rate policy Friday as part of the official Group […]

By M Guliyev | 05 Nov 11 | Posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Rousseff Crisis Spurred by Lula Debts as Brazil Boom Diminishes

By Alexander Ragir, Bloomberg, On a cool July evening, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hosts a cocktail party for 50 leaders […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 01 Oct 11 | Posted in Latin America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Global Growth on the Orient Express

From Brookings Institution, In the wake of the Great Recession, the recovery in U.S. metropolitan areas has been rather slow […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 Dec 10 | Posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, The Big Picture | Comments (0)