How retirement systems vary, country to country

  How retirement systems vary among major nations, from the US to China to Germany   By The Associated PressDecember 30, […]

Ten Countries Where People Live Longest

Life expectancy in the U.S. has risen in the past few decades. While in 1970 life expectancy at birth was […]

The Most Educated Countries in the World

Between 2010 and 2011, the percentage of adults with a college degree in the United States remained unchanged at 42%. […]

Carlyle’s Rubenstein still bullish on Japan, China

By Lawrence Delevingne CNBC, David Rubenstein, co-CEO of private equity fund firm The Carlyle Group, said Thursday he is still […]

Hello Kitty Billionaire Found as Plush Toy Sales Surge

By Gillian Wee, Bloomberg, Tanya Stanich, a 43-year-old lawyer, clutched a handful of pink and black Hello Kitty notebooks at […]

Stanley Druckenmiller On China’s Future And Investing In The New Normal

From Goldman Sachs Stan Druckenmiller is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Duquesne Family Office. He founded Duquesne Capital Management […]

18 Housing Markets That Are More Overvalued Than The US

Societe Generale Albert Edwards pointed us to this chart comparing home prices across the developed world. For comparability purposes, the OECD […]

Russia breaks into top 5 world economies, displacing Germany

Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World […]

Petrobras Will Double in Size in Seven Years

By Peter Howard Wertheim Staff writer, Rio de Janeiro Published May 8, 2013 Petrobras president and CEO Maria das Graças […]

China – The Sleeper Awakens (Part 1 of 5)

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions […]