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China set to unearth shale power

By Aizhu Chen, Reuters, YUANBA, China (Reuters) – China has spent tens of billions of dollars buying into energy resources […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Apr 11 | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

China’s 9.7% GDP–No Easy Answer n Inflation

China’s GDP rose 9.7% in the first quarter. The nation’s consumer prices rose 5.4% in March compared to the same […]

By Aidualc | 27 Apr 11 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

The 10 Best Stocks for Blue Gold

By Dan Dzombak, Motley Fool, For the past hundred years, oil has been the kingmaker among nations; whoever had it […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Apr 11 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Gold and currencies: an historical perspective

By David Levenstein, Gold was money long before currencies came into the fray but a look at how the world […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 24 Apr 11 | Also posted in North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Commodities and the global economy after QE2 – Simon Hunt

By Simon Hunt, Simon Hunt says, 2012 will see a new round of money printing by the Fed resulting in […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Apr 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought, North America, The Big Picture | Comments (0)

Solar on the Water

  Peter DaSilva for The New York Times Elvin Batz, an installer at SPG Solar, checks the pontoon structure and […]

By Aidualc | 20 Apr 11 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Y2K=QE2

From http://www.marketanthropology.com site, History shows us that each bubble needs a tragic muse. The Nasdaq Bubble had both the allure […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America | Comments (0)

Brazil, China, Commodities, Key To Latin America’s Future, Say IMF And World Bank

Apr. 13 2011 – 5:33 pm  By AGUSTINO FONTEVECCHIA Workers building the Santo Antonio Dam in Brazil – Wikipedia   […]

By Aidualc | 15 Apr 11 | Also posted in Asia, Latin America | Comments (0)

Jim Rogers Talks About Inflation, China, Commodities, Unrest and India

By RUSSELL FLANNERY, Forbes Blog, Inflation, the outlook for commodity prices and social unrest in the Middle East are three of the most […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Apr 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Oil rocketing Russia to top of fund manager’s picks

By Jeff Benjamin Milev says rise in price of crude boosting country to No. 1 choice among emerging European markets […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Investment Wisdom, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)