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Blackstone Raises $5 Billion Rental Bet With Lending Arm

By Heather Perlberg and John Gittelsohn, Bloomberg, Blackstone Group LP (BX), the private-equity firm that has spent $5 billion on […]

‘Buffett of Canada’ says he’s a big bull on the US

By: Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC’s Squawk Box, With a $100 billion in assets in the United States already, the man […]

Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway

From Stratfor site,   Rail-based transport between Asia and Europe is considerably cheaper than seaborne transit, and Russia’s infrastructure investments […]

Food For Thought – August 2013 – America’s Return as a Manufacturing Super Power is just Beginning

By Liu-Yue (Louie) Lam, Global Investment Strategist, Oxstones Investment Club, Everyone Loves a Comeback Story George Washington once said – […]

Big business in chicken wings

  Wing Zone, Wingman and WingFiesta. And, oh yeah, WingNutz. Chicken wing franchises are now among the hottest in the […]

Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge

Fortress to Blackstone Say Now Is Time to Sell on Surge By Devin Banerjee – Aug 2, 2013 Private-equity managers […]

Lombok Eco Developments

Why Invest in Lombok, Indonesia? Indonesia is the third fastest growing economy in Asia and the fastest within Southeast-Asia, making […]

Index to Track Water Costs Governments Could Attract Capital; Investors Could Hedge

By KATY BURNE A watershed moment is coming to water: the ability to bet against it. Austin, Texas-based startup Waterfund […]

Gorilla Flipping Homes as Rebound Revives Rapid Trades

Gorilla Flipping Homes as Rebound Revives Rapid Trades By Heather Perlberg – Jul 19, 2013 John Helmick loves to buy […]

Ground Zero in Crypto-Commerce

There were no cubicles, no executive suites, and no visible hierarchies of power. It was just a large open room […]