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Trends, Patterns, Indicators

Identifying consistent patterns and trends in business and in the financial markets. Useful key indicators for market timing, warning signals, bullish investing signals, and trading/investing opportunities.

115% discounters’ revenue growth in the last three years in Romania

In the last three years discounters have opened more than 200 stores, a number greater than in the first seven […]

Chinese city takes big step toward regulating private loans

From Reuters, (Reporting by Fayen Wong; Editing by Kim Coghill) The Chinese city of Wenzhou, an entrepreneurial city in the eastern […]

Samurai Romances Draw Japanese Women to Video Dating Games From Gree

By Yuki Yamaguchi, Kazuyo Sawa and Naoko Fujimura, Bloomberg, Like many Japanese young women, Takako Suzuki says the first thing […]

The Future of Display Technology

By Casey’s Research, The basic technology involved in delivering information in visual format (i.e., display technology) remained essentially unchanged for […]

Destiny is Demography

By Bill Bonner, The Daily Reckoning, The San Francisco Federal Reserve bank came out with a gloomy forecast last month. Its […]

Data point to stagnant US economy

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Key trends on the telecoms market in Central and Eastern Europe

The telecommunications market in the CEE has become more mature. Telecoms are facing problems typical of saturated markets, which are […]

Decoding the Wide Variations in House Appraisals

By PAUL SULLIVAN, NY Times, I RECENTLY decided to refinance a condominium my wife and I owned in Florida and quickly […]

A Manufacturing Revolution

By Chris Wood, Casey’s Research, A revolution is under way. It’s still in its early stages, but will likely reach […]

Cement markets in CIS countries continue to grow

With an 11% growth in cement consumption in 2010 and a further 12% growth expected for 2011, cement producers in […]