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Food for Thought. Thoughtful debate and insightful observations/ commentary on actions/events in financial markets, investments, societies, and governments around the world that impact our lives. Also Oxstone Team’s Global Investment Commentary and Best Investment Ideas.

Debt ceiling showdown

By David Greenlaw and Ted Wieseman,  Morgan Stanley, A statutory limit on the amount of federal government debt outstanding has […]

Visegrad: A New European Military Force

By George Friedman, Stratfor, With the Palestinians demonstrating and the International Monetary Fund in turmoil, it would seem odd to […]

In an Undercollateralized World

By Frederick J. Sheehan,  The world is undercollateralized. This is the single most important feature of the 2011 economy. Sixty […]

The bin Laden spending spree decade

Airport screening and border patrol was greatly increased after the Sept. 11 attacks. By Charles Riley   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) […]

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

Colombia’s BVC eyes an aggressive international strategy

Colombia’s Pacific Infrastructure Inc. is targeting the Toronto Stock Exchange for a $250-million initial public offering this fall to finance […]

China’s bid for man-made sun

by David Stanway Duan and his state-funded team of scientists are on a quest for the Holy Grail of nuclear […]

Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Foreign-Exchange Reserves as Dollar Falls

Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank, said Asia needs to use its reserves more productively regardless of […]

Tech in China: Worth the Risk?

Some of tech’s largest companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo (YHOO) have expanded into China with hopes of […]

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]