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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.

Natural Gas: Worse Than Coal & Diesel in Greenhouse Emissions?

By Dian L. Chu, EconForecast, Natural gas has long been touted as a cleaner alternative because natural gas releases about […]

Pretty Good for Government Work

By WARREN E. BUFFETT, NY Times, DEAR Uncle Sam, My mother told me to send thank-you notes promptly. I’ve been […]

A More Integrated Latin America

By Claus Born, Senior Executive Director, Templeton Emerging Markets Group, At the end of November 2010, Chile, Colombia and Peru […]

The Sheiks Of The FOMC

By Charles Kadlec, Forbes, Dollar debasement, not OPEC or the Chinese, is the driver of ”expensive oil.” The stage has […]

Peter Thiel: Drop Out, Start-Up

Peter Thiel: Drop Out, Start-Up The PayPal co-founder is offering 20 teen entrepreneurs $100,000 fellowships to leave college By John […]

Who’s Afraid of Apple, Google, Facebook?

Who’s Afraid of Apple, Google, Facebook? Timothy Wu says we should be alarmed by the monopoly powers accumulated by Apple, […]

Gold vs. The Fed: The Record Is Clear

By Charles W. Kadlek, for The Daily Reckoning, There were no worldwide financial crises of major magnitude during the Bretton […]

Bernanke Employment Goal Elusive With Profits Bringing No Jobs

Not far from where Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke grew up, a revolution inside a Campbell Soup Co. plant […]

Why Introverts Can Make The Best Leaders

Why Introverts Can Make The Best Leaders Jennifer B. Kahnweiler 11.30.09, 3:39 PM ET “Most people don’t know that I’m […]

Selling To Many Cultures–Within The U.S.

Selling To Many Cultures–Within The U.S. Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Wong 11.24.10, 1:10 PM ET  International markets have become […]