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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.

Up to 500,000 UK public sector jobs could go by 2014-15

20 October 2010 Last updated at 12:21 E BBC News – Spending Review 2010: George Osborne wields the axe George […]

Will Americans Follow French Example Of Mass Civil Unrest?

Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com October 19, 2010 UPDATED: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 RELATED: Time Magazine: Prospect Of Civil War In […]

The No. 1 Reason to Invest in Emerging Markets Now

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Chris Hunter As any Wall Street old timer will tell you, the stock markets […]

‘Future Shock’ team issues predictions for next 40 years

By Haya El Nasser, USA TODAY Information overload. Power shifts. Rate of change. Digital revolution. Knowledge age. It has been […]

Privatization in Romania

Notes from Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton Investments Recently, Franklin Templeton opened an office in Bucharest to begin managing a significant […]

How To Think Like Steve Jobs

How To Think Like Steve Jobs Carmine Gallo, 10.19.10, 4:30 PM ET  Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist, recently […]

A Hedge Fund Controlled by Women, So It Claimed

Jane Buchan is a rarity in the big-money boys’ club of hedge funds. Amid the testosterone-fueled trading floors of Wall […]

The Financial Time Bomb of Longer Lives

FIRST the good news: We’re living longer, healthier lives than ever before. We’re already so used to the idea of […]

Tax Increase Would Hit Few Small Businesses

As Congress and President Obama wrestle over whether to let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans, one […]

Just Manic Enough: Seeking Perfect Entrepreneurs

IMAGINE you are a venture capitalist. One day a man comes to you and says, “I want to build the […]