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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.

How the Middle Class Is Shrinking

By Rick Newman, US News Woodstock. The moon landing. The escalating war in Vietnam. The year 1969 was momentous enough, […]

What China’s 5 Year Plan Should Really Say

It is good to have New Year’s resolutions. But it is better to have the right ones. The Communist Party […]

Emerging-Market Currencies Soar

Investors Push U.S. Dollar Lower, Further Fueling Tensions Among Economies Competing on Exports By DAVID WESSEL Currency markets, seeing few […]

The Impact of Brazil’s Presidential Elections: Different Roads, Similar Direction

From The Brookings Institution Whatever the outcome of Brazil’s presidential election on October 3, the government is unlikely to make […]

China to Overtake Japan in Global Wealth Rankings?

By Isabella Steger With China set to overtake Japan as the world’s second largest economy in 2010, the Chinese consumer […]

What Exactly Is a ‘Coachable’ Entrepreneur?

What Exactly Is a ‘Coachable’ Entrepreneur? By ADRIANA GARDELLA Courtesy BlueTree Capital Group Catherine Mott Previously, Catherine Mott, an angel […]

Startup.com: The Sequel

Startup.com: The Sequel Christopher Steiner, 10.25.10, 12:00 AM ET Startup.com,a documentary released in 2001, tracked the rise and fall of […]

Cash Floods into China, Raising Pressure on Yuan

By Langi Chiang and Kevin Yao BEIJING | Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:18am EDT BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign exchange […]

The Brazilian Election Round Two – What Might Happen Next?

October 06, 2010 — President Lula seemed to have everything under control in his succession plan: the economy is expected […]

3 Share Nobel Economics Prize for Labor Analysis

Janerik Henriksson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A screen shot from the announcement in Stockholm on Monday shows the recipients of […]