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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.

Promises and pitfalls of online education

Eric Bettinger and Susanna Loeb EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Online courses have expanded rapidly and have the potential to extend further the educational opportunities […]

Startup’s Ties to Kushners Came With Benefits, Until It Got Complicated

Cadre, co-founded by President Trump’s son-in-law, is trying to move past White House disclosure controversy. In 2014, when Ryan Williams […]

Want to buy happiness? Splurge on these 5 things

By Quentin Fottrell, Market Watch, How to use your spare cash to lead a more meaningful and fun life MarketWatch […]

Want to drive for Uber or Lyft but need a car? Rent one from GM’s Maven Gig

Want to drive for Uber or Lyft but don’t have a car to call your own? Maven Gig wants to help. The weekly car-rental service from […]

50 Most Valuable Brands in the World

Google is the most valuable brand in the world, with a value of $245.6 billion, based on BrandZ’s annual listing […]

3 Ways to Collect Your Social Security Anywhere in the World

By Suzan Haskins, International Living, Thinking about retiring overseas and wondering how you’ll collect any federal benefits owed to you? […]

Searching for the Next Silicon Valley

Over the past five years, Domino’s Pizza has grown faster than most technology firms. The company has worked extensively on […]

The United States of Unicorns

By Macro Monitor, Key insights about the companies in this map: Collectively, US unicorns are worth approximately $360B. Combined, these […]

Here’s where Americans are moving to and from

by Andy Kiersz The US Census Bureau recently released its annual statistics on population change between July 1, 2015 and July 1, […]

America’s health-care crisis is a gold mine for crowdfunding

by Suzanne Woolley Sites such as GoFundMe and YouCaring are poised for a wave of medical appeals if Trumpcare leaves millions […]