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Unrest and the Libyan Military

By Stratfor, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has ordered the Libyan air force to fire on military installations in Libya, according […]

China is richer, but most Chinese are still poor

China is richer, but most Chinese are still poor Posted by Nin-Hai Tseng, writer-reporter February 17, 2011 11:26 am   Now […]

The Stock Market Is Calm. You’re Warned

The Stock Market Is Calm. You’re Warned Stocks haven’t risen this much with such narrow price swings since 1971. This […]

Why Another Financial Crash is Certain

By MIKE WHITNEY, counterpunch.com, On August 9, 2007, an incident took place at a bank in France that touched-off a […]

Mubarak Resigns, Military is in Charge

From Stratfor site, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman delivered the following statement Feb. 11: “In the name of God the […]

The Youth Unemployment Bomb

From Businessweek, Peter Coy, In Tunisia, the young people who helped bring down a dictator are called hittistes — French-Arabic […]

Back to the Future?

by Randall W. Forsyth, Barron’s, Commodity prices could squeeze economy, just as in 2008. China’s central bank raised interest rates […]

Bolsa ha retrocedido 6,1% en lo corrido del año; 25 de 36 empresas han bajado en sus cotizaciones

El mercado accionario colombiano no ha tenido correlación con el internacional, donde la mayoría de los mercados bursátiles han registrado […]

Governments and Startups Just Don’t Mix

Governments and Startups Just Don’t Mix The White House effort to boost U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship faces a divide: government […]

Peter Thiel: 21st Century Free Radical

Peter Thiel: 21st Century Free Radical Never mind enormous yachts: Peter Thiel is spending his billions on space travel, life […]