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Brokers Flee Brokerages As Declining Assets Show Broken Model

(Bloomberg News) After Morgan Stanley took control of Smith Barney in May 2009 from Citigroup Inc., David Hopkins grew disillusioned […]

Marc Faber: “Print, Print and Print”

By Marc Faber, author of the Gloom, Boom and Doom report No matter what central bankers and the cheerleading, mostly […]

Emerging nations: a beacon of opportunity

By Jerome Booth, Financial Times If you are looking for a market bubble do not look to emerging markets. The […]

Civil Society in the Arab World and the Dilemma of Funding

From Brookings Institute Civil society played a critical role in democratic transitions in Eastern Europe and Latin America. To the […]

How to Profit From a Weak Dollar: Bet on Commodities

By PETER COHAN Posted 6:00 AM 10/23/10 The dollar’s value has dropped in recent years thanks to what investors believe […]

Emerging Economies Gain Clout in IMF Deal

Sunday, 24 Oct 2010 12:20 PM Fast-growing emerging economies will get more clout at the International Monetary Fund under a […]

China ‘committed’ to letting currency rise, says US

US treasury secretary Geithner attends talks to defuse rising tensions as G20 finance ministers vow to avoid ‘manipulation’ by Ed […]

The haves, the have-nots and the dreamless dead

By Emily Kaiser WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In 2007, when the world was on the brink of financial crisis, U.S. income […]

The Rise and Fall of America

by Robert Kiyosaki Alexander Tytler (1747-1813) was a Scottish-born English lawyer and historian. Reportedly, Tytler was critical of democracies, pointing […]

The Rise of the ‘Homepreneur’

New research shows the economic importance of home-based businesses: They account for more than half of all U.S. businesses and […]