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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Tells Entrepreneurs To Look Beyond Social… At The Launch Of His Social Web Fund

Social Web startups and companies are currently in their heyday, with Facebook game developer Zynga and others taking off. But […]

By Oracle | 22 Oct 10 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Hedge Fund, Investment Wisdom, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Three Big Dangers Facing China’s Economy

Three Big Dangers Facing China’s Economy Shaun Rein, 10.18.10, 12:32 PM ET  Last week I met with the president of […]

By Oracle | | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

Rate Move Feeds the Currency Debate

From WSJ, by Mark Gongloff China’s interest-rate increase has less to do with the controversy over the value of its […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Investing in Frontier Emerging Markets

*Lima, Peru: The stock market went from 23 to 23,000 in 16 years. *Luanda, Anglola: Now one of the most […]

By Bo | | Comments (0)

China’s Little Emperors Go Gucci

The super wealthy in China have been getting a lot of press lately over whether they will cough any of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Oct 10 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Will the Federal Reserve’s Ben Bernanke Cause a Civil War?

What is the most likely cause today of civil unrest? Immigration. Gay Marriage. Abortion. The Results of Election Day. The […]

By ATSiem | 20 Oct 10 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks

What will be the future of the private 401k? Should we go cash heavy, eliminating 401ks to be taxed today, […]

By ATSiem | | Also posted in Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

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 […]

By ATSiem | | Also posted in Western Europe | Comments (0)

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 […]

By ATSiem | | Also posted in North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

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 […]

By Aidualc | | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, Stocks | Comments (0)