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More Countries Adopt China’s Tactics on Currency

By DAVID E. SANGER and MICHAEL WINES WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration escalates its battle with Chinese leaders over […]

Wall Street Sees World Economy Decoupling From U.S.

By Simon Kennedy, Bloomberg Wall Street economists are reviving a bet that the global economy will withstand the U.S. slowdown. […]

Who’s the currency manipulator?

By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene The US Federal Reserve’s decision to buy more and more bonds and other securities, […]

China Wants to Save Greece from Crisis

Can massive bond buying save Greece? I think at some point the country won’t be able to keep making its […]

Dilma Rousseff: Economist, former revolutionary and next president of Brazil?

Tapped to succeed popular mentor, civil servant would be country’s first female president SAO PAULO — Brazilians vote Sunday in national […]

China Needs to Boost Domestic Demand, Wen Says

By Jeff Bliss Oct. 4 (Bloomberg) — China will address “structural problems” and stabilize its economy by increasing domestic demand, […]

Behind the China-Japan feud

It was ostensibly about a captured fishing-boat captain. But the conflict between the Asian economic giants went far beyond that […]

Counting from one to two in China—a bigger leap than it seems

by Elizabeth C. Economy – Council on Foreign Relations Something is afoot with China’s one-child policy, but no-one seems entirely […]

Check Out What China’s Doing With Its Taxpayers’ Money

By Henry Blodget Thomas Friedman provides a helpful snapshot of what China’s doing with its taxpayers’ money…versus what we’re doing […]

GEOARBITRAGE: A practical guide on living expenses and how to live affordably in Prague, CZ

So, you’re looking for geoarbitrage info about the cost of living in Prague, CZ for 3 months… here it is. […]