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The world braces for retirement crisis

By PAUL WISEMAN, DAVID MCHUGH and ELAINE KURTENBACH (AP) – A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of […]

By Aidualc | 07 Feb 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

The 5 Greenest Countries On Earth (And All Of The Rest), Ranked

By Ben Schiller, CoExist, Want to live in a beautiful nation that protects your health? It turns out Switzerland is […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 06 Feb 14 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Dirty Way to Feed 9 Billion People

The solution to a major agricultural problem is a little gross, but it’s necessary. By James J. Elser and Bruce E. Rittmann Future […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Feb 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Warren Buffett: The Three Things I Look For in a Person

By Shane Parrish, Motley Fool, Source: Georgetown University Students often go to visit Warren Buffett. And when they do, he […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 04 Feb 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom | Comments (0)

Getting Comfortable With Volatility

By Mark Mobius, Franklin Templeton, Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen significant volatility in the markets, which has spooked […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 03 Feb 14 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America | Comments (0)

3D-Printed Food! – VIDEO

From YouTube, YouTube Video Link:  3-D Printed Food! Soon you can custom print food using a 3-D Printer.   3D Systems […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 Jan 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

BP Energy Outlook 2035 Seems Conservative – Oil and Renewables Alike!

By Jon C. Ogg, 247WallSt, Usually when you see a 2030 or 2040 projection from an energy company, you would […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jan 14 | Also posted in Commodities, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

“True” euro zone stress test could show $1 trillion hole in banks

By Laura Noonan, Reuters, An objective stress test of the euro zone’s biggest banks could reveal a capital shortfall of […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 Jan 14 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Coming Market Meltup And 2016 Recession

by Lance Roberts, Sta Wealth, It has been a bit of a bumpy ride for stocks as we kick off […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 17 Jan 14 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, Stocks, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Latin America catches entrepreneurship fever

By Gideon Long, BBC Santiago, For generations, the countries of Latin America have relied on the export of raw materials […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 14 Jan 14 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Latin America, Private Equity, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)