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To ease shortage of organs, grow them in a lab?

By MALCOLM RITTER, Associated Press    NEW YORK (AP) — By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last […]

By MarketAngel | 23 Jul 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Top Business And Finance Degrees For 2013

Business has long been one of the most declared majors among college students. It’s a degree that is general and […]

By M Guliyev | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Fortune Cookie Wisdom, Investment Wisdom, Statistics, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Why the ‘Big Mac’s’ Rising Prices Are More Alarming Than Its Fat Content

By James Cornehlsen, From Dunn Warren Investment Advisors site, In a time when price hikes are commonplace, I took a […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Food for Thought, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Metals Prices Are Down? Tell That To These Guys…

  by Matt Insley, Daily Reckoning, “Police in one New Jersey city are warning about a rise in catalytic converter thefts […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Jul 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

The #1 Thing Worrying Hedge Fund Managers Right Now

By Matthew Boesler, From SF Gate, BofA Merrill Lynch just released the results of its July Fund Manager Survey, which […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 21 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Hedge Fund, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Why Everybody Loves Tesla

The Tesla Motors (TSLA) design studio in Los Angeles is a huge open space that usually has a couple of […]

By Oracle | 20 Jul 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Dambisa Moyo’s take on Frontier Markets

I just read a great interview by Jonathan Barnes of the CFA Institute Magazine, in which he interviews economist Dambisa […]

By Brian Andreosky | 18 Jul 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ground Zero in Crypto-Commerce

There were no cubicles, no executive suites, and no visible hierarchies of power. It was just a large open room […]

By Aidualc | 17 Jul 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, North America, Private Equity | Comments (0)

Tocqueville Gold Strategy Investor Letter Second Quarter 2013

By John Hathaway, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P In light of the dramatic developments of the past six months, this letter […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 16 Jul 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Geopolitical Journey: Azerbaijan and America

By George Friedman There is a point where three great powers — Russia, Turkey and Persia — meet: the Caucasus. […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)