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Africa makes the grade for richest U.S. university investors

By Tosin Sulaiman JOHANNESBURG, July 7 (Reuters) – America’s wealthiest universities are venturing into Africa’s fast-growing frontier markets in search of outsized […]

By Brian Andreosky | 14 Jul 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Foreign Buyers Aren’t Playing A Key Role In The US Housing Recovery For 2 Reasons

By Mamta Badkar – Tue, Jul 9, 2013 12:17 AM EDT Foreign buyers jumped into the U.S. housing market after the bubble […]

By DennisGao | 12 Jul 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Latin America, North America, Real Estate, Retirement & Savings, Statistics, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Countries Spending the Most on Health Care

By Alexander E.M. Hess and Michael B. Sauter, 247WallSt, Historically, health care spending among developed nations has grown considerably each […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 11 Jul 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Statistics, Tools and Resources, Western Europe | Comments (0)

World Cup 2018 stadium investments will cost Russia $6bn

  The construction and modernisation of the fifteen stadiums for the needs of the 2018 World Cup in Russia will […]

By pmr | 09 Jul 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Private Equity, Real Estate | Comments (0)

The Rise in Working Mothers, the Crippling of the Working Dad

Men are not the primary bread winners in more and more homes. The effects on them may be devastating emotionally, […]

By MarketAngel | 08 Jul 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 8 July 2013

By Staff Reporter | July 8, 2013 Despite a surge in Egyptian stocks, the Ai40 Index inched lower once more this […]

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

Controversial T-shirt destroys business

The company behind an offensive t-shirt controversy earlier this year has shut down and let go its remaining employees. NEW […]

By Oracle | 07 Jul 13 | Comments (0)

Business Partners: Date Before You Wed

Think you’re ready to commit? Not so fast. Consider these questions before making any big partnership decisions.   partnerships are […]

By Oracle | | Also posted in Food for Thought | Comments (0)

How Happiness Changes With Age

I’m just shy of 40 years-old. I spend most Saturday nights at home in yoga pants, rereading favorite novels or […]

By MarketAngel | 05 Jul 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Coming To America: Greater International Investment Could Be Coming To Oil And Gas Midstream Sector

By Mark Druskoff Forbes.com   International investment in the US shale dominated the news several years ago as US companies […]

By nirtalnirtal | 04 Jul 13 | Also posted in Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Real Estate, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)