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TO: President Obama

FROM: Martin S. Indyk and Robert Kagan, Brookings Institute, http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2013/01/a-plastic-moment-to-mold-a-liberal-global-order As you enter your second term, the state of the […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 29 Jan 13 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The Next Great Bubble about to Collapse

Senator Orrin Hatch warns that the bubble has the power to “destroy the retirement savings of millions of Americans.” Famed […]

By Aidualc | 28 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

World’s happiest countries

By Chris Helmen, Forbes, What does happiness mean to you? At its core it consists of being healthy, having enough […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 23 Jan 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Western Europe | Comments (0)

The End of the University as We Know It

In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United […]

By MarketAngel | 22 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

2013 Prognosis

The following are my thoughts about things that might happen in 2013. This (Link) takes you to a discussion of […]

By Aidualc | 21 Jan 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Dow, S&P 500 end at five-year highs on early earnings beats

(Reuters) – The Dow and S&P 500 closed at five-year highs on Friday as the market registered a third straight […]

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

Heirs of Mao’s Comrades Rise as New Capitalist Nobility

Lying in a Beijing military hospital in 1990, General Wang Zhen told a visitor he felt betrayed. Decades after he […]

By MarketAngel | 18 Jan 13 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Will National Legalized Marijuana Help or Hurt Big Pharma, Tobacco and Alcohol?

On December 7, marijuana became legal in the state of Washington, adding to the list of states that have moved […]

By MarketAngel | 17 Jan 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America, Private Equity, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

One-on-One with Henry Kissinger

It’s difficult to know how to assess Henry Kissinger. During a recent visit to Columbia Business School to receive the […]

By Aidualc | 15 Jan 13 | Also posted in Asia | Comments (0)

US Home Prices Surge Despite Distress

By Diana Olick | CNBC   For nine straight months, national home prices have been in the positive, and the […]

By DennisGao | | Also posted in North America, Real Estate | Comments (0)