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What Olympic Sponsorship Means For Stocks

There’s no bigger world stage than the Olympic Games and no bigger international marketing platform. When the opening ceremonies kick […]

The Paradox of China’s Naval Strategy

By Rodger Baker and Zhixing Zhang, Stratfor, Over the past decade, the South China Sea has become one of the […]

Nigeria’s Foreign Direct Investment Hits U.S.$9 Billion

(All Africa)- The total value of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) that came into Nigeria in 2011 was $8.9 billion with […]

China’s Economy Needs Major Overhaul: World Bank

(IBT) China’s export- and investment-driven economic model, though successful for decades, is no longer sustainable and reforms are needed to […]

Why Gas Prices Are Heading Back Up

By Sharon Epperson Gasoline futures settled in New York at the highest price in nearly two months, surging over 20 […]

The Next Frontier

By Mark Mobius, Mobius Blog, Frank Templeton, In a recent interview, I was asked whether I was becoming a “frontiersman” […]

China’s Economic Growth Rate To Rise Later This Year: Analysts

(IBT) China’s report Friday that its economy expanded in the second quarter as much as expected supported views that the […]

Abandon the Panic, Not the Eurozone

I truly believe it pays to be an optimist in life. As a long-term investor, it’s practically part of the […]

China Takes a Big Step to Make the Yuan a Rival to the Dollar

By Michael Schuman, From Time Business site, Shenzhen is where China’s economic miracle began. Back in 1980, Deng Xiaoping and […]

Looking Forward to the FOMC Meeting and Beyond: Speculations

By DoctoRx Here’s a guess about what the Fed will say Wednesday following the FOMC meeting.  There is no justification for […]