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To QE or Not to QE

By Tony Crescenzi, Pimco.com site,   If the Fed does nothing, asset prices could fall, threatening America’s fragile economic recovery. […]

Brazil: Home of the next Mark Zuckerberg?

By Vivek Wadhwa, Washington Post, Silicon Valley has led the world in innovation and entrepreneurship because of its culture of […]

How Myanmar Liberates Asia

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor Myanmar’s ongoing liberalization and its normalization of relations with the outside world have the possibility […]

Online Social Networks and the Ascent of Facebook

From can turtles fly blog site, As bizarre as this sounds, one of the most valuable innovations in technology over […]

Jim Rogers Explains What All The China Bears Are Getting Wrong

By Mamta Badkar, From Business Insider, recently spoke with investment guru Jim Rogers on a myriad of issues.   You’re […]

Is China Already No. 1 Economically?

By Robert Samuelson, Real Clear Markets, Does China already have the world’s largest economy? Most economists think not, and there’s […]

U.S. Becomes World’s Bread Basket Again

By Douglas A. McIntyre, From 247WallSt site, New data from the Department of Agriculture shows that, as world demand for […]

Student Debt Is Stifling Home Sales

Grads with high debt can’t get mortgages, even if they can afford them—another block to a housing recovery By Bob […]

The Economic Process of Deleveraging Part Two – Why the US is Well Positioned

By crackerjack, from crackerjack finance.com site, The differences between the US situation post-financial crisis and Japan in 1990 are stark. […]

China’s Pledge to Support Europe: Reading the Tea Leaves

China’s recent announcements that it supports Europe lack details. The open questions are how might China invest and what it […]