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Looking For A High-Tech Job? Try Cotton.

By Adam Davidson, Unemployment is still at 9 percent, leaving more than 12 million Americans without work. But there are […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 May 11 | Also posted in Commodities, Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Debt ceiling showdown

By David Greenlaw and Ted Wieseman,  Morgan Stanley, A statutory limit on the amount of federal government debt outstanding has […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 26 May 11 | Also posted in North America | Comments (0)

Visegrad: A New European Military Force

By George Friedman, Stratfor, With the Palestinians demonstrating and the International Monetary Fund in turmoil, it would seem odd to […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 25 May 11 | Also posted in Eastern Europe, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

In an Undercollateralized World

By Frederick J. Sheehan,  The world is undercollateralized. This is the single most important feature of the 2011 economy. Sixty […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 20 May 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

The bin Laden spending spree decade

Airport screening and border patrol was greatly increased after the Sept. 11 attacks. By Charles Riley   NEW YORK (CNNMoney) […]

By Aidualc | 19 May 11 | Also posted in Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

Independent carbon bank needed to oversee ETS

by Tom Arup AN INDEPENDENT carbon bank, similar to the Reserve Bank, should be set up to oversee a carbon […]

By Aidualc | 18 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Western Europe | Comments (0)

China’s bid for man-made sun

by David Stanway Duan and his state-funded team of scientists are on a quest for the Holy Grail of nuclear […]

By Aidualc | 17 May 11 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Asia Seeks to Diversify Record Foreign-Exchange Reserves as Dollar Falls

Rajat Nag, managing director of the Asian Development Bank, said Asia needs to use its reserves more productively regardless of […]

By Aidualc | 16 May 11 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)

Tech in China: Worth the Risk?

Some of tech’s largest companies like Microsoft (MSFT), Google (GOOG), and Yahoo (YHOO) have expanded into China with hopes of […]

By Aidualc | 14 May 11 | Also posted in Asia, Food for Thought, North America | Comments (0)

U.S.-Pakistani Relations Beyond Bin Laden

By George Friedman, Stratfor, The past week has been filled with announcements and speculations on how Osama bin Laden was […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 12 May 11 | Also posted in Africa / Middle East, Asia, Food for Thought | Comments (0)