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A Collection of Words of Wisdom – Wise Chinese Proverbs and Eastern Sayings from Confucius, Taoism, and Buddhist Philosophies. Quotes and Wisdom from Western Investing Masters and Successful Business Executives.

Billionaire Wiese Targets Nigeria With Pepkor as He Expands African Empire

By Sikonathi Mantshantsha, Bloomberg, South Africa’s biggest clothing company, Pepkor Ltd., plans to expand into Nigeria as retailers including Wal-Mart […]

myYearbook: How to Sell Your Company for $100 Million

By Tom Taulli, Forbes Blog, As companies like Pandora (NYSE:P) and LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) have pulled-off great IPOs, tech entrepreneurs are […]

Living in Antigua, Guatemala: An Expat’s View

by Lucy Brown, International Living, A flourishing expat community has evolved over the years as adventurous spirits from all over […]

Millennials Make Millions

by Shira Ovide, WSJ, Facebook Inc. founder Mark Zuckerberg soon may command a $100 billion company. But for three siblings […]

Charlie Munger’s Thoughts on the World: Part 2

By Morgan Housel, Motely Fool, Here’s part 2 of my notes from this year’s meeting with Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B […]

Sean Parker On Why Myspace Lost To Facebook

By Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch, With reports of social network Myspace about to sell for ~$30 million, the tech world eagerly […]

Financial Advice Gleaned From a Day in the Hot Seat

by Paul Sullivan, NY Times, When I started writing this column almost three years ago, one of my goals was […]

To Caffeinate China, Starbucks Takes A Page From Burberry’s Playbook

Anyone who has set foot in one of China’s larger cities over the past five years has undoubtedly noticed the […]

China’s Buffett plays the long game

By Patti Waldmeir, FT.com, Guo Guangchang, chairman and founder of Fosun, China’s largest private conglomerate, wants to be like Warren […]

Steve Austin Revisited – Part I

By Doug Hornig, Casey’s Daily,It was a novel idea back in the mid-1970s, when The Six Million Dollar Man hit the […]