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Doing business in other countries… Ranking Regulation

Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183, with first place being the best. A […]

Increase in the Polish construction industry economic climate

Driven by a steadily rising number of investment projects underway and planned, construction companies express slightly more favourable assessments of the economic situation of the market when compared to the findings of a study conducted six months ago. Construction activity is still hampered by numerous market barriers, but more and more companies are capable of identifying factors which have a positive bearing on the market.

October 2010 Update for TIGER: Tracking Indexes for the Global Economic Recovery

Editor’s Note: In collaboration with the Financial Times (FT), Eswar Prasad and Karim Foda of Brookings have developed a set […]

25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods of 2010

I suggest not to buy property and move in the following locations. The reasons are presented in the article below:  […]

72,000 Stimulus Checks Sent to Dead People

Ann Brenoff Oct 8th 2010 at 4:30PM About $18 million in stimulus payments went to people who were either dead […]

Gold and Gold Mining Shares as a % of Global Assets

Based on the chart below from Sprott Asset Management, the current value of gold and gold mining shares as a […]

Country Stock Market % from Pre-Crisis Highs

By Bespoke Invest At just under 1,140, the S&P 500 sits more than 400 points (or 27%) below its all-time […]

Gates and Buffett Remain Atop the Forbes 400

Edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin, September 22, 2010, 9:20 pm Once again, Bill Gates is ranked the richest person in […]

Which Currency is OverValued or UnderValued vs. US Dollar? How Far from Fair Value is Your Currency?

Big Mac Index The Economist’s Big Mac Index 7/22/10 Big Mac Prices valued at today’s exchange rates Country Big Mac […]

America’s wealthiest (and poorest) states

interesting article on income of US.  A Mississippian earning $38k can live as well as New yorker with salary of […]