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Africa’s “Glass With Attitude”

by Mark Mobius  Africa has been an area of interest to our team, for many reasons. One might say Africa’s […]

By Brian Andreosky | 26 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, Commodities, Finding Oxstones, Investment Wisdom, Retirement & Savings | Comments (0)

Invest in Azerbaijan

Azeribaijan located at the crossroad of Europe and Asia is the gateway to the Eastern Europe and Middle Eastregion. It […]

By M Guliyev | 20 Oct 13 | Also posted in Asia, Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, Investment Wisdom, Private Equity, Regions, The Big Picture, Tools and Resources | Comments (0)

Two More Reasons Why Africa’s Time Is Now

The purpose of this note is to add to the list of reasons for the expected strong economic development in […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | 01 Oct 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Food for Thought, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

Ushahidi: the Online Support for the Physical Lives

This article concentrates on Ushahidi, a constantly strengthening producer of software. Ushahidi originated in Kenya. The term “ushahidi” defines as […]

By Vladimir Vepryev | | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Private Equity | Comments (0)

World GDP Growth

The pace of global growth increased during the second quarter of 2013—only the third quarterly acceleration in three years. Buoyed […]

By M Guliyev | 28 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Regions, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Africa investor Weekly Commentary – 16 September 2013

Ai40 Index observers breathed a sigh of relief as the Index finally managed to record a substantial gain. The Index […]

By Brian Andreosky | 17 Sep 13 | Also posted in Finding Oxstones, Stocks, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

To Help the World’s Poor, Give Them Real Jobs

The latest U.S. jobs numbers showed a U.S. unemployment rate still at 7.6 percent. The official global unemployment rate, compiled […]

By M Guliyev | 12 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Regions, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Eleven Countries with Soaring Inflation

By Jon C. Ogg, From 247WallSt, While inflation has been relatively tame in the United States and Europe, several large […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 10 Sep 13 | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Trends, Patterns, Indicators | Comments (0)

World’s happiest nations are…

By Georgia McCafferty, CNN, Those looking for greater happiness and satisfaction in life should head to northern Europe, but steer […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | | Also posted in Asia, Eastern Europe, Food for Thought, Latin America, North America, Statistics, The Big Picture, Western Europe | Comments (0)

Syria and the Limits of Comparison

By Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, Because so many war plans simply do not survive the reality of war itself, each […]

By Liu-Yue Lam | 31 Aug 13 | Also posted in Food for Thought, The Big Picture | Comments (0)